Attachment 7A - Impact Assessment Report

                                                                                       Native Foresters



 CRITERIA                     AVOIDANCE OF                 IMPACT MITIGATION             LIKELIHOOD
                              IMPACT                                                     OF
                                                                                         SIGNIFICANT
                                                                                         IMPACT (SI)
 An action is likely to have a significant impact on an Endangered species if there is a real
 chance or possibility that it will:
 Fragment an existing     Landfill expansion         Workers will not enter     Unlikely – the
 important population     works propose to clear     the retained surrounding proposed clearing
 into two or more         a small outcrop of         remnant vegetation         does not result in
 populations              vegetation at the north-   unless strictly necessary, removal of an
                          western extent of the      with the work area         existing corridor or
                          existing cleared landfill  clearly delineated to      link to other
                          area and as such have      minimise further           vegetation.
                          avoided fragmenting        disturbance.
                          populations of
                          threatened species.
 Adversely affect         Impacts to the             Before works within and    Unlikely
 habitat critical to the  vegetation which           around the impact area     There is unlikely to
 survival of a species    constitutes suitable       commences, a Fauna         be a significant
                          koala habitat will be      spotter catcher will be    impact on critical
                          permanent, however the present to investigate the habitat for the
                          vegetation patch is        area for fauna. The        survival of koala.
                          unlikely to be             works area will be clearly
                          considered critical to the delineated to ensure
                          survival of the species.   minimal disturbance.
                          The Noosa Landfill         If works require any
                          expansion is necessary     coarse woody debris to
                          for ongoing                be moved, it will be
                          management of waste        moved beyond the
                          and cannot be avoided.     impact area into a similar
                                                     undisturbed area.

 Disrupt the breeding         The most active              If possible, works should     Unlikely, as koalas
 cycle of an important        breeding period for the      occur outside of breeding     generally don’t
 population                   species is from July to      season.                       utilise a specific
                              January. If possible,        A Fauna spotter catcher       breeding location.
                              works should be              will be present to
                              undertaken outside of        conduct a pre-clear
                              this period to avoid         survey and clearing will
                              impacts.                     follow guideline
                                                           recommendations.
 Modify, destroy,             The impact area is           The work area will be         Unlikely
 remove, or isolate or        limited to 1.02ha of         clearly delineated to         Removal of 1.02ha
 decrease the                 disturbed vegetation         ensure workers do not         is 0.4% of the
 availability or quality of   which forms a small          enter vegetation beyond       remaining
 habitat to the extent        outcrop on the edge of       the disturbance area and      vegetation on the
 that the species is          the existing landfill,       will only enter these         site. This amount
 likely to decline            avoiding the higher          areas when strictly           of disturbance to
                              quality surrounding          necessary.                    the vegetation is
                              habitat patch.                                             not likely to
                              Edge effects may                                           decrease the
                              impact the cleared edge                                    availability of
                              of remaining vegetation                                    habitat or quality of
                              however, this is unlikely                                  habitat to the
                              to lead to species                                         extent that the
                              decline.                                                   species are likely
                                                                                         to decline.




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