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

 Performance outcomes                               Acceptable outcomes                                Response

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                                                         AO124.3 New access tracks required to provide
                                                         necessary access to control a non-native plant or
                                                         declared pests do not exceed five metres in width
                                                         or de-stabilise the banks of any watercourse or
                                                         drainage feature as a result of crossing,
                                                         construction or use.
 Acid sulfate soils if the local government is not the assessment manager for the development application
 PO125 Clearing does not result in, or accelerate,       AO125.1 Clearing does not occur in land zone 1,
 disturbance of acid sulfate soils or changes to the     land zone 2 or land zone 3.
 hydrology of the location that will result in either of
 the following:                                          OR
 1. aeration of horizons containing iron sulphides;
 2. mobilisation of acid or metals.                      AO125.2 Clearing in land zone 1, land zone 2 or
                                                         land zone 3 in areas below the five metre
                                                         Australian Height Datum only occurs where:
                                                         1. mechanical clearing does not disturb the soil
                                                             to a depth greater than 30 centimetres; and
                                                         2. acid sulfate soils are managed consistent with
                                                             the soil management guidelines in the
                                                             Queensland Acid Sulfate Soil Technical
                                                             Manual.
 Conserving remnant vegetation that is a regional ecosystem
 PO126 Clearing activities:                              AO126.1 Mechanical clearing:
 1. maintain the natural floristic composition and       1. only occurs within 1.5 metres from the edge of
     range of sizes of each species of the regional          the canopy of individual non-native plants,
     ecosystem evenly spaced across the                      unless the clearing is required to provide
     application area; and                                   necessary access to control a non-native plant
 2. retain all habitat trees and mature trees.               or declared pest; and
                                                         2. does not occur using two machines linked by
                                                             chain or cable; and
                                                         3. retains all habitat trees and mature trees.

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State code 16: Native vegetation clearing                                                                         Page 43 of 58