Attachment 7B - Fauna and Flora Assessment_NoosaLandfill_NorthernSection_Revision3

                                                                                                                                            Native Foresters



TABLE 5:          Assessment of Biodiversity, Waterways and Wetlands Overlay Code

         Performance Outcomes                                    Acceptable Outcomes                                             Response


 Ecologically important areas
 PO1                                                 AO1.1                                                    Complies with PO1
 Development is sited and designed to protect        Ecologically important areas are conserved or
 the physical and ecological integrity and           improved to ensure their ongoing contribution to the     Flora and Fauna Assessments have been
 biodiversity of ecologically important areas        natural resources and biological diversity of Noosa
                                                                                                              undertaken by Native Foresters to assess onsite
 through protection of:                              Shire.
     a) existing habitat areas and ecological
                                                                                                              values of the flora and fauna.
          linkages; and                              AND
     b) existing riparian vegetation,                                                                         RE mapping shows the area of interest near the
          waterways and wetland habitat              AO1.2
                                                                                                              Cleanaway depot contains thin strips of remnant
          values.                                    Buildings, structures and associated works are           Scribbly gum woodland (Endangered RE 12.5.3 -
                                                     located within existing cleared areas or areas of        Eucalyptus racemosa subsp. racemosa woodland
                                                     lowest ecological value.                                 on remnant Tertiary surfaces) and a central core of
                                                                                                              remnant Palustrine heath (Least concern RE 12.3.13
                                                     AND                                                      - Closed heathland on seasonally waterlogged
                                                                                                              alluvial plains usually near the coast).
                                                     AO1.3
                                                     Where constructing a dwelling house or community         However, the vegetation on site was found to be a
                                                     residence, buildings and associated structures are       Melaleuca wetland exhibiting characteristics of
                                                     not located on land identified as an area of             Least Concern Regional Ecosystem RE12.3.5 –
                                                     biodiversity significance on a Biodiversity,             Melaleuca quinquenervia open forest on coastal
                                                     Waterways and Wetlands Overlay Map
                                                                                                              alluvium. It was also found to be moderately
                                                     Or                                                       disturbed with impacts including degraded edges,
                                                                                                              weed infestations i.e. Singapore daisy, litter
                                                     Clearing vegetation (other than for a driveway           incursion, clearing for access tracks, and/or
                                                     access) does not extend beyond—                          boreholes and receives stormwater inputs from the
                                                                                                              sediment basin on northern edge of landfill. The
                                                          a)   30 metres of a habitable building or 10        area was too small to be reclassified using a PMAV,
                                                               metres of a class 10 structure on lots         so even though it is not consistent with the
                                                               greater than 10 hectares; or                   mapping, for the purposes of the report it is will
                                                          b)   10 metres of a habitable building or class     classed as partly RE12.3.13 and partly RE12.5.3.
                                                               10 structure on lots 10 hectares or less but
                                                               more than 3,000m2; or
                                                          c)   3 metres of a habitable building or class 10
                                                               structure on lots 3,000m2 or less.




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