Reference Document - Flora and Fauna Assessment - 132005.638.04

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                    Clearing of Category X vegetation (approximately 0.26ha) will not result in a significant
                    impact on the MSES – Regulated vegetation based on the criteria outlined in the SRI test-
                    criteria of the SRI guidelines for vegetation with a mid-dense structure as shown in Table 7
                    below.

                    TABLE 7: Significant residual impact test criteria


                                                                                                                       Clearing in an
                                                                             Clearing in an RE    Clearing in the
                                                                                                                       RE that is within
                                                                             that is:             portion of an RE
                                                                                                                       the defined
                                                                             endangered, or of    that lies within a
                                                                                                                       distance of a
                                                                             concern              mapped wetland
                                                                                                                       watercourse
                               For clearing other than clearing for linear
                               infrastructure:
                                 - area greater than 5 ha where in a
                         1           grassland RE; or
                                                                             N/A                  N/A                  N/A
                                 - area greater than 2 ha where in
                                     a sparse RE; or
                                 - area greater than 0.5 ha in a
                                     dense to mid-dense RE.

                         2     Clearing within 50m of the defining bank      N/A                  N/A                  N/A

                         3     Clearing within 5m of the defining bank       N/A                  N/A                  N/A


                    Threatened species and Koala habitat

                    The project will result in the loss of approximately 240 non-juvenile Koala habitat trees in a
                    Priority Koala Area. Clearing of a non-juvenile Koala habitat tree is considered a significant
                    residual impact to a matter of state environmental significance (MSES).

                    High value waterways and wetlands

                    Proposed works will not have a significant residual impact on declared high value
                    waterways or wetlands as the project is unlikely to result in environmental values being
                    affected in any of the following ways:
                        • “areas of the wetland or watercourse being destroyed or artificially modified;
                        • a measurable change in water quality of the wetland or watercourse—for example
                           a change in the level of the physical and/or chemical characteristics of the water,
                           including salinity, pollutants, or nutrients in the wetland or watercourse, to a level
                           that exceeds the water quality guidelines for the waters; or
                        • the habitat or lifecycle of native species, including invertebrate fauna and fish
                           species, dependent upon the wetland being seriously affected; or
                        • a substantial and measurable change in the hydrological regime or recharge zones
                           of the wetland, e.g. a substantial change to the volume, timing, duration and
                           frequency of ground and surface water flows to and within the wetland; or
                        • an invasive species that is harmful to the environmental values of the wetland being
                           established (or an existing invasive species being spread) in the wetland” (DEHP,
                           2014).




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