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

 Performance outcomes                              Acceptable outcomes                                     Response
 PO26 Clearing within 100 metres of a salinity     AO26.1 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
 PO27 Clearing of vegetation maintains the         AO27.1 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

                                                    AO27.2 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

                                                    AO27.3 Total clearing of endangered regional
                                                    ecosystems and of concern regional
                                                    ecosystems combined does not exceed areas
                                                    prescribed in table reference table 1 of this code.
 PO28 Where clearing of vegetation in an            No acceptable outcome is prescribed.
 endangered regional ecosystem or an of concern
 regional ecosystems does not maintain the
 composition, structure and function of the regional
 ecosystem, and cannot be avoided and has been
 mitigated, the cleared area:
 1. is rehabilitated; or
 2. where the cleared area cannot be rehabilitated,
     an offset is provided for any acceptable
     significant residual impact.
 Essential habitat excluding essential habitat for Phascolarctos cinereus (koalas) if development is assessable under Schedule 10, Part 10 of the
 Planning Regulation 2017


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