Mount Morgan Mine Upper Mundic Gully TSF EA Amendment

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Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................1 1.1 Background ............................................................................................................................................1 1.2 Proposed development ..........................................................................................................................2 1.3 Purpose and objective of plan ...............................................................................................................3 1.4 Legislative framework ............................................................................................................................4 2. Species Information ..........................................................................................................................................7 2.1 Ecology ..................................................................................................................................................7 2.2 Distribution .............................................................................................................................................7 2.3 Local occurrence....................................................................................................................................7 3. Recipient Site Selection ....................................................................................................................................9 3.1 Legal Security of Recipient Site ...........................................................................................................10 4. Reference Site ................................................................................................................................................10 5. Translocation...................................................................................................................................................11 5.1 Overview ..............................................................................................................................................11 5.2 Translocation team ............................................................................................................................... 12 5.3 Timing ..................................................................................................................................................16 5.4 Translocation methodology .................................................................................................................16 5.5 Translocation of adult plants ...............................................................................................................19 5.6 Translocation of seedlings...................................................................................................................22 5.7 Seed collection.....................................................................................................................................23 5.8 Planting of tubestock ...........................................................................................................................24 5.9 Hygiene ................................................................................................................................................25 6. Maintenance of Translocated Plants ..............................................................................................................26 7. Monitoring and reporting.................................................................................................................................27 7.1 Monitoring ............................................................................................................................................27 7.2 Assessment criteria and corrective actions.........................................................................................28 7.3 Reporting.............................................................................................................................................. 28 8. References......................................................................................................................................................31 Appendix A ................................................................................................................................................................ 33 Suitably Qualified Person ...............................................................................................................................33

Mundic Gully TSF Translocation Project - Cycas megacarpa

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