Development Application part 2 OF 2 All of CD, Information in notes - MCU12/0216

CSR West Ridge Quarry
Ecological Assessment Report



           Column 1                              Column 2                                                  Assessment of Impacts and Recommendations
       Specific outcomes                 Probable solutions (if code
                                               assessable)
 Koala Habitat Areas                   S6.1 and S7.1 Koala sensitive      The proposed disturbance areas are not located within mapped Koala Habitat Areas pursuant to DERMs Koala
 O6       Development     is           development      design     and    regulatory mapping (i.e. SEQ Koala SPRP) or within Koala habitat recognised in The Noosa Plan Biodiversity
 designed, constructed and             measures are implemented in        Overlay Map (OM3.1).
 operated to avoid adverse             accordance with Section 6 Policy
 impacts on koalas and                 1 – Koala sensitive design as      Areas surrounding Lot 3 are mapped as supporting Essential Habitat for Koalas (refer excerpt below) on DERMs
 koala habitat and includes            contained    in   the     Nature   Essential Habitat map. NB: these Essential Habitat areas are based on the availability of remnant vegetation
 measures to assist the                Conservation             (Koala)   communities which are suitable for use by Koala rather than recorded sightings of the species.
 survival      of      koala           Conservation Plan 2006 and
 populations in the area.              Management Program 2006 –
                                       2016.                              Several sightings of Koala are recorded in the community sourced database of Koala sightings, ‘Koala Diaries’.
                                                                          The recordings are outside of Lot 3, around Lake Macdonald, Yurol State Forest and the wider surrounding area.
 AND
                                                                          As discussed, the eastern proposed disturbance area supports a large expanse of Open Grassland which
 O7 Development provides                                                  generally does not support KHT species of a size which is useful to Koalas. The Regenerating Open Forest
 for koala movement across                                                areas do support ‘non-juvenile’ sized KHTs, generally in a densely spaced manner and with small trunk
 the landscape through its                                                diameters, indicative of an establishing community.
 design and layout by
 incorporating        koala
 sensitive development.                                                   Other areas of Lot 3 support mature, remnant forest and areas of High-value regrowth which has not been
                                                                          cleared since 1989 which would offer a more favourable and useful environment for Koalas, although it is
                                                                          relevant to note that none of the REs present on Lot 3 are recognised by DERM as suitable REs for Koala
                                                                          (noting that appropriate RE is considered by DERM as a mandatory essential habitat factor for Koalas).




                                                                                          Excerpt from Essential Habitat Map showing no Essential Habitat for Koalas within Lot 3.


CSR Building Products Ltd                                                             Version 3                                                                             4 December 2012
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