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Mount Morgan Mine Upper Mundic Gully TSF EA Amendment

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Appendix E.pdf		500
12626510_REP_Rev1_Heritage-Minerals_EAR.pdf		500
12626510_HeritageReports_EAR_001_Locality_Rev1		508
12626510_REP_Rev1_Heritage-Minerals_EAR		509
12626510_HeritageReports_EAR_005_FVRE_Vegetation_Rev1		519
12626510_REP_Rev1_Heritage-Minerals_EAR		520
12626510_REP_Rev1_Heritage-Minerals_EAR		522
12626510_HeritageReports_EAR_007_GrevilleaHockingsii _Rev1		523
12626510_REP_Rev1_Heritage-Minerals_EAR		524
12626510_HeritageReports_EAR_008_CycasMegacarpa _Rev1		525
12626510_REP_Rev1_Heritage-Minerals_EAR		526
12626510_REP_Rev1_Heritage-Minerals_EAR		529
12626510_HeritageReports_EAR_006_BiosecurityMatters_Rev1		530
12626510_REP_Rev1_Heritage-Minerals_EAR		531
12626510_HeritageReports_EAR_003_TerrestrialHabitatTypes_Rev1		535
12626510_REP_Rev1_Heritage-Minerals_EAR		536-537
12626510_REP_Rev1_Heritage-Minerals_EAR		544
12626510_HeritageReports_EAR_004_FaunaBreedingPlaces_Rev1		545
12626510_REP_Rev1_Heritage-Minerals_EAR		546
12626510_REP_Rev1_Heritage-Minerals_EAR		552
12626510_HeritageReports_EAR_012_Koala_Rev1		553
12626510_REP_Rev1_Heritage-Minerals_EAR		554
12626510_HeritageReports_EAR_009_NorthernQuoll_Rev1		556
12626510_REP_Rev1_Heritage-Minerals_EAR		557
12626510_HeritageReports_EAR_010_GhostBat_Rev1		559
12626510_REP_Rev1_Heritage-Minerals_EAR		560
12626510_HeritageReports_EAR_013_GreaterGlider_Rev1		562
12626510_REP_Rev1_Heritage-Minerals_EAR		563
12626510_HeritageReports_EAR_014_YellowBelliedGlider_Rev1		564
12626510_REP_Rev1_Heritage-Minerals_EAR		565
12626510_HeritageReports_EAR_015_WhiteThroatedNeedletail_Rev1		566
12626510_REP_Rev1_Heritage-Minerals_EAR		567
12626510_HeritageReports_EAR_011_ShortBeakedEchidna_Rev1		570
12626510_REP_Rev1_Heritage-Minerals_EAR		571
12626510_REP_Rev1_Heritage-Minerals_EAR		572
12626510_REP_Rev1_Heritage-Minerals_EAR		573
12626510_REP_Rev1_Heritage-Minerals_EAR		579
20250210061111513682_Floratriggermap		580
20250210061328966214_CSS		582
20250210062402004654_VegetationManagementPropertyReport		587
Protected Matters - MNES layers - February 10th 2025		613
WildNet_species_list20250422122003		628-629
12626510_REP_Rev1_Heritage-Minerals_EAR		632
12626510_REP_Rev1_Heritage-Minerals_EAR		634-635
12626510_REP_Rev1_Heritage-Minerals_EAR		652-653
Appendix J.pdf		862
Disclaimer		862
1. Introduction		864
1.1 Background		864
1.2 Proposed development		865
1.3 Purpose and objective of plan		866
1.4 Legislative framework		867
1.4.1 Overview		867
1.4.2 Commonwealth legislation		867
1.4.3 State legislation		869
2. Species Information		870
2.1 Ecology		870
2.2 Distribution		870
2.3 Local occurrence		870
3. Recipient Site Selection		872
3.1 Legal Security of Recipient Site		873
4. Reference Site		873
5. Translocation		874
5.1 Overview		874
5.2 Translocation team		875
5.2.1 The proponent		875
5.2.2 Specialist ecologist		875
5.2.3 Translocation contractor		876
5.2.4 Maintenance Contractor		876
5.2.5 Nursery Contractor		876
5.2.6 On-Site Nursery		877
5.3 Timing		879
5.4 Translocation methodology		879
5.4.1 Pre-clearance survey		879
5.4.2 Preparation of recipient site		880
Mark Recipient Site		880
Weed control		880
Fencing, Signage and Security		881
Fire Management		881
5.5 Translocation of adult plants		882
5.5.1 On-Site Nursery Handling		882
5.5.2 Planting		884
5.6 Translocation of seedlings		885
5.7 Seed collection		886
5.8 Planting of tubestock		887
5.9 Hygiene		888
6. Maintenance of Translocated Plants		889
7. Monitoring and reporting		890
7.1 Monitoring		890
7.2 Assessment criteria and corrective actions		891
7.3 Reporting		891
8. References		896
Appendix A		898
Suitably Qualified Person		898
