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Appendix C – ERM Ecological Assessment Report
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Atlas Lateral Project
Gas Compression Facility Ecological Assessment Report
0461545_FINAL
September 2018
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Atlas Lateral Project Approved by: Dr David Dique Gas Compression Facility Ecological Assessment Report
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CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 PURPOSE OF THE REPORT 2 1.2 SCOPE OF THE ASSESSMENT 2
2 RELEVANT LEGISLATION 5
3 ASSESSMENT APPROACH 6
3.1 OVERVIEW 6 3.2 DESKTOP SOURCES 6 3.3 FIELD SURVEY 7 3.3.1 PERSONNEL AND WORK SCHEDULE 8 3.3.2 TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY FIELD SURVEY METHODOLOGY 8 3.3.3 SURVEY LIMITATIONS 10 3.4 LISTED THREATENED SPECIES AND ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES ASSESSMENT 10 3.4.1 LIKELIHOOD OF OCCURRENCE ASSESSMENT 10
4 DESCRIPTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES 12
4.1 REGIONAL CONTEXT 12 4.2 VEGETATION COMMUNITIES 13 4.2.1 THREATENED ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES 13 4.2.2 REGIONAL ECOSYSTEMS 13 4.3 WATERCOURSES AND WETLANDS 14 4.3.1 WATERCOURSES 14 4.3.2 WETLANDS 14 4.4 CONNECTIVITY 15 4.5 HABITATS 15 4.5.1 TERRESTRIAL HABITATS 15 4.5.2 AQUATIC HABITATS 16 4.6 THREATENED SPECIES 16 4.6.1 TERRESTRIAL FLORA 16 4.6.2 TERRESTRIAL FAUNA 17
5 SUMMARY OF CONSERVATION SIGNIFICANT MATTERS 19
5.1 ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS 19 5.2 MATTERS OF STATE ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE 19 5.3 MATTERS OF NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE 19
6 POTENTIAL IMPACTS 21
7 MANAGEMENT AND MITIGATION MEASURES 23
8 CONCLUSION 25
9 REFERENCES 26
LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE 1.1 ATLAS LATERAL PROJECT OVERVIEW 3
FIGURE 3.1 GAS COMPRESSION FACILITY AREA AND LOCATION OF FIELD SURVEY SITES 10
LIST OF TABLES
TABLE 2-1 BIODIVERSITY VALUES LEGISLATION SUMMARY 5
TABLE 3-1 SPECIES DATABASES QUERIED IN DESKTOP ASSESSMENT 7
TABLE 3-2 GAS COMPRESSION FACILITY WORK SCHEDULE SUMMARY 8
TABLE 3-3 TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY FIELD SURVEY SUMMARY 9
TABLE 4-1 BROAD TERRESTRIAL HABITAT TYPES WITHIN THE GAS COMPRESSION FACILITY AREA 14
TABLE 4-2 RESTRICTED MATTER AND WONS RECORDED WITHIN THE GAS COMPRESSION FACILITY 15
TABLE 4-3 MIGRATORY SPECIES WITH HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF OCCURRENCE WITHIN THE GAS OMPRESSION FACILITY AREA 17
TABLE 5-1 SUMMARY OF MNES FOR THE GAS COMPRESSION FACILITY 18
TABLE 6-1 POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO ECOLOGICAL VALUES 21
TABLE 7-1 KEY MANAGEMENT AND MITIGATION 23
LIST OF ANNEXURES
ANNEX A DATABASE SEARCH RESULTS
ANNEX B SPECIES AND COMMUNITIES ASSESSED FOR LIKELIHOOD OF OCCURRENCE
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Senex Energy Limited (Senex) is intending to develop ‘Project Atlas’, a coal seam gas field in the Surat Basin. The Petroleum Lease (PL 1037) is located west of Wandoan in southern-central Queensland. To commercialise production, new gas processing, compression and transportation infrastructure operated by Jemena Ltd (Jemena) is proposed to be constructed adjacent to Senex’s PL 1037, the ‘Atlas Lateral Project’. The Atlas Lateral Project will include a ‘Gas Compression Facility’ and accompanying 60 km of pipeline connecting to Senex’s adjacent PL 1037. The Gas Compression Facility is proposed to be located within an area of approximately 350m x 250m (8.1 ha).
This report documents the baseline values that are associated with the Gas Compression Facility and a 300 m buffer area surrounding the Gas Compression Facility Area with a focus on impacts to matters of national environmental significance (MNES) and matters of state environmental significance (MSES).
The terrestrial and aquatic ecological values of the proposed Gas Compression Facility Area and buffer area were assessed using desktop sources, with additional field surveys conducted by suitably qualified ecologists to assess ecological values. Desktop sources included available mapping products and species database records. The outcomes of the desktop assessment and field surveys were analysed to inform a likelihood of occurrence assessment relating to listed threatened species and ecological communities.
No MNES, MSES or ESAs occur or are considered likely to occur within the Gas Compression Facility Area. However, one small area (0.16 ha) of Brigalow TEC (MNES) and habitat for listed threatened species (based on likelihood of occurrence assessment) for the koala (0.64) (MNES and MSES), glossy black cockatoo (0.16 ha) and golden-tailed gecko (6.56 ha) (MSES), and remnant and regrowth vegetation that are considered ESA’s occur within the buffer area. No direct impacts will occur to MNES, MSES and ESA’s as a result of development of the proposed Gas Compression Facility. Consequently, the proposed activities are unlikely to have a significant impact on any regulated matters and the extent of direct disturbance is considered to be minimal.
1 INTRODUCTION
Environmental Resources Management Australia Pty Ltd (ERM) has been engaged to document the terrestrial and aquatic ecological values, to support the development of approvals documentation for ‘Project Atlas’, a coal seam gas field in the Surat Basin in southern-central Queensland, which is an established gas-producing region. Project Atlas will involve the development of production wells and supporting infrastructure to produce gas exclusively for the domestic market. At least 25 years of commercial gas production is anticipated.
To commercialise production, a new gas processing, compression and transportation infrastructure is required and will be constructed, owned and operated by Jemena Ltd (Jemena), the ‘Atlas Lateral Project’. The Atlas Lateral Project (the ‘Project’) will involve infrastructure to receive low pressure gas
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from Senex’s adjacent PL 1037. Gas will be compressed and processed suitable for domestic sales, and transported the gas to the Wallumbilla gas supply hub via new and existing pipelines. The ‘Gas Compression Facility’ will comprise a pipeline of approximately 60 km connecting Senex’s PL 1037 to Jemena’s Darling Downs Pipeline.
