2022-09-06 P&E Agenda - Item 5 - Attachment 1 - Six Mile Creek Bridge Replacement Offset Report - TMR

   Where disturbance to the high bank of Six Mile Creek occurs, these areas will be stabilised to maintain
    bank integrity using rock riprap where required with incorporation of riparian vegetation and grasses
    consistent with the local area
   Implement appropriate sediment and erosion control, as per MRTS52 and IECA Best Practice Erosion
    and Sediment Control Manual (2008), for all disturbed areas during the construction phase. Controls to be
    maintained until the works are complete and the exposed areas have been stabilised/rehabilitated in
    accordance with the detailed design and MRTS16 requirements
   Works to be undertaken in accordance with the proposed actions of the High Risk SMP (refer
    Section 3.2.3)
   Pre-clearance survey to be undertaken prior to any vegetation clearing and presence of suitably qualified
    and licenced fauna spotter catchers to identify and relocate individual animals during clearing works
   If required, ensure any herbicides used near waterways are “frog-friendly” and “fish-friendly”
   Minimise potential for chytrid fungus by implementing suitable hygiene protocols
   Night works must be kept to a minimum wherever possible and in keeping with the TMR Noise
    Management Code of Practice
   Reduce unnecessary noise and disturbance (e.g. turning off equipment/plant when not in use, locating or
    directing exhaust and motor away from local sensitive receptors, use of equipment with lower sound
    power levels where feasible) in accordance with the TMR Noise Management Code of Practice
   Avoid chemical contact (e.g. fuel spills, unnecessary use of insecticides/fertilisers etc) with the
    environment where possible, through locating fuel and chemical storage away from drainage lines and
    the creek, developing specific protocols and procedures for any refuelling of plant equipment in close
    proximity to the creek and providing appropriate spill kits (and training in their use) in areas of higher risk.
   Monitoring, reporting and auditing as per the MRTS specifications and the CEMP throughout the duration
    of construction to ensure the measures are being adopted by the construction contractor.
Application of these mitigation measures will result in a minimisation of indirect impacts to the area proximate
to the proposed action. In addition, whilst most of these mitigation measures are generic in nature, they will
also directly minimise the potential magnitude of impacts to the identified MNES.


3.2.3         Specific measures to reduce impact to identified matters of national
              environmental significance

3.2.3.1       High Risk Species Management Program (Giant barred frog and Rufous
              fantail)
A High Risk Species Management Program (High Risk SMP) is required under Section 88 of the
Queensland Nature Conservation Act 1992 and Section 335 of the Queensland Nature Conservation
(Animals) Regulation 2020 (NC Animals Regulation) to authorise interference with animal breeding places.
Under Schedule 7 of the NC Animals Regulation, an animal breeding place is defined under as:
 “…a bower, burrow, cave, hollow, nest or other thing that is commonly used by the animal to incubate or
rear the animal’s offspring.”
Species Management Programs (SMP) are required for varying classes of protected fauna, where an
associated breeding place has been identified, and where tampering of the breeding place is necessary to
complete a project.
In relation to the area encompassed by the proposed action, potential breeding places for the Giant barred
frog and the Rufous fantail may be present. In order to minimise impact to these species, a Species
Management Program – High Risk of Impacts has been prepared for the proposed action.



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