Referral Agency Responses sent with decision notice - MCU12/0041

Permit
Environmental authority

 

Obligations under the Environmental Protection Act 1994

In addition to the requirements found in the conditions of this environmental authority, the holder must also meet
their obligations under the EP Act, and the regulations made under the EP Act. For example, the holder must
comply with the following provisions of the Act:

e general environmental duty (section 319)

e duty to notify environmental harm (section 320-320G)

e offence of causing serious or material environmental harm (sections 437-439)

e offence of causing environmental nuisance (section 440)

¢ offence of depositing prescribed water contaminants in waters and related matters (section 440ZG)

e offence to place contaminant where environmental harm or nuisance may be caused (section 443)

Conditions of environmental authority

 

General

 

Activities conducted under this environmental authority must not be conducted contrary to any of
the following limitations:

a) The total water surface area of aquaculture production ponds constructed under this
G1. environmental authority must not exceed 8 hectares.

b) This environmental authority authorises freshwater aquaculture only.

c) This environmental authority does not authorise any clearing of or damage to native vegetation.

 

All reasonable and practicable measures must be taken to minimise the likelihood of

C2; environmental harm being caused.

 

Any breach of a condition of this environmental authority must be reported to the administering
G3. authority within 24 hours of becoming aware of the breach and record full details of the breach
and any subsequent actions.

 

Any exceedance of the approved water quality limits stated in Table 1 must be reported to the
administering authority within 24 hours of receiving the results. This notification must include

 

G4. actions to be taken to prevent the release of water from the settlement pond until the water quality
complies with the approved water quality.
G5 All information and records that are required by the conditions of this environmental authority must

be kept for a period of at least 5 years.

 

 

An appropriately qualified person(s) must monitor, interpret and record all parameters that are
G6. required to be monitored, in the manner provided, under Table 1 — Monitoring and the associated
monitoring requirements.

 

 

 

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