Ecological Assessment Report

Ecological Assessment Report v2                                                    NCES REF: LEA2016-06
Lot 496 on MCH591 - 30 Pottery Street, Pomona



7.3 Commonwealth Government

7.3.1 EPBC Act Protected Matters Search Tool
A search was initiated of the EPBC Act Protected Matters Search Tool to identify any Commonwealth
listed flora, fauna and/or communities that may potentially occur within a 2 km radius of the site. The
search results identified the potential presence of 29 Commonwealth listed species (19 fauna, 10
flora), 9 migratory species and 1 Threatened Ecological Community (the Lowland Rainforest of
Subtropical Australia) (refer to Appendix 5 for search results).

Threatened Ecological Communities

The EPBC Act Protected Matters Report for the project area identified the potential for 1
Threatened Ecological Community; Lowland Rainforest of Subtropical Australia (Critically
Endangered). None of the vegetation observed within the site conformed to the description of
the Threatened Ecological Community in this locality.

Listed Threatened Species

Likelihood of Occurrence
Likelihood of occurrence assessments were undertaken for the 29 potentially occurring
threatened species listed under the EPBC Act (refer Appendix 6). The threatened species have
been assigned a likelihood of occurrence within the site based on the criteria defined below.
        Low potential to occur – the species has not been previously recorded and/or potential
         habitat does not exist within the site
        Moderate potential to occur – the species has been previously recorded and/or some
         potential or suitable habitat exists within the site
        High potential to occur – the species has been observed during field surveys and/or
         known or core habitat exists within the site

Threatened Flora Species

The EPBC Act Protected Matters Report identified 10 threatened flora species as potentially
occurring within a 2 km radius of the site. Likelihood assessments were undertaken for the
identified potentially occurring flora species based on habitat preferences, previous records and
known distributions. From these assessments, all 10 species were assessed as having low
potential to occur within the site due to a lack of appropriate habitat and existing records for
EPBC listed flora species. No EPBC listed flora species were identified on the site.

Threatened Fauna Species

The EPBC Act Protected Matters Report identified 19 threatened fauna species as potentially
occurring within the site. Likelihood of occurrence assessments were undertaken for the
identified fauna species. From these assessments, 16 species were considered to have a low
potential to occur and 2 species were considered to have a moderate potential to occur. One
species; the koala, was considered to have a high likelihood of occurrence within the site.

A targeted fauna survey has not been conducted for the site hence the actual presence of EPBC
Act listed fauna on the site is unknown. The site’s habitat conditions are considered suited to
the following listed species:

        Phascolarctos cinereus (koala);
        Petaurus volans (greater glider); and
        Anthochaera phrygia (regent honey eater).




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