Town Planning Report and Appendices - Cooroibah

Performance outcomes                            Acceptable outcomes                                                 Response     Comment
                                                accurately documented and it cannot be demonstrated
                                                that impact can be reasonably avoided or minimised, an
                                                environmental offset is provided for any significant
                                                residual impact.
                                                Editor’s note: Applications for development should identify
                                                whether there is likely to be a significant residual impact and a
                                                need for an environmental offset having regard to Section 3.8
                                                (Waterway providing for fish passage) of the Significant Residual
                                                Impact Guideline and the relevant Queensland Environmental
                                                Offsets Policy.

Incorporation of fish ways
PO11 Where the waterway barrier works           No acceptable outcome is prescribed.                                N/A          The proposed works will not create a barrier to fish
will be a barrier to fish movement,                                                                                              movement. Therefore the provision for a fish way is not
provisions are made for adequate fish                                                                                            required.
movement by incorporating a fish way or
fish ways for the works.
PO12 Any fish way proposed as part of           AO12.1 A person or entity that is suitably qualified and            N/A          A fish way is not proposed as part of this application.
the development is demonstrated to be a         experienced in fish passage biology and fish way design
feasible and reliable solution that will        and delivery demonstrates and verifies that any fish way
provide adequate fish passage.                  design will provide adequate fish passage.
Editor’s note: Further information about the    And
importance of fish passage and design
considerations can be found in the book From    AO12.2 Development uses a fish way design that has                  N/A          Refer to Response AO12.1.
sea to source: International guidance for the   been successfully implemented under similar conditions
restoration of fish migration highways.         (such as flows and fish communities) and has been
                                                demonstrated to provide adequate fish passage through
                                                actual scientific monitoring.
                                                And
                                                AO12.3 Development provides for the installation of                 N/A          Refer to Response AO12.1.
                                                monitoring equipment, such as traps and lifting
                                                equipment, access for monitoring, and a monitoring
                                                program of sufficient rigour to:
                                                (1) demonstrate the success of the fish way and fish
                                                    passage at the site
                                                (2) provide the basis for optimising operation of the
                                                    works and fish way.
                                                And
                                                AO12.4 The fish way design maximises flexibility for                N/A          Refer to Response AO12.1.
                                                future adjustments that may be needed once in place.
                                                And


State development assessment provisions                                            Module 5 — Fisheries resources          5.2 Constructing or raising waterway barrier works in fish habitats state code
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