QASSMAC was a multilateral advisory committee animated by the soil scientists within the Department of Natural Resources. It set out to improve the management of these naturally occurring high risk soils. The State Planning Policy was identified as one of the main regulatory tools available. An early document was QASSMAC Acid Sulfate Soils Management Strategy for Queensland, April 1999.
State Planning Policy 2/02 Planning and Managing Development Involving Acid Sulfate Soils, November 2002.
SPP 2/02 Guideline: Planning and Managing Development Involving Acid Sulfate Soils, August 2002.
SPP 2/02 Checklist Form for Acid Sulfate Soils, June 2004. This was a precursor to Resource Planning Guideline E74: Checklist for Lodging Applications: Acid Sulphate Soils, March 2005.
General Information Required to Assist Assessment of Development Proposals
Involving Acid Sulfate Soils, June 2004. This was a precursor to Resource Planning Guideline E11, Referral Information Generally Required on Acid Sulphate Soil Matters, May 2005.
(Editorial footnote: Australian English uses the ph spelling for “sulphur” and its derivatives, but the scientific community has standardised on “sulfur”, so the scientists won over the policy officers when a new State Planning Policy on the prevention of damage from disturbing potential acid sulphate soils was formulated).
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