RFI - Attachment 4A - Response by Native Foresters

               oSub-lethal effects (e.g. reduced size at metamorphosis; increased frequency of
                abnormalities; increased time to hatching or time to metamorphosis).
             o Aquatic ecosystem eutrophication which increases amphibian disease risk.
   •     A long term shift in amphibian community composition towards the more common/tolerant
         competitor species (Eastern Sedgefrog, Striped Rocketfrog and Beeping Froglet) may
         occur as a result of changes to soil chemistry/water quality.

Item 15 - A comprehensive Weed Management Plan for the site is been prepared which will
detail how the impact of invasive plants will be managed both in the short term through a
targeted eradication program and in the medium and long term through ongoing management
and monitoring of invasive species both on the Landfill site and in the retained natural;
vegetation areas adjacent to the facility.

Item 16 - Noosa Council is committed to delivering a Rehabilitation Offset Plan in accordance
with the Environmental Offsets Act 2014. Council will enter into an agreed delivery
arrangement to deliver this environmental offset. The Council proposed offset area is shown
in Figure 1.




Figure 1 – Proposed Offset Plant Area - NLRCC

The area selected for Offset works is within the Landfill facility in the south-eastern sector of the
site. It is noted that the proposed Offset area has undergone modification with swales and
channels created to manage water flows. These contours will be considered in the site
rehabilitation plan to ensure appropriate species selection consistent with the RE types 12.3.13
and 12.3.5. The large drainage channel which flows to the north is both topographically and
hydraulicly suited to a Melaleuca planting due to its low lying nature. The Scribbly gum species
which are present in the RE12.3.5 can be placed on the mounded areas on the top of the swales.

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