The Project Area is located near the townships of Wandoan and Wallumbilla. The tenement is immediately south of QGC’s Polaris and Cameron graticular blocks within the Northern Development Area of the QCLNG project, approximately 44 kilometres north of the Warrego highway. Located adjacent to the Project Area is Origin’s Ramyard gas field to the south, the Sandpit field the northeast and the Woleebee gas field to the east (Figure 1.1).
1.1 PURPOSE OF THE REPORT
The purpose of this report is to document the terrestrial and aquatic ecological values associated within the Gas Compression Facility Area and in turn identify risks to biodiversity values and avoidance, mitigation and management measures.
The Gas Compression Facility will be located adjacent to the Production Area at the northern boundary (Figure 1.1). The Gas Compression Facility Area will encompass approximately 8.1 ha and works within the Area will involve vegetation clearing and construction works. Within this report, the Gas Compression Facility Area is defined as the 350 m x 250 m footprint for the Gas Compression Facility. This assessment includes a 300 m buffer around the Gas Compression Facility Area.
The description of baseline ecological values is provided to support an application for a site-specific Environmental Authority (EA) for the Gas Compression Facility and assessing whether a significant impact on MNES is likely under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act 1999.
The structure of this report is aligned with information requirements of relevant approval guidelines and applications.
A separate document focusses on the baseline ecological values of the Production Area and Pipeline Area.
1.2 SCOPE OF THE ASSESSMENT
The scope of the report includes assessment of terrestrial and aquatic species and habitats associated with the proposed Gas Compression Facility Area and 300m buffer, with particular focus on:
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Biodiversity values as defined by the Department of Environment and Science (DES) Streamlined model conditions for petroleum activities 2016, including Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESA), prescribed environmental matters and wetlands;
Matters of State Environmental Significance (MSES); and
Matters of National Environmental Significance (MNES).
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Legend Production Area Project Atlas Overview 1.1 Pipeline Area Drawing No: 0461545b_CF_EA_G001_R0.mxd Atlas Lateral Project – Gas Compression Facility Date: 21/09/2018 Drawing Size: A4 Ecological Assessment Gas Compression Facility Drawn By: DR Reviewed By: FA Client: Jemena Ltd Coordinate System: GDA 1994 MGA Zone 55 This figure may be based on third party data or data which has not N been verified by ERM and it may not be to scale. Unless expressly Source: Imagery - bing maps hybrid 0 1 2km agreed otherwise, this figure is intended as a guide only and ERM does [ not warrant its accuracy.
2 RELEVANT LEGISLATION
This ecological assessment considers the regulatory framework (legislation and policies) at both the State and Commonwealth level. Table 2-1 summarises the relevant legislation to this ecological assessment of the Gas Compression Facility Area.
Table 2-1 Biodiversity Values Legislation Summary
Legislation Application
Commonwealth Legislation
Environment, Protection The Act provides the legal framework to protect and manage nationally and and Biodiversity internationally important flora, fauna, ecological communities and heritage places Conservation Act 1999 – defined as Matters of National Environmental Significant (MNES). There is potential for MNES to occur within the Gas Compression Facility Area that may be impacted by the Project activities.
EPBC Act Environmental This policy applies where a significant residual impacts on an MNES is expected to Offsets Policy 2012 occur as a result of the Gas Compression Facility activities. The policy provides guidance on the role of offsets and how a proposed offset is considered suitable.
State Legislation
Environmental Protection Environmental Authority applications for petroleum activities are assessed under Act 1994 this Act, which considers the impact of proposed projects to environmental values, including biodiversity values. Environmentally sensitive areas (ESA) are listed under the subordinate Environmental Protection Regulation 2008. ESAs include three categories i.e. A, B and C, reflecting the hierarchy of their importance to nature conservation. The EA Application Requirements for Petroleum Activities (DEHP, 2013) provide for protection zones around these ESAs i.e. Primary Protection Zone – an area within 200 m of the boundary of a Cat A, B or C ESA; and Secondary Protection Zone – an area within 100 m of the boundary of a Cat A or B ESA. The assessment identifies the biodiversity values and assesses the impact of the project on those values. It also considers if ESAs occur within the Gas Compression Facility Area that may be impacted.
Vegetation Management The Act is the regulatory framework for the management of vegetation using the Act 1999 Regional Ecosystem (RE) classification system. Regrowth vegetation is classified under this Act. While petroleum and mining companies do not require clearing permits under this Act (vegetation clearing is regulated through the EA under the EP Act) some RE classes (biodiversity status) are determined to be ESAs. The assessment considers REs in terms of their ESA category that occur within the Gas Compression Facility Area and buffer area that may be impacted. The assessment considers the Vegetation Management Act status and the regulated Vegetation Management Act map to determine matters of state environmental significance.
Nature Conservation Act The Act provides a framework for the creation and management of protected areas 1992 and protection of native species. It includes designation of threatened species status, and protected plant trigger areas. There is potential for Queensland listed threatened species and their habitats to occur within the Gas Compression Facility Area.
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Legislation Application
Biosecurity Act 2014 (and This Act provides for the management of biosecurity risks in Queensland. The Act Regulation) provides measures to safeguard Queensland economy, environment, agricultural and tourism industries and way of life from pests, diseases and contaminants. It lists prohibited matters and restricted matters, which are assigned a category (or categories) from 1 to 7, with each category placing restrictions and management on the dealings with the matter.
Environmental Offsets The framework includes the Environmental Offsets Act 2014 (and Regulation) as well Framework as the Queensland Environmental Offsets Policy 2017. The framework guides the requirements for environmental offsets to compensate for unavoidable impacts to prescribed environmental matters. Prescribed environment matters are outlined in the Environmental Offsets Act and Regulation and include MNES and MSES.
3 ASSESSMENT APPROACH
3.1 OVERVIEW
The biodiversity values of the proposed Gas Compression Facility Area are influenced by the uses of land currently and historically. There have been a number of studies undertaken in the region, including targeted work within the adjacent Production Area.
