Appendix B - Ecological Assessment Report

    e) maintaining stream integrity and
       bank stability by minimising bank
       erosion and slumping;                 AO6.3                                                       AO6.3 N/A. No public recreational facilities are
    f) maintaining water quality through     Recreational facilities (e.g. playgrounds, pergolas,        proposed.
       filtering sediments, nutrients and    barbeques) are setback a minimum of 10 metres from the
       other pollutants; and                 top of the bank of a waterway.
    g) removing pest species and
       replacing them with local native      Editor’s Note—Setbacks to waterways for certain uses and
       species.                              works are also specified in the relevant codes.

                                             Editor's Note—Wetland areas are identified on the
                                             Queensland Wetland Program mapping

                                             Editor’s Note – Any clearing of vegetation also needs to
                                             meet the outcomes of the Earthworks Code and the Water
                                             Quality and Drainage Code.
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            Development adjacent to a waterway or wetland provides
waterway or wetland maintains appropriate    that:
extent of public access to waterways and         a) no new lots directly back onto a riparian buffer
wetlands and minimises edge effects.                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                                                       The development is not proposing activities which
Development ensures that the natural         Development does not impact on the natural surface water    are likely to affect natural surface water or
surface water and ground water hydrologic    or groundwater hydrologic regimes and this is facilitated   groundwater hydrologic regimes.
regimes of waterways, wetlands and           by:
hydrologically-sensitive plant communities       a) avoiding or minimising channelization, redirection
are not adversely impacted.                          or interruption of flow;
                                                 b) avoiding groundwater extraction;
Editor's Note—Groundwater dependent              c) maintaining groundwater recharge and discharge
ecosystems are identified on Queensland              processes;
Government Wetland Info mapping.                 d) maintaining natural groundwater fluctuations;

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