Module 5 - VicForests

FOREST AUDIT PROGRAM, AUDIT WORKBOOK 5B – WATER QUALITY, RIVER HEALTH AND SOIL PROTECTION
Water Quality, River Health and Soil
Protection
Camp Maintenance, Fuel Storage & Waste Disposal –
Mandatory Actions
Ref Origin Section Prescription Audit Criteria Compliance
5B40 Code of
Practice for
Timber
Production
2007
5B41 Code of
Practice for
Timber
Production
2007
2.2.1
Water
Quality,
River
Health
and Soil
Protection
2.2.1
Water
Quality,
River
Health
and Soil
Protection
Storage, use and disposal
of petroleum products
and machinery servicing
must not pollute the
environment or result in
littering.
Waste oil, all empty
drums, discarded
machinery parts and
other waste must be
removed from the forest
and taken to an approved
disposal facility.
Evidence that refuelling
and/or maintenance is not
located close to sensitive
sites.
No visible signs of
pollution or litter.
Documented evidence of
disposal of wastes to an
approved disposal facility.
No waste on site.
Environmental Impact Assessment
Extent
(E)
Duration
(t)
Asset
Value (z)
Impact
Auditor Comments
5B42 Code of
Practice for
Timber
Production
2007
Comments:
2.2.1
Water
Quality,
River
Health
and Soil
Protection
Toilet wastes must not be
allowed to enter a
waterway.
Toilet waste has been
managed appropriately.
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FOREST AUDIT PROGRAM, AUDIT WORKBOOK 5B – WATER QUALITY, RIVER HEALTH AND SOIL PROTECTION
Water Quality, River Health and Soil Protection
Water Catchments – Mandatory Actions
Ref Origin Section Prescription Audit Criteria Compliance
Extent (E) Duration
(t)
5B43 Code of
Practice for
Timber
Production
2007
2.2.1 Measures to reduce the
Water impact of timber
Quality, harvesting on water
River quality and river health
Health and must take account of
Soil other requirements set
Protection out in Special Area Plans
made under the
Catchment and Land
Protection Act 1994.
Special Area Plans have
been considered as part of
coupe management
Environmental Impact Assessment
Asset
Value (z)
Impact
Auditor Comments
5B44 Code of
Practice for
Timber
Production
2007
2.2.1 The Catchment and Land
Water Protection Act 1994
Quality, requires all landholders to
River control pest animals and
Health and noxious weeds on their
Soil property.
Protection
No apparent pest animals
or weeds; or if small
numbers present, evidence
of an appropriate control
and monitoring program
having been implemented.
5B45 Management 1.4.2 (a) Timber harvesting
Procedures
operations must be
for timber
excluded from Heritage
harvesting,
River Areas and Natural
roading and
Catchment Areas in
regeneration
accordance with Heritage
in Victoria’s
Rivers Act 1992 (except
State
where permitted in parts
forests,
of the Goulburn and the
2009
Ovens Heritage River
Areas).
Boundaries and exclusion
areas of Heritage River
Areas and Natural
Catchment Areas (as
defined in the Act) are
identified in the field
through ground
observation and are
specified on the Forest
Coupe Plan.
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