Approvals required from Large areas required for Large areas must be available General community not MINE REHABILITATION various departments (e.g. drying out material. Land has in vicinity of dredge site. There accepting of drying out areas under Environmental to be within reasonable must be a need for the end close to residential centres. Protection Act). Absolute distance to dredge site to product (fill material). Mines constraints for drying out allow pumping of material. within reasonable distance (dewatering) facilities include Drying out areas preferably requiring capping material or significant wetlands, cultural close to reuse fill sites. Use of disused/abandoned mine heritage sites and protected land owned by port would be lands or for acid drainage areas. best case. problems on mine sites. Approvals required from Beach /shore that requires Positive impact on future use Will affect local users during SHORE various departments under erosion control. of beach/shore. works. PROTECTION/EROSION Sustainable Planning Act, CONTROL Coastal Protection and Management Act, Marine Parks Act, Fisheries Act etc. Many permits required to Requires beach that has loss Beaches in close proximity to Impacts on users of area BEACH NOURISHMENT address all legislation of sand due to littoral drift or the project site must require during project works. Most triggered (e.g. EPBC Act, other hydrodynamic factors. nourishment and have similar beach nourishment projects GBRMP Act, Coastal sediment composition. Beach undertaken in highly urbanised Protection and Management nourishment projects usually areas like the Gold Act). Approval from various continuous (e.g. Gold Coast). Coast/Tweed Heads. government departments
MINE REHABILITATION Approvals required from various departments (e.g. under Environmental Protection Act). Absolute constraints for drying out (dewatering) facilities include significant wetlands, cultural heritage sites and protected areas. Large areas required for drying out material. Land has to be within reasonable distance to dredge site to allow pumping of material. Drying out areas preferably close to reuse fill sites. Use of land owned by port would be best case. Large areas must be available in vicinity of dredge site. There must be a need for the end product (fill material). Mines within reasonable distance requiring capping material or disused/abandoned mine lands or for acid drainage problems on mine sites. General community not accepting of drying out areas close to residential centres. SHORE PROTECTION/EROSION CONTROL Approvals required from various departments under Sustainable Planning Act, Coastal Protection and Management Act, Marine Parks Act, Fisheries Act etc. Beach /shore that requires erosion control. Positive impact on future use of beach/shore. Will affect local users during works. BEACH NOURISHMENT Many permits required to address all legislation triggered (e.g. EPBC Act, GBRMP Act, Coastal Protection and Management Act). Approval from various government departments Requires beach that has loss of sand due to littoral drift or other hydrodynamic factors. Beaches in close proximity to the project site must require nourishment and have similar sediment composition. Beach nourishment projects usually continuous (e.g. Gold Coast). Impacts on users of area during project works. Most beach nourishment projects undertaken in highly urbanised areas like the Gold Coast/Tweed Heads.
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