SUPERSEDED - Decision Notice - Concurrence Agency - EPA [As Published] · 142008.383

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Concurrence Agency Response

EPA Permit number: _IPCC01117608

Monitoring

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The Sunshine Coast Regional Council is to develop a Sand Shifting Management Plan which details the
operational and monitoring strategies consistent with the conditions of this approval. The Plan shall
include a monitoring strategy for ensuring that the pumping regime is consistent with the natural net
littoral drift rates.. As a minimum, the plan should Include monthly monitoting of the vagetation line.

Details of the quantity of sand recycled are to be sent to the Environmental Protection Agency on a
monthly basis.

Within 12 months of establishment and at 5 yearly intervals or sooner if the Environmental Protection
Agency has reasonable concerns that the local or regional natural coastal processes are being adversely
affected, a program of research must be undertaken to determine the long-term impacts of the sand
Shifting operation on the depositional characteristics of Noosa Estuary. In particular, the Environmental
Protection Agency seeks to determine whether the operation of the sand shifting facility within the active
system undermines the supply of sediment to the estuary. The Environmental Protection Agency must be
consulted in the development of the research program.

Recording of any faunal by-catch associated with the sand shifting activity must be undertaken on a daily
basis during days of operation. Records of by-catch must be provided to the Environmental Protection
Agency bi-annually for the first year of operation.

Beach and dune profiling is to be undertaken every 6 months for the first 5 years and annually thereafter
from the sand extraction area at Noosa Spit Beach to the sand deposition area at Noosa Main Beach.
One profiling event must be a detailed survey (survey intervals of <50m) and include profiling of the surf
zone (minimum 5m water depth). The other profiling event must include 4 profiles of the beach zone (two.
at Noosa Spit Beach and two at Noosa Main Beach). Both surveys must be provided to the
Environmental Protection Agency upon completion.

 

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