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

 Performance outcomes                                 Acceptable outcomes                                  Response
                                                      3. within 15 metres of the defining bank of a
                                                         watercourse or drainage feature that is a
                                                         stream order 3 or 4 watercourse or drainage
                                                         feature; and
                                                      4. within 20 metres of the defining bank of a
                                                         watercourse or drainage feature that is a
                                                         stream order 5 or more watercourse or
                                                         drainage feature.

                                                      AND

                                                      AO129.2 Root-absorbed broad spectrum
                                                      herbicides are not applied within whichever is the
                                                      greater distance from the defining bank of a
                                                      watercourse or drainage feature:
                                                      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.
 Soil erosion
 PO130 Clearing does not result in accelerated soil   AO130.1 Clearing only occurs where recognised
 erosion within or outside the land subject of the    best practice methods are employed to:
 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

                                                      AO130.2 Mechanical clearing does not occur in
                                                      any of the following areas:
                                                      1. within 50 metres of an area of soil erosion
                                                          and instability; and
                                                      2. slopes greater than five per cent.

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