RFI - Attachment 4B - Flora and Fauna Assessment Rev 5

                                                                                                                                                 Native Foresters



       Performance Outcomes                                     Acceptable Outcomes                                                   Response

PO8                                               AO8.1                                                     N/A
Development on land adjacent to a waterway or     Development adjacent to a waterway or wetland
wetland maintains appropriate extent of public    provides that:                                            There is currently no public access to the waterway to the north
access to waterways and wetlands and                  a) no new lots directly back onto a riparian buffer   of the proposed clearing.
minimises edge effects.                                    area; and
                                                      b) new public roads are located between a
                                                           riparian buffer area or riparian zone and the
                                                           proposed development area.
Surface and ground water hydrology
PO9                                               AO9.1                                                     Does not comply with PO9
Development ensures that the natural surface      Development does not impact on the natural surface
water and ground water hydrologic regimes of      water or groundwater hydrologic regimes and this is       The native vegetation directly north of the clearing (in adjacent
waterways,              wetlands           and    facilitated by:                                           retained vegetation) is not mapped as a groundwater
hydrologically-sensitive plant communities are          a) avoiding or minimising channelization,
not adversely impacted.                                      redirection or interruption of flow;
                                                                                                            dependent ecosystem (GDE) on QLD Globe. It is noted that
                                                        b) avoiding groundwater extraction;                 that A GDE occurs approximately 600 metres north of the site.
                                                        c) maintaining groundwater recharge and
                                                             discharge processes;                           The works have been designed to ensure surface flows are
                                                        d) maintaining natural groundwater fluctuations;    safely conveyed across the site without causing erosion on the
                                                        e) avoiding causing ingress of saline water into    site. The works will also be undertaken in accordance with a
                                                             freshwater aquifers of wetlands; and           CEMP to protect water quality values on site.
                                                        f) avoiding contaminants entering groundwater
                                                             (e.g. from runoff, effluent disposal).         There is no proposed groundwater extraction for the works.

                                                                                                            The landfill site currently uses a HES basin and a bioretention
                                                                                                            basin to treat surface waters on site prior to entering adjacent
                                                                                                            ecosystems. The proposed works include a larger upgraded
                                                                                                            HES Basin with the intention of improving water quality of
                                                                                                            stormwater entering adjacent retained vegetation.

                                                                                                            The proposed works will ensure that the existing overland flow
                                                                                                            catchments are not re-directed away from current flowpaths.

                                                                                                            All adjacent vegetation and soil may be affected by the
                                                                                                            groundwater drainage system outflow. Areas that provide the
                                                                                                            receiving     environment     for     groundwater       flows
                                                                                                            (RE12.5.3/12.5.4/12.3.13) may become wetter over time with
                                                                                                            resulting impacts on community structure i.e. the understorey




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