MCU14/0106 Appendix E - Engineering Report

Noosa Civic
Construction Environmental Management Plan



 Tasks                                 Actions / Monitoring                                                                          Timing            Responsibility
                                       systems for temporary vegetative cover within 10 days after grading.
 Maintain erosion and sediment         Prepare an erosion and sediment control device maintenance schedule and checklist,            Prior        to   Contractor
 control devices to ensure they are    in general compliance with the example provided in the ESCP to be read in conjunction         construction
 effective.                            with this CEMP.
                                       Undertake inspection of erosion and sediment control devices as scheduled, and report         Daily,   and
                                       any failures immediately on a CAR form.                                                       after   every
                                       Remove all material from sediment and erosion control devices following rain. Return          rain    event
                                       uncontaminated material to a secure stockpile area.                                           greater than
                                                                                                                                     25mm.
 Keep stockpiles within designated     Ensure stockpiles of erodible material are:                                                   Ongoing           Contractor
 and controlled areas (kept as far
                                            formed on flat ground in heaps of no more than 2m in height;
 as    practicable   away     from
 watercourses) and prevent the              appropriately protected from wind, rain, concentrated surface flow and upslope
 spread of stockpile material into           stormwater surface flows;
 adjacent areas.                            located at least 2 metres from any retained vegetation or concentrated drainage
                                             line;
                                            located up-slope of an appropriate sediment control system; and
                                            provided with an appropriate protective cover (synthetic or organic) if the materials
                                             are likely to be stockpiled for more than four weeks.
                                       Undertake visual inspection of stockpiles and adjacent areas on a daily basis during          Daily during
                                       construction.                                                                                 construction
 Avoid unnecessary disturbance of      Minimise the removal of riparian, bank and in-stream vegetation wherever possible, in         Prior to and      Contractor
 watercourses,           including     order to reduce the risk of erosion and assist in maintaining the stability of the beds and   during
 ephemeral watercourses.               banks of waters.                                                                              construction
                                       Do not allow excavators to enter the bed of the watercourse.
                                       Mark any buffer areas in the field, and limit vehicular entry into the riparian zone and
                                       stream banks through fencing or flagging, and/or signage.
                                       Ensure all machinery used in the activities is stored, refuelled and maintained outside
                                       the high banks of the watercourses at a minimum distance of 40m.
 Stabilise exposed areas as soon       Undertake, as a minimum, the following stabilisation measures at the site.                    During            Contractor
 as practicable during and/or          Minimise soil exposure e.g. laying gravel, employing an erosion control blanket or            construction
 following construction.               matting.                                                                                      where
                                                                                                                                     practicable,
                                       Retain and/or maintain downslope vegetation/grass cover as a secondary filtration             and following
                                       device for stormwater runoff.                                                                 completion of


Noosa Civic                                                                     Version 1                                                               November 2014
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