Appendix K.pdf		903
Disclaimer		903
1. Introduction		905
1.1 Background		905
1.2 Proposed development		907
1.3 Purpose and objective of plan		908
1.4 Legislative framework		909
1.4.1 Overview		909
1.4.2 Commonwealth legislation		909
1.4.3 State legislation		910
2. Species Information		912
2.1 Ecology		912
2.2 Distribution		912
2.3 Local occurrence		913
3. Recipient Site Selection		914
3.1 Legal Security of Recipient Site		916
4. Reference Site		917
5. Implementation of the Mitigation Planting site		918
5.1 Overview		918
5.2 Management and Propagation Team		919
5.2.1 The proponent		919
5.2.2 Specialist ecologist		919
5.2.3 Plant collection contractor		920
5.2.4 Maintenance Contractor		920
5.2.5 Nursery Contractor		920
5.3 Timing		922
5.4 Management and Propagation Methodology		922
5.4.1 Pre-clearance survey		922
5.4.2 Preparation of recipient site		923
Mark Recipient Site		923
Weed control		923
Fencing, Signage and Security		924
Fire Management		924
5.5 Seed collection		924
5.6 Planting of tubestock		926
5.7 Hygiene		926
6. Maintenance of Planted Seedlings		928
7. Monitoring and Reporting		929
7.1 Monitoring		929
7.2 Assessment criteria and corrective actions		930
7.3 Reporting		930
8. References		934
Appendix A		935
Suitably Qualified Person		935
Appendix L.pdf		943
1. Introduction		943
2. Background		944
2.1. Greenhouse Gas Emissions		944
2.1.1. Emission Classification		944
3. Legislative and Policy Context		945
3.1. International Context		945
3.1.1. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)		945
3.1.2. Paris Agreement (PA)		945
3.2. Legislation and Regulations		945
3.2.1. Climate Change Act 2022		945
3.2.2. National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007		945
3.2.3. National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (Measurement) Determination 2008		945
3.2.4. Safeguard Mechanism		945
3.2.5. Environmental Protection Act 1994 (Qld)		946
3.3. Guidelines and Workbooks		946
3.3.1. DETSI Greenhouse Gas Emissions Guidelines		946
3.3.2. Australian National Greenhouse Accounts Factors Workbook		946
3.3.3. Australia’s emissions projections 2024		946
3.3.4. Greenhouse Gas Assessment Workbook for Road Projects		946
4. GHG Emissions Inventory Methodology		947
4.1. Overview		947
4.2. Emission Boundary		947
4.3. Emitter Category		948
4.4. GHG Emission Inventory		948
5. Emission Calculation Methodology		949
5.1. Scope 1 Emissions		949
5.1.1. Vegetation Clearing		949
5.1.2. Fuel Combustion		950
5.2. Scope 2 Emissions		951
5.2.1. Purchased Electricity		951
6. Estimated GHG Emissions		953
6.1. Scope 1 Emissions		953
6.1.1. Vegetation Clearing		953
6.1.2. Fuel Combustion		953
6.2. Scope 2 Emissions		955
6.3. Total GHG Emissions		956
7. Risk Assessment		960
8. Mitigation and Management Practices		961
9. Conclusions		962
10. References		963
Appendix M.pdf		969
Executive Summary		969
Key Findings		969
1. Introduction		975
1.1. Project Description		975
1.2. Project Location		975
1.3. Environmental Context		975
1.4. Legislative Context		977
1.4.1. Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999		977
1.4.2. EPBC Act Environmental Offsets Policy		977
1.4.3. State Development Assessment Provisions		977
1.4.4. Nature Conservation Act 1992		977
1.4.5. Biosecurity Act 2014		979
2. Methodologies		980
2.1. Updated Desktop Assessment		980
2.1.1. Likelihood of Occurrence Analysis		981
2.2. RE Ground-Truthing		982
2.3. Fauna Survey Methods		982
2.3.1. Permits, Ethical Considerations, and Qualifications		982
2.3.2. Survey Timing		982
2.3.3. Survey Design and Effort		982
2.3.3.1. Camera Trapping		982
2.3.3.2. Active Searches		983
2.3.3.3. Bird Surveys		985
2.3.3.4. Bat detectors		985
2.3.3.5. Nocturnal Surveys and call playbacks		985
