Attachment 3 -C_ Planning Scheme Assessment

Appendix C
Assessment Against the Planning Scheme – Acid Sulfate Soils Code

  Performance Outcomes                        Acceptable Outcomes                                         Compliance
Avoidance and management of ASS
PO1                              AO1.1
Development:                     The disturbance of ASS is avoided by:                  Can comply – the development approval can be
(a) does not disturb ASS; or     a) undertaking an ASS investigation and soil           conditioned to ensure an ASS investigation and soil
(b) is managed to avoid or           analysis according to the National Acid            analysis is undertaken in accordance with the
    minimise the release of acid     Sulfate Soils Guidance;                            National Acid Sulfate Soils Guidance and that any
    and metal contaminants,      b) not excavating or otherwise removing soil or        development works on the site resulting from that
    where disturbance of ASS is      sediment containing ASS;                           development approval are undertaken in accordance
    unavoidable.                 c) not permanently or temporarily extracting           with the Acid Sulfate Soils Code in the planning
                                     groundwater that results in the aeration of        scheme.
                                     previously saturated ASS; and
                                 d) not undertaking filling on land at or below 5
                                     metres AHD that results in:-
                                     (i) actual ASS being moved below the
                                         water table; or
                                    (ii) previously saturated ASS being aerated.

                                   Editor's note—National Sampling and
                                   Identification Methods Guidelines is a reference
                                   to:
                                   a) National Acid Sulfate Soils Guidance:
                                       National acid sulfate soils sampling and
                                       identification methods manual, Department
                                       of Agriculture and Water Resources,
                                       Canberra (Sullivan et al, 2018); and
                                   b) National Acid Sulfate Soils Guidance:
                                       National Acid Sulfate Soils Identification and
                                       Laboratory Methods Manual, Department of
                                       Agriculture and Water Resources, Canberra;
                                       and
                                   c) the Australian Standard 4969.

                                   OR

                                   AO1.2
                                   The disturbance of ASS avoids the release of
                                   acid and metal contaminants by:-
                                   a) undertaking an ASS investigation conforming
                                       to the National Acid Sulfate Soils Guidance;
                                   b) neutralising existing acidity and preventing
                                       the generation of acid and metal
                                       contaminants using strategies documented
                                       in the Soil Management Guidelines; and
                                   c) preventing the release of surface or
                                       groundwater flows containing acid and metal
                                       contaminants into the environment.

                                   AND

                                   Editor's note—Soil Management Guidelines is a
                                   reference to the 'Soil Management Guidelines.
                                   Queensland Acid Sulfate Soils Technical
                                   Manual'. Dear SE, Moore NG, Dobos SK,
                                   Watling KM and Ahern CR. Department of
                                   Natural Resources and Mines (2002).

                                   AO1.3
                                   Where potential or actual ASS is identified, they
                                   are managed in accordance with an ASS
                                   management plan.