Annex 11 - Code 11 - Marine Plants

State code 11: Removal, destruction or damage of marine plants
Table 11.2.2: Operational works
  Performance outcomes                               Acceptable outcomes                                         Response
  All development
  PO1 There is a demonstrated need for the           For development associated with a public health or safety   Does not comply with PO1
  development, and alternatives (locations and       purpose:
  designs) which do not involve removal,                                                                         The purpose of the works is to restore a historically
  destruction or damage of marine plants and         AO1.1 Development is for:                                   abundant habitat type (now degraded) for the benefit
                                                                                                                 of fish habitats, fisheries productivity and natural
  impacts to fisheries resources and fish habitats   1. signage or aids to warn the public of a safety
                                                                                                                 ecological processes within the declared FHA.
  are not viable.                                       hazard (for example, within a waterway to warn of
                                                        submerged rocks, crocodiles, marine stingers); or        The disturbance areas proposed for restoration are in
                                                     2. prevention of an impending public safety issue; or       a degraded condition resulting in reduced fisheries
                                                     3. the mitigation of a hazard to public safety that has     productivity. A full description of the site conditions of
                                                        resulted from a specific unforeseen event (for           the proposed restoration sites is given in the Project
                                                        example, a fallen tree that is a danger to safe          Restoration Plan, Section 4: Restoration Sites, as well
                                                                                                                 as in Annex 1 to the plan: Noosa River Habitat
                                                        navigation); or                                          Survey.
                                                     4. placement of a cyclone mooring identified under a
                                                        cyclone contingency plan by the harbour master           The proposed restoration works are feasible, using
                                                        or controlling port authority, and is located in         tried and tested methods accredited by the
                                                        accordance with the plan; or                             international Society for Ecological Restoration (SER).
                                                     5. a public health purpose that has been endorsed
                                                                                                                 The restoration methods are outlined in detail in the
                                                        in writing by Queensland Health or the relevant
                                                                                                                 Project Restoration Plan, Section 5: Restoration
                                                        local government.                                        substrates, Section 6: Construction, Section 7:
                                                                                                                 Signage and aids to navigation and Section 8: Post-
                                                     For any other development, no acceptable outcome is         construction management.
                                                     prescribed.
                                                                                                                 A post-works monitoring and maintenance program is
                                                     Note: The application should identify and document the      included.
                                                     impacts of alternative proposals.
                                                                                                                 The design and of the restoration substrate and its
                                                                                                                 placement on each individual site has been made by
                                                                                                                 qualified coastal engineers (Integrated Coastal
                                                                                                                 Management). All works will occur below Mean High
                                                                                                                 Water Spring and requires works to have NO adverse
                                                                                                                 effects on marine plant habitat including seagrass,

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