RESPONSE TO SARA IR - Attachment 1A - RFA24-059-SARA IR Response 310725

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Performance outcomes                                               Acceptable outcomes                          Response
Conserving endangered and of concern regional ecosystems
PO14 Clearing of vegetation maintains the composition, structure   AO14.1 Clearing does not occur in an            Necessary clearing for a necessary firebreak
and function of endangered regional ecosystems and/or of           endangered regional ecosystem or an of           will occur withi9n an area of Endangered
concern regional ecosystems.                                       concern regional ecosystem.                      Regional Ecosystem, that being the
                                                                   OR                                               RE12.5.3.

                                                                   AO14.2 Total clearing of endangered             The proposed clearing is for approximately
                                                                                                                    801.81 sq. m. and as such the RE12.5.3, a
                                                                   regional ecosystems and of concern
                                                                                                                    sparse structural as described in the
                                                                   regional ecosystems combined does not
                                                                   exceed the widths prescribed in table            Regional Ecosystem Description Database
                                                                                                                    (REDD) and comply with the maximum
                                                                   reference table 1 of this code.
                                                                                                                    clearing area specified in Table 1 of State
                                                                   OR                                               Code 16.
                                                                   AO14.3 Total clearing of endangered
                                                                   regional ecosystems and of concern
                                                                   regional ecosystems combined does not
                                                                   exceed areas prescribed in table reference
                                                                   table 1 of this code.
PO15 Where clearing of vegetation in an endangered regional        No acceptable outcome is prescribed.            The necessary clearing within the
ecosystem or an of concern regional ecosystems does not                                                             endangered regional ecosystem 12.5.3 can
maintain the composition, structure and function of the regional                                                    not be mitigated as its necessary clearing for
ecosystem, and cannot be avoided and has been mitigated, the                                                        a necessary firebreak around infrastructure.
cleared area:                                                                                                      The area, 801.81 sq.m. will be maintained as
1. is rehabilitated; or                                                                                             a native grassland to the extent that native
2. where the cleared area cannot reasonably be rehabilitated, an                                                    grasses will recolonise the area.
   offset is provided for any acceptable significant residual                                                      No offsets are proposed as the clearing is
   impact.                                                                                                          considered to be exempted clearing.
Essential habitat excluding essential habitat for Phascolarctos cinereus (koalas) if development is assessable under Schedule 10, Part 10 of the Planning
Regulation 2017