RFI - Attachment 4A - Response by Native Foresters

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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
5.       Where appropriate in the context     N/A                       5.    Development that involves interfering with      N/A                     ii.      where the public sector entity has a      N/A
         of the landscape, landscaping                                        koala habitat where the development is for                                       pre-existing offset, the offset must be
         activities provide food, shelter                                     necessary fire management.                                                       delivered in in accordance with the
         and movement opportunities for                                                                                                                        requirements of the current
         koalas consistent with the site                                                                                                                       Queensland Environmental Offsets
         design.                                                                                                                                               Policy with the exception of the offset
                                                                                                                                                               site location preferences; or
                                                                                                                                                     iii.      as an alternate compensatory action,      N/A
                                                                                                                                                               where the development is for transport
                                                                                                                                                               infrastructure, and if the alternate
                                                                                                                                                               compensatory action will achieve a
                                                                                                                                                               conservation outcome equal to, or
                                                                                                                                                               greater than, the conservation
                                                                                                                                                               outcome that would otherwise be
                                                                                                                                                               achieved through the delivery of a
                                                                                                                                                               land-based offset under the current
                                                                                                                                                               Queensland Environmental Offsets
                                                                                                                                                               Policy
                                                                        6.    Development that involves interfering with      N/A            3.   Clearing of koala habitat trees in a KHA are           Complies
                                                                              koala habitat to remove or reduce a                                 undertaken under the guidance of a koala spotter       Council       will
                                                                              foreseeable, imminent or ongoing:                                   where koala habitat trees have a trunk of a            undertake
                                                                              a. risk of serious personal injury; or                              diameter of more than 10cm at 1.3m above the           clearing       in
                                                                              b. risk of damage to Government                                     ground.                                                accordance
                                                                                  Infrastructure or private property; or c.                                                                              with a CEMP
                                                                                  risk to public safety.                                                                                                 and a Wildlife
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Spotter
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Catcher will be
                                                                                                                                                                                                         present during
                                                                                                                                                                                                         all clearing.
                                                                        7.    Interfering with koala habitat where it is      N/A
                                                                              necessary to undertake maintenance work         New landfill
                                                                              or repair work on Government                    area
                                                                              Infrastructure.                                 proposed.

                                                                        8.    Interfering with koala habitat where it is      N/A
                                                                              necessary to undertake retrofit work on
                                                                              existing transport infrastructure to install
                                                                              koala mitigation or management structures.




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