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82 As a result of the audit, DECC provided verbal feedback and sent three warning letters to Forests NSW outlining the issues of non-compliance identified. DECC also required that remedial work be carried out at twelve locations. Lower North East (LNE) region In the LNE region DECC made four audits. EPL applied to 25 forestry operations, there were 208 operations where harvesting occurred without EPL coverage and TSL applied to 233 forestry operations. The audits identified 88 non-compliances of EPL best practice conditions including: water flow issues with road drainage waste left at logging sites trees felled within protection zone incorrect marking up drainage lines and filter strips a culvert pipe blockage repeated instances of administration errors, for example incorrect or incomplete planning documents incorrect or insufficient drainage structures including drainage feature crossings and road drainage structures. DECC identified 41 non-compliances against TSL, which included: no/insufficient submission of TSL non-compliances harvesting machinery entering area of rainforest insufficient retention of Riparian Habitat Protection Zones damaged recruitment and habitat trees insufficient or incomplete surveys for threatened species. As a result of these auditing activities in the LNE forest region, DECC provided feedback and sent three warning letters to Forests NSW regarding non-compliance with licence conditions. Forests NSW was required to carry out remedial work at 10 sites and seek expert soil conservation advice on four occasions. DECC issued Forests NSW with two clean-up notices and two penalty notices for audits made between 1 July 2006 and 30 June 2007. Forests NSW was also required to make one engineering assessment for LNE region. Southern region (South Coast sub-region) EPL coverage applied to 63 Forests NSW operations in the Southern region, there were 14 operations where harvesting occurred without EPL coverage and TSL applied to 77 forestry operations. NSW FOREST AGREEMENTS AND INTEGRATED FORESTRY OPERATIONS APPROVALS
DECC made two proactive audits of Forests NSW operational and planning activities, and one reactive audit as a result of community complaints. These audits identified 52 non-compliances with the EPL including: incorrect or insufficient drainage structures, including snig track and extraction track drainage structures, as well as drainage feature crossings and road drainage structures insufficient soil stabilisation measures repeated instances of administration errors, for example incorrect or incomplete planning documents. DECC identified 108 non-compliances with TSL: incorrect or insufficient pre-logging and pre-roading surveys for threatened species including insufficient targeted survey planning and operation insufficient exclusion of forestry activities from areas of rainforest insufficient implementation of exclusion zones for streams and ridge and headwater habitat debris accumulated around tree. As a result of this audit, DECC provided feedback and sent three warning letters to Forests NSW regarding non-compliance with licence conditions. Forests NSW was required to carry out remedial work at six sites and seek expert soil conservation advice on two occasions. A clean-up notice was also issued as well as a non-compliance for section 120 of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997. Tumut sub-region Eden region EPL applied to 22 forestry operations and TSL applied to 23 forestry operations in the Tumut subregion. There was one operation where harvesting occurred without EPL coverage. DECC made no audits and received no community complaints. EPL applied to 104 forestry operations and TSL applied to 104 forestry operations in the Eden region. There were no operations where harvesting occurred without EPL coverage. DECC undertook three audits within the region and identified a total of 108 non-compliances with licence conditions. Of these, 49 non-compliances were with EPL and included: machinery entering filter strips insufficient maintenance of existing log dams or gully stuffers insufficient soil stabilisation measures waste left at logging sites incorrect or insufficient drainage structures NSW FOREST AGREEMENTS AND INTEGRATED FORESTRY OPERATIONS APPROVALS 83
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INFORMATION This project has been c
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VI within the NSW forest agreements
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VIII Bushfire The incidence of bush
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Forest type and growth stage 8 Fore
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List of figures Figure 2-1A: Growth
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XIV NSW FOREST AGREEMENTS IMPLEMENT
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XVI RACAC Resource and Conservation
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Report structure Conclusion 2 Progr
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6 2 Introduction NSW FOREST AGREEME
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Criterion 1 - Biodiversity Forest t
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Forest-dwelling species MIG indicat
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% committed volume harveste 24 In t
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