State Planning Policy 2/07 Guideline - Queensland Mining and Safety

IMAGE FLAT KEY RESOURCE AREA – KRA 53
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA: Maroochy Shire
LOCATION:
The resource is located approximately 3 kilometres northwest of Nambour, and is accessed
via Image Flat Road (see map KRA 53).
EXTRACTIVE RESOURCE: Quarry Rock
EXTRACTIVE RESOURCE DESCRIPTION:
The resource comprises flow-banded rhyolite. The rhyolite varies from distinctly weathered
in the upper faces to slightly weathered in the lower faces.
SIGNIFICANCE:
At the present rate of production there are at least 15 years of resources available. Resources
appear to extend to the north but are in State Forest. A wide range of products is supplied to a
market extending throughout the central and southern Sunshine Coast.
SEPARATION AREA:
The boundary of the separation area is set at 500 metres from the outer limits of the resource,
as ridge lines shield much of the the resource from the surrounding countryside. This is in
accordance with the existing Maroochy Shire Planning Scheme.
TRANSPORT ROUTE:
The transport route passes directly onto Image Flat Road. It then reaches the Bli Bli Road via
Image Flat Road, or Duhs Road and Zealey Road.
SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS:
The KRA coincides with the Wappa State Forest, which contains areas of State and regionally
significant biodiversity values under the Environmental Protection Agency's Biodiversity
Planning Assessment. The Wappa State Forest is the subject of an agreement between the
Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Primary Industries to remain as state
forest tenure for local government extractive industry purposes, and therefore will not be
transferred to protected area under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 as part of the SEQ
Forest Agreement. On the northern and eastern side of the KRA is the Maroochy Forest
Reserve 2, which has been recommended as National Park under assessment for the SEQ
Forest Agreement.
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