Contents Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................................. iii Key Findings ........................................................................................................................................................ iii 1. Introduction ..............................................................................................................................................1 1.1. Project Description...................................................................................................................................1 1.2. Project Location .......................................................................................................................................1 1.3. Environmental Context ............................................................................................................................1 1.4. Legislative Context ..................................................................................................................................3 1.4.1. Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 .....................................................3 1.4.2. EPBC Act Environmental Offsets Policy...............................................................................................3 1.4.3. State Development Assessment Provisions.........................................................................................3 1.4.4. Nature Conservation Act 1992..............................................................................................................3 1.4.5. Biosecurity Act 2014 .............................................................................................................................5 2. Methodologies .........................................................................................................................................6 2.1. Updated Desktop Assessment ................................................................................................................6 2.1.1. Likelihood of Occurrence Analysis .......................................................................................................7 2.2. RE Ground-Truthing ................................................................................................................................8 2.3. Fauna Survey Methods ...........................................................................................................................8 2.3.1. Permits, Ethical Considerations, and Qualifications .............................................................................8 2.3.2. Survey Timing .......................................................................................................................................8 2.3.3. Survey Design and Effort......................................................................................................................8 3. Results ...................................................................................................................................................14 3.1. Summary of Initial Desktop and Field Survey Results ......................................................................... 14 3.1.1. Regional Ecosystem Mapping ........................................................................................................... 14 3.1.2. Threatened ecological communities .................................................................................................. 14 3.1.3. Conservation Significant Fauna......................................................................................................... 14 3.1.4. Conservation Significant Flora........................................................................................................... 14 3.1.5. Pest Animals ...................................................................................................................................... 15 3.2. Updated Desktop Assessment Results ................................................................................................ 15 3.2.1. Regional Ecosystems Ground-truthing .............................................................................................. 15 3.2.2. Matters of National Environmental Significance ................................................................................ 18 3.2.3. Matters of State Environmental Significance..................................................................................... 19 3.2.4. Conservation Significant Matters ....................................................................................................... 21 3.3. Updated Field Survey Results .............................................................................................................. 31 3.3.1. Observed Survey Conditions ............................................................................................................. 31 3.3.2. Fauna Habitat Suitability .................................................................................................................... 31
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