6. Noosa River DMP Ver0 (Combined)

     PLANNING

        GENERAL OBLIGATIONS
                  Environmental Protection Act 1994
The Environmental Protection Act 1994 states that we all have a general environmental duty. Meeting the general
environmental duty needs to consider:
    •    Nature of the harm or potential harm
    •    Sensitivity of the environment
    •    Current state of technical knowledge for the activity (i.e. current best practice)
    •    Likelihood of possible measures being successful
    •    Financial implications of taking different measures
Environmental harm is defined by the Environmental Protection Act 1994 as any adverse effect, or potential
adverse effect (whether temporary or permanent and of whatever magnitude, duration or frequency) on an
environmental value and includes environmental nuisance. It may be caused as a direct or indirect result of the
activity or the combined effect of the activity and other activities or factors.
In the event that failing to fulfil your general environmental duty results in unapproved environmental harm, the
relevant authorities are to be notified within 24 hours of becoming aware of an incident.




            LOCAL MAPPING
                  Acid Sulfate Soils
Local Mapping identifies land as being at or below 5m AHD (Figure 2).
Acid sulfate testing, undertaken during Geotechnical Investigations, is shown in Section 4.1.2.




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