Appendix C- Civil Engineering Report · MCU23/0135

ACID SULFATE SOILS OVERLAY CODE
Performance Criteria and Acceptable Solution
Noosa Civic Stage 2 Retail Development
29 September 2023

               PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES                                                 ACCEPTABLE OUTCOMES                                               RESPONSE

                                                                  The disturbance of ASS avoids the release of acid and metal
                                                                  contaminants by:-

                                                                        1. undertaking an ASS investigation conforming to
                                                                           the National Acid Sulfate Soils Guidance;
                                                                        2. neutralising existing acidity and preventing the
                                                                           generation of acid and metal contaminants using
                                                                           strategies documented in the Soil Management
                                                                           Guidelines; and
                                                                        3. preventing the release of surface or groundwater
                                                                           flows containing acid and metal contaminants into the
                                                                           environment.

                                                                   AND

                                                                   Editor's note—Soil Management Guidelines is a reference
                                                                   to the 'Soil Management Guidelines. Queensland Acid
                                                                   Sulfate Soils Technical Manual'. Dear SE, Moore NG,
                                                                   Dobos SK, Watling KM and Ahern CR. Department of
                                                                   Natural Resources and Mines (2002).

                                                                   AO1.3
                                                                   Where potential or actual ASS is identified, they are
                                                                   managed in accordance with an ASS management plan.




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