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:
 Result in invasive       Weeds- avoiding the       Strict machinery hygiene Unlikely
 species that are         risk of introduction or   protocols will be           Weed control may
 harmful to an            spread of weeds by        enforced during clearing    be necessary to
 endangered species       minimising area of        and construction to avoid reduce species
 becoming established     impact, careful clearing  introduction or spread of   becoming
 in the endangered        protocols, buffers to     weeds, to be detailed in    established in
 species’ habitat         landfill green waste      CEMP for works and          remnant
                          areas not to be adjacent operational management vegetation
                          significant vegetation,   plan for the landfill site.
                          etc.                      Weed control may be
                          Feral dogs- occupy a      necessary to manage
                          broad range of areas in   encroachment of
                          south-east Queensland     invasive species into
                          and can survive a wide    adjoining remnant
                          range of conditions.      vegetation.
                          Feral species
                          population control        Appropriate Koala
                          programs operate within friendly fencing used to
                          the region. Feral dogs    reduce accessibility from
                          were not detected         feral dogs and pests to
                          during the survey.        the site in open areas
                                                    such as along Eumundi-
                                                    Noosa Road and Walter
                                                    Hay Drive.
 Introduce disease that Chlamydia is a known        If required any koala       Unlikely
 may cause the species threat to the koala and      located on site will only
 to decline               is known to be present    be handled by trained
                          in South East             professionals or qualified
                          Queensland. It is         ecologist. Sightings of
                          unknown if the disease    sickly koala should be
                          is currently present in   reported to wildlife carers
                          the koala population      and wildlife authorities.
                          surrounding Noosa
                          Landfill.
                          The level of threat from
                          disease at the site is
                          uncertain and total
                          avoidance may not be
                          realistic.
 Interfere substantially  The impacts to the        The combined mitigation Unlikely,
 with the recovery of     koala habitat are not     methods outlined above      considering the
 the species              avoidable.                will ensure the recovery    lack of large trees
                                                    of threatened species is    and the remaining
                          Removal of 1.02ha is      not impacted                266ha of suitable
                          required, however,        substantially.              habitat
                          median tree Diameter at                               surrounding the
                          Breast Height (DBH) is                                impact area, there
                          100mm and there are                                   is unlikely to be a
                          no large trees (i.e.,                                 significant impact
                          >500mm DBH) within                                    on species
                          the impact area.                                      recovery.
 The result of the self-assessment process of the MNES Significant Impact criteria for a
 threatened species indicates a Significant Impact is UNLIKELY.


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