Development Application part 2 Planning Report MCU13/0051

Other Matters Protected by the EPBC Act

This part of the report summarises other matters protected under the Act that may relate to the area
you nominated. Approval may be required for a proposed activity that significantly affects.the
environment on COmmonwealth land, when the action is outside the Commonwealth land, or the
environment anywhere wh      n the action is taken on Commonwealth land. Approval may also be

required for the Commonwealth or Commonwealth agencies proposing to take an action that is likely
to have a significant impact on the environment anywhere.


The EPBC Act protects the environment on Commonwealth land, the environment from the actions
taken on Commonwealth land, and the environment from actions taken by Commonwealth agencies.
As heritage values of a place are part of the ’environment’, these aspects of the EPBC Act protect the
Commonwealth Heritage values of a Commonwealth Heritage place and the heritage values of a
place on the Register of the National Estate. Information on the new heritage laws can be found at
http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/index.html

This part of the report summarises other matters protected under the Act that may relate to the area
you nominated. Approval may be required for a proposed activity that significantly affects the
environment on Commonwealth land, when the action is outside the Commonwealth land, or the
environment anywhere when the action is taken on C0mmonwealth land. Approval may also be
required for the Commonwealth or Commonwealth agencies proposing to take an action that is likely
to have a significant impact on the environment anywhere.


A permit may be required for activities in or on a Commonwealth area that may affect a member of a
listed threatened species or ecological community, a member of a listed migratory species, whales
and other cetaceans, or a member of a listed marine species. Information on EPBC Act permit
requirements and application forms can be found at http://www.environment.gov.

Commonwealth Lands:                 ’-lNone
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    ommonwealth Heritage Places:         )None
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,Listed Marine Species:                  113
Whales and Other Cetaceans:              jNone
    ritical Habitats:                    JNone
Commonwealth Reserves.                   1None
Extra Information

This part of the report provides information that may also be relevant to the area you have


    lace on the RNE:                     INone
                                         ,
~tate and Territory Reserves:            ,None
                                         ,

~egional Forest Agreements:              ;None
~nvasive Species:                        113
                                         .,

~ationally Important Wetlands:           ,None


Details

Matters of National Environmental Significance

~etlands of International Significance (RAMSAR)                                      [Resource Information
[Name                                                                               Proximity                I
Great sandy strait                                                                  Upstream from Ramsar

fhreatened Ecological Communities                                                    [Re; urce Information   j
For threatened ecological communities where the distribution is well.known, maps are derived from
recovery plans, State vegetation maps, remote sensing imagery and other sources. Where threatened
ecological community distributions are less well known, existing vegetation maps and point location
data are used to produce indicative distribution maps.

tJame                                                    Status                     TYRe of Presence
LOwland Rainforest of Subtropical Australia              Critically Endangered      Community may occur