Town Planning Report and Appendices - Cooroibah

Performance outcomes                          Acceptable outcomes                                             Response     Comment
                                              being washed back over the spillway during overtopping.
                                              And
                                              AO19.8 Cover is provided for fish moving from the exit.         N/A          Refer to Response AO12.1.
                                              And
                                              AO19.9 Fish exit upstream and downstream fish ways at           N/A          Refer to Response AO12.1.
                                              the water level over the full range of tailwater and
                                              headwater levels.
                                              And
                                              AO19.10 Trash and debris are excluded from the                  N/A          Refer to Response AO12.1.
                                              upstream fish way exit and downstream fish way entrance
                                              with designs that ensure that fish can access the exits and
                                              entrances, and that the fish way(s) are not blocked or
                                              damaged by trash or debris.
                                              And
                                              AO19.11 Adequate minimum depth is maintained through            N/A          Refer to Response AO12.1.
                                              the fish way.
                                              And
                                              AO19.12 The risk of fish kills arising from the works are       N/A          Refer to Response AO12.1.
                                              minimised (for example, through entrapment of fish
                                              upstream or between works).
                                              And
                                              AO19.13 Contingency plans in case of mechanical or              N/A          Refer to Response AO12.1.
                                              electrical failure of fish ways are in place.
                                              And
                                              AO19.14 The fish way design, operation and capacity will        N/A          Refer to Response AO12.1.
                                              avoid or acceptably minimise predation within and upon
                                              the fish community using the fish way.
Inherent barrier design and provision of fish passage
PO20 Fish passage is provided for:            AO20.1 Development avoids or minimises loss of, or                          The proposed works involve the replacement of an existing
(1) in the inherent design of the             modification to, fish habitat.                                               culvert for safety reasons.
    waterway barrier works                    And                                                                          As the proposed works will not create a barrier to fish
(2) over the in-situ life of the barrier in                                                                                movement, the provision for a fish way is not required. The
    that position through adequate                                                                                         proposed works will not result in a loss of fish habitat and
    construction and maintenance of the                                                                                    the ability for fish passage will remain.
    barrier.                                                                                                               The proposed works will be permanent and will not require
                                                                                                                           maintenance.

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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