Ecological Assessment Report

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5     Proposed Development Impact Assessment
5.1 Impact and Mitigation Measures

Table 4: details the potential direct and indirect impacts and associated mitigation measures proposed by the development.

                                           Table 4: Summary of potential impacts and associated mitigation measures.


                       Potential Impacts                                                               Mitigation measures

Planning and Design Phase

•   Loss of some food resources for grazing fauna (e.g.            •   The property still has significant areas of grass available for native grazing fauna. In
    macropods) due to grass paddock removal for the                    addition, the owner will be providing some areas of forest rehabilitation to compensate
    proposed house.                                                    for the previous loss of vegetation due to unapproved clearing in the house footprint
                                                                       area.

Construction Phase


•   Temporary disturbance (noise, intense human activity etc.)    •    Construction activities will be restricted to daylight hours to minimise noise, dust and
    to local fauna species.                                            light impacts.

•   Introduction and spread of biosecurity matters such as        •    No domestic animals will be allowed onto the construction site.
    invasive species
                                                                  •    Avoid high risk construction activities such as earthworks during severe wet weather.

                                                                  •    The Biosecurity Act 2014 (Qld) imposes a general biosecurity obligation of landowners
                                                                       and managers to minimise biosecurity risks. This includes risks associated with
                                                                       invasive flora and fauna species.

                                                                  •    Fire ant movement controls shall be implemented to restrict and monitor the movement
                                                                       of materials that may carry fire ants. These controls may include obtaining a
                                                                       Biosecurity Instrument Permit to move soil and other landscaping materials where




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