❓ Hon. Christine Sharp questions the Minister for the Environment regarding the Peel Inlet-Harvey Estuary management strategy, specifically the development and implementation of an integrated catchment management plan and land clearing regulations. The Minister's response indicates ongoing efforts but no specific deadline for the plan's completion.
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I refer to the Peel Inlet-Harvey Estuary management strategy progress, compliance by the proponents with the environmental conditions set by the Minister for the Environment in 1989, 1991 and 1993, advice to the Environmental Protection Authority, and bulletin No 1087 of January 2003. (1) Will an integrated catchment management plan be developed and approved by the EPA, as required by the EPA, by 30 June 2004? Such a plan was initially required to be implemented by 31 December 1990. (2) If not, why not? (3) If no to (1), what action does the minister intend to take on this long-term, outstanding breach of ministerial conditions? (4) Which agency is taking the lead on the integrated catchment management plan? (5) With regard to appendix 4 on pages 9 and 10, does the minister intend to apply the clearing moratorium to land zoned other than rural in the Peel-Harvey region? (6) If not, why not? (7) Will the catchment management plan incorporate an assessment of the environmental flow requirements of the Peel and Harvey Rivers? (8) If not, why not? Hon TOM STEPHENS
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I seek leave to have the eight-part answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - __________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)&(4) The integrated catchment management plan as required by Ministerial Condition on the Peel-Harvey Estuary Management Strategy does not have a time limit on it. There are two important components to this plan in preparation; a Peel-Harvey Water Quality Improvement Plan which is a joint State-Commonwealth project under the Coastal Catchment Initiative coordinated by the Environmental Protection Authority, and a catchment management plan for the Peel-Harvey catchment being prepared by the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council. The Department of Environment is providing assistance in this. (2) N/A. (3) N/A. (4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
(1) Will an integrated catchment management plan be developed and approved by the EPA, as required by the EPA, by 30 June 2004? Such a plan was initially required to be implemented by 31 December 1990. (2) If not, why not? (3) If no to (1), what action does the minister intend to take on this long-term, outstanding breach of ministerial conditions? (4) Which agency is taking the lead on the integrated catchment management plan? (5) With regard to appendix 4 on pages 9 and 10, does the minister intend to apply the clearing moratorium to land zoned other than rural in the Peel-Harvey region? (6) If not, why not? (7) Will the catchment management plan incorporate an assessment of the environmental flow requirements of the Peel and Harvey Rivers? (8) If not, why not? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I seek leave to have the eight-part answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - __________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)&(4) The integrated catchment management plan as required by Ministerial Condition on the Peel-Harvey Estuary Management Strategy does not have a time limit on it. There are two important components to this plan in preparation; a Peel-Harvey Water Quality Improvement Plan which is a joint State-Commonwealth project under the Coastal Catchment Initiative coordinated by the Environmental Protection Authority, and a catchment management plan for the Peel-Harvey catchment being prepared by the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council. The Department of Environment is providing assistance in this. (2) N/A. (3) N/A. (4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
(2) If not, why not? (3) If no to (1), what action does the minister intend to take on this long-term, outstanding breach of ministerial conditions? (4) Which agency is taking the lead on the integrated catchment management plan? (5) With regard to appendix 4 on pages 9 and 10, does the minister intend to apply the clearing moratorium to land zoned other than rural in the Peel-Harvey region? (6) If not, why not? (7) Will the catchment management plan incorporate an assessment of the environmental flow requirements of the Peel and Harvey Rivers? (8) If not, why not? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I seek leave to have the eight-part answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - __________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)&(4) The integrated catchment management plan as required by Ministerial Condition on the Peel-Harvey Estuary Management Strategy does not have a time limit on it. There are two important components to this plan in preparation; a Peel-Harvey Water Quality Improvement Plan which is a joint State-Commonwealth project under the Coastal Catchment Initiative coordinated by the Environmental Protection Authority, and a catchment management plan for the Peel-Harvey catchment being prepared by the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council. The Department of Environment is providing assistance in this. (2) N/A. (3) N/A. (4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
(3) If no to (1), what action does the minister intend to take on this long-term, outstanding breach of ministerial conditions? (4) Which agency is taking the lead on the integrated catchment management plan? (5) With regard to appendix 4 on pages 9 and 10, does the minister intend to apply the clearing moratorium to land zoned other than rural in the Peel-Harvey region? (6) If not, why not? (7) Will the catchment management plan incorporate an assessment of the environmental flow requirements of the Peel and Harvey Rivers? (8) If not, why not? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I seek leave to have the eight-part answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - __________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)&(4) The integrated catchment management plan as required by Ministerial Condition on the Peel-Harvey Estuary Management Strategy does not have a time limit on it. There are two important components to this plan in preparation; a Peel-Harvey Water Quality Improvement Plan which is a joint State-Commonwealth project under the Coastal Catchment Initiative coordinated by the Environmental Protection Authority, and a catchment management plan for the Peel-Harvey catchment being prepared by the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council. The Department of Environment is providing assistance in this. (2) N/A. (3) N/A. (4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
