Manly Lagoon Dredging Project - Manly Council - NSW Government

Manly Lagoon Dredging Project – Review of Environmental FactorsPrepared for Manly and Warringah Councils1.3 Assessment MethodologyThe method of preparation of this document is as follows:Discussions were held with Manly and Warringah Councils and the DoL (now LPMA)at the inception of the project in May 2009. Ongoing discussions have taken placefollowing this initial meeting.Cardno representatives undertook an initial site inspection on 19 May 2009 to make avisual assessment of the Lagoon and foreshore areas and the proposed dredgingareas (see Site Photolog in Appendix A).Stakeholder consultation was undertaken via formal correspondence (two letters; thefirst dated 28 May 2009, followed by an update regarding proposed dewatering of thedredge spoil on 24 September 2009) with the following agencies:oooooooooDepartment of Environment and Climate Change (DECC) (now DECCW);Department of Lands (DoL) (now LPMA);Department of Planning (DoP);Department of Primary Industries (DPI) (now I&I NSW);Department of Water and Energy (DWE) (abolished on 27 July 2009; thewater responsibilities of the former DWE are now managed by DECCW);Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council (MLALC);Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA);Sydney Metropolitan Catchment Management Authority (CMA); andWarringah Council.Consultation is discussed further in Section 3 and relevant correspondence can befound in Appendix B. As Project Manager for the dredging project, Manly Councilhas been consulted extensively during the course of preparation of this document.A search was conducted of the following databases to identify any potential issues:oooooooooooDEWHA Australian Heritage Database;NSW Heritage Council’s State Heritage Register;NSW Maritime Heritage Database;DECCW Aboriginal Heritage Information Management System (AHIMS);National Native Title Tribunal;DECCW NPWS Atlas of NSW Wildlife;DEWHA EPBC Act Database;DII (Fisheries) Database;NSW Government BioNet Database;DECCW Critical Habitat Register; andDEWHA National Pollutant Inventory (NPI). An appropriate background and literature search, including an Internet search wasconducted, to identify and address relevant environmental issues pertaining to theproposal area. A number of specialist studies were undertaken concurrently with preparation of thisREF. These include:2 July 2010 Cardno (NSW/ACT) Pty Ltd 5H:\Doc\2010\Reports.2010\Rep2580v4.doc