This assessment draws upon desktop sources, field surveys and spatial analysis to identify the type and extent of ESA, MSES and MNES, that are confirmed or are considered to have a high likelihood to occur within the Gas Compression Facility Area and buffer area.
3.2 DESKTOP SOURCES
Publicly available desktop sources were examined to review and document the known and potential listed biodiversity values within and surrounding the Gas Compression Facility Area and buffer area, and to guide the design of field surveys. Desktop sources that were reviewed included reports documenting previous biodiversity studies, available mapping and species databases (Annex A). The most relevant desktop sources are listed below.
DoEE EPBC Act Protected Matters Report created 07/06/2018;
DEHP Wildlife Online Species List created 07/06/2018;
DoEE Species Profile and Threats Database, including relevant listing and conservation advices, policy statements, guidelines and information sheets;
Atlas of Living Australia online species database;
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Mapping for regional ecosystems, mature regrowth, essential habitat, wetlands, threatened flora trigger map;
DES Environmentally Sensitive Areas mapping;
DES Matters of State Environmental Significance Report; and
Available imagery.
Table 3-1 Species databases queried in desktop assessment
Database Database Description Search Terms
Wildlife The wildlife online database provides records All flora and fauna Online of flora and fauna species in the search area species; and listed under the NC Act. Approximate 8 km buffer of the Gas Compression Facility.
PMST The PMST provides predictive results of Approximate 8 km MNES based on mapping of known and buffer of the Gas potential species distribution, habitat, Compression ecological communities and wetlands. Results Facility are not known records.
Atlas of This online tool provides a database of flora Selection for all Living and fauna species records centralised for flora and fauna Australia query. Biological data is included from species; and museums, biological collections, community groups, research organisations, government Approximate 8 km and natural resource managers. buffer of the Gas Compression Facility
Search term used is 10 km buffer of the broader Development Area, an area which encompasses the Gas Compression Facility.
3.3 FIELD SURVEY
Terrestrial ecology field surveys specific to the Gas Compression Facility Area were undertaken in May-June 2018 (BOOBOOK 2018). As part of aquatic surveys undertaken within the Production Area, no aquatic features were identified in the Gas Compression Facility Area, although two watercourses (stream order 1) occur approximately 150-200 m east and west of the Gas Compression Facility Area (see Figure 3.1). A summary of survey dates and methodology is included below.
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3.3.1 Personnel and Work Schedule
Terrestrial ecology field surveys of the Gas Compression Facility Area and buffer area were conducted by suitably qualified BOOBOOK personnel Craig Eddie (Principal Ecologist).
The work schedule for the field survey is summarised in Table 3-2.
Table 3-2 Gas Compression Facility Work Schedule Summary
Dates Lot/Plans Methodology
15-16/5/18; 11- 19FT60 RE/TEC mapping, fauna/flora searches, fauna 13/6/18 habitat assessment, vegetation assessment
3.3.2 Terrestrial Ecology Field Survey Methodology
Baseline botanical surveys were undertaken to describe dominant flora and vegetation community structure within the Gas Compression Facility Area. Ground-truthing of the Regional Ecosystem (RE) designation (DSITI 2017) within the Gas Compression Facility Area was undertaken using the quaternary level of data collection as described by Neldner et al. (2017).
A vegetation community assessment was undertaken within a 50 m x 10 m plot established within a representative location in within the Gas Compression Facility Area, survey site SA13-A. The location of the vegetation community survey site is presented in Figure 3.1.
Where relevant, vegetation community polygons were verified in accordance with Queensland RE description and biodiversity status as per the Regional Ecosystem Description Database (REDD) (DES 2018) and Threatened Ecological Community (TEC) floristic and condition criteria (DoEE 2018, TSSC 2013).
Fauna habitat assessments were undertaken at a representative location within the Gas Compression Facility Area (SA13-A). This data was collected within the same 50 m x 10 m plot used for vegetation assessments, and additionally on selected sites where non-remnant vegetation was present. Features were assessed semi-quantitatively and included the presence and abundance of:
hollow-bearing live trees, stags and logs;
logs by size class;
leaf and woody litter stone/rock and grassy ground cover;
rock outcrops, gilgais, termite mounds and burrows; and
mistletoe and other potential food plants.
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A search was made for EPBC Act and NC Act listed threatened flora within the Gas Compression Facility Area. If found, the location would be established with a Motion tablet and/or hand-held GPS unit and the type of species and number of individuals was recorded. Flora species names follow Bostock and Holland (2017).
Searches for significant weed and pest species were carried out and recorded as appropriate within the Gas Compression Facility Area.
Incidental searches were conducted to detect the presence of threatened fauna during traverses on foot throughout the Gas Compression Facility Area. Active searching for some taxa was conducted at vegetation and habitat assessment sites. These active search techniques are summarised in the following table. Detailed fauna surveys as per DoEE or State Government guidelines were not undertaken within the Gas Compression Facility Area beyond those listed. This is warranted given the small area of the proposed Facility and the very low levels of habitat predicted to be present on desktop assessment and confirmed during field surveys.
Summary of the terrestrial field survey techniques and effort is provided in Table 3-3.
Table 3-3 Terrestrial ecology field survey summary
Fauna group and target Technique Survey Effort species
Birds Compiled observations (seen and/or heard) Accumulated field time, ½ day All diurnal species during driven and walked traverses
Reptiles Incidental observations during walked 1 active search @ 1person x 30 min golden-tailed gecko, traverses (0.5 hrs searching) Dunmall’s snake, collared Active searches of woody debris, delma, yakka skink decorticating bark, rocks Searching for scat piles around large logs
Mammals Searching smooth-barked trees for not relevant: no suitable habitat present Koala characteristic scratch marks Scanning ground for scats Scanning tree canopy in selected habitats for animals Land snails Active searches beneath fallen woody debris, 1 active search @ 1 person x 30 min (0.5 hrs Dulacca Woodland Snail deep leaf litter searching)
All Microhabitat assessment 1 site
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3.3.3 Survey Limitations
Timing (season) and duration of the survey period during autumn and following some rainfall was generally favourable for identification of woody plants. However, summer-growing grasses and forbs were senescent.
Threatened fauna searches were confined to incidental observations and active searches (i.e. no trapping or nocturnal search techniques were employed). Additional survey effort would be required to potentially confirm the presence of some threatened taxa, though as noted the amount of potentially suitable habitat for threatened taxa was very limited.