(4) Which agency is taking the lead on the integrated catchment management plan? (5) With regard to appendix 4 on pages 9 and 10, does the minister intend to apply the clearing moratorium to land zoned other than rural in the Peel-Harvey region? (6) If not, why not? (7) Will the catchment management plan incorporate an assessment of the environmental flow requirements of the Peel and Harvey Rivers? (8) If not, why not? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I seek leave to have the eight-part answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - __________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)&(4) The integrated catchment management plan as required by Ministerial Condition on the Peel-Harvey Estuary Management Strategy does not have a time limit on it. There are two important components to this plan in preparation; a Peel-Harvey Water Quality Improvement Plan which is a joint State-Commonwealth project under the Coastal Catchment Initiative coordinated by the Environmental Protection Authority, and a catchment management plan for the Peel-Harvey catchment being prepared by the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council. The Department of Environment is providing assistance in this. (2) N/A. (3) N/A. (4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
(5) With regard to appendix 4 on pages 9 and 10, does the minister intend to apply the clearing moratorium to land zoned other than rural in the Peel-Harvey region? (6) If not, why not? (7) Will the catchment management plan incorporate an assessment of the environmental flow requirements of the Peel and Harvey Rivers? (8) If not, why not? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I seek leave to have the eight-part answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - __________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)&(4) The integrated catchment management plan as required by Ministerial Condition on the Peel-Harvey Estuary Management Strategy does not have a time limit on it. There are two important components to this plan in preparation; a Peel-Harvey Water Quality Improvement Plan which is a joint State-Commonwealth project under the Coastal Catchment Initiative coordinated by the Environmental Protection Authority, and a catchment management plan for the Peel-Harvey catchment being prepared by the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council. The Department of Environment is providing assistance in this. (2) N/A. (3) N/A. (4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
(6) If not, why not? (7) Will the catchment management plan incorporate an assessment of the environmental flow requirements of the Peel and Harvey Rivers? (8) If not, why not? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I seek leave to have the eight-part answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - __________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)&(4) The integrated catchment management plan as required by Ministerial Condition on the Peel-Harvey Estuary Management Strategy does not have a time limit on it. There are two important components to this plan in preparation; a Peel-Harvey Water Quality Improvement Plan which is a joint State-Commonwealth project under the Coastal Catchment Initiative coordinated by the Environmental Protection Authority, and a catchment management plan for the Peel-Harvey catchment being prepared by the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council. The Department of Environment is providing assistance in this. (2) N/A. (3) N/A. (4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
(7) Will the catchment management plan incorporate an assessment of the environmental flow requirements of the Peel and Harvey Rivers? (8) If not, why not? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I seek leave to have the eight-part answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - __________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)&(4) The integrated catchment management plan as required by Ministerial Condition on the Peel-Harvey Estuary Management Strategy does not have a time limit on it. There are two important components to this plan in preparation; a Peel-Harvey Water Quality Improvement Plan which is a joint State-Commonwealth project under the Coastal Catchment Initiative coordinated by the Environmental Protection Authority, and a catchment management plan for the Peel-Harvey catchment being prepared by the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council. The Department of Environment is providing assistance in this. (2) N/A. (3) N/A. (4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
(8) If not, why not? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I seek leave to have the eight-part answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - __________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)&(4) The integrated catchment management plan as required by Ministerial Condition on the Peel-Harvey Estuary Management Strategy does not have a time limit on it. There are two important components to this plan in preparation; a Peel-Harvey Water Quality Improvement Plan which is a joint State-Commonwealth project under the Coastal Catchment Initiative coordinated by the Environmental Protection Authority, and a catchment management plan for the Peel-Harvey catchment being prepared by the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council. The Department of Environment is providing assistance in this. (2) N/A. (3) N/A. (4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I seek leave to have the eight-part answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - __________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)&(4) The integrated catchment management plan as required by Ministerial Condition on the Peel-Harvey Estuary Management Strategy does not have a time limit on it. There are two important components to this plan in preparation; a Peel-Harvey Water Quality Improvement Plan which is a joint State-Commonwealth project under the Coastal Catchment Initiative coordinated by the Environmental Protection Authority, and a catchment management plan for the Peel-Harvey catchment being prepared by the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council. The Department of Environment is providing assistance in this. (2) N/A. (3) N/A. (4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
