Attachment 1 - Amended advice form Rob Friend and Associates

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Performance outcomes                                                        Acceptable outcomes                           Response
         pollutants;                                                             1. does not occur within 10 metres of        of the defining bank of any natural wetland.
                                                                                    the defining bank of any natural
    3. aquatic habitat;                                                                                                      The proposed necessary clearing, will comply
                                                                                    wetland; and
                                                                                                                              with AO5.2 2 and table 1 of the State Code
    4. terrestrial habitat.
                                                                                 2. does not exceed widths in                 16 in that the necessary clearing is less than
                                                                                    reference table 1 in this code.           20 metres in width.
PO6 Where clearing of vegetation in a regional ecosystem                    No acceptable outcome is prescribed.             The clearing will not occur within a regional
associated with a natural wetland does not maintain the composition,                                                          ecosystem associated with a wetland
structure and function of the regional ecosystem, and cannot be
avoided and has been mitigated, an offset is provided for any
acceptable significant residual impact.
Clearing associated with watercourses and drainage features
PO7 Clearing of vegetation within a watercourse and/or drainage             AO7.1 Clearing does not occur in any of          No clearing will occur within or around the
feature and/or within the relevant distance (listed in reference table 2)   the following areas:                              defined bank of a watercourse or drainage
of a watercourse and/or drainage feature, maintains the                     1. inside the defining bank of a                  feature.
composition, structure and function of the regional ecosystem
                                                                               watercourse or drainage feature;              The proposed necessary clearing complies
associated with the watercourse and/or drainage feature to protect
                                                                               and                                            with the requirements of Table 2 of the State
all of the following:
                                                                            2. within the relevant distance of the            Code 16.
1. bank stability by protecting against bank erosion;
                                                                               defining bank of any watercourse or
2. water quality by filtering sediments, nutrients and other pollutants;       drainage feature in reference table 2
                                                                               of this code.
3. aquatic habitat;
4. terrestrial habitat.                                                     OR
                                                                            AO7.2 Clearing within any watercourse
                                                                            or drainage feature, or within the relevant
                                                                            distance of the defining bank of any
                                                                            watercourse or drainage feature in
                                                                            reference table 2 of this code:
                                                                                 1. does not exceed the widths in