MCU14/0056 - Attachment I -Environmental Report

                 environmental management
               ecological assessment report

         Species Details                 Legislation                      Occurrence
                                                                                                                           Habitat Features
                                                                        Likely
                     Common                                                      Possible   Unlikely
 Scientific Name                 NCA Listing     EPBC Act   Confirmed     to
                      Name                                                       to Occur   To Occur
                                                                        Occur
                                                                                                       headwaters.
                                                                                                       Distributed from Belli Creek near Eumundi, south-east
                                                                                                       Queensland, south to Warrimoo, mid-eastern NSW.
                                                                                                       This species is unlikely to occur due to lack of suitable
                                                                                                       habitat and the sites location is outside common
                                                                                                       distribution.
INSECTS
                                                                                                       Distributed from Nambour, south-east Queensland, to
    Phyllodes         Pink                                                                             Dorrigo in northern NSW and in areas below the altitude
    imperialis
(southern subsp.
                    Underwing
                      Moth
                                               Endangered                                     
        of 600 m that are in undisturbed, subtropical rainforest.
                                                                                                       This species is unlikely to occur due to lack of suitable
  - ANIC 3333)
                                                                                                       habitat.
    Argyreus        Australian   Endangered                                                            Most specimens have been collected from river estuaries
                                                                                                       or swampy coastal areas at or near sea level.
    hyperbius
   inconstans
                    fritillary
                                                                                              
        This species is unlikely to occur due to lack of suitable
                                                                                                       habitat.
  Ornithoptera      Richmond     Vulnerable                                                            This species was originally plentiful in the east coast
  richmondia        birdwing                                                                           subtropical areas from Maryborough, south-eastern Qld to
                                                                                                       Grafton in north-eastern NSW, but its breeding
                                                                                                       distribution is now restricted to fragmented patches from
                                                                                                       Kin Kin to the Glasshouse Mountains and west as far as
                                                                                                       Kenilworth on the Sunshine Coast, and from about
                                                                                  
                    Ormeau on the Gold Coast south to Wardell in NSW.
                                                                                                       Habitats are nearly always on rich soils, such as those of
                                                                                                       volcanic origin (e.g. basalt-derived) or of alluvial origin
                                                                                                       (e.g. in riparian zones near watercourses).
                                                                                                       This species has the potential to occur on site due to
                                                                                                       the presence of the watercourse and geographic
                                                                                                       distribution.
MAMMALS
   Kerivoula        Golden-      Near                                                                  The Golden-tipped Bat is distributed along the east coast
   papuensis        tipped Bat   Threatened
                                                                                              
        of Australia in scattered locations from Cape York
                                                                                                       Peninsula in Queensland to south of Eden in southern
                                                                                                       NSW. The species is found in rainforest and adjacent wet
   saunders havill group
age 65