I seek leave to have the eight-part answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - __________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)&(4) The integrated catchment management plan as required by Ministerial Condition on the Peel-Harvey Estuary Management Strategy does not have a time limit on it. There are two important components to this plan in preparation; a Peel-Harvey Water Quality Improvement Plan which is a joint State-Commonwealth project under the Coastal Catchment Initiative coordinated by the Environmental Protection Authority, and a catchment management plan for the Peel-Harvey catchment being prepared by the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council. The Department of Environment is providing assistance in this. (2) N/A. (3) N/A. (4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - __________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)&(4) The integrated catchment management plan as required by Ministerial Condition on the Peel-Harvey Estuary Management Strategy does not have a time limit on it. There are two important components to this plan in preparation; a Peel-Harvey Water Quality Improvement Plan which is a joint State-Commonwealth project under the Coastal Catchment Initiative coordinated by the Environmental Protection Authority, and a catchment management plan for the Peel-Harvey catchment being prepared by the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council. The Department of Environment is providing assistance in this. (2) N/A. (3) N/A. (4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
The following material was incorporated - __________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)&(4) The integrated catchment management plan as required by Ministerial Condition on the Peel-Harvey Estuary Management Strategy does not have a time limit on it. There are two important components to this plan in preparation; a Peel-Harvey Water Quality Improvement Plan which is a joint State-Commonwealth project under the Coastal Catchment Initiative coordinated by the Environmental Protection Authority, and a catchment management plan for the Peel-Harvey catchment being prepared by the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council. The Department of Environment is providing assistance in this. (2) N/A. (3) N/A. (4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
__________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)&(4) The integrated catchment management plan as required by Ministerial Condition on the Peel-Harvey Estuary Management Strategy does not have a time limit on it. There are two important components to this plan in preparation; a Peel-Harvey Water Quality Improvement Plan which is a joint State-Commonwealth project under the Coastal Catchment Initiative coordinated by the Environmental Protection Authority, and a catchment management plan for the Peel-Harvey catchment being prepared by the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council. The Department of Environment is providing assistance in this. (2) N/A. (3) N/A. (4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
(1)&(4) The integrated catchment management plan as required by Ministerial Condition on the Peel-Harvey Estuary Management Strategy does not have a time limit on it. There are two important components to this plan in preparation; a Peel-Harvey Water Quality Improvement Plan which is a joint State-Commonwealth project under the Coastal Catchment Initiative coordinated by the Environmental Protection Authority, and a catchment management plan for the Peel-Harvey catchment being prepared by the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council. The Department of Environment is providing assistance in this. (2) N/A. (3) N/A. (4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
(2) N/A. (3) N/A. (4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
(3) N/A. (4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
(4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
(5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
(7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
(1) Will an integrated catchment management plan be developed and approved by the EPA, as required by the EPA, by 30 June 2004? Such a plan was initially required to be implemented by 31 December 1990. (2) If not, why not? (3) If no to (1), what action does the minister intend to take on this long-term, outstanding breach of ministerial conditions? (4) Which agency is taking the lead on the integrated catchment management plan? (5) With regard to appendix 4 on pages 9 and 10, does the minister intend to apply the clearing moratorium to land zoned other than rural in the Peel-Harvey region? (6) If not, why not? (7) Will the catchment management plan incorporate an assessment of the environmental flow requirements of the Peel and Harvey Rivers? (8) If not, why not? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I seek leave to have the eight-part answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - __________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)&(4) The integrated catchment management plan as required by Ministerial Condition on the Peel-Harvey Estuary Management Strategy does not have a time limit on it. There are two important components to this plan in preparation; a Peel-Harvey Water Quality Improvement Plan which is a joint State-Commonwealth project under the Coastal Catchment Initiative coordinated by the Environmental Protection Authority, and a catchment management plan for the Peel-Harvey catchment being prepared by the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council. The Department of Environment is providing assistance in this. (2) N/A. (3) N/A. (4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
(2) If not, why not? (3) If no to (1), what action does the minister intend to take on this long-term, outstanding breach of ministerial conditions? (4) Which agency is taking the lead on the integrated catchment management plan? (5) With regard to appendix 4 on pages 9 and 10, does the minister intend to apply the clearing moratorium to land zoned other than rural in the Peel-Harvey region? (6) If not, why not? (7) Will the catchment management plan incorporate an assessment of the environmental flow requirements of the Peel and Harvey Rivers? (8) If not, why not? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I seek leave to have the eight-part answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - __________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)&(4) The integrated catchment management plan as required by Ministerial Condition on the Peel-Harvey Estuary Management Strategy does not have a time limit on it. There are two important components to this plan in preparation; a Peel-Harvey Water Quality Improvement Plan which is a joint State-Commonwealth project under the Coastal Catchment Initiative coordinated by the Environmental Protection Authority, and a catchment management plan for the Peel-Harvey catchment being prepared by the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council. The Department of Environment is providing assistance in this. (2) N/A. (3) N/A. (4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
