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APPENDIX 1 – INDEX AND GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
Appendix 1 Index and glossary of abbreviations and acronyms
Table AP1.1 – Abbreviations and acronyms Abbreviation/
acronym Description
AD Average day
ADA Aquaculture development area
ADWF Average dry weather flow AEP Annual exceedance probability
AHD Australian height datum
ALCAB Agricultural land classification A and B ANEF Australian noise exposure forecast
ANZECC Australian and New Zealand Environment Conservation Council
AO Acceptable outcome
AS Australian Standards
AS/NZS Australian and New Zealand Standards
AV Articulated vehicle
B99 Vehicles with physical dimensions at the 99.8th percentile of all cars, utes, light vans and 4 wheel drive vehicles
BA 1975 Building Act 1975
BCA Building Code of Australia
BPEM Guidelines Queensland Best Practice Environmental Management Guidelines BR 2006 Building Regulation 2006
BW Building works
CASA Civil Aviation Safety Authority City Centre Mackay City Centre
CMD Coastal management district
CPESC Certified professional in erosion and sediment control CPSS Certified practising soil scientist
CPTED Crime prevention through environmental design
dB Decibels
DFE Defined flood event
DME facility Distance measuring equipment facility DSS Desired standards of service
DSTE Defined storm tide event
DTMR Department of Transport and Main Roads
e.g. for example
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Abbreviation/
acronym Description
EME Electromagnetic emissions
EP Equivalent persons
EPA Environmental Protection Agency ESCP Erosion and sediment control plan FTE (employee) Full-time equivalent
GFA Gross floor area
GPT Gross pollutant trap
Ha or ha hectares
HAT Highest astronomical tide
HRV Heavy rigid vehicle
Hz Hertz
IAA Important agricultural areas
ICOMOS International Council of Monuments and Sites
km kilometres
kPa kilopascal
KRA Key Resource Area
kL kilolitres
kV Kilovolts
LGIP Local government infrastructure plan LIAA Locally importance agricultural areas
m metres
mm millimetres
m2 metres squared
m3 cubic metres
m/s metres per second
MATM Mackay Area Transport Model
MCU Material change of use as defined in the Act
MRC Mackay Regional Council
MSES Matters of State environmental significance
NA Not applicable
NDB facility Non-directional beacon facility
NHMRC National Health and Medical Research Council
no. number
NRAS National Rental Affordability Scheme OLS Obstacle limitation surface
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Abbreviation/
acronym Description
OMP Outermost projection
OW Operational works as defined in the Act
PDA Priority development area
PFTI Plans for trunk infrastructure PIA Priority infrastructure areas
PO Prescribed outcome
PWWF Peak wet weather flow
QCCCE Queensland climate change centre for excellence
QDC Queensland Development Code
QPP Queensland Planning Provisions
ROL Reconfiguring a lot as defined in the Act
RPEQ Registered professional engineer of Queensland RSTE Recommended storm-tide event
RSTEL Recommended storm-tide event level SPA Sustainable Planning Act 2009
SPP State Planning Policy
SPP IMS State Planning Policy Interactive Mapping System
sqm square metres
SQMP Stormwater quality management plan SQID Stormwater quality intervention device
SRV Small rigid vehicle
the Act Planning Act 2016 the Regulation Planning Regulation 2016
the SP Act Sustainable Planning Act 2009 (repealed) the SP Regulation Sustainable Planning Regulation 2009 (repealed) TWCMP Total water cycle management plan
UHF Ultra high frequency
VHF Very high frequency communication facility VOR VHF omni-directional rangefinder
WQO Water quality objectives
WSAA Water Services Association of Australia WSUD Water sensitive urban design
WWMP Waste water management plan
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