Town Planning Report and Appendices - Cooroibah

Performance outcomes                      Acceptable outcomes                                             Response     Comment
                                          introduce fish (including non-endemic fish or noxious fish)
                                          into an area where these species were not previously
                                          found, and this would be more detrimental to the existing
                                          fish community than the effect of the barrier.
Construction
PO30 The construction of waterway         AO30.1 Work does not commence during times of                               Construction works will not commence during times of
barrier works does not limit the          elevated flows.                                                              elevated flow but during periods of low rainfall or when the
movement or wellbeing of fish.            And                                                                          stream is dry. This will minimise the potential impacts
                                                                                                                       associated with scouring, erosion and sedimentation. In
                                                                                                                       addition, it will minimise impact to aquatic species that may
                                                                                                                       normally be located within the subject site when it is
                                                                                                                       inundated.
                                          AO30.2 Excavation work in unbunded tidal areas is to be         N/A          The waterway is not tidal.
                                          scheduled to occur within two hours either side of low tide.
                                          And
                                          AO30.3 In-stream work is scheduled for the driest time of                   Construction works will not commence during times of
                                          the year.                                                                    elevated flow but during periods of low rainfall or when the
                                          And                                                                          stream is dry.

                                          AO30.4 In-stream construction is completed as quickly as                    Construction will be completed as quickly as possible. It is
                                          possible to lessen the impact on fish and habitats, and                      anticipated that the works will take 2 weeks.
                                          timed to minimise conflict with fish migrations.
                                          And
                                          AO30.5 Routes for the developments are planned to                           The alignment of the culvert replacement took into
                                          minimise the impact on fish passage and fish habitat (for                    consideration a range of technical and environmental factors
                                          example, roads and railways minimise crossings and                           and was found to provide the best solution.
                                          avoid crossings in environmentally sensitive areas).
PO31 The development does not cause,      AO31.1 Removal of stream-bank vegetation and                                Disturbance and removal is to be minimised.
or minimises direct or indirect           disturbance to the natural banks and bed of the waterway
disturbance to the bed and banks          is avoided or minimised.
adjacent to the approved footprint of     And
works.
                                          AO31.2 Disturbance to the outer bank of waterway beds                       Refer to Response AO31.1.
                                          during work and while gaining access is minimised.
                                          And
                                          AO31.3 Heavy machinery is excluded from fragile areas                       No heavy machinery will enter the waterway, fragile areas or
                                          and areas which host fisheries resources.                                    areas which host fisheries resources.
                                          And


State development assessment provisions                                  Module 5 — Fisheries resources          5.2 Constructing or raising waterway barrier works in fish habitats state code
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