DEEDI Approval to request to change and existing development approval · OPW11/0116

OFFSET CONDITION
A Deed, or other formal written agreement, for fish habitat offsets is to be entered into between The State
of Queensland, acting through its agency the Department of Employment, Economic Development and
Innovation (DEEDI), and Sunshine Coast Regional Council. The impacted marine fish habitat outlined in
Condition 1 is to be offset in a manner that is acceptable to Fisheries Queensland and compliant with the
Queensland Government Environmental Offsets Policy and Fisheries Habitat Management Operational
Policy FHMOP 005: Mitigation and Compensation for Works or Activities Causing Marine Fish Habitat
Loss. The offset/s will preferably be documented within an offset package for the Noosa River Spit
Erosion Protection Works and may include:

a) direct offsets through inputs for the protection, creation or enhancement of fish habitats and fisheries
resources; or

b) indirect offset financial contribution to be allocated to fish habitat projects for the protection, creation or
enhancement of fish habitats and fisheries resources; or

c) a combination of a) and b). The offset Deed, or other formal written agreement, must be executed by
both parties within three (3) months of the issue of the decision notice for this approval.

Condition 9 of DEEDI Permit No. 2011 DB0083 now states:

OFFSET CONDITION
A Deed, or other formal written agreement, for fish habitat offsets is to be entered into between The State
of Queensland, acting through its agency the Department of Employment, Economic Development and
Innovation (DEEDI), and Sunshine Coast Regional Council. The impacted marine fish habitat outlined in
Condition 1 is to be offset in a manner that is acceptable to Fisheries Queensland and compliant with the
Queensland Government Environmental Offsets Policy and Fisheries Habitat Management Operational
Policy FHMOP 005: Mitigation and Compensation for Works or Activities Causing Marine Fish Habitat
Loss. The offsets will preferably be documented within an offset package for the Noosa River Spit
Erosion Protection Works and may include:

a) direct offsets through inputs for the protection, creation or enhancement of fish habitats and fisheries
resources; or

b) indirect offset financial contribution to be allocated to fish habitat projects for the protection, creation or
enhancement of fish habitats and fisheries resources; or

c) a combination of a) and b). The offset Deed, or other formal written agreement, must be executed by
both parties within twelve (12) months of the issue of the decision notice for this approval.

An amended copy of the Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation
conditions is attached.

Please note that no written notice was received from the particular entity, Sunshine Coast
Regional Council. Under s373 (2) of the Sustainable Planning Act 2009, if no response is
received from the particular entity within the applicable timeframe, then the responsible entity
must decide the request as if the particular entity had no objection to the request.