Attachment H - Environmental Values Assesment

COMMONWEALTH LEGISLATION
   1. Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (1999): Protected Matters Search Tool identified the
      following may occur in, or may relate to the area of works:
           a. 1 wetland of International Importance (Ramsar)
                     i. Great sandy strait (including great sandy strait, tin can bay)
           b. 1 Threatened Ecological Communities
                     i. Lowland Rainforest of Subtropical Australia
           c. 39 listed Threatened Species
           d. 15 Listed Migratory Species

STATE LEGISLATION
The following state legislation and mapping occurs over or adjacent to the proposed work locations on the Lower Mill site:

      1. Vegetation Management Act (1999):
            o Category R (Reef regrowth watercourse vegetation) – over the riparian area of Cooroy Creek:
                 Endangered RE’s 12.3.1/12.3.11/12.3.2 (80/20):
                       i. RE 12.3.1 – Gallery rainforest (notophyll vine forest) on alluvial plains.
                      ii. RE12.3.11 - Eucalyptus tereticornis +/- Eucalyptus siderophloia, Corymbia intermedia open forest
                          on alluvial plains usually near coast
                     iii. RE 12.3.2 – Eucalyptus grandis tall open forest on alluvial plains.
            o The site is not mapped as Essential Habitat

      2. Fisheries Act (1994):
             a. Fisheries mapping shows Cooroy Creek to be a High (red) Waterway.

      3. Environmental Protection Act (1994); Environmental Protection Policy (Water) (2009):
             a. Cooroy Creek is part of the plan; Mary River including all tributaries of the Mary River (Basins 138) EPP
                (Water) 2009 Plan WQ1381:
                     i. The area is located in a Lowland freshwater area.

      4. Nature Conservation Act 1992:
             a. Lot 1 and 2 on RP153299 and Lot 3 SP230055 are not mapped as a High Risk Area under the Protected
                 Plants Flora Survey Trigger map.
             b. Wildlife Online lists three EVNT species that have been located within 1km of the site:
                       i. Tusked frog (Adelotus brevis) – Vulnerable
                      ii. Red Goshawk (Erythotriorchis radiatus) – Endangered
                     iii. White throated needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus) – Vulnerable

                  c.    Koala Mapping – it does not fall within a Koala priority area or a koala habitat area, but it does fall within a
                        Koala Habitat Restoration area.

LOCAL LEGISLATION
Zone:
     Lots 1 and 2 RP153299 and Lot 3 SP230055 are zoned as Community Services
Biodiversity Overlay
     Riparian Buffer Area – completely over Lots 1 and2 and mostly covering Lot 3
     Environmental Protection Area – over part of Lot 3 and a small section of Lot 2
     Environmental Enhancement – over all of Lot 1 mostly over Lot2 and partly over Lot 3
Flood Hazard Overly
     All of the playground site is mapped as Flood Hazard
Koala Habitat Areas – schedule 7
     All of the playground site is mapped as Habitat Regrowth




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