2022-05-16 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                 16 MAY 2022




                                  Figure 5: - Noosa Sound West Site

   The proposed restoration sites have been subject to the following assessments and studies:
   a)   Bathymetric mapping
   b)   Marine and intertidal habitat mapping
   c)   River user analysis
   d)   Habitat suitability modelling
   e)   Restoration suitability modelling
   f)   Community consultation
   g)   Detailed site engineering
   These assessments/reports were submitted by the applicant as part of the application and
   where relevant have been reviewed by Marine Approval Specialists as part of the
   Assessment Manager Development Assessment process.
   The applicant has also submitted a comprehensive Project Restoration Plan and this is
   included as Attachment 2 to this report.
   The application material includes a range of environmental management and monitoring
   commitments, primarily documented in the Noosa Oyster Ecosystem Restoration Project -
   Project Restoration Plan. These management and monitoring commitments include:
   -    Installation of signage and aids to navigation to ensure public safety and safe passage
        of vessels
   -    Minimising or completely avoiding impacts to intertidal vegetation (mangroves and
        saltmarshes) and seabed vegetation (seagrass and macroalgae)
   -    Avoiding impacts to or buffering of existing tidal works
   -    Development of a Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting (MER) System
   -    Development of a Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP)




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