Attachment 7B - Fauna and Flora Assessment_NoosaLandfill_NorthernSection_Revision3

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Commonwealth Legislation

Australia’s key national environment law is the Environment Protection and Biodiversity
Conservation Act 1999, also known as the EPBC Act. This legislation regulates activities that are
likely to have a significant impact on nationally protected matters including Koala.
For impacts to MNES – koala habitat, the self-assessment process outlined in the Significant
impact guidelines 1.1 EPBC Act 1999 (DoE, 2013) has being completed and it is determined that
the any clearing of Koala trees which is less that 2ha is not considered to represent a ‘significant
impact.’

3.1.9 Wetlands and Watercourses

The quality of natural waters in Queensland (e.g. rivers, creeks, wetlands, lakes, estuaries and
coastal areas and ground waters) is protected under the Environmental Protection (Water) Policy
2009 (EPP Water). The EPP Water achieves the object of the EPA 1994 to protect Queensland's
waters while supporting ecologically sustainable development.

The Map of Referable Wetlands is a statewide regulatory map under the Environmental Protection
Regulation 2008 which identifies wetlands of high ecological significance (HES) and general
ecological significance (GES) across the state. HES wetlands on the Map of Referable Wetlands
are considered ‘matters of state environmental significance’ (MSES) under the Planning and
Environmental Offsets legislation (Environmental Offsets Act 2014).

There are no mapped wetlands of significance in the footprint of proposed works within Lot 77
SP298776.

3.2      Matters of State Environmental Significance

The State Planning Policy 2017 (SPP) defines matters of state environmental significance
(MSES). A desktop analysis has identified the following MSES within or adjacent to the Potential
Impact Area (Appendix E):

          •   Species – Threatened species (Koala, Wallum froglet, Wallum rocketfrog and
              Ground parrot) and Special least concern species (Short-beaked echidna);
          •   Regulated Vegetation.

All applications impacting MSES must demonstrate compliance with the ‘avoid, minimise
(mitigate), offset’ obligation in accordance with the Environmental Offsets Regulation 2014 and
either the Significant Residual Impact Guideline (Biodiversity Integration and Offsets, Ecosystem
Outcomes, Department of Environment and Heritage Protection, 2014) or the DSDMIP Significant
Residual Impact Guideline (http://www.dlgrma.qld.gov.au/resources/ guideline/planning/dsdip-
significant-residual-impactguideline.pdf). This obligation requires in the first instance, avoiding
impacts on prescribed environmental matters and if avoidance cannot be achieved,
demonstrating that impacts have been carefully managed and minimised (mitigated).




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