Development Application part 2 OF 2 All of CD, Information in notes - MCU12/0216

Planning Assessment Report                                                                                                 Page 25
300 Kennedys Road, Lake Macdonald QLD 4563 – Extractive Industry




It is intended for a Drivers Code of Conduct to be implemented which will also include information to the treatment and
awareness of on road cyclists when entering, exiting or travelling along the haulage route.

m) A public transport node is located within Cooroy and links public transport services to other centres in Noosa,
   including railway stations;

RESPONSE:
Not Applicable.

n) The vistas offered from the major road corridors are protected and add to the attraction of the locality for
   visitors and residents;

RESPONSE:
   Refer to response to Overall Outcomes for the Cooroy and Lake Macdonald Locality: d) above.

o) Environmental and aesthetic values associated with the hillslopes, including iconic mountains and the
   watercourses of Lake Macdonald, Ringtail, Six Mile and Cooroy Creeks are protected;

RESPONSE:
   Refer to response to Overall Outcomes for the Cooroy and Lake Macdonald Locality: a) above and q) below.

p) Water quality standards in the watercourses of this locality are maintained or improved through land
   management practices;

RESPONSE:
Six Mile Creek will be protected by the following measures, which include:

      at least 100 m of separation from the area of disturbance to the mapped watercourse and associated mapped remnant
      vegetation;
      a 20 m setback from the eastern most boundary of the mining lease; and
      CSR’s requirement to comply with their Environmental Approval (EA) conditions for their activities, specifically:
      -    diversion bunds above the extractive areas to divert clean stormwater runoff around the disturbed area; and
      -    establishing a system of stormwater controls for stormwater runoff prior to release as currently required under the
           EA, and likely to be imposed by DEHP through the conditions for ERA 16.

In addition, the Site Based Management Plan (ATTACHMENT 8) prepared for the Site, provides the framework for
environmental management on the Site and is a practical guide at the operational level to contain environmental impacts.
The SBMP has been prepared to assist in the management and protection of surrounding environment values and
describes how the operator proposes to manage potential environmental impacts which may be caused by carrying out
extractive and processing activities. The SBMP prepared for the Site includes a Stormwater, Erosion and Sediment Control
Plan to ensure changes to the hydrological regime, contamination of stormwater, on-site soil erosion and release of
contaminated water off-site is prevented, as far as practicable.

q) Open space networks across the locality are protected and enhanced including –

      i.     Mt Cooroy Conservation Park;
      ii.    parts of Tewantin and Ringtail State Forests;
      iii.   the riparian corridors of Six Mile and Ringtail Creeks and their tributaries; and
      iv.    the vegetated ranges of the sub-coastal escarpments in the north, south and east of the locality;

RESPONSE:
The proposed extraction is positioned in a manner which avoids:

      remnant and high value regrowth vegetation, watercourses and ridgelines;
      a conservation estate (and its buffer) associated with Yurol State Forest, located on an adjoining property to Lot 3 and at
      least 800 m from the proposed extraction areas on-site; and


December 2012 / file ref. 1271_DA1_310_001                                                                      GROUNDWORK p l u s