07/2238 - MCU - Service amd Utility Tpye 3 - Tower [As Published] · 132007.2238

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MCU for Noosa South, Lot 15 on SP177649 INTERNATIONAL

 

6.4. SITECONTAMINATION

A search of the registers administered by the Environmental Protection Agency of
Queensland has established that the site is not included on either the Contaminated Land
Register (CLR). The site is included in the Environmental Management Register (EMR}, as
the site is subject to a notifiable activity pursuant to section 374 of the Environmental
Protection Act 1994. The site has been subject to operating a defence establishment or a
training area used for handling ammunition in a way that may have caused, or may
cause, remnant unexploded ordnance.

Advice has been sort regarding the above issue from Bactec SE Asia Pty Ltd (DoE
approved) who will be engaged to undertake any work that may be required in the
construction phase of the proposed development.

The proposed construction and ongoing operation telecommunication facility will not
generate any solid or liquid waste that could contaminate the site.

65 VISUAL AMENITY

In order to achieve its desired coverage in the area, Telstra needs to sufficiently elevate its
antennas above physical obstructions, including the adjacent trees. The adjacent trees
are approximately 20m in height, therefore the structure will have to be higher than the
trees to allow for the tilt on the antennas and also the potential for the trees to grow.

Telstra proposes to minimise potential impacts of the proposed facility on the visual
amenity of the site and surrounding area by locating the proposed facility within mature
trees which will screen the majority of the tower. The tower and antennas will be painted
an appropriate colour to blend into vegetated area. Views of the site are limited from the
surrounding area due to the surrounding topography and dense tree coverage close to
the site.

6.6 STORMWATER DRAINAGE

There will not be any need for a stormwater drainage system following construction of the
proposed facility, as it has a small “foot print” area. Nonetheless, the Telstra installation will
be designed to further minimise any impact upon the existing on-site drainage. The
equipment shelter will be raised on piers so as to not create an impediment that would
change stormwater flows and allow rainwater to dissipate evenly over the site compound
area.

67 NOISE AND VIBRATION EMISSIONS

Noise generated during the construction phase will be of short duration and will be in
accordance with the standards outlined in the Environmental Protection Regulation 1998
and Environmental Protection (Noise) Policy 1997.

 

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