Attachment_A-P-EA-100375359_(MCU__OPW_and_EA_Combined)

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                                                           Environmental authority P-EA-100375359


Definitions
Key terms and/or phrases used in this document are defined in this section and bolded throughout this document.
Applicants should note that where a term is not defined, the definition in the Environmental Protection Act 1994,
its regulations or environmental protection policies must be used. If a word remains undefined it has its ordinary
meaning.
Activity means the environmentally relevant activities, whether resource activities or prescribed activities, to
which the environmental authority relates.
Administering authority means the Department of Environment and Science or its successor or predecessors.
Alert levels represent tiers in a hierarchy of increasing environmental risk and are defined by trigger values.
Three alert levels (low, moderate, and high) are typically used in a management action framework to indicate
adverse conditions and guide management responses that aim to prevent and minimise environmental harm.
Appropriately qualified person(s) means a person or persons who has professional qualifications, training,
skills or experience relevant to the nominated subject matter and can give authoritative assessment, advice and
analysis to performance relative to the subject matter using the relevant protocols, standards, methods or
literature.
Commercial place means a place used as a workplace, an office or for business or commercial purposes and
includes a place within the curtilage of such a place reasonably used by persons at that place.
Completion of dredging means dredged material has been removed from the dredged basin in accordance
with the plans outlined in condition G3 and G4.
Concern site means a site where a sensitive receptor occurs within the zone of influence of a sediment plume.
Continuous visual monitoring means visual appraisal of the sediment plume extent and intensity as performed
by the dredge crew throughout the day on an ad hoc basis (i.e. whenever it is safe and nondisruptive to do so).
The continuous visual monitoring requirement is intended to facilitate an early response feature in the dredge
management plan, so that the dredge operator remains cognisant of the extent and intensity of the sediment
plume being generated and reacts according to the dredge management plan accordingly. This requirement must
be supplemented with empirical data (e.g. photography, when water quality instruments are not in use) taken at
key indicative points in the tidal cycle (where applicable) to demonstrate the extent and intensity of the sediment
plume.
Control site refers to a monitoring site located beyond the anticipated zone of influence of sediment plumes
and has site pairing with one or more test sites or sentinel sites. In monitoring programs, control sites serve
the same role as do reference sites but only for a defined subset of parameters.

Dredge Management Plan (DMP) is an environmental management plan for the dredging activity. It defines
and describes the:

    •   scope, timing and duration of the dredging operation
    •   sediment plume-associated monitoring programs
    •   assessment of data, trigger values and alert levels, and
    •   management actions that may be required in response to adverse monitoring results.




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