Attachment 6 - Ecological Assessment.pdf

                                                       Ecological Assessment – Attunga Heights



Performance outcomes                 Acceptable outcomes                                    Response   Comment
Wetlands
PO2 Maintain the current extent of   AO2.1 Clearing does not occur in or within 100                    Clearing will not occur within 100m of any natural
vegetation associated with any       metres of any natural wetland.
natural wetland to protect:                                                                           wetland.
                                     OR
(1) water quality by filtering
    sediments, nutrients and other   AO2.2 Clearing only occurs within 100 metres of
    pollutants                       any natural wetland where:

(2) aquatic habitat                  (1) the clearing does not occur within 50 metres of
                                         the defining bank of any natural wetland, or
(3) terrestrial habitat.
                                     (2) the widths stipulated by Table 1 are not
                                         exceeded.
                                     OR

                                     AO2.3 Where it can be demonstrated that clearing
                                     cannot be reasonably avoided, and the extent of
                                     clearing has been reasonably minimised, an
                                     environmental offset is provided for any significant
                                     residual impacts from clearing of vegetation
                                     associated with a natural wetland.

                                     Editor’s note: Applications for development should
                                     identify whether there is likely to be a significant
                                     residual impact and a need for an environmental
                                     offset having regard to Section 3.3 (Wetlands and
                                     watercourses) of the Significant Residual Impact
                                     Guideline and the relevant Queensland
                                     Environmental Offsets Policy.

Watercourses and drainage features
PO3 Maintain the current extent of AO3.1 Clearing does not occur:
vegetation associated with any
watercourse or drainage feature to (1) in any watercourse or drainage feature, or



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