RFI - Attachment 4C - MSES-MNES Assessment - Noosa Landfill RRC- Revision 3

                                                                                        Native Foresters



 CRITERIA                    AVOIDANCE OF                  IMPACT MITIGATION              LIKELIHOOD
                             IMPACT                                                       OF
                                                                                          SIGNIFICANT
                                                                                          IMPACT (SI)

 An action is likely to have a significant impact on an Endangered species if there is a real
 chance or possibility that it will:

                             Remaining habitat on
                             Lot 77 is:

                                -  Approx. 235 ha of
                                   Core habitat, and
                                - 31 ha of Locally
                                   refined habitat
                             Therefore, the impact
                             area is removing 0.4%
                             of habitat on site.



 Fragment an existing        Landfill expansion            Workers will not enter         Unlikely – the
 important population        works propose to clear        the retained surrounding       proposed clearing
 into two or more            a small outcrop of            remnant vegetation             does not result in
 populations                 vegetation at the north-      unless strictly necessary,     removal of an
                             western extent of the         with the work area             existing corridor or
                             existing cleared landfill     clearly delineated to          link to other
                             area and as such have         minimise further               vegetation.
                             avoided fragmenting           disturbance.
                             populations of
                             threatened species.

 Adversely affect            Impacts to the                Before works within and        Unlikely
 habitat critical to the     vegetation which              around the impact area
 survival of a species       constitutes suitable          commences, a Fauna             There is unlikely to
                             koala habitat will be         spotter catcher will be        be a significant
                             permanent, however the        present to investigate the     impact on critical
                             vegetation patch is           area for fauna. The            habitat for the
                             unlikely to be                works area will be clearly     survival of koala.
                             considered critical to the    delineated to ensure
                             survival of the species.      minimal disturbance.
                             The Noosa Landfill
                             expansion is necessary        If works require any
                             for ongoing                   coarse woody debris to
                             management of waste           be moved, it will be
                             and cannot be avoided.        moved beyond the
                                                           impact area into a similar
                                                           undisturbed area.




Noosa Landfill & RRC Expansion – MNES & MSES Significant Impact Assessment                                 9