UPDATED DA - Attachment 8 - Flora and Fauna Assessment

                                                                                             Native Foresters



6.0      SUMMARY

Overview of proposed works

    1. Noosa Council proposes to clear Category X vegetation at Site A for an expansion
       at the Noosa Landfill Resource Recovery Centre. After the initial survey in August
       2024, NC revised the project footprint to reduce the area proposed to cleared to the
       east of the Cleanaway facility within the NLRRC (the western parcel), but included
       an additional area on the eastern side of the Cleanaway depot (the eastern parcel).
       Based on these amendments the total area to be cleared is 0.26ha. The flora survey
       found that there was no remnant vegetation within the site, despite RVMM mapping
       of remnant vegetation at the northern end of the eastern parcel and the presence of
       a limited number of scattered larger trees across the site.

General legislative obligations

    2. Clearing of Category X vegetation on Site A does not require assessment under the
       Planning Regulation 2017 and the Vegetation Management Act 1999.
    3. A Protected plants clearing permit is not required as there were no protected
       plants found in the clearing impact area. However, the proponent must submit a
       flora survey report and an exempt clearing notification via Queensland
       Government Online Services (https://www.business.qld.gov.au/running-
       business/environment/online-services) at least one week before the start of
       clearing and no later than 12 months after the flora survey was completed.
    4. Clearing needs to be undertaken within three years of completing the flora survey
       report.
    5. A permit will be required to tamper with Animal Breeding Places under the Nature
       Conservation (Animals) Regulation 2020.
    6. Clearing works will need to comply with relevant Species Management Plans for
       threatened species (Low and High Risk of impact).
    7. For activities impacting MSES – Koala habitat area, compliance with the ‘avoid,
       minimise (mitigate), offset’ obligation outlined in the Environmental Offsets
       Regulation 2014 will need to be demonstrated and the significance of residual
       impacts, if any, will need to be determined according to thresholds and criteria
       contained in the Significant Residual Impact Guidelines (DES, 2014).

Watercourses and wetlands

    8. There are no mapped ephemeral drainage lines or sources of permanent water
       across the site. A drain that passes through the eastern parcel was not flowing
       during the summer survey, despite approximately 130mm of rain falling in the area
       during the two weeks prior to the survey.

Native Flora

    9. The vegetation across the site has predominantly been mapped as Category X –
       non remnant vegetation.




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