Attachment_A-P-EA-100375359_(MCU__OPW_and_EA_Combined)

                                                                                                             Permit

                                                            Environmental authority P-EA-100375359


The DMP includes an aim to prevent and minimise environmental harm to sensitive receptors as a result of the
dredging activity.

Dredged material means mud, sand, coral, shingle, gravel, clay, earth and other material removed by dredging.
Dredged material includes dredge spoil and extracted quarry material.

Dredge footprint is the area being dredged including batters.

Dredging includes extraction of mud, sand, coral, ballast, shingle, gravel, clay, earth and other material from the
bed of Queensland tidal and non-tidal waters. Dredging does not include the banks of a waterway.

Environmental harm as defined in Chapter 1 of the Environmental Protection Act 1994.
Environmental Nuisance as defined in Chapter 1 of the Environmental Protection Act 1994.
Environmental value means
    •   a quality or physical characteristic of the environment that is conducive to ecological health or public
        amenity or safety; or
    •   another quality of the environment identified and declared to be an environmental value under an
        environmental protection policy or regulation.
High ecological value (HEV) is the ‘management intent’ for the ‘ecosystem condition’ as defined in Schedule 1
of the Environmental Protection Policy (Water) 2019 for scheduled waters, or the Australian and New Zealand
Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Water Quality 2000 (ANZECC & ARMCANZ 2000) for non-scheduled waters.
HEV ecosystems are intact and typically exhibit relatively insignificant levels of anthropogenic impacts.
Land means any land, whether above or below the ordinary high-water mark at spring tides (i.e. includes tidal
land).
Measures has the broadest interpretation and includes:
    •   Procedural measures such as standard operating procedures for dredging operations, environmental
        risk assessment, management actions, departmental direction and competency expectations under
        relevant guidelines
    •   Physical measures such as plant, equipment, physical objects (such as bunding, containment systems
        etc.), ecosystem monitoring and bathymetric surveys.
NATA means National Association of Testing Authorities.
Nominated delegate means another government agency that provides services to the administering
authority.
Records include breach notifications, written procedures, analysis results, monitoring reports and monitoring
programs required under a condition of this authority.
Reference site refers to a monitoring site located not only beyond the anticipated zone of influence of a sediment
plume, but also beyond other sources of environmental impacts, and has site pairing with one or more test sites
or sentinel sites. In monitoring programs, reference sites serve the same role as do control sites but can
generally be suitable for a broader set of parameters.
Release of a contaminant into the environment means to:
   • deposit, discharge, emit or disturb the contaminant
   • cause or allow the contaminant to be deposited, discharged, emitted or disturbed
   • fail to prevent the contaminant from being deposited, discharged emitted or disturbed
   • allow the contaminant to escape

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