DERM Referral Agency response 132006.1168.02

ecoaccess                 and permits




                                   SCHEDULE E - LAND APPLICATION


Release of Contaminants to Land

(El)     Except as otherwise provided by the conditions of the land application schedule of this development
         approval the environmentally relevant activity must be carried out by such practicable means
         necessary to prevent or minimise the release or likelihood of release of contaminants to land.

(E2)     At the approved place, the only contaminants allowed to be released are reclaimed waters from the
         sewage treatment plant.

Opportunistic Reuse of Treated Sewage Effluent

(E3)     Reclaimed waters are only permitted to be used at the approved places, for various types of reuse
         purposes such as dust suppression on road works and irrigation of gardens, provided the reclaimed
         water reuse is carried out in accordance with the latest edition of the Queensland Water Recycling
         Guidelines December 2005, including the required level of treatment, effluent quality, effluent
         monitoring and monitoring frequency and the specified controls and requirements.

(E4)     The contaminants released must also comply with the following qualitative characteristics:

        (i)      The release must not have any properties nor contain any organisms or contaminants in
                 concentrations or which, in the opinion of the administering authority, are capable of causing
                 environmental harm or an environmental nuisance.

(E5)    Public access to any contaminant release area on land at the approved place must be denied if the
        reclaimed water does not comply with the Queensland Water Recycling Guidelines December 2005
        for public contact.

(E6)     Spray from any release of contaminants to land must not drift beyond the boundaries of the approved
         place.

(E7)    The irrigation of reclaimed waters must be carried out in a manner such that:
        -  vegetation is not damaged;
        -  soil erosion and soil structure damage is avoided;
        -  there is no surface ponding of reclaimed water;
        -  percolation of reclaimed water beyond the plant root zone is minimised;
        -  the capacity of the land to assimilate nitrogen, phosphorous, salts, organic matter as measured
           by oxygen demand and water is not exceeded; and
        -  the quality of groundwater is not adversely affected.

(E8)    The contaminant release areas must be maintained in a proper and efficient manner so as to provide
        adequate assimilation, percolation, evaporation and transpiration of the wastes released to the
        disposal areas.

(E9)    The release of contaminants to land must be carried out in such a manner that there is no ponding or
        pooling of contaminants on the surface of the contaminant release area(s) nor seepage of
        contaminants from the contaminant release area(s) to any waters or stormwater drain.

(E10)   Reclaimed waters must not be released to the contaminant release area(s) during and immediately
        after rainfall.

(Ell)   Where applicable, crop cover must be regularly harvested and removed from contaminant release
        areas.




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 or equivalent/similar as required by legislation administered by the
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