Bush Fire Brigades Amendment Local Law 2018
3144GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4 September 2018
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3144 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4 September 2018 (h) the location of all existing bores, dams, watercourses, drains or sumps on or adjacent to the land; (i) the location and description of existing and proposed fences, gates and warning signs around the land; and (j) the location of the areas proposed to be used for stockpiling excavated material, treated material, overburden and soil storage on the land and elsewhere. (2) All survey data supplied by an applicant for the purpose of subclause (1) shall comply with Australian Height Datum and Australian Map Grid standards. 3.4 Works and excavation program The works and excavation program referred to in clause 3.2(2)(b) shall contain— (a) the nature and estimated duration of the proposed excavation for which the licence is applied; (b) the stages and the timing of the stages in which it is proposed to carry out the excavation; (c) details of the methods to be employed in the proposed excavation and a description of any on- site processing works; (d) details of the depth and extent of the existing and proposed excavation of the site; (e) an estimate of the depth of and description of the nature and quantity of the overburden to be removed; (f) a description of the methods by which existing vegetation is to be cleared and topsoil and overburden removed or stockpiled; (g) a description of the means of access to the excavation site and the types of thoroughfares to be constructed; (h) details of the proposed number and size of trucks entering and leaving the site each day and the route or routes to be taken by those vehicles; (i) a description of any proposed buildings, water supply, treatment plant, tanks and other improvements; (j) details of drainage conditions applicable to the land and methods by which the excavation site is to be kept drained; (k) a description of the measures to be taken to minimise sand drift, dust nuisance, erosion, watercourse siltation and dangers to the general public; (l) a noise management plan, including a description of the measures to be taken to comply with the Environmental Protection Act 1986 and the Environmental Protection (Noise) Regulations 1997; (m) a description of the existing site environment and a report on the anticipated effect that the proposed excavation will have on the environment in the vicinity of the land; (n) details of the nature of existing vegetation, shrubs and trees and a description of measures to be taken to minimise the destruction of existing vegetation; (o) a description of the measures to be taken in screening the excavation site, or otherwise minimising adverse visual impacts, from nearby thoroughfares or other areas; and (p) details of measures to reduce impact on the adjoining owners and occupiers, and the wider community. 3.5 Rehabilitation and decommissioning program The rehabilitation and decommissioning program referred to in clause 3.2(2)(c) shall indicate— (a) the objectives of the program, having due regard to the nature of the surrounding area and the proposed end-use of the excavation site; (b) whether restoration and reinstatement of the excavation site is to be undertaken progressively or upon completion of excavation operations; (c) how any face is to be made safe and batters sloped; (d) the method by which topsoil is to be replaced and revegetated; (e) the numbers and types of trees and shrubs to be planted and other landscaping features to be developed; (f) how rehabilitated areas are to be maintained; and (g) the program for the removal of buildings, plant, waste and final site clean up. 3.6 Certificate of a licensed surveyor The certificate in subclause 3.2(2)(e) shall certify the correctness of— (a) the datum peg and related point referred to in subclause 3.2(2)(d); and (b) the plan referred to in subclause 3.2(2)(a). 3.7 Security for restoration and reinstatement (1) The local government may require that the licensee shall give to the local government a bond, bank guarantee or other security, of a kind and in a form acceptable to the local government, in or for a sum determined by the local government, for the purposes of— (a) ensuring that an excavation site is properly restored or reinstated, and (b) ensuring that road infrastructure is repaired and maintained to the standard agreed in accordance with subclauses 4.5(2) and (3).