24647 Seaview Tce Enviro Mgmt Plan

                                                                                                                                      EWSM- 4 VEGETATION AND WEED MANAGEMENT
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EWSM- 4 VEGETATION AND WEED MANAGEMENT
Hierarchy of Control (HOC): 1. Eliminate 2. Substitute 3. Isolate 4. Engineer 5. Admin 6. PPE


                                                                                                                                                                Responsible Person/s for
    Environmental Aspects                          Impacts                    HOC                          Controls / Work Methods
                                                                                                                                                                   Monitor & Review

Prior to site establishment, check   Risk of adverse environmental harm        5     Before clearing, removing vegetation, or lopping trees, ensure the        Project Manager/
for permit for clearance or remove                                                    project has obtained all permit to clear.                                 Environmental Consultant
vegetation
                                     Misidentify clearing zone                 5     Clearly and accurately define the legal external boundary of you          Project Manager
                                                                                      property and the public land.                                             Site Manager
                                     Erosion and sediment runoff               5     On sites with a soil disturbance exceeding 2500m 2, Erosion and           Project Manager/
                                                                                      Sediment Control Plans need to be signed-off by a suitably qualified      Environmental Consultant
                                                                                      and experienced professional***
                                     Spreading weeds                           5     Identify the present of declared weeds before any ground disturbance      Project Manager/
                                                                                      activities.                                                               Environmental Consultant
Planning works                       Mass soil loss during significant rain    5     Clearing work should be staged to minimise the duration for which soils   Site Manager
                                     events                                           are exposed to wind, rain and concentrated runoff
                                                                                     Clearing zone is protected by erosion and sediment control measures
Lopping/ pruning tree                Risk of adverse environmental harm        5    Check local regulations and laws for protected trees before taking any      Project Manager
                                     on local vegetation and biodiversity           actions                                                                     Environmental Consultant
                                                                                    ACT:
                                                                                      - Trees are 12 or more metres high; have a trunk with a circumference
                                                                                         of 1.5 metres or more, one metre from the ground; have two or more
                                                                                         trunks and the sum of their individual circumferences at 1 m above
                                                                                         ground is 1.5 m or more; or have a canopy 12 m or more wide.
                                                                                    SA:
                                                                                      - Regulated – trunk circumference of 2+ metres at one metre above
                                                                                         ground level (for multiple trunks, the average circumference of each
                                                                                         is 625+mm)
                                                                                      - Significant – trunk circumference of 3+ metres at one metre above
                                                                                         ground (for multiple trunks, the average circumference of each is
                                                                                         625+mm)
                                                                                    VIC:
                                                                                      - Canopy size (from as narrow as 3500mm)


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