Attachment 1 to Item 53 - Roadside Vegetation Management Plan

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Contents
Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................. vii
1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 1
1.1 Background ................................................................................................................................ 1
1.2 Aim ............................................................................................................................................. 1
1.3 What is a Roadside Environment? ............................................................................................ 1
1.4 Importance of Roadsides ........................................................................................................... 2
1.5 Preparation of this Roadside Vegetation Management Plan ..................................................... 3
1.6 Scope of this Roadside Vegetation Management Plan ............................................................. 3
2 Statutory Requirements ............................................................................................................. 6
2.1 Commonwealth Legislation ........................................................................................................ 7
2.1.1 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 ............................................. 7
2.1.2 Draft National Biodiversity Strategy 2010-2020 ......................................................................... 7
2.2 NSW State Legislation, Strategies and Policies ........................................................................ 8
2.2.1 NSW Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 ........................................................ 8
2.2.2 NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 .................................................................... 9
2.2.3 NSW Fisheries Management Act 1994 .................................................................................... 10
2.2.4 NSW Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 No. 156 ........................................ 10
2.2.5 NSW Contaminated Land Management Act 1997 ................................................................... 11
2.2.6 NSW Native Vegetation Act 2003 No. 103 .............................................................................. 12
2.2.7 NSW Water Management Act 2000 ......................................................................................... 12
2.2.8 NSW Rural Fires Act 1997 No. 65 ........................................................................................... 13
2.2.9 NSW Roads Act 1993 No. 33 .................................................................................................. 14
2.2.10 NSW Heritage Act 1997 ........................................................................................................... 15
2.2.11 NSW National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 ............................................................................. 15
2.2.12 NSW Noxious Weeds Act 1993 ............................................................................................... 16
2.2.13 NSW Local Government Act 1993 No. 30 ............................................................................... 17
2.2.14 NSW Rural Lands Protection Act 1998 No. 143 ...................................................................... 18
2.2.15 NSW Energy and Utilities Act 1987 ......................................................................................... 19
2.2.16 State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure 2007) ..................................................... 19
2.2.17 State Environmental Planning Policy No.19 – Bushland in Urban Areas ................................ 21
2.2.18 State Environmental Planning Policy No.44 – Koala Habitat Protection ................................. 22
2.2.19 NSW Biodiversity Strategy ....................................................................................................... 22
2.2.20 State Regional Environmental Plan No. 20 – Hawkesbury-Nepean River (No 2 – 1997) ....... 22
2.2.21 Hawkesbury Nepean Catchment Action Plan .......................................................................... 23
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