Decision Letter - Change to an Existing Approval - Plus Copy sent to DERM & QT (Maritime) [As Published] · 142008.383.02

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; Amended Concurrence Agency Response - IPCC01117608

Monitoring

4 The Sunshine Coast Regional Council is to develop a Sand Shifting Management Plan which details the
operational and monitonng strategies consistent with the conditions of this approval The Plan shall
include a monitoring strategy for ensuring that the pumping regume is consistent with the natural net
Ittoral deft rates As a minemum, the plan should mclude monthly monitoring of the vegetation line

35 Details of the quantity of sand recycled are to be sent to the Department of Environment and Resource
Management on a monthly basis

36 Within 12 months of establishment and at 5 yearly mtervals or sooner f the Department of Enveonment
and Resource Management has reasonable concerns that the local or regional natural coastal
processes are being adversely affected, a program of research must be undertaken to determine the
long-term impacts of the sand shifting operation on the depositional! charactenstics of Noosa Estuary In
particular, the Department of Enveonment and Resource Management seeks to determine whether the
operation of the sand shifting facility vathin the active system undermines the supply of sediment to the
estuary The Department of Environment and Resource Management must be consulted in the
development of the research program

37 Recording of any faunal by-catch assocated with the sand shifting actrvrty must be undertaken on a
daily basis during days of operation Records of by-catch must be provided to the Department of
Environment and Resource Management bi-annually for the first year of operaton

38 Beach and dune profiling ts to be undertaken every 6 months for the first 5 years and annually thereafter
from the sand extracbon area at Noosa Spit Beach to the sand depossbon area at Noosa Main Beach
One profiling event must be a detated survey (survey intervals of <50m) and include profiling of the surf
zone (minsmum 5m water depth) The other profiling event must include 4 profiles of the beach zone
(two at Noosa Sprt Beach and two at Noosa Main Beach) Both surveys must be provided to the
Department of Environment and Resource Management upon completion

 

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