Amended Ecological Assessment Report

                                                                                                                        Ecological Assessment Letter




Performance Outcomes                                         Acceptable Outcomes                                            Compliance
 3.   incorporating siting and design                   4.   provides suitable habitat replacement and           dwelling,  and      some        minor
      measures to protect and retain                         replanting in accordance with PSP3 Ecological       understorey vegetation pruning
      ecological values and ecosystem                        Assessment Guidelines.                              may be required for its installation.
      processes within or adjacent to the
      development site; and                   AO3.2
                                              Habitat trees, recruitment habitat trees, and roosting, breeding
 4.   where adverse impacts have been
                                              and feeding areas are protected for native fauna habitat.          The system will use fixed surface
      minimised, any residual impacts on
      ecological values are compensated                                                                          sprinkler irrigation, about 40m from
      for through suitable habitat                                                                               the eastern edge of the dwelling,
      replacement and replanting on site in                                                                      130m from the edge of the mapped
      the first instance or in a way that                                                                        Riparian Buffer area overlay and
      results in a net gain and                                                                                  330m to the edge of the Noosa
      enhancement of the overall habitat                                                                         River. The system will be 15m wide
      values of Noosa Shire.                                                                                     x 24m long, covering an area of
                                                                                                                 360m2 with 35 sprinkler plumes.
                                                                                                                 The       rainforest     understorey
                                                                                                                 vegetation in this location would be
                                                                                                                 well suited to the additional
                                                                                                                 moisture that would be released in
                                                                                                                 this area.

                                                                                                                 The proposed effluent disposal
                                                                                                                 system is unlikely to have any
                                                                                                                 negative impacts upon the Noosa
                                                                                                                 River / riparian zone, in terms of
                                                                                                                 water quality or ecology. This is due
                                                                                                                 to the large setback to the river and
                                                                                                                 riparian buffer area, and the fact
                                                                                                                 that the system is located in a
                                                                                                                 heavily vegetated, elevated area.
                                                                                                                 The amount of filtration that will
                                                                                                                 occur as water percolates through
                                                                                                                 the soil will be highly likely to
                                                                                                                 eliminate any excessive nutrients
                                                                                                                 (nitrogen,      phosphorus)       and
                                                                                                                 pollutants (metals, suspended
                                                                                                                 solids etc) from the waste-water
                                                                                                                 before it gets to the riparian zone.
                                                                                                                 Nutrient uptake from plant roots will
                                                                                                                 also assist in this process.




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