MCU14/0056 - Attachment I -Environmental Report

                 environmental management
               ecological assessment report

Specific outcomes                                              Probable solutions (if code assessable)                  Preferred Solution

 •    It forms habitat for rare, threatened or protected                                                                Cinnamomum camphora (Camphor Laurel), dominated
      fauna species, as identified in Vegetation of Noosa                                                               waterway vegetation within the mapped
      Shire;                                                                                                            Environmental Protection Area. It was noted that this
 • It is rare or naturally restricted regionally or locally,                                                            waterway is highly disturbed and fragmented due to
      as identified in Vegetation of Noosa Shire; or                                                                    arterial road development to the north and south of
 • The extent reserved within protected areas in Noosa                                                                  the site. Minor encroachment of the development
      is ‘low’, as identified in Vegetation of Noosa Shire.
                                                                                                                        footprint occurs in the north-western extent of the
 Environmental            Enhancement          category
                                                                                                                        Environmental Protection Area. Works within this area
 Vegetation that falls within the Environmental
                                                                                                                        include the construction of a bioretention basin
 Enhancement category comprises regional
                                                                                                                        immediately adjacent the Environmental Protection
 ecosystems that possess at least one of the
                                                                                                                        Area and a turfed area. Site survey has identified this
 following environmental values or criteria—
                                                                                                                        area has already been cleared and does not contain
 •    The regional conservation status under
                                                                                                                        vegetation that falls within the Environmental
        the Queensland Vegetation Management
                                                                                                                        Protection category. The development proposed no
         Act 1999 is “Of Concern”; or
                                                                                                                        further clearing within the Environmental Protection
•         The extent reserved within protected areas in
                                                                                                                        Area and vegetation within the Environmental
Noosa is ‘medium’, as identified in Vegetation of Noosa
                                                                                                                        Protection category will be retained. In addition, the
Shire.
                                                                                                                        proposal incorporates a 10 m buffer and landscaping
                                                                                                                        treatment immediately adjacent to the Environmental
                                                                                                                        Protection Area as well weed management in
                                                                                                                        accordance with approved Landscape and Design
                                                                                                                        plans.

 Wetlands
 O4      Wetlands are protected from removal or                S4.1 A minimum separation distance of 100m is provided   Not applicable.
 degradation and any adverse impacts on wetlands               between a wetland and any adjacent development or
 are prevented, minimised or mitigated by—                     use.
 a) maintaining adequate separation between the
      wetland and any adjacent
      development or use12;
 b)     minimising any modification of the natural
      characteristics of the wetland, including
      the topography, surface and groundwater

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