Attachment 7C - Flora and Fauna Survey Assessment_Noosa Landfill - Revision 3

                                                                                      Native Foresters



6.0 RECOMMENDATIONS
The following recommendations are provided with respect to native vegetation
communities, fauna species and breeding habitats that occur in the proposed landfill
expansion area and the identified Impact Area.

6.1      Vegetation clearing
i.       As the proposed clearing is in a Protected Plants High Risk area, an Exempt
         Clearing Notification (protected plants) will need to be submitted, in accordance with
         261z of the Nature Conservation (Wildlife Management) Regulation 2006. This
         report includes a flora survey as per the Flora Survey Guidelines, and can be
         submitted with the notification provided it is lodged to the state within 12 months of
         the survey being undertaken. If clearing is not commenced prior to 3/02/2022, then
         a revised flora survey will be required.
ii.      The alignment for the southern stormwater discharge drain should take into account
         and avoid impacts to the large hollow bearing Scribbly Gums present where
         possible.
iii.     A Fauna Spotter catcher should be engaged prior to clearing to conduct a pre-clear
         survey of hollows and nests in the clearing area. The Spotter catcher will also be
         required during clearing and excavation works to relocate any native fauna found to
         undisturbed habitat nearby.

6.2      Surface water
i.       During the detailed concept design of the proposed new landfill cells, hydraulic
         modeling, hydrological modeling, flowpath design, stormwater detention and
         stormwater quality treatment systems need to consider the impacts associated with
         increased flows to adjacent protected vegetation and changes to the quality of water
         released into these ecosystems.
ii.      To avoid impacts from increased/intermittent surface flows to the Endangered
         Scribbly Gum vegetation community (RE12.5.3) consideration should be given to
         minimising surface water discharges to this area.
iii.     To fulfill the general environmental duty of care under the Environmental Protection
         Act 1994, the use of wetlands, settling ponds and bioretention basins should be
         incorporated to extract nutrients, sediment, heavy metals and/or surfactants prior to
         surface flows entering the drainage lines and adjacent wetlands.

6.3      Groundwater flow and Groundwater dependent ecosystems
i.       A hydrogeological assessment of the groundwater resources for the site and
         hydrological modeling is required to assess the effects of cell construction on
         groundwater levels to the east of the site and to determine whether the potential
         exists for significant impacts on adjacent endangered ecosystems, confirmed
         breeding habitat for Swamp Crayfish and Core mapped breeding habitat for Wallum
         Frogs.




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