2.3.3.6. Habitat Suitability Assessment		987
2.3.3.6.1. Northern quoll		987
2.3.3.6.2. Greater glider		987
3. Results		988
3.1. Summary of Initial Desktop and Field Survey Results		988
3.1.1. Regional Ecosystem Mapping		988
3.1.2. Threatened ecological communities		988
3.1.3. Conservation Significant Fauna		988
3.1.4. Conservation Significant Flora		988
3.1.5. Pest Animals		989
3.2. Updated Desktop Assessment Results		989
3.2.1. Regional Ecosystems Ground-truthing		989
3.2.2. Matters of National Environmental Significance		992
3.2.2.1. World Heritage Properties		992
3.2.2.2. National Heritage Places		992
3.2.2.3. Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar)		992
3.2.2.4. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park		992
3.2.2.5. Commonwealth Marine Area		992
3.2.2.6. Listed Threatened Ecological Communities		992
3.2.2.7. Listed Threatened Species		992
3.2.2.8. Listed Migratory Species		992
3.2.3. Matters of State Environmental Significance		993
3.2.3.1. Regulated Vegetation		993
3.2.3.1.1. Regulated Vegetation – Endangered or Of Concern Regional Ecosystem		993
3.2.3.1.2. Regulated Vegetation – Wetlands		993
3.2.3.1.3. Regulated Vegetation – Watercourse		993
3.2.3.1.4. Regulated Vegetation – Essential Habitat		993
3.2.3.2. Designated Precinct in a Strategic Environmental Area		993
3.2.3.3. Water Course and Wetlands		993
3.2.3.4. Protected Wildlife Habitat		994
3.2.3.4.1. Protected Plant Trigger Mapping		994
3.2.3.4.2. Essential Habitat		994
3.2.3.5. Protected Areas		994
3.2.3.6. Protected Marine Areas and Habitat		994
3.2.3.7. Legally Secured Offset Areas		994
3.2.4. Conservation Significant Matters		995
3.2.4.1. Mapped Habitat Values		995
3.2.4.2. Threatened Flora Species		995
3.2.4.3. Threatened Fauna Species		996
3.2.4.4. Likelihood of Occurrence		996
3.3. Updated Field Survey Results		1014
3.3.1. Observed Survey Conditions		1014
3.3.2. Fauna Habitat Suitability		1014
3.3.2.1. Greater Glider (Petauroides volans) and Yellow-bellied Glider (Petaurus australis australis)		1014
3.3.2.2. Northern Quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus)		1015
3.3.3. Fauna Species Records		1018
3.3.4. Conservation Significant Fauna		1026
3.3.5. Pest Animals		1026
4. Significant Residual Impact Assessments		1027
4.1. Cycas megacarpa		1028
4.2. Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)		1031
4.3. Ghost bat (Macroderma gigas)		1034
4.4. Greater glider (southern and central) (Petauroides volans)		1036
4.5. Yellow-bellied glider (south-eastern) (Petaurus australis australis)		1039
4.6. White-throated needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus)		1041
4.7. Northern Quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus)		1043
4.8. Grevillea hockingsii		1045
4.9. Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)		1048
4.10. Bertya pedicellata		1049
4.11. Capparis humistrata		1051
4.12. Cerbera dumicola		1053
4.13. Quassia (Samadera bidwillii)		1055
4.14. Regulated Vegetation – Category B ‘Of Concern’ Regional Ecosystem		1056
5. Conclusion and Recommendations		1058
5.1. Summary of Conservation Significant Matters		1058
5.1.1. Matters of National Environmental Significance		1058
5.1.2. Matters of State Environmental Significance		1058
5.2. Other Species Records		1058
5.3. Recommendations		1059
6. References		1060
7. Appendices		1070
Appendix A. EBPC Act Protected Matters Report (10 km buffer)		1070
Appendix B. Wildlife Online Species List (10 km buffer)		1085
Appendix C. Environmental Report: Matters of State Environmental Significance		1110
Appendix D. Detailed Likelihood of Occurrence Analysis		1132-1133
Appendix E. Flora Survey Trigger Map (2 km buffer)		1176
Appendix F: Bat Records		1179

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