cr157981

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA: Somerset Regional Council

LOCATION: The resource is located on the western bank of the Brisbane River about 4 kilometres southeast of Fernvale near the eastern end of Harris Road (see map KRA 75).

EXTRACTIVE RESOURCE: Sand and Gravel

EXTRACTIVE RESOURCE DESCRIPTION: The resource comprises part of an alluvial terrace and contains several million tonnes of sand and gravel beneath relatively thin overburden. The area is approved for extraction.

SIGNIFICANCE: The resource is sufficient to supply the western Brisbane, Ipswich, Somerset and Lockyer Valley regional markets for at least a decade at current rates of consumption. The resource is of State significance.

SEPARATION AREA: The full separation distance of 200 metres has been applied around the alluvial terrace containing the resource due to the absence of any intervening natural features to buffer quarry impacts.

TRANSPORT ROUTE: The transport route is along Harris Road onto the Brisbane Valley Highway.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS: The KRA contains land classified as good quality agricultural land (1994 Esk DPI Agricultural Land Classes Map). The resource/processing area is adjacent to the Brisbane River and a minimum buffer width of 50 metres from the resource/processing area to the river has been established. Restrictions on interference with the water table as applied under the Water Act 2000 are applicable to extractive industry.

Most of the resource/processing area and some parts of the separation area are covered by Strategic Cropping Land Trigger Mapping under the Strategic Cropping Land Act 2011 administered by the Department of Natural Resources and Mines. This indicates the location of potential SCL and further on-ground assessment against the SCL criteria is required to confirm whether the area is or is not an SCL.