Actions to mitigate Actions to mitigate and Action to mitigate and Action to mitigate and manage and manage impacts manage impacts are manage impacts are impacts/threat requires ongoing are only required in a only required in a required in a discrete long term actions to be discrete time-period discrete time-period time-period when implemented when the activity is when the activity is activities are occurring, but the occurring, but the occurring, but activity occurs activity occurs occasionally longer infrequently frequently term management is required Table 3.4: Regulatory controls – criteria to prioritise actions based on whether there are strong existing regulatory controls (e.g., the activity the clause addresses is licensed or subject to works approval or planning regulations) No Partial Yes There are no, or only There are some There are extensive very limited, controls to regulate well established established controls aspects of the activity, regulatory controls to achieve the actions but others are known that are typically BAU specified in this to be lacking activities (e.g., clause established approval and licensing frameworks) Table 3.5: Likelihood table. Assessed as: “how likely it is that the action will have an effect on a high risk?”. For example, an action that will address the risk over all segments in most situations would be assessed as “almost certain” while an action that will only address the risk on a localised area or under certain circumstances would be assessed as “possible”. Almost certain Likely Possible Unlikely Rare The action is The action will The action should The action could The action would expected to probably address address the threat / address the threat / only address the address the threat / the threat most risk in some risk, but is doubtful threat / risk in risk in most circumstances locations / exceptional circumstances situations circumstances Table 3.6: Consequence level table (assessed as “in the absence of this action”). Insignificant Minor Moderate Major Severe In the absence of In the absence of In the absence of In the absence of In the absence of the action, no the action the action, frequent the action frequent the action waters impacts to occasional impacts impacts to impacts to would be beneficial uses to beneficial uses, beneficial uses beneficial uses are unsuitable for but localised and would be expected, expected, persisting beneficial uses, not persisting for but localised and for up to one year. persisting for more than a week. persisting for weeks Recovery within two more than one to months. years. year with recovery likely to take more than 2 years if at all.
Actions to mitigate and manage impacts are only required in a discrete time-period when the activity is occurring, but the activity occurs infrequently Actions to mitigate and manage impacts are only required in a discrete time-period when the activity is occurring, but the activity occurs frequently Action to mitigate and manage impacts are required in a discrete time-period when activities are occurring, but occasionally longer term management is required Action to mitigate and manage impacts/threat requires ongoing long term actions to be implemented Table 3.4: Regulatory controls – criteria to prioritise actions based on whether there are strong existing regulatory controls (e.g., the activity the clause addresses is licensed or subject to works approval or planning regulations) No Partial Yes There are no, or only very limited, established controls to achieve the actions specified in this clause There are some controls to regulate aspects of the activity, but others are known to be lacking There are extensive well established regulatory controls that are typically BAU activities (e.g., established approval and licensing frameworks) Table 3.5: Likelihood table. Assessed as: “how likely it is that the action will have an effect on a high risk?”. For example, an action that will address the risk over all segments in most situations would be assessed as “almost certain” while an action that will only address the risk on a localised area or under certain circumstances would be assessed as “possible”. Almost certain Likely Possible Unlikely Rare The action is expected to address the threat / risk in most circumstances The action will probably address the threat most circumstances The action should address the threat / risk in some locations / situations The action could address the threat / risk, but is doubtful The action would only address the threat / risk in exceptional circumstances Table 3.6: Consequence level table (assessed as “in the absence of this action”). Insignificant Minor Moderate Major Severe In the absence of the action, no impacts to beneficial uses In the absence of the action occasional impacts to beneficial uses, but localised and not persisting for more than a week. In the absence of the action, frequent impacts to beneficial uses would be expected, but localised and persisting for weeks to months. In the absence of the action frequent impacts to beneficial uses are expected, persisting for up to one year. Recovery within two years. In the absence of the action waters would be unsuitable for beneficial uses, persisting for more than one year with recovery likely to take more than 2 years if at all.