App5 - SDAP Assessment · MCU17/0020

                                                                      in open or flow-through systems that allow
                                                                      release or discharge into waterways.
PO12 The aquaculture facility is designed to allow AO12.1 The aquaculture facility is designed such                       Complies – The design of the facility is similar to the existing
for management of disease.                                            that any fish mortalities and processing wastes     facility at Production Street, and all measures are provided
Note: Further information can be found in the Health management                                                           within the Site and Operational Based Management Plan.
                                                                      (including filter residues) are treated and
technical guidelines for aquaculture: Technical guidelines for health
management for aquaculture, including aquaculture undertaken          disposed of in accordance with the Australian
under the self-assessable code, Department of Agriculture,            Government Department of Agriculture,
                                                                      Fisheries and Forestry AQUAVETPLAN (as
                                                                      updated from time to time) available on the
                                                                      Australian Government Department of
                                                                      Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry website.
PO13 Ponds are designed, constructed, managed AO13.1 Appropriate risk assessment has been                                 Complies – The design of the facility is similar to the existing
and maintained to avoid leakage, ensure immunity undertaken with regards to site and design                               facility at Production Street, and all measures to manage
                                                                                                                          the stock are provided within the Site and Operational
from flooding, and minimise biosecurity and                           options, and the outcomes of the risk               Based Management Plan.
disease risks.                                                        assessment are applied to the development
Editor’s note: Risk assessment considerations can be found in the     proposed. AND AO13.2 The development is not
Guidelines for constructing and maintaining aquaculture containment
structures: Guidelines for best practice in-ground pond construction  located on flood prone land. AND AO13.3 Ponds
for aquaculture, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry,   are constructed above the highest astronomical
2007.                                                                 tide. AND AO13.4 Containers used to cultivate
                                                                      aquaculture fisheries resources are constructed
                                                                      with the lowest point of the top of wall at least
                                                                      the height of the Q100 flood level, or no lower
                                                                      than the highest known or recorded flood level if
                                                                      Q100 is unavailable. AND AO13.5 Containers
                                                                      used for treatment and settlement are
                                                                      constructed so that the lowest point on the top
                                                                      of wall is at least the height of the Q50 flood
                                                                      level. AND AO13.6 An appropriate size and
                                                                      number of overflow outlets are constructed 0.5
                                                                      metres from the lowest point on the top of wall.
                                                                      AND AO13.7 All in-ground structures, including
                                                                      any structure or impoundment used for the
                                                                      collection or treatment of wastewater, are
                                                                      constructed so as to adequately prevent the
                                                                      ingress of stormwater run-off, for example, by
                                                                      constructing a bund or levee wall around the
                                                                      structure or impoundment. AND AO13.8 Control