Attachment 6 - Ecological Assessment.pdf

                                                       Ecological Assessment – Attunga Heights



Performance outcomes                 Acceptable outcomes                                    Response   Comment
                                     AO8.2 Clearing in an endangered regional                          While clearing will occur within an area of Of
                                     ecosystem or an of concern regional ecosystem                     Concern regional ecosystem, much of this will occur
                                     does not exceed the width or area prescribed in                   within areas zoned for urban areas, and exemptions
                                     Table 1.                                                         therefore apply. The remaining clearing has been
                                                                                                       minimised as far as possible and will comprise less
                                     OR                                                                than 0.5 ha.
                                     AO8.3 Where it can be demonstrated that clearing
                                     cannot be reasonably avoided, and the extent of
                                     clearing has been reasonably minimised, an
                                     environmental offset is provided for any significant
                                     residual impact from clearing of endangered
                                     regional ecosystems and of concern regional
                                     ecosystems.

                                     Editor’s note: Applications for development should
                                     identify whether there is likely to be a significant
                                     residual impact and a need for an environmental
                                     offset having regard to Section 3.1 (Regulated
                                     vegetation) of the Significant Residual Impact
                                     Guideline and the relevant Queensland
                                     Environmental Offsets Policy.

Essential habitat
PO9 Maintain the current extent of   AO9.1 Clearing does not occur in an area of                       While the site is mapped as containing essential
essential habitat.                   essential habitat.                                                habitat for the Wallum froglet and Wallum
                                                                                                       rocketfrog, site inspections have determined that
                                     OR                                                                the habitat present on the site is not suitable for
                                                                                                      these species i.e. schlerophyll forest cf. wallum
                                                                                                       heath/sedgeland. It is therefore not considered that
                                                                                                       any impact on essential habitat for these species will
                                                                                                       be incurred.
                                     AO9.2 Clearing in essential habitat does not
                                     exceed the widths or areas prescribed in Table 1.




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