RFI - Attachment 4A - Response by Native Foresters

         TABLE 1:              Assessment of Project against State Governments Supported Infrastructure Koala Policy 2017
Column 1:                                                                          Column 2:                                                       Column 3:
Requirements that apply to all Government       RESPONSE                           Government      Supported        Infrastructure   RESPONSE      Self-Assessment Criteria                                       SELF     –
Supported Infrastructure development in SEQ                                        development in a KHA that is exempt from the                                                                                   ASSESSMENT
                                                                                   Self-Assessment Criteria of Column                                                                                             RESPONSE
1.     Where possible, development avoids       Complies                           1.    Development in a State Development          N/A           Development in an area that is both a KPA and a KHA            See Table 2
       fragmenting KHA within the land to       The clearing is on the edge of           Area.                                                     1. Where interfering with koala habitat, occurs, public        assessment
       which the development applies.           retained vegetation and                                                                                sector entities, in addition to any relevant criteria of   below.
                                                cleared areas.                                                                                         Column 1, must also self-assess against the
                                                                                                                                                       requirements in Table 2.
2.     Where possible, development does         Complies                           2.    Development for a Coordinated               N/A           Development in an area that is a KHA outside a KPA             N/A
       not impede or restrict the movement      The vegetation is an area                Project.                                                  2. Where interfering with koala habitat is unavoidable,
       of koalas within the land to which the   1.02ha which is “jutting” into                                                                         development in a KHA, in addition to any relevant
       development applies and provides         the landfill site; and currently                                                                       criteria of Column 1, must:
       safe koala movement measures             does not provide a corridor or                                                                         a.      minimise interfering with koala habitat; and
       between highly connected patches of      link from the remaining
       retained KHA.                            vegetation on site (to the east
                                                of the landfill) to another
                                                patch of vegetation.
3.     Clearing of koala habitat trees must     Complies                           3.   Development in a declared Priority           N/A                b.    where possible, mitigate any impacts that           N/A
       be carried out in a way that complies    Council will clear from the             Development Area or a declared Provisional                            interfere with koala habitat values; and
       with sequential clearing conditions.     landfill towards the retained           Priority Development Area.
                                                vegetation.
4. Development must ensure that:                Complies                           4.   Development that involves interfering with   N/A                c.     where interfering with koala habitat results in    N/A
      a. measures are taken in                  A Wildlife Spotter Catcher              koala habitat to:                            Proposed                  a significant residual impact, deliver an
          construction practices to not         experienced in koala spotting           a.    a total area of 500m2 or less; or      clearing is               offset:
          increase the risk of death or         and relocating, will be                 b.    a total of 12 non juvenile koala       1.02ha                     i.     in accordance with the requirements
          injury to koalas; and                 required during all clearing                  habitat trees or less on the land to                                     of the current Queensland
      b. native vegetation in an area           works.                                        which the development applies.                                           Environmental Offsets Policy or
          identified by a proponent to be       Works        will    also    be
          retained as a safe koala              undertaken in accordance
          movement measure is                   with a CEMP.
          progressively restored if it must
          be impacted during site
          operations.                           N/A




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