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

                                                                                                                                             Native Foresters



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Requirements that apply to all                      RESPONSE              Government Supported Infrastructure               RESPONSE          Self-Assessment Criteria                  SELF     –
Government              Supported                                         development in a KHA that is exempt                                                                           ASSESSMENT
Infrastructure development in SEQ                                         from the Self-Assessment Criteria of                                                                          RESPONSE
                                                                          Column
                                                                                   Queensland Cabinet Budget                been
                                                                                   Review Committee or other project-       resubmitted,
                                                                                   specific governing body, relevant        but SARA
                                                                                   Minister or Federal Government           has
                                                                                   including being listed on Qld            previously
                                                                                   Transport Roads Implementation           approved
                                                                                   Program, within 12 months of the         the works.
                                                                                   commencement of this policy; or
                                                                              c.   received a development approval,
                                                                                   issued prior to the commencement
                                                                                   of this policy, as a result of a
                                                                                   development assessment process
                                                                                   under the Planning Act 2016 or
                                                                                   other relevant Act.

         TABLE 7:    Self-Assessment Criteria where interfering with koala habitat in an area that is both a KPA and a KHA, is
         unavoidable
Public Sector Entities must:                                      RESPONSE
    1.    Minimise interfering with koala habitat                 The proposed clearing is required to extend the landfill facility in accordance with the Noosa Council Master Plan for
                                                                  the Noosaville Waste Management Facility. Lot 77 SP298776 is 322.13 hectares in total and the landfill use currently
                                                                  has an approximate area of 49 hectares (i.e. 15% of Lot 77). The site contains approximately:
                                                                      •   235 hectares of Core KHA, and
                                                                      •   31 hectares of Locally refined KHA.

                                                                  The works will result in impacting:
                                                                      •   0.21 hectares of Core KHA, and
                                                                      •   0.81 hectares of Locally refined KHA.
                                                                      •   A total of 1.02 hectares of mapped KHA (which equates to impacting approximately 0.4% of the mapped KHA within Lot 77).
    2.    To the best extent possible mitigate any impacts that   As detailed in Table 2 and Section 4 of Impact Assessment Report for MNES & MSES by Native Foresters dated 10th
          interfering with koala habitat has on koala values.     December 2023 (Doc. No.: 220716-MNES/MSES- Rev 3) there are a number of mitigation actions proposed to reduce
                                                                  impacts to koala habitat, as summarized below:
                                                                      •    Fauna spotter catcher to undertake pre-clearance survey.
                                                                      •    Clearing supervised by a Fauna spotter catcher
                                                                      •    Clearing to be sequential as outlined in NCA 1992 requirements.
                                                                      •    Clearing area to be delineated prior to work and no entry to adjacent protected vegetation by personnel or machinery is allowed
                                                                           during works.



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