Attachment 6 - Ecological Assessment.pdf

                                                           Ecological Assessment – Attunga Heights



Performance outcomes                    Acceptable outcomes                                      Response   Comment
                                        OR

                                        AO9.3 Clearing only occurs where an area of
                                        essential habitat is isolated and small in size and at
                                        risk from threatening processes, for the prescribed
                                        species.

                                        OR

                                        AO9.4 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 impact from clearing of essential habitat.

                                        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 3.1 (Regulated
                                        vegetation) of the Significant Residual Impact
                                        Guideline and the relevant Queensland
                                        Environmental Offsets Policy.

Acid sulfate soils
PO10 Clearing activities do not         AO10.1 Clearing does not occur in land zone 1,
result in disturbance of acid sulfate   land zone 2 or land zone 3.
soils or changes to the hydrology of
the location that will either:          OR

(1) aerate horizons containing iron     AO10.2 Clearing in land zone 1, land zone 2 or land                 Clearing will not occur below 5m AHD.
    sulfides, or                        zone 3 in areas below the 5 metre Australian
                                        Height Datum only occurs where:
(2) mobilise acid or metals.
                                         (1) it does not involve mechanical clearing                
                                         (2) the acid sulfate soils are managed consistent
                                             with the State Planning Policy, Department



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