Attachment E - Assessment Env Values Report

STATE LEGISLATION
The following state legislation and mapping occurs over or adjacent to the proposed work locations on the Lower Mill site:

      1. Vegetation Management Act (1999):
         Lot 5 contains:
              o Category R (Reef regrowth watercourse vegetation) – over the riparian area of Cooroy Creek:
                  Endangered RE’s 12.9-10.1/12.9-10.16 (80/20):
                         i. RE 12.9-10.1 - Tall open forest often with Eucalyptus resinifera, E. grandis, E. robusta, Corymbia
                            intermedia on sedimentary rocks. Coastal
                        ii. RE 12.9-10.16 - Araucarian microphyll to notophyll vine forest on Cainozoic and Mesozoic
                            sediments
         Lot 7 contains:
              o Category B (Remnant vegetation) – Endangered RE 12.3.1
                        RE12.3.1 – Gallery rainforest (notophyll vine forest) on alluvial plains.
              o Category R (Reef regrowth watercourse vegetation) – over the riparian area of Cooroy Creek:
                  Endangered RE’s 12.9-10.1/12.9-10.16 (80/20):
                       iii. RE 12.9-10.1 - Tall open forest often with Eucalyptus resinifera, E. grandis, E. robusta, Corymbia
                            intermedia on sedimentary rocks. Coastal
                       iv. RE 12.9-10.16 - Araucarian microphyll to notophyll vine forest on Cainozoic and Mesozoic
                            sediments
              o Essential Habitat mapping over the Category B remnant vegetation for:
                        Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) - Vulnerable
                        Tusked Frog (Adelotus brevis) – Vulnerable

      2. Fisheries Act (1994):
             a. Fisheries mapping shows Cooroy Creek to be a High (red) Waterway.

      3. Environmental Protection Act (1994); Environmental Protection Policy (Water) (2009):
             a. Cooroy Creek is part of the plan; Mary River including all tributaries of the Mary River (Basins 138) EPP
                (Water) 2009 Plan WQ1381:
                     i. The area is located in a Lowland freshwater area.

      4. Nature Conservation Act 1992:
             a. Lot 5 SP213104 is not mapped as a High Risk Area under the Protected Plants Flora Survey Trigger map;
                 however Lot 7 SP173771 does have protected plants mapping.
             b. Wildlife Online lists three EVNT species that have been located within 1km of the site:
                       i. Tusked frog (Adelotus brevis) – Vulnerable
                      ii. Red Goshawk (Erythotriorchis radiatus) – Endangered
                     iii. White throated needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus) – Vulnerable

LOCAL LEGISLATION
Zone:
      Lot 5 – is zoned as Industry
      Lot 7 – is zoned as Community Services
Biodiversity Overlay
      Riparian Buffer Area – completely over Lot 7 and most of Lot 5
      Environmental Protection Area – over part of Lot 7
      Environmental Enhancement – over part of Lot 5
Heritage Overlay
      Heritage – Qld register – Lot 5 ?
Flood Hazard Overly
      Most of Lot 5 and all of Lot 7 are mapped as Flood Hazard
Koala Habitat Areas – schedule 7
      Remnant Habitat on Lot 7


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