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ATTUNGA HEIGHTS PRELIMINARY EMP

developer and Noosa Shire Council in fulfilling their environmental obligations set out in
the Ministerial approval and ensuring industry best practice management of construction
works and ongoing operation. The EMP is part of an integrated approach to environmental
management and ensures that Local, State and Commonwealth environmental management
requirements are met.

This EMP demonstrates compliance with conditions 28, 29 30, 31 and 32 of the Ministerial
Approval.

1.3 STRUCTURE AND SCOPE
EMP’s are prepared and implemented to address identified impacts of a development that
need to be controlled. The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Guidelines for
Preparing Environmental Management Plans state that an EMP includes:
e Agreed performance criteria and objectives in relation to environmental and social
impacts;
e Detailed prevention, minimization and mitigation strategies (including design
standards) for controlling environmental impacts at specific sites;
¢ Details of the proposed monitoring of the effectiveness of remedial measures against
agreed performance criteria in consultation with relevant government agencies and
the community;
¢ Details of implementation responsibilities for meeting environmental management;
e Timing (milestones) of environmental management initiatives;
e Reporting requirements and auditing responsibilities for meeting environmental
performance objectives; and
e Corrective actions to rectify any deviation from performance standards.

An EMP sets out the targets and associated performance indicators required to achieve best
practice environmental management with respect to each of the environmental issues for the
whole development site. A preliminary EMP is appropriate at concept or preliminary stages
when detailed construction plans are not available or are available for only part of the
proposed development.

1.4 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

The subject land occupies a 1.8 ha site, approximately rectangular (north-south) between
Attunga Heights, Alma Way & Edgar Bennett Road, Noosa Heads. The site is accessed from
Alma Way, across an ephemeral watercourse flowing north from the adjacent Viridian
Noosa development site, past Halse Lodge and beneath Noosa Drive before discharging to
Noosa Sound. On the western side of the creek, the subject land comprises a forested sandy
hillside which rises to the unmade road reserve of Edgar Bennett Road near Picture Point.
The site is currently occupied by a single house at the end of Attunga Heights.

 

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