UPDATED DA - Attachment 8 - Flora and Fauna Assessment

                                                                                                 Native Foresters



 Act,          Statutory Obligation
 Regulation or
 Policy
 Nature        Are any MSES present ? ☒ YES ☐NO            .
 Conservation
 Act 1992          - Impacts to MSES must be avoided wherever possible.
                   - Under the Environmental Offsets Act 2014 and Environmental Offsets Regulation
                       2014, offset requirements may apply to assessable developments where it has
                       been determined that there will be a significant residual impact on a prescribed
                       environmental matter.
                   - A Significant Residual Impact (SRI) Assessment is required to determine whether
                       residual impacts to MSES trigger significance criteria.

                   Is the IA mapped as a Protected Plants Flora Survey Trigger Area?
                   ☒ HIGH RISK ☐ NOT MAPPED

                        -    The IA is partly mapped as Protected Plants High-risk area. As such a protected plant
                             survey of the CIA (IA and 100m buffer) will be required.

                   Are there any Protected Plants present in the IA or CIA ? ☐ YES ☒NO

                        -    If no listed flora species are found, clearing can occur under Section 45 of the Nature
                             Conservation (Plants) Regulation 2020.

                   Animal Breeding Places present ☒ YES ☐NO

                        -    A permit is required to tamper with Animal Breeding Places under the Nature
                             Conservation (Animals) Regulation 2020.
                        -    To manage impacts to breeding places of Least concern species, works must be
                             carried out under the Noosa Council Generic Species Management Plan – Low Risk
                             of Impacts (SMP-Low Risk).
                        -    If impacts to breeding habitat of CREVNT and SLC or colonial-breeding species
                             including indirect impacts cannot be avoided, a DESI-approved Species
                             Management Plan – High Risk of Impacts (SMP – High Risk) will be required to
                             manage impacts to breeding places of threatened or special least concern species.
                        -    The SMP must be implemented during site disturbance in collaboration with the
                             Fauna Spotter and a register of animal breeding places must be maintained.

 Vegetation        Regulated vegetation present ☒ YES ☐NO
 Management
 Act 1999               -    The northern edge of the eastern parcel includes a limited area mapped as regulated
                             vegetation. However, the flora survey found that this area was comprised of young
                             regrowth, and as such, clearing works associated within the proposed expansion do
                             not require assessment under the Planning Regulation 2017 and the VMA 1999.




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