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:

                             Feral species
                             population control
                             programs operate within
                             the region. Feral dogs
                             were not detected
                             during the survey.

 Introduce disease that      Chlamydia is a known          If required any koala           Unlikely
 may cause the species       threat to the koala and       located on site will only
 to decline                  is known to be present        be handled by trained
                             in South East                 professionals or qualified
                             Queensland. It is             ecologist. Sightings of
                             unknown if the disease        sickly koala should be
                             is currently present in       reported to wildlife carers
                             the koala population          and wildlife authorities.
                             surrounding Noosa
                             Landfill.

                             The level of threat from
                             disease at the site is
                             uncertain and total
                             avoidance may not be
                             realistic.

 Interfere substantially     The impacts to the            The combined mitigation         Unlikely,
 with the recovery of        koala habitat are not         methods outlined above          considering the
 the species                 avoidable.                    will ensure the recovery        lack of large trees
                                                           of threatened species is        and the remaining
                                                           not impacted                    266ha of suitable
                                                           substantially.                  habitat
                             Removal of 1.02ha is
                                                                                           surrounding the
                             required, however,
                                                                                           impact area, there
                             median tree Diameter at
                                                                                           is unlikely to be a
                             Breast Height (DBH) is
                                                                                           significant impact
                             100mm and there are
                                                                                           on species
                             no large trees (i.e.,
                                                                                           recovery.
                             >500mm DBH) within
                             the impact area.

 The result of the self-assessment process of the MNES Significant Impact criteria for a
 threatened species indicates a Significant Impact is UNLIKELY.




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