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Ecological Assessment :
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Draft Report

 

Exemptions for clearing defined in Schedule, Part 1 of the Integrated Planning Act 1997
Exemptions on freehold land and indigenous land
(d) necessary for essential management

Essential management means clearing native vegetation:

(a) for establishing or maintaining a necessary fire break to protect infrastructure other
than a fence or road, if the maximum width of the fire break is equivalent to 1.5 times
the height of the tallest vegetation adjacent to the infrastructure, or 20 metres,
whichever is the greater or

(b) for establishing a necessary fire management line if the maximum width of the clearing
for the fire management line is 10 metres or

(c) _ by fire under the Fire and Rescue Service Act to reduce hazardous fuel load

It is also important to note the Vegetation Management Officers also use the 1.5 times the
height of the tallest vegetation adjacent to the infrastructure, or 20 metres whichever is the
greater as the setback rule for infrastructure from remnant vegetation. That is the closest wall of
a building (infrastructure) to remnant vegetation, protected under the VMA 1999 is to be located
no closer than 1.5 times the height of the tallest vegetation adjacent to the infrastructure or 20
metres which ever is the greater.

223 Environment Protection Act 1994

The object of the Environment Protection Act 1994 (EP Act) is to allow “...for development that
improves the quality of life, both now and in the future, in a way that maintains the ecological
processes on which life depends (‘ecologically sustainable development’)’.

The EP Act also has a number of policies that assist in promoting ecologically sustainable
development. These policies regulate:

. Air;

. Interim Waste;

" Noise;

. Waste Management; and
. Water.

It is understood that these issues will be addressed in the proposed development’s associated
management plans (e.g., Stormwater Management Plan) and / or conditions of approval.

2.2.4 Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route) Management Act 2002

The purpose of this Act is to provide for pest (flora and fauna) management for land and stock
route network management. Under this Act, there are procedures for declaring pest species
and obligations for landowners to keep land free of declared pest species.

This Act requires landholders to prevent the spread of declared pest species and control pests
within their land. Declared pest species observed on the subject site are detailed in Section 4.0

 

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