Appendix 2: Criteria for environmental assessment Adapted from DMITRE’s 2014 review of Goal Attainment Scaling criteria for borrow pit construction and rehabilitation under the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Act 2000 Goals Outcome Desirable Undesirable Pit sited to minimise Gibber plain and table land erosion Pit located on flat terrain Pit located on sloping Gibber mantle around pit intact terrain (>1% slope) (rolling only) Gibber mantle around pit No windrows on tracks removed Windrows on tracks Dunefields Pit located on terrain with <2% Pit located on terrain with slope >2% slope Floodplain Pit located >100m from any creek Pit located within 100m channel, waterhole, terrace or from any creek channel, levee waterhole, terrace or levee Pit sited to minimise Floodplain/ claypan areas avoided Pits located in low points where possible within floodplain/ claypan water retention floodplain/claypan areas are areas unavoidable, pit located away from low points Perrenial vegetation Trees or shrubs removed only Large trees (>30cm where there is no alternative diameter) removed clearance avoided No or shrubs with hollows Trees or shrubs with removed hollows removed Protect sites of natural, Sites avoided Sites disturbed scientific or heritage significance Visual impact Pit not visible from public road or Pit clearly visible not – screened by vegetation screened Appendix 3: Example development application
Appendix 2: Criteria for environmental assessment Adapted from DMITRE’s 2014 review of Goal Attainment Scaling criteria for borrow pit construction and rehabilitation under the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Act 2000 Goals Outcome Desirable Undesirable Pit sited to minimise erosion Gibber plain and table land Pit located on flat terrain Gibber mantle around pit intact (rolling only) No windrows on tracks Pit located on sloping terrain (>1% slope) Gibber mantle around pit removed Windrows on tracks Dunefields Pit located on terrain with <2% slope Pit located on terrain with >2% slope Floodplain Pit located >100m from any creek channel, waterhole, terrace or levee Pit located within 100m from any creek channel, waterhole, terrace or levee Pit sited to minimise water retention Floodplain/ claypan areas avoided where possible floodplain/claypan areas are unavoidable, pit located away from low points Pits located in low points within floodplain/ claypan areas Perrenial vegetation clearance avoided Trees or shrubs removed only where there is no alternative No or shrubs with hollows removed Large trees (>30cm diameter) removed Trees or shrubs with hollows removed Protect sites of natural, scientific or heritage significance Sites avoided Sites disturbed Visual impact Pit not visible from public road or screened by vegetation Pit clearly visible – not screened Appendix 3: Example development application