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Boundary Hill South Project P1 BOUNDARY HILL SOUTH PROJECT P1 Terrestrial Flora Assessment NOTE: At the time of preparation of this technical assessment, the Project site included a larger footprint of 1,069 hectares. In June 2013, a decision was made to reduce the size of the Project site by removing a portion of the Mining Lease Application (MLA) area. This portion of the site, otherwise known as the Timber Reserve area, has been removed from the Project MLA and will not be subject to mining activity as part of the Project. This amendment to the MLA boundary reduces the size of the Project site from 1,069 hectares to 630 hectares. As such, the terrestrial flora assessment has been undertaken within a broader survey area and included the Timber Reserve area. Whilst the terrestrial flora survey was undertaken over the broader study area to include the originally proposed MLA, the impact assessment contained in Chapter 12A Terrestrial Flora considers the revised Project area of 630 hectares. Boundary Hill South Environmental Impact Statement Boundary Hill South Anglo Coal (Callide Management) Pty Ltd 22-Feb-2013 Doc No. 60238883 Terrestrial Flora Technical Report AECOM Boundary Hill South Terrestrial Flora Terrestrial Flora Technical Report Client: Anglo Coal (Callide Management) Pty Ltd ABN: 75 009 666 200 Prepared by AECOM Australia Pty Ltd Level 8, 540 Wickham Street, PO Box 1307, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006, Australia T +61 7 3553 2000 F +61 7 3553 2050 www.aecom.com ABN 20 093 846 925 In association with Vegetation Services 22-Feb-2013 Job No.: 60238883 Flora – 1.02.18 AECOM in Australia and New Zealand is certified to the latest version of ISO9001, ISO14001, AS/NZS4801 and OHSAS18001. © AECOM Australia Pty Ltd (AECOM). All rights reserved. AECOM has prepared this document for the sole use of the Client and for a specific purpose, each as expressly stated in the document. No other party should rely on this document without the prior written consent of AECOM. AECOM undertakes no duty, nor accepts any responsibility, to any third party who may rely upon or use this document. This document has been prepared based on the Client’s description of its requirements and AECOM’s experience, having regard to assumptions that AECOM can reasonably be expected to make in accordance with sound professional principles. AECOM may also have relied upon information provided by the Client and other third parties to prepare this document, some of which may not have been verified. Subject to the above conditions, this document may be transmitted, reproduced or disseminated only in its entirety. 22-Feb-2013 Prepared for – Anglo Coal (Callide Management) Pty Ltd – ABN: 75 009 666 200 AECOM Boundary Hill South Terrestrial Flora Quality Information Document Terrestrial Flora Ref 60238883 Flora – 1.02.18 Date 22-Feb-2013 Prepared by Paul Williams Reviewed by Steve Lyngcoln Revision History Authorised Revision Revision Details Date Name/Position Signature A 22-Feb-2013 Draft Rouven Lau Associate Director – Environment 01 24-Oct-2013 Final Andrew Walsh Project Manager 22-Feb-2013 Prepared for – Anglo Coal (Callide Management) Pty Ltd – ABN: 75 009 666 200 AECOM Boundary Hill South Terrestrial Flora Table of Contents Table of Contents ii Executive Summary 1 1.0 Terrestrial Flora Introduction 2 1.1 Project site 2 1.2 Existing land use 4 1.3 Nomenclature 4 1.4 Conservation status 4 2.0 Legislative Framework 5 2.1 Commonwealth legislation 5 2.1.1 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 5 2.2 State legislation 6 2.2.1 Environmental Protection Act 6 2.2.2 Nature Conservation Act 6 2.2.3 Forestry Act 1959 7 2.2.4 Vegetation Management Act 1999 7 2.2.5 Water Act 7 2.2.6 Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Act 8 2.3 Offset policies 8 2.3.1 Commonwealth Biodiversity Offsets 8 2.3.2 Queensland Government Environmental Offset Policy 9 3.0 Methodology 10 3.1 Desktop 10 3.1.1 Desktop review 10 3.2 Field survey 10 3.2.1 Field survey effort and timing 10 3.2.2 Field survey methods 10 3.2.3 Site species lists 13 3.2.4 Survey conditions and limitations 13 3.2.5 Mapping 13 4.0 Description of environmental and flora values 14 4.1 Geology and land zones 14 4.2 Regional ecological context 14 4.3 Broad vegetation groups 14 4.4 Vegetation communities 14 4.4.1 DEHP Regional Ecosystems 14 4.4.2 AECOM Vegetation Communities and Regional Ecosystems 17 4.5 Threatened Ecological Communities 35 4.6 Flora diversity 37 4.6.1 Flora of conservation significance 37 4.6.2 Threatened flora 37 4.6.3 Regionally significant flora 41 4.6.4 Naturalised and declared weeds 41 4.7 Vegetation with state significant biodiversity values 42 4.8 Environmentally Sensitive Areas 45 5.0 Conclusions and Recommendations 47 6.0 References 48 Appendix A Desktop Review A Appendix B Flora Site Data B Appendix C Species List C 22-Feb-2013 Prepared for – Anglo Coal (Callide Management) Pty Ltd – ABN: 75 009 666 200 AECOM Boundary Hill South Terrestrial Flora Appendix D Species Likelihood Table D List of Plates Plate 1 RE 11.10.1 20 Plate 2 RE 11.10.13 22 Plate 3 RE 11.9.9 24 Plate 4 RE 11.3.25 26 Plate 5 High Value Regrowth RE 11.10.1 28 Plate 6 High Value Regrowth RE 11.9.9 30 Plate 7 Non-remnant pasture 32 Plate 8 The 'Near Threatened' legume herb, Desmodium macrocarpum, which grows on the Project site within RE 11.10.1 40 Plate 9 Acacia pedleyi, a distinctive, green trunked tree, which grows only 80 m outside the north-east boundary of the Project site, within RE 11.10.1 41 List of Tables Table 1 Categories of declared pests in Queensland listed under the LP Act, their descriptions and legislative requirements (LP Act) 8 Table 2 Regional Ecosystems and their status over the Project site 18 Table 3 Threatened flora species known, likely or possibly occur on the Project site. 38 22-Feb-2013 Prepared for – Anglo Coal (Callide Management) Pty Ltd – ABN: 75 009 666 200 AECOM Boundary Hill South 1 Terrestrial Flora Executive Summary This report presents the terrestrial flora values of the Boundary Hill South Lease Extension (BHSLE) (the Project site). The Project site is located in the Callide Basin of Central Queensland, approximately 20 kilometres (km) north-east of the rural town of Biloela and 85 km south-west of the port of Gladstone. Flora field surveys were undertaken over four days in March 2012 (wet season) and over four days in September 2012 (dry season). The scope of this assessment was to evaluate and document the flora and vegetation values of the Project site, using both desktop and field methods. This process involved: - A desktop review of relevant floristic data for the region including searches of the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (DEHP) online databases (Wildlife Online, Regional Ecosystems, Regrowth Vegetation, Essential Habitat and Environmentally Sensitive Areas) and the Queensland Herbarium records (HERBRECS). - A thorough survey of the Project site, using the standard Queensland Herbarium survey methodology (Neldner et al. 2005). The survey involved searches for species and communities of ecological significance, and the documentation of 278 flora sites, consisting of 10 secondary, six tertiary and 262 quaternary sites. - Mapping of regional ecosystems at the detailed scale of 1:10,000. - Describing the flora and vegetation across the Project site, including an assessment of the known and possible occurrence of conservation significant species and communities and declared weeds. Based on the 2012 field survey, four remnant vegetation communities representing four Regional Ecosystems (REs) were described and mapped for the Project site. In addition, two High Value Regrowth (HVR) communities and non-remnant cleared areas were described. Several Threatened Ecological Communities (TECs) are known to occur within the vicinity of the Project site, but were not detected within the Project site. The vegetation communities described and mapped for the Project site are: 1) Lemon-scented gum (Corymbia citriodora) and ironbark (Eucalyptus crebra) open forest on coarse-grained soils of sandstone on slopes and flats (RE 11.10.1): ‘Least Concern’ status under the Vegetation Management Act 1999 (VM Act); ‘No Concern at Present’ biodiversity status. 2) Brown bloodwood (Corymbia trachyphloia) and ironbark (Eucalyptus suffulgens) open forest on sandstone upper slopes (RE 11.10.13): ‘Least Concern’ VM Act status; ‘No Concern at Present’ biodiversity status. 3) Ironbark (Eucalyptus crebra), Grey bloodwood (Corymbia clarksoniana) and Peppermint (Eucalyptus exserta) open forest on red soils on fine-grained sedimentary rocks (RE 11.9.9):‘Least Concern’ VM Act status; ‘No Concern at Present’ biodiversity status. 4) Blue gum (Eucalyptus tereticornis) woodland fringing drainage lines (RE 11.3.25): ‘Least Concern’ VM Act status; ‘Of Concern’ biodiversity status. 5) High Value Regrowth of RE 11.10.1 6) High Value Regrowth of RE 11.9.9 7) Non-remnant cleared pasture, roads and easements. The 2012 field survey identified 183 plant species within the Project site, including Desmodium macrocarpum, which has a ‘Near Threatened’ status under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NC Act). A second species with a ‘Near Threatened’ status, Acacia pedleyi, was found only 80 metres outside the boundary of the Project site, although a detailed search did not find this species inside the Project site boundary. Several other threatened species are known to grow nearby, and their preferred habitat and likelihood of occurring on the Project site are discussed. Three weeds that are declared under the Queensland Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Act 2002 (LP Act) were recorded on the Project site.
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