(3) If no to (1), what action does the minister intend to take on this long-term, outstanding breach of ministerial conditions? (4) Which agency is taking the lead on the integrated catchment management plan? (5) With regard to appendix 4 on pages 9 and 10, does the minister intend to apply the clearing moratorium to land zoned other than rural in the Peel-Harvey region? (6) If not, why not? (7) Will the catchment management plan incorporate an assessment of the environmental flow requirements of the Peel and Harvey Rivers? (8) If not, why not? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I seek leave to have the eight-part answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - __________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)&(4) The integrated catchment management plan as required by Ministerial Condition on the Peel-Harvey Estuary Management Strategy does not have a time limit on it. There are two important components to this plan in preparation; a Peel-Harvey Water Quality Improvement Plan which is a joint State-Commonwealth project under the Coastal Catchment Initiative coordinated by the Environmental Protection Authority, and a catchment management plan for the Peel-Harvey catchment being prepared by the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council. The Department of Environment is providing assistance in this. (2) N/A. (3) N/A. (4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
(4) Which agency is taking the lead on the integrated catchment management plan? (5) With regard to appendix 4 on pages 9 and 10, does the minister intend to apply the clearing moratorium to land zoned other than rural in the Peel-Harvey region? (6) If not, why not? (7) Will the catchment management plan incorporate an assessment of the environmental flow requirements of the Peel and Harvey Rivers? (8) If not, why not? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I seek leave to have the eight-part answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - __________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)&(4) The integrated catchment management plan as required by Ministerial Condition on the Peel-Harvey Estuary Management Strategy does not have a time limit on it. There are two important components to this plan in preparation; a Peel-Harvey Water Quality Improvement Plan which is a joint State-Commonwealth project under the Coastal Catchment Initiative coordinated by the Environmental Protection Authority, and a catchment management plan for the Peel-Harvey catchment being prepared by the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council. The Department of Environment is providing assistance in this. (2) N/A. (3) N/A. (4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
(5) With regard to appendix 4 on pages 9 and 10, does the minister intend to apply the clearing moratorium to land zoned other than rural in the Peel-Harvey region? (6) If not, why not? (7) Will the catchment management plan incorporate an assessment of the environmental flow requirements of the Peel and Harvey Rivers? (8) If not, why not? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I seek leave to have the eight-part answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - __________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)&(4) The integrated catchment management plan as required by Ministerial Condition on the Peel-Harvey Estuary Management Strategy does not have a time limit on it. There are two important components to this plan in preparation; a Peel-Harvey Water Quality Improvement Plan which is a joint State-Commonwealth project under the Coastal Catchment Initiative coordinated by the Environmental Protection Authority, and a catchment management plan for the Peel-Harvey catchment being prepared by the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council. The Department of Environment is providing assistance in this. (2) N/A. (3) N/A. (4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
(6) If not, why not? (7) Will the catchment management plan incorporate an assessment of the environmental flow requirements of the Peel and Harvey Rivers? (8) If not, why not? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I seek leave to have the eight-part answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - __________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)&(4) The integrated catchment management plan as required by Ministerial Condition on the Peel-Harvey Estuary Management Strategy does not have a time limit on it. There are two important components to this plan in preparation; a Peel-Harvey Water Quality Improvement Plan which is a joint State-Commonwealth project under the Coastal Catchment Initiative coordinated by the Environmental Protection Authority, and a catchment management plan for the Peel-Harvey catchment being prepared by the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council. The Department of Environment is providing assistance in this. (2) N/A. (3) N/A. (4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
(7) Will the catchment management plan incorporate an assessment of the environmental flow requirements of the Peel and Harvey Rivers? (8) If not, why not? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I seek leave to have the eight-part answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - __________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)&(4) The integrated catchment management plan as required by Ministerial Condition on the Peel-Harvey Estuary Management Strategy does not have a time limit on it. There are two important components to this plan in preparation; a Peel-Harvey Water Quality Improvement Plan which is a joint State-Commonwealth project under the Coastal Catchment Initiative coordinated by the Environmental Protection Authority, and a catchment management plan for the Peel-Harvey catchment being prepared by the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council. The Department of Environment is providing assistance in this. (2) N/A. (3) N/A. (4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
