Attachment 7A - Impact Assessment Report

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5.0      MSES - SIGNIFICANT RESIDUAL IMPACT (SRI) ASSESSMENT
The SRI criteria for prescribed activities assessable under the Significant Residual Impact
Guideline (DSDIP, 2014) and Queensland Environmental Offsets Policy Significant Residual
Impact Guideline (DEHP, 2014) are assessed below.

5.1      SRI criteria under the Planning Act

The Significant Residual Impact Guideline (DSDIP, 2014) criteria for impacted regulated
vegetation for the site is detailed in Section 3.1 of the SRI guideline and is assessed for the
site in Table 4.

Under the SRI Guidelines (DSDIP, 2014), Section 3.1 regulated vegetation excludes regrowth
vegetation and has been defined as Category B areas on the regulated vegetation map that
are:
          •        ‘Endangered’ or ‘of concern’ regional ecosystems (REs); or
          •        Remnant vegetation within the defined distance of a watercourse identified on
                   the vegetation management watercourses map; or
          •        Remnant vegetation that intersects with an area shown as a wetland on the
                   vegetation management wetlands map; or
          •        Essential habitat (EH) as identified on the essential habitat map.

Table 4: SRI criteria for prescribed activities under Planning Act – Regulated Vegetation
 SRI CRITERIA                                 SIGNIFICANT
                                                    NOT LIKELY NOTES
                                                    TO BE
                                                    SIGNIFICANT
 REGULATED VEGETATION- ‘Endangered’ or ‘of concern’ regional ecosystem (RE) (Section 3.1.1 of SRI
 Guideline, DSDIP, 2014)
 An action is LIKELY to have an SRI on an ‘endangered’ or ‘of concern’ RE if the action will result in:
  (a) clearing of more than 5ha of
                                                                                 Clearing area is below the threshold at
       ‘Endangered’ or ‘Of Concern’ RE                              √
                                                                                 0.21ha
       vegetation;
  (b) clearing that results in an overall                                        Endangered RE vegetation patch area will
       area (not confined to property                                            remain above 5ha
       boundaries) of ‘endangered’ or ‘of                           √
                                                                                 Current area ≈10ha
       concern’ RE vegetation of less than
                                                                                 Proposed area ≈ 9.8ha
       5ha; OR
                                                                                 No separation of RE communities as
                                                                                 proposed clearing is comprised of an
                                                                                 outcrop of remnant vegetation surrounded
  (c) clearing that results in the physical                                      on three sides by non-remnant vegetation.
       separation of ‘endangered’ and ‘of                                        Endangered RE community (12.5.3) is
                                                                    √
       concern’ RE communities within                                            presently already separated along the
       and on adjoining sites.                                                   boundary of the proposed clearing area,
                                                                                 and the RE is not fragmented within the
                                                                                 adjacent remaining vegetation. Refer
                                                                                 Figure 2.
 Notwithstanding the above, an action is UNLIKELY to have an SRI on an ‘endangered’ or ‘of concern’ RE if the action will
 result in:
 Clearing of less than 10% of the total                                           Unlikely to be significant as clearing
 mapped area of ‘endangered’ or ‘of                                              constitutes approximately 5% of the total
 concern’ REs intersecting the property                             √            mapped area of ‘Endangered” RE 12.5.3
 boundaries of the project, if total clearing                                    that intersects the property boundary of the



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