Attachment 7B - Fauna and Flora Assessment_NoosaLandfill_NorthernSection_Revision3

                                                                                                                                             Native Foresters



           Performance Outcomes                                  Acceptable Outcomes                                             Response

      g)   removing pest species and replacing       Recreational facilities (eg. playgrounds, pergolas,
           them with local native species.           barbeques) are setback a minimum of 10 metres
                                                     from the top of the bank of a waterway.

 PO7                                                 No acceptable outcome provided.                        N/A
 Vegetation within 400 metres of the full
 ponded water within Lake
 Macdonald is retained.
 PO8                                                 AO8.1                                                  N/A
 Development on land adjacent to a waterway or       Development adjacent to a waterway or wetland
 wetland maintains appropriate extent of public      provides that:                                         There is currently no public access to the waterway
 access to waterways and wetlands and                    a) no new lots directly back onto a riparian       to the north of the proposed clearing.
 minimises edge effects.                                      buffer area; and
                                                         b) new public roads are located between a
                                                              riparian buffer area or riparian zone and
                                                              the proposed development area.




 Surface and ground water hydrology
 PO9                                                 AO9.1                                                  Complies with PO9
 Development ensures that the natural surface        Development does not impact on the natural surface
 water and ground water hydrologic regimes of        water or groundwater hydrologic regimes and this is    The native vegetation to the north of the clearing (in
 waterways,              wetlands           and      facilitated by:                                        adjacent retained vegetation) is not mapped as a
 hydrologically-sensitive plant communities are            a) avoiding or minimising channelization,
 not adversely impacted.                                        redirection or interruption of flow;
                                                                                                            groundwater dependent ecosystem.
                                                           b) avoiding groundwater extraction;
                                                           c) maintaining groundwater recharge and          The works have been designed to ensure surface
                                                                discharge processes;                        flows are safely conveyed across the site without
                                                           d) maintaining natural groundwater               causing erosion on the site. The works will also be
                                                                fluctuations;                               undertaken in accordance with a CEMP to protect
                                                           e) avoiding causing ingress of saline water      water quality values on site.
                                                                into freshwater aquifers of wetlands; and
                                                           f) avoiding contaminants entering                There is no proposed groundwater extraction for the
                                                                groundwater (e.g. from runoff, effluent
                                                                disposal).
                                                                                                            works.

                                                                                                            The landfill site currently uses a HES basin and a
                                                                                                            bioretention basin to treat surface waters on site prior
                                                                                                            to entering adjacent ecosystems. The proposed



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