3.4 LISTED THREATENED SPECIES AND ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES ASSESSMENT
3.4.1 Likelihood of Occurrence Assessment
Lists of threatened species and ecological communities that were identified in desktop searches and may occur within the Gas Compression Facility Area were subjected to likelihood of occurrence analysis.
Likely occurrence of species were categorised based on the following assessment criteria:
Suitable Habitat does habitat exists1 not exist2
Records within Gas Compression Facility Area or locality3 (based on High Medium database records) No records in the Gas Compression Facility Area or locality, but the Gas Medium Low Compression Facility occurs within the mapped distribution. There are no records in the Gas Compression Facility Area or locality. The Low Low Gas Compression Facility Area is outside the mapped distribution. 1. Suitable habitat is based on species profile information and desktop vegetation and other landscape feature mapping as well as ground truthed data. 2. Based on sources reviewed and ground truthed data. 3. Locality refers to an 8 km buffer of the Gas Compression Facility Area.
Those species confirmed or considered to have a high likelihood of occurrence were to be assessed further in this report in terms of impact assessment. Medium species are ranked according to assessment criteria which consider the presence of suitable habitat in the context of mapped species distribution or records in the locality of the Project. The use of a buffered search area (the locality) for records aims to widen the reach of the assessment. Given the disturbed nature of the landscape and in the context of the proposed activities the risk of impact to ‘medium’ species is considered to be low, so habitat mapping and assessment of impact for threatened species would focus on confirmed species and those with a high likelihood of occurrence. Habitat mapping was used as a basis for constraints mapping for the Gas Compression Facility Area.
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6.40 Ha.
SA13-A
0.16 Ha.
Legend Production Area 300m within ESAs Pipeline Area Category B ESA (ERE 11.9.5 regrowth) Gas Compression Facility and ESAs 3.1 Gas Compression Facility Category C ESA (OCRE 11.3.2 remnant) Drawing No: 0461545b_CF_EA_G003_R0.mxdFacility Compression Gas – Project Lateral Atlas Ecological Assessment Ecological Cadastre ESAs Date: 21/09/2018 Drawing Size: A4 Drawn By: DR Reviewed By: FA Client: Jemena Ltd Tributary / Minor Waterway Category B ESA (ERE 11.9.5 regrowth) Coordinate System: GDA 1994 MGA Zone 55 This figure may be based on third party data or data which has not N been verified by ERM and it may not be to scale. Unless expressly "/ Vegetation and Habitat Assessment Category C ESA (OCRE 11.3.2 remnant) Source: Imagery - ESRI World Imagery (2016) 0 50 100m agreed otherwise, this figure is intended as a guide only and ERM does Cadastre, Roads - DNRME 2017 [ not warrant its accuracy.
4 DESCRIPTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES
4.1 REGIONAL CONTEXT
The Gas Compression Facility Area is located outside of the Production Area and abuts the north eastern PL boundary. The Gas Compression Facility Area encompasses approximately 8.1 ha within an area of approximately 350 m x 250 m. The proposed Pipeline approaches the Gas Compression Facility from the south. The Gas Compression Facility Area is located entirely on a hilltop with almost all woody vegetation having been cleared for pastoral purposes. Examination of current aerial imagery reveals that the Area is entirely devoid of retained woodland or open forest vegetation. The Gas Compression Facility Area supports derived grassland with some areas of native shrubs. Remnant and regrowth vegetation is present within the buffer area but restricted to fragmented patches along and near the watercourses located to the east and west of the Gas Compression Facility Area.
4.1.1 Bioregion
The Gas Compression Facility Area lies approximately 1.8 km north of the boundary between two subregions within the Brigalow Belt bioregion (Sattler and Williams 1999), just to the north of the Great Dividing Range. The two subregions are 25 (Taroom Downs) and 26 (Southern Downs). At this subregional boundary the landscape is characterized by undulating rises and low hills formed on Jurassic sediments (Sattler and Williams 1999). While the vegetation of the Taroom Downs is typically dominated by forests of Brigalow (Acacia harpophylla), other communities typical of the Southern Downs subregion are present in the surrounding area, including Belah (Casuarina cristata), poplar box (Eucalyptus populnea), mountain coolibah (E. orgadophila) and narrow-leaved ironbark (E. crebra) communities.
4.1.2 Soils & Geology
The Roma 1: 250,000 series SG 55-12 map (Milligan et al. 1967) broadly shows the geological units present within the Gas Compression Facility Area. Lithic sandstone, siltstone and mudstone including bentonite and fossil wood of the Orallo Formation (Juo) and quartzose sandstone, conglomerate and siltstone of the Gubberamunda Sandstone (Jug) are prominent in the majority of the Gas Compression Facility Area. Soils formed on these units include clays, sandy loams and clay loams. The Gas Compression Facility Area is on a hill crest from which several minor drainage features arise that drain northward to Woleebee Creek. Land zones (LZ) as defined within Sattler and Williams (1999) occurring within the Gas Compression Facility Area include LZ 9 (fine grained sedimentary rocks), as indicated by State mapping (DSITI 2017) or subsequent field confirmation.
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4.1.3 Surrounding Land Use
The entirety of the Gas Compression Facility Area has been cleared. Existing land use within the Gas Compression Facility Area has primarily been agricultural (grazing of domestic livestock, with some areas indicated on aerial imagery of dryland cultivation or pasture establishment. The land use beyond the boundaries of the Gas Compression Facility Area is one of extensive modification for agriculture (grazing, cropping) with little retained native woody vegetation except fragmented patches along watercourses. Further afield, a large tract of vegetation is located at the Juandah State Forest, approximately 2.1 km to the south-west. Surrounding disturbances other than grazing and cropping include farm access tracks and infrastructure (e.g. power lines, dams, fences), coal seam gas and Sunwater pipeline infrastructure.
4.2 VEGETATION COMMUNITIES
4.2.1 Threatened Ecological Communities
Four Threatened Ecological Communities (TEC) were identified in desktop searches as either known, likely to, or may occur within the Gas Compression Facility (DoEE 2018). The likelihood of occurrence assessment for the Gas Compression Facility determined that all of these TECs have a low likelihood of occurrence in the Gas Compression Facility Area based on current State RE mapping. The results of communities assessment for likelihood of occurrence is provided in Annex B. The field survey undertaken confirmed no TECs occur within the Gas Compression Facility Area. However, one small patch of advanced regrowth vegetation to the southwest of the Gas Compression Facility Area within the buffer area is analogous to RE 11.9.5 and meets the criteria for Brigalow TEC.