(8) If not, why not? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I seek leave to have the eight-part answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - __________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)&(4) The integrated catchment management plan as required by Ministerial Condition on the Peel-Harvey Estuary Management Strategy does not have a time limit on it. There are two important components to this plan in preparation; a Peel-Harvey Water Quality Improvement Plan which is a joint State-Commonwealth project under the Coastal Catchment Initiative coordinated by the Environmental Protection Authority, and a catchment management plan for the Peel-Harvey catchment being prepared by the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council. The Department of Environment is providing assistance in this. (2) N/A. (3) N/A. (4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: I seek leave to have the eight-part answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - __________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)&(4) The integrated catchment management plan as required by Ministerial Condition on the Peel-Harvey Estuary Management Strategy does not have a time limit on it. There are two important components to this plan in preparation; a Peel-Harvey Water Quality Improvement Plan which is a joint State-Commonwealth project under the Coastal Catchment Initiative coordinated by the Environmental Protection Authority, and a catchment management plan for the Peel-Harvey catchment being prepared by the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council. The Department of Environment is providing assistance in this. (2) N/A. (3) N/A. (4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
I seek leave to have the eight-part answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - __________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)&(4) The integrated catchment management plan as required by Ministerial Condition on the Peel-Harvey Estuary Management Strategy does not have a time limit on it. There are two important components to this plan in preparation; a Peel-Harvey Water Quality Improvement Plan which is a joint State-Commonwealth project under the Coastal Catchment Initiative coordinated by the Environmental Protection Authority, and a catchment management plan for the Peel-Harvey catchment being prepared by the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council. The Department of Environment is providing assistance in this. (2) N/A. (3) N/A. (4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - __________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)&(4) The integrated catchment management plan as required by Ministerial Condition on the Peel-Harvey Estuary Management Strategy does not have a time limit on it. There are two important components to this plan in preparation; a Peel-Harvey Water Quality Improvement Plan which is a joint State-Commonwealth project under the Coastal Catchment Initiative coordinated by the Environmental Protection Authority, and a catchment management plan for the Peel-Harvey catchment being prepared by the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council. The Department of Environment is providing assistance in this. (2) N/A. (3) N/A. (4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
The following material was incorporated - __________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)&(4) The integrated catchment management plan as required by Ministerial Condition on the Peel-Harvey Estuary Management Strategy does not have a time limit on it. There are two important components to this plan in preparation; a Peel-Harvey Water Quality Improvement Plan which is a joint State-Commonwealth project under the Coastal Catchment Initiative coordinated by the Environmental Protection Authority, and a catchment management plan for the Peel-Harvey catchment being prepared by the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council. The Department of Environment is providing assistance in this. (2) N/A. (3) N/A. (4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
__________________________________________________________________________________________ (1)&(4) The integrated catchment management plan as required by Ministerial Condition on the Peel-Harvey Estuary Management Strategy does not have a time limit on it. There are two important components to this plan in preparation; a Peel-Harvey Water Quality Improvement Plan which is a joint State-Commonwealth project under the Coastal Catchment Initiative coordinated by the Environmental Protection Authority, and a catchment management plan for the Peel-Harvey catchment being prepared by the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council. The Department of Environment is providing assistance in this. (2) N/A. (3) N/A. (4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
(1)&(4) The integrated catchment management plan as required by Ministerial Condition on the Peel-Harvey Estuary Management Strategy does not have a time limit on it. There are two important components to this plan in preparation; a Peel-Harvey Water Quality Improvement Plan which is a joint State-Commonwealth project under the Coastal Catchment Initiative coordinated by the Environmental Protection Authority, and a catchment management plan for the Peel-Harvey catchment being prepared by the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council. The Department of Environment is providing assistance in this. (2) N/A. (3) N/A. (4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
(2) N/A. (3) N/A. (4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
(3) N/A. (4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
(4) See 1. (5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
(5)&(6) Land clearing in the Peel-Harvey Catchment will come under the forthcoming Land Clearing Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 : public comment on which has recently closed. (7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
(7)&(8) The environmental flow requirement for the Harvey river have already been determined through the “Proposed Harvey Basin Surface Water Allocation Plan” (Water and Rivers Commission: (1998). The Water Quality Improvement Plan will have regard for the environmental flow requirements for the Serpentine and Murray Rivers which flow into Peel Inlet. (8) See 7.
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