210055 - 327 Kinmond Creek Road, COOTHARABA - Ecological Assessment Report

                                                                                                                                 Ecological Assessment Report
                                                                                                                            327 Kinmond Creek Rd, Cootharaba


Table 3: Summary of desktop and site assessment results.


  Legislative / Compliance Element             Desktop Assessment Results                               Field Survey Results and Assessment

  Australian Legislation

  Environmental Protection and Biodiversity    Two (2) listed threatened ecological communities         No species or communities listed under the EPBC
  Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act)             (TEC):                                                   Act were found to be present on site or are expected
                                                                                                        to occur on site.
                                                   •    Coastal Swamp Oak (Casuarina glauca)
                                                        Forest of New South Wales and South East        An assessment of the likelihood of threatened
                                                        Queensland       ecological      community      species occurrence was conducted for each of the
                                                        (Endangered); and                               threatened species identified by the desktop
                                                                                                        assessment results (Appendix 5). This assessment
                                                   •    44 threatened species; and
                                                                                                        was based on the presence of suitable habitat
                                                   •    15 migratory species.                           within the site and database records for each
                                               Refer to Appendix 1                                      threatened species. Based on this assessment, no
                                                                                                        threatened species are expected to occur within the
                                                                                                        site.

  Queensland Legislation

  Coastal Protection and Management Act        The site is not mapped within the Coastal                The site is not within the mapped Coastal
  1995                                         Management District or within a Coastal area             Management District.
                                               subject to erosion or storm tide inundation.


  Biosecurity Act 2014                         The Department of Environment and Science                The site is mostly dominated by native species.
                                               Wildnet Database records identified no weed              Some small weed infestations occur in low number.
                                               species to occur within two kilometres of the site. No
                                                                                                        Weeds will be controlled before construction
                                               mapped species are Weeds of National Significance
                                                                                                        commences to prevent further distribution of exotic
                                               (WONS) or Category 3.
                                                                                                        pests. Ongoing management following construction



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