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

 Performance outcomes                                  Acceptable outcomes                                  Response
                                                       1. 100 metres; or
                                                       2. any distance specified on the approved
                                                          product label; or
                                                       3. the distance specified in the safety and use
                                                          conditions issued by the Australian Pesticides
                                                          and Veterinary Medicines Authority.

                                                       AND

                                                       AO123.5 Aerial application of a foliar herbicide
                                                       does not occur within whichever is the greater
                                                       distance from the defining bank of a watercourse
                                                       or drainage feature:
                                                       1. 50 metres; or
                                                       2. any distance specified on the approved
                                                           product label; or
                                                       3. the distance specified in the safety and use
                                                           conditions issued by the Australian Pesticides
                                                           and Veterinary Medicines Authority.
 Soil erosion
 PO124 Clearing of vegetation does not result in       AO124.1 Clearing only occurs where recognised
 accelerated soil erosion within or outside the land   best practice methods are employed to:
 subject of the development application.               1. prevent soil erosion and instability resulting
                                                          from the clearing; and
                                                       2. stabilise soil erosion and instability which
                                                          would result from clearing; and
                                                       3. prevent increased sediment run-off entering a
                                                          wetland, watercourse or drainage feature as
                                                          a result of the clearing.

                                                       AND

                                                       AO124.2 Mechanical clearing:
                                                       1. does not occur on a slope greater than 15
                                                          percent; and
                                                       2. in each 50 by 50 metre area (0.25 hectares),
                                                          retains 50 per cent of the ground cover and
                                                          does not disturb more than 50 per cent of the
                                                          ground cover.

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