Attachment 7A - Impact Assessment Report

CONTENTS
CONTENTS .......................................................................................................................... 3
1.0      INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ 1
   1.1      Background............................................................................................................. 1
   1.2      Objectives ............................................................................................................... 1
   1.3      Legislation............................................................................................................... 2
      1.3.1        Federal Legislation........................................................................................... 2
      1.3.2        State Legislation .............................................................................................. 2
   1.4      Site Description ....................................................................................................... 3
2.0      DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESCRIBED ACTIVITY .................................................... 4
3.0      MATTERS OF NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE (MNES)................... 6
   3.1      Noosa Landfill MNES .............................................................................................. 6
   3.2      MNES Significant Impact (SI) Criteria and Assessment .......................................... 7
      3.2.1        Threatened Species – Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) .................................... 7
   3.3      Summary of SI Assessment for MNES.................................................................. 11
4.0       MATTERS OF STATE ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE (MSES) ...................... 12
   4.1      Relevant MSES – Noosa Landfill Impact Area ...................................................... 12
   4.2      IMPACT AVOIDANCE ........................................................................................... 16
      4.2.1        Impact Avoidance Framework ........................................................................ 16
      4.2.2        Alternative Sites ............................................................................................. 16
      4.2.3        Avoidance of Impacts..................................................................................... 16
   4.3     IMPACT MITIGATION ............................................................................................ 16
5.0 MSES - SIGNIFICANT RESIDUAL IMPACT (SRI) ASSESSMENT ............................. 19
   5.1      SRI criteria under the Planning Act ....................................................................... 19
   5.2      SRI criteria under the Environmental Offsets Policy .............................................. 21
      5.2.1        Criteria – Regulated Vegetation ..................................................................... 21
      5.2.2        Criteria – Landscape Connectivity................................................................. 22
      5.2.3   Criteria – Animals - Protected wildlife habitat (habitat for an animal that is
      ‘endangered’ or ‘vulnerable’ wildlife or a special least concern animal) ........................ 22
      5.2.4 Criteria – Animals- Protected wildlife habitat (koala habitat under the Koala
      SPRP) 27
   5.3      Summary of SRI Assessment for MSES ............................................................... 29
6.0      SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................. 30
7.0      REFERENCES ......................................................................................................... 31