Reference document FLORA_AND_FAUNA_ASSESSMENT_RosesRoad_Federal-25_03_07-FF OPW25-0072

                                                                                               Native Foresters



 Act, Regulation      Statutory Obligation
 or Policy
 Nature               Are any MSES present? ☒ YES ☐NO                .
 Conservation Act
 1992                 Impacts to MSES must be avoided wherever possible.

                      Under the Environmental Offsets Act 2014 and Environmental Offsets Regulation
                      2014, offset requirements may apply to assessable developments where it has been
                      determined that there will be a significant residual impact on a prescribed
                      environmental matter.

                      A Significant Residual Impact (SRI) Assessment is required to determine whether
                      residual impacts to MSES trigger significance criteria.

                      Is the IA mapped as a Protected Plants Flora Survey Trigger Area?
                      ☒ HIGH RISK ☐ NOT MAPPED

                      The IA is partly mapped as Protected Plants High-risk area. As such a protected plant
                      survey of the CIA (IA and 100m buffer) will be required. Refer to section 4.2

                      Are there any Protected Plants present in the IA or CIA? ☐ YES ☒NO

                      If no listed flora species are found, clearing can occur under Section 45 of the Nature
                      Conservation (Plants) Regulation 2020.

                      Animal Breeding Places present? ☒ YES ☐NO

                      A permit is required to tamper with Animal Breeding Places under the Nature
                      Conservation (Animals) Regulation 2020.

 Vegetation           Regulated vegetation present? ☒ YES ☐NO
 Management Act
 1999                 Is vegetation clearing associated with proposed works carried out under:
                      ☒ An exemption
                      ☐ An acceptable vegetation management clearing code, or
                      ☐ An area-based management plan.
                      ☐ None of the above.

                      The clearing works associated within the proposed upgrade do not require assessment
                      under the Planning Regulation 2017 and the VMA 1999.

                      For clearing to occur on land dedicated as a road under the Land Act 1994, an
                      exemption is in place for Category B vegetation where “necessary for maintaining
                      infrastructure including core airport infrastructure, buildings, fences, helipads, roads,
                      stockyards, vehicular tracks, water facilities and constructed drains other than contour
                      banks, unless the clearing is for sourcing construction material” (DNRME, 2019).

                      The VMA 1999 defines a road or vehicular track as “a pathway providing permanent or
                      temporary vehicular or pedestrian access (Schedule Dictionary).

                      Is clearing occurring in a National Park? ☐ YES ☒ NO

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