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2. Legislation, Approvals and References

2.1 Relevant Legislation

The statutory requirements which apply to the project and govern the content of this document are
detailed below.

2.1.1 Environmental! Protection Act 1994

The Environmental Protection Act 1994 was created to protect Queensland's environment while allowing
for development that improves the total quality of life, in a way that maintains the ecological processes on
which life depends. The Act, which is administered by the Department of Environment and Resource
Management (DERM, previously the Environmental Protection Agency) utilises a number of mechanisms
to achieve its objectives. These include creating a general environmental duty, licensing environmentally
relevant activities (ERAs), and issuing environmental protection policies which are briefly described
below.

General Environmental Duty

Section 319 of the Act which conveys the general environmental duty, states that a person must not
carry out any activity that causes, or is likely to cause, environmental harm unless the person takes all
reasonable and practicable measures to prevent or minimise the harm.

Environmentally Relevant Activities

The legislation identifies a number of ERAs, which are listed in Schedule 2 of the Environmental
Protection Regulation 2008. |t is an offence to conduct ERAs without an environmental authority (i.e. a
registration certificate) issued by the DERM.

Environmental Protection (Water) Policy 2009

Provisions contained within the EPP (Water) prohibit the deposit or release of certain things such as
building waste, cement or concrete, rubbish and oil into a roadside gutter, stormwater drain or a place
where it could have the potential to contaminate a watercourse. Given that construction works will be
undertaken adjacent to Burgess Creek and Lake Weyba Wetlands, this policy will have bearing on the
construction works. Water quality and hydrology management actions are provided in Sections 7 and 8
of this CEMP.

Environmental Protection (Air) Policy 2008

The EPP (Air) covers environmental management decisions and air pollution dispersion modelling and
monitoring of releases, management of certain sources of contamination, and nominates a whole-of-
government approach to managing the air environment. Air quality indicators and goals for various
contaminants are also stated. Air quality management actions are provided in Section 9 of this CEMP.

Environmental Protection (Noise) Policy 2008

Provisions contained within the EPP (Noise) establish acoustic quality objectives and the abatement of
unreasonable noise and is intended to provide measures and equipment suggested for making noise
assessment. Noise management actions are included in Section 12 of this CEMP.

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