DERM Referral Agency response 132006.1168.02

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        environmental licences and oe,mm(ts




Receiving Environment Monitoring Program

(H18)    The registered operator must design and conduct a Receiving Environment Monitoring Program to
         monitor the effects of the release of contaminants on the receiving water environment.

(H19)    The Receiving Environment Monitoring Program for the sewage treatment work must include but not
         be limited to the following:

         (i)        description of potentially affected environment including key communities and ambient water
                    quality;
        (ii)        description of water quality objectives and biological objectives to be achieved;
        (iii)       description of selected physio-chemical and biological indicators and reasons for their
                    inclusion;
         (iv)       the locations of monitoring stations including monitoring transects away from the outfall of
                    the approved release as well as any control locations;
        (v)         the proposed sampling depths;
        (vi)        the water quality characteristics of receiving waters to be determined;
        (vii)       the frequency of sampling and analysis;
        (viii)      any historical data sets to be relied upon; and
        (ix)        description of the statistical basis on which conclusions are drawn.

(H20)   The Receiving Environment Monitoring Program must also consider, but not be limited to, the
        following:

        (i)        water quality criteria specified in the Australian & New Zealand Environment & Conservation
                   Council's "Australian Water Quality Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Waters", November
                   1992;
        (ii)       water quality criteria specified in the Environmental Protection Agency's "Queensland Water
                   Quality Guidelines 2006";
        (iii)      any Environmental Protection Policies enacted under Queensland's Environmental
                   Protection Act 1994 concerning water quality and ecosystems; and
        (iv)       relevant reports produced with respect to the Environmental Protection Agency's Water
                   Quality Monitoring Programs.




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