New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE CLARENCE RIVER UNREGULATED AND ALLUVIAL WATER SOURCES 2016 - REG 54

54 Rules for water supply works located near potential acid sulfate soils

(1) A water supply work approval must not be granted within an area classed as having a high probability of occurrence of acid sulfate soils on an Acid Sulfate Soil Risk Map maintained by the NSW Office of Environment & Heritage.

(2) Subclause (1) does not apply to the grant or amendment of a water supply work approval if the Minister is satisfied that the location of the water supply work would not result in a significant risk of acidification of these water sources.

(3) For the purposes of subclause (2), the Minister may require the applicant to submit a hydrogeological study to demonstrate that construction of a water supply work within an area classed as having a high probability of occurrence of acid sulfate soils would not, in the Minister's opinion, result in acidification of these water sources.

Notes :

1
"Acid sulfate soils" is defined in the dictionary.

2 At the commencement of this Plan, information on Acid Sulfate Soil Risk Maps could be found at the following address on the website of the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage: http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/acidsulfatesoil/riskmaps.htm.