Appendix A - SDAP - State Code 16 - Native vegetation clearing response

 Performance outcomes                                  Acceptable outcomes                           Response
 PO39 Where:                                           No acceptable outcome is prescribed.
 1. clearing of vegetation in a regional
      ecosystem does not maintain ecological
      processes; and
 2. the regional ecosystem does not remain in the
      landscape despite threatening processes; and
 3. the clearing cannot be avoided; and
 4. the clearing has been mitigated
 an offset is provided for any acceptable significant
 residual impact.
 Soil erosion if the local government is not the assessment manager for the development application
 PO40 Clearing does not result in accelerated soil     AO40.1 Clearing only occurs if an erosion and
 erosion within or outside the land the subject of the sediment control plan is developed and
 development application.                              implemented to prevent soil erosion and
                                                       instability resulting from the clearing.
 Salinity
 PO41 Clearing within 100 metres of a salinity         AO41.1 Clearing does not occur within 100
 expression area does not contribute to or             metres of a salinity expression area.
 accelerate land degradation through either of the
 following:
 1. waterlogging;
 2. the salinisation of groundwater, surface water
      or soil.
 Conserving endangered and of concern regional ecosystems
 PO42 Clearing of vegetation maintains the             AO42.1 Clearing does not occur in an
 composition, structure and function of endangered     endangered regional ecosystem or an of
 regional ecosystems and/or of concern regional        concern regional ecosystem.
 ecosystems.
                                                       OR

                                                  AO42.2 Total clearing of endangered regional
                                                  ecosystems and of concern regional
                                                  ecosystems combined does not exceed the
                                                  widths prescribed in table reference table 1 of this
                                                  code.

                                                  OR



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