4.2.2 Regional Ecosystems
No remnant or regrowth regional ecosystems are mapped within the Gas Compression Facility Area. In the buffer area, field surveys confirmed a small area (6.4 ha) of remnant vegetation to the west of Gas Compression Facility Area and one small area (0.16 ha) of regrowth to the east of The Gas Compression Facility Area. These are listed in Table 4.1 and shown in Figure 3.1.
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Table 4.1 Regional Ecosystems within the buffer area of the Gas Compression Facility Area
RE RE Short Description Biodiversity VM Status Ground-truthed Comments Code Status extent (ha)
11.3.2 Eucalyptus populnea Of Concern Of Concern 6.4 Remnant, not on woodland on alluvial plains regulated Vegetation Management Map
Total Remnant 6.4
11.9.5 Acacia harpophylla and/or Endangered Endangered 0.16 Regrowth Casuarina cristata open forest on fine-grained sedimentary rocks
Total Regrowth 0.16
4.3 WATERCOURSES AND WETLANDS
4.3.1 Watercourses
The Gas Compression Facility Area lies within the Fitzroy drainage basin in the Upper Dawson River catchment. There are no key water features in the Gas Compression Facility Area. Within the buffer area, two stream order 1 watercourses mapped under the VM Act are present, 150–200 m to the east and west. There are no water features defined as ‘watercourses’ under the Water Act 2000 within the Gas Compression Facility Area or buffer area. The nearest is Woleebee Creek, being approximately 2.8 km to the east.
No springs, waterholes or high quality aquatic habitat areas were identified within the Gas Compression Facility Area and buffer area.
4.3.2 Wetlands
There are no springs or wetlands of national or international significance within the Gas Compression Facility Area or buffer area. Desktop mapping showed no wetlands mapped on the map of referable wetlands within or near the Gas Compression Facility Area.
The Protected Matters Search Tool in proximity to the Gas Compression Facility Area identified four Ramsar wetlands. In general, the distance from the proposed action is more than 400 km from the closest identified Ramsar wetland (Narran Lake Nature Reserve, which is upstream of the study area and in a different catchment). The proposed activities within the Gas Compression Facility Area will not affect the Ramsar sites.
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4.4 CONNECTIVITY
The Gas Compression Facility is located within a rural landscape with cattle grazing, cropping and petroleum activities dominating the region. As a result there are substantial areas of cleared land to facilitate associated land uses. The Gas Compression Facility footprint, comprising 8.1 ha, is entirely (100%) cleared with no mapped remnant or mature regrowth vegetation.
Land within the buffer area contains some small patches of vegetation. These small patches do not facilitate ecosystem connectivity within the region and provide limited dispersal opportunities for fauna.
4.5 HABITATS
4.5.1 Terrestrial Habitats
Habitats for native species were assessed during field surveys, with a focus on detection of habitat values considered important for listed threatened species.
One habitat type was identified within the Gas Compression Facility Area – derived grasslands dominated by buffel grass. The same broad terrestrial habitat is found within the majority of the buffer area with small fragmented patches of regrowth and remnant vegetation associated with watercourses to the east and west of the Gas Compression Facility Area, as described in Table 4-2.
Table 4-2 Broad Terrestrial Habitat Types within the Gas Compression Facility Area and buffer area
Broad Habitat Type RE Type or other Microhabitat Photographic example habitat Features recorded
Derived grasslands Extremely limited Extremely dominated by non- features present limited features native Buffel Grass mainly comprising present mainly (Cenchrus ciliaris) (Gas low woody shrubs comprising low Compression Facility and very sparse small woody shrubs Area and buffer area) logs and very sparse small logs
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Broad Habitat Type RE Type or other Microhabitat Photographic example habitat Features recorded
Eucalypt-dominated 11.3.2, 11.9.5 Hollow live woodlands and open and/or dead forests on riparian and trees, hollow floodplain areas logs, limited (buffer area) coarse woody debris, exfoliating bark, leaf litter
4.5.2 Aquatic Habitats
Desktop mapping showed no high ecological significance wetlands, high ecological value wetlands or high ecological value watercourses mapped on the map of referable wetlands within the Gas Compression Facility Area and buffer area. There are no water features within the Gas Compression Facility Area, although there is a farm dam, impacted by the presence of cattle, vegetation clearing and invasive flora, and erosion that may provide limited habitat value for some aquatic species.
4.6 THREATENED SPECIES
4.6.1 Terrestrial Flora
The Gas Compression Facility Area and buffer area was dominated by non- native species, especially the pasture species buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris). While some areas of regrowth and remnant RE occurs within the buffer area, no threatened flora species are considered to have potential to occur (Annex B), and none were detected during field surveys.
Essential Habitat Mapping - Flora
No areas of Essential Habitat for flora species or Protected Plants Flora Survey Trigger areas are mapped within the Gas Compression Facility Area and buffer area.
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Introduced Flora Species
Four introduced flora species were recorded during field surveys, of which two are listed as a Restricted Matter on the Biosecurity Act 2014 and categorised as Weeds of National Significance (WoNS) (Table 4-3).
The two species of WoNS occurred in low abundance throughout the Gas Compression Facility Area and buffer area with velvety tree pear being the more common species. All other introduced flora recorded are common weeds of agricultural areas.
Table 4-3 Restricted Matter and WoNS recorded within the Gas Compression Facility and buffer area
Species Name Status
Opuntia stricta common pest pear WoNS, Biosecurity restricted matter
Opuntia tomentosa velvety tree pear WoNS, Biosecurity restricted matter
4.6.2 Terrestrial Fauna
No vertebrate fauna taxa, other than the rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), were detected during field surveys (Boobook 2018). No land snails were detected during the surveys.
Threatened Fauna Species No threatened species were detected during field surveys, however, three threatened fauna species, the glossy black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami), koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) and the golden-tailed gecko (Strophurus taenicauda) were considered to have a high likelihood of occurrence within the remnant RE 11.3.2 (6.4 ha) and regrowth RE 11.9.5 (0.16 ha) in the buffer area (see Table 4.3). Species were identified through likelihood of occurrence assessment based on information collected from desktop sources and field surveys (Annex B).
Table 4.3 Threatened Fauna Species with high likelihood of occurrence within the Gas Compression Facility Area
Species Common Name Status Likelihood of Potential Habitat (EPBC/NCA) Occurrence Extent (ha)
Calyptorhynchus lathami Glossy black- -/V High 0.16 cockatoo
Phascolarctos cinereus Koala V/V High 6.4
Strophurus taenicauda Golden-tailed gecko -/NT High 6.56
V = Vulnerable NT = Near Threatened
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Migratory species Two migratory species listed under the EPBC Act are considered to have high likelihood of occurrence in the Gas Compression Facility Area and buffer area (Table 4-4). These were identified as a result of desktop searches. None of these species were detected during field surveys. Note that for the two species of swift which are almost exclusively aerial during their time in Australia, no habitat area was calculated, as these species may travel and feed over any area of land.
Table 4-4 Migratory Species with high likelihood of occurrence within the Gas Compression Facility Area
Status Likelihood of Mapped habitat Species Common Name (EPBC/NCA) Occurrence Category extent (ha)
Apus pacificus fork-tailed swift M/SLC High n/a
Hirundapus caudacutus white-throated High n/a M/SLC needletail
SLC = Special Least Concern; M = Migratory Note: the migratory species are also noted to be SLC under the NC Act.
Essential Habitat – Fauna
There is no Essential Habitat for fauna species mapped within the Gas Compression Facility Area and buffer area.
Introduced Fauna Species
The field surveys recorded the presence of one introduced fauna species (rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)). Desktop search results indicated the presence or potential presence of at least eleven introduced vertebrate species. Of these dingo, cat, pig, European red fox and rabbit are listed as Restricted Matters under the Biosecurity Act. All are considered to be potentially present at least occasionally in the Gas Compression Facility Area and buffer area.
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5 SUMMARY OF CONSERVATION SIGNIFICANT MATTERS
5.1 ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Environmentally sensitive areas (ESAs) are classified into three categories. Categories A and B are defined by schedules 1 and 2 of the Environment Protection Regulation 2008 respectively, while Category C considers a set of features defined in the Streamlined model conditions for petroleum activities. No ESAs were identified to occur in the Gas Compression Facility Area. However, two ESAs are located within the 300 m buffer area of the Gas Compression Facility Area:
Remnant OCRE 11.3.2 – Category C ESA, located to the west of the Gas Compression Facility Area; and
Regrowth ERE 11.9.5 – Category B ESA, located to the east of the Gas Compression Facility Area.
5.2 MATTERS OF STATE ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE
Matters of State Environmental Significance are defined within the Environmental Offsets Framework. An offset condition may be imposed for a significant residual impact on a prescribed environmental matter. No MSES are identified from regulated mapping to occur within the Gas Compression Facility Area or buffer area. However, Protected Wildlife Habitat for the glossy black cockatoo and koala (both listed as Vulnerable) has been defined from this assessment. There is 6.4 ha of koala habitat associated with remnant RE 11.3.2 and 0.16 ha of glossy black cockatoo habitat associated with regrowth RE 11.9.5 within the buffer area.
5.3 MATTERS OF NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE
Matters of National Environmental Significance (MNES) are defined within the EPBC Act and a number of the matters relate to biodiversity values. In order to inform an assessment of significance (of potential impacts) to an MNES, the MNES for the Gas Compression Facility Area are summarised in Table 5-1.
Table 5-1 Summary of MNES for the Gas Compression Facility
Matter Relevance
World Heritage properties There are no World Heritage properties associated with the Gas Compression Facility Area and buffer area.
National Heritage properties There are no National Heritage properties associated with the Gas Compression Facility Area and buffer area.
Wetlands of international There are no wetlands of international importance associated with the Gas Importance Compression Facility Area and buffer area.
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Matter Relevance
Listed threatened species and One small area of Brigalow TEC (0.16 ha) occurs in the buffer area ecological communities approximately 250 m to the east of the Gas Compression Facility Area, and is part of a larger patch of approximately 10 ha. Koala habitat (6.4 ha) has been identified within the buffer area, to the west of the Gas Compression Facility Area.
Migratory species No migratory species were detected within the Gas Compression Facility Area. The Gas Compression Facility potentially supports habitat for two aerial migratory species.
Commonwealth marine areas The Gas Compression Facility Area is not associated with any marine areas.
The Great Barrier Reef Marine The Gas Compression Facility Area is over 370 km from the coast line and Park not associated with the marine park
Nuclear actions There are no nuclear actions relevant to the Gas Compression Facility Area.
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6 POTENTIAL IMPACTS
Key aspects/activities of the Gas Compression Facility Area include:
Vegetation clearing and construction works;
Noise and dust associated with vegetation clearing and construction works;
Operations: noise, field visits and maintenance as required; and
Decommissioning: removal of surface infrastructure and waste, final rehabilitation.
In general, potential impacts to terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem values as a result of the construction, operation and decommissioning of the Gas Compression Facility relate to vegetation clearing activities and other ground disturbance, noise and dust generation, runoff and erosion potential; and vulnerability to weed and pest species.
These impacts are largely associated with construction activities with impact during operation of the facility expected to be minimal. Given the lack of terrestrial and aquatic habitat within the Gas Compression Facility Area and only small areas of TEC and potential listed threatened species in remnant and regrowth vegetation in the buffer area, potential impacts to ecological values are minimal and are summarised in Table 6-1.
Table 6-1 Potential Impacts to Ecological Values
Impact Relevance to the Project
Clearing vegetation and the There are no remnant or regrowth RE types within the Gas Compression resultant loss of habitat for Facility Area. However the area does support 8.1 ha of derived grassland native fauna with some areas of native shrubs that may provide low value habitat for native fauna. The Gas Compression Facility location has been designed in consideration of the environmental (and other) constraints. No remnant and regrowth vegetation identified within the buffer area will be cleared.
Indirect impacts to adjacent Disturbances as a result of construction (and decommissioning) such as habitat areas as a result of noise, noise and dust have the potential to negatively impact adjacent vegetation dust, runoff and erosion, communities and habitats. including impacts to For the Gas Compression Facility, higher level noise disturbance would be downstream environments temporary limited to vehicle and machinery movements, with continuous low level noise disturbance throughout the life of the Facility. No blasting or substantial excavation is expected to be required. Noise disturbances have the potential to influence breeding, roosting or foraging behaviour of native fauna if volumes are intense and for a prolonged duration. Studies on the impacts of chronic anthropogenic noise from energy-sector activity suggest a reduction in habitat quality for species, particularly those that rely on acoustic signals for communication, such as songbirds (Bayne et al. 2008). For the general native fauna community, and
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Impact Relevance to the Project for the glossy black cockatoo and koala, it is not expected that construction (or decommissioning) noise would impact individuals that cannot temporarily relocate to adjacent areas, or would be regarded as intermittent visitors to vegetation with the buffer area. Dust generated by vehicle and machinery movements has the potential to smother vegetation directly adjacent to the works and inhibit plant growth and palatability for native fauna. There are measures available to limit dust generation and dispersion. There are no watercourses within the Gas Compression Facility Area and no major watercourses nearby. There are measures available to limit erosion and runoff potential during rainfall events that may produce overland flows. These control measures will protect the small watercourses approximately 150-200 m from the Gas Compression Facility Area and located in the buffer area.
Indirect impacts to adjacent The introduction and/or spread of weed and pet species has the potential habitat areas as a result of an negatively impact native flora and fauna community through competition introduction or spread or weed for resources and/or predation. and pest species The majority of the Gas Compression Facility Area and surrounds is cleared, pastoral property and introduce flora are common. Two WONs species were recorded: common pest pear and velvety tree pear and a number of introduced fauna species are considered to potentially be present. Measures to control the spread of weeds and feral animals will be managed by a construction environmental management plan.
Direct mortality or injury to The operation of vehicles and machinery within the Gas Compression native fauna during Facility Area has potential to lead to direct mortality or injury of resident construction fauna. Peak traffic period will be during the construction period with operational vehicle movements likely to be minimal. The majority of fauna groups within the Gas Compression Facility Area are highly mobile (e.g. birds and large mammals) and are likely to move when machinery and vehicles approach.
Fragmentation of connectivity The Gas Compression Facility Area is located in a largely cleared landscape areas with little vegetation to facilitate ecosystem connectivity. There is no proposal to clear the vegetation within the buffer area, and so no increase to fragmentation or impacts to connectivity will occur as a result of the construction of the Gas Compression Facility.
Disturbance to MNES and MSES There are no MNES within the Gas Compression Facility Area, however a small area of Brigalow TEC (0.16 ha) and approximately 6.4 ha of koala habitat occurs within the buffer area, but will not be subject to direct disturbance as a result of construction of the Gas Compression Facility Area. There are no MSES within the Gas Compression Facility Area, however Protected Wildlife Habitat (MSES) for the glossy black cockatoo (0.16 ha) and koala (6.4 ha) occurs within the buffer area, but will not be directly disturbed as a result of the construction of the Gas Compression Facility.
Disturbance to ESAs No ESAs were identified to occur in the Gas Compression Facility Area. Two ESAs are located within the buffer area but will not be directly disturbed as a result of construction of the Gas Compression Facility, although construction will occur within the Protection Zone.
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7 MANAGEMENT AND MITIGATION MEASURES
For the management of impacts to ecological values, Atlas Lateral Project activities are planned and managed to minimise disturbance to the environment as far as practicable by utilising environmental standards consistent with development in technology, industry codes of practice and relevant statutory requirements.
Jemena will manage potential impacts of the proposed activities in a manner consistent with the management approaches employed for E&A activities, and where relevant, additional measures will be implemented.
Specific to ecological values recommended management and mitigation measures are provided in Table 7-1. A key management tool for Senex is the environmental constraints protocol that has been implemented at this site and contributed to the avoidance of ecological values in the Gas Compression Facility Area and buffer area. These measures will be used to manage and mitigate potential impacts in relation to Jemena’s Atlas Lateral Project.
Table 7-1 Key Management and Mitigation
Potential Impacts Key Management Practices
Clearing vegetation and the Vegetation will not be cleared unless authorised under a Senex Access to resultant loss of habitat for Work (ATW) permit. The ATW will be approved prior to any vegetation native fauna clearance or disturbance occurring. To prevent unnecessary land and vegetation disturbance, vehicles and equipment will be retained within the approved work zone.
Indirect impacts to adjacent Staff and contractors will be made aware through general site induction habitat areas as a result of and training of the potential to generate dust emissions and mitigation noise, dust, runoff and erosion, and management measures that should be implemented. including impacts to Vehicles, plant and machinery will comply with site-specific speed limits downstream environments to minimise dust generation. Construction tracks and work zones will be watered to reduce dust generation. Sediment and erosion control to be managed in accordance with the WSGP Erosion and Sediment Control Plan and the Contractor’s erosion and sediment control procedures. Attenuate and mitigate noise generation through infrastructure design where required. Noise emissions should be maintained in accordance with the Streamline model conditions for petroleum activities.
Indirect impacts to adjacent A biosecurity plan will be developed and implemented for the project. habitat areas as a result of an Activities will be planned so that movement of vehicles, plant, machinery introduction or spread or weed and equipment avoid moving between properties as required. and pest species Site specific weed management requirements will be defined prior to access to any property or work site. Weed management and control methods will depend upon the location, weed species identified, the degree of the infestation, relevant landholder agreement or conduct and compensation agreements provisions, and local, state and national regulatory requirements.
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Potential Impacts Key Management Practices Imported material able to transport weed seed will be assessed to ensure they are free of contamination, disease and invasive weeds. Landowner approval may also be required for imported soils and gravel.
Direct mortality or injury to Where identified as required a qualified fauna spotter-catcher will native fauna during conduct a search immediately prior to clearing of vegetation for the construction presence of fauna species. Where fauna are detected, the spotter catcher will assess and implement the most appropriate method to avoid or minimise impacts on that fauna as a result of clearing.
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8 CONCLUSION
The ecological assessment of the Gas Compression Facility Area and buffer area identified limited habitat for terrestrial migratory and non-threatened native species. No MNES, MSES or ESAs occur or are considered likely to occur within the Gas Compression Facility Area.
However, one small area of Brigalow TEC (MNES) and habitat for listed threatened species (based on likelihood of occurrence assessment) for the koala (MNES and MSES), glossy black cockatoo and golden-tailed gecko (MSES), and remnant and regrowth vegetation that are considered ESA’s occur within the buffer area (300 m surrounding the Gas Compression Facility Area). No direct impacts will occur to MNES, MSES and ESA’s as a result of development of the proposed Gas Compression Facility.
Management practices have been recommended to manage the potential indirect impacts (weeds and pests, displacement and degradation of habitat, as well as potential for mortality of fauna) associated with the proposed activities in the Gas Compression Facility Area and buffer area. It is expected that Jemena will implement an environmental constraints protocol, Fauna Stock Management Procedure and, Project Environmental Management Plan as part of the Atlas Lateral Project. Adherence to the Streamlined model conditions as well as the management practices identified above, will minimise indirect impacts to the MNES, MSES and ESA values identified to occur within the buffer area.
On this basis, it is unlikely that significant impacts to MSES or MNES will occur within the Gas Compression Facility Area and buffer area.
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Annex A
Database Search Results
EPBC Act Protected Matters Report
This report provides general guidance on matters of national environmental significance and other matters protected by the EPBC Act in the area you have selected.
Information on the coverage of this report and qualifications on data supporting this report are contained in the caveat at the end of the report.
Information is available about Environment Assessments and the EPBC Act including significance guidelines, forms and application process details.
Report created: 07/06/18 14:22:11
Summary Details Matters of NES Other Matters Protected by the EPBC Act Extra Information Caveat Acknowledgements
This map may contain data which are ©Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia), ©PSMA 2010
Coordinates Buffer: 14.5Km
Summary
Matters of National Environmental Significance
This part of the report summarises the matters of national environmental significance that may occur in, or may relate to, the area you nominated. Further information is available in the detail part of the report, which can be accessed by scrolling or following the links below. If you are proposing to undertake an activity that may have a significant impact on one or more matters of national environmental significance then you should consider the Administrative Guidelines on Significance.
World Heritage Properties: None National Heritage Places: None Wetlands of International Importance: None Great Barrier Reef Marine Park: None Commonwealth Marine Area: None Listed Threatened Ecological Communities: 4 Listed Threatened Species: 22 Listed Migratory Species: 11
Other Matters Protected by the EPBC Act
This part of the report summarises other matters protected under the Act that may relate to the area you nominated. Approval may be required for a proposed activity that significantly affects the environment on Commonwealth land, when the action is outside the Commonwealth land, or the environment anywhere when the action is taken on Commonwealth land. Approval may also be required for the Commonwealth or Commonwealth agencies proposing to take an action that is likely to have a significant impact on the environment anywhere.
The EPBC Act protects the environment on Commonwealth land, the environment from the actions taken on Commonwealth land, and the environment from actions taken by Commonwealth agencies. As heritage values of a place are part of the 'environment', these aspects of the EPBC Act protect the Commonwealth Heritage values of a Commonwealth Heritage place. Information on the new heritage laws can be found at http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage
A permit may be required for activities in or on a Commonwealth area that may affect a member of a listed threatened species or ecological community, a member of a listed migratory species, whales and other cetaceans, or a member of a listed marine species.
Commonwealth Land: None Commonwealth Heritage Places: None Listed Marine Species: 17 Whales and Other Cetaceans: None Critical Habitats: None Commonwealth Reserves Terrestrial: None Commonwealth Reserves Marine: None
Extra Information
This part of the report provides information that may also be relevant to the area you have nominated.
State and Territory Reserves: None Regional Forest Agreements: None Invasive Species: 13 Nationally Important Wetlands: None Key Ecological Features (Marine) None
Details
Matters of National Environmental Significance
Listed Threatened Ecological Communities [ Resource Information ] For threatened ecological communities where the distribution is well known, maps are derived from recovery plans, State vegetation maps, remote sensing imagery and other sources. Where threatened ecological community distributions are less well known, existing vegetation maps and point location data are used to produce indicative distribution maps. Name Status Type of Presence Brigalow (Acacia harpophylla dominant and co- Endangered Community known to occur dominant) within area Coolibah - Black Box Woodlands of the Darling Endangered Community may occur Riverine Plains and the Brigalow Belt South Bioregions within area
Semi-evergreen vine thickets of the Brigalow Belt Endangered Community likely to occur (North and South) and Nandewar Bioregions within area Weeping Myall Woodlands Endangered Community likely to occur within area Listed Threatened Species [ Resource Information ] Name Status Type of Presence Birds Calidris ferruginea Curlew Sandpiper [856] Critically Endangered Species or species habitat may occur within area
Erythrotriorchis radiatus Red Goshawk [942] Vulnerable Species or species habitat likely to occur within area
Geophaps scripta scripta Squatter Pigeon (southern) [64440] Vulnerable Species or species habitat may occur within area
Grantiella picta Painted Honeyeater [470] Vulnerable Species or species habitat likely to occur within area
Rostratula australis Australian Painted Snipe [77037] Endangered Species or species habitat may occur within area
Mammals Chalinolobus dwyeri Large-eared Pied Bat, Large Pied Bat [183] Vulnerable Species or species habitat likely to occur within area
Dasyurus hallucatus Northern Quoll, Digul [Gogo-Yimidir], Wijingadda Endangered Species or species habitat [Dambimangari], Wiminji [Martu] [331] may occur within area
Nyctophilus corbeni Corben's Long-eared Bat, South-eastern Long-eared Vulnerable Species or species habitat Bat [83395] likely to occur within area
Petauroides volans Greater Glider [254] Vulnerable Species or species habitat likely to occur
Name Status Type of Presence within area Phascolarctos cinereus (combined populations of Qld, NSW and the ACT) Koala (combined populations of Queensland, New Vulnerable Species or species habitat South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory) likely to occur within area [85104] Other Adclarkia dulacca Dulacca Woodland Snail [83885] Endangered Species or species habitat known to occur within area
Plants Acacia curranii Curly-bark Wattle [3908] Vulnerable Species or species habitat may occur within area
Cadellia pentastylis Ooline [9828] Vulnerable Species or species habitat likely to occur within area
Dichanthium setosum bluegrass [14159] Vulnerable Species or species habitat likely to occur within area
Homopholis belsonii Belson's Panic [2406] Vulnerable Species or species habitat may occur within area
Tylophora linearis [55231] Endangered Species or species habitat may occur within area