UPDATED DA - Attachment 8 - Flora and Fauna Assessment

                                                                                              Native Foresters



Clearing of Category X vegetation (approximately 0.26ha) will not result in a significant
impact on the MSES – Regulated vegetation based on the criteria outlined in the SRI test-
criteria of the SRI guidelines for vegetation with a mid-dense structure as shown in Table 7
below.

TABLE 7: Significant residual impact test criteria


                                                                                                   Clearing in an
                                                        Clearing in an RE     Clearing in the
                                                                                                   RE that is within
                                                        that is:              portion of an RE
                                                                                                   the defined
                                                        endangered, or of     that lies within a
                                                                                                   distance of a
                                                        concern               mapped wetland
                                                                                                   watercourse
          For clearing other than clearing for linear
          infrastructure:
            - area greater than 5 ha where in a
    1           grassland RE; or
                                                        N/A                   N/A                  N/A
            - area greater than 2 ha where in
                a sparse RE; or
            - area greater than 0.5 ha in a
                dense to mid-dense RE.

    2     Clearing within 50m of the defining bank      N/A                   N/A                  N/A

    3     Clearing within 5m of the defining bank       N/A                   N/A                  N/A


Threatened species and Koala habitat

The project will result in the loss of approximately 240 non-juvenile Koala habitat trees in a
Priority Koala Area. Clearing of a non-juvenile Koala habitat tree is considered a significant
residual impact to a matter of state environmental significance (MSES).

High value waterways and wetlands

Proposed works will not have a significant residual impact on declared high value
waterways or wetlands as the project is unlikely to result in environmental values being
affected in any of the following ways:
    • “areas of the wetland or watercourse being destroyed or artificially modified;
    • a measurable change in water quality of the wetland or watercourse—for example
       a change in the level of the physical and/or chemical characteristics of the water,
       including salinity, pollutants, or nutrients in the wetland or watercourse, to a level
       that exceeds the water quality guidelines for the waters; or
    • the habitat or lifecycle of native species, including invertebrate fauna and fish
       species, dependent upon the wetland being seriously affected; or
    • a substantial and measurable change in the hydrological regime or recharge zones
       of the wetland, e.g. a substantial change to the volume, timing, duration and
       frequency of ground and surface water flows to and within the wetland; or
    • an invasive species that is harmful to the environmental values of the wetland being
       established (or an existing invasive species being spread) in the wetland” (DEHP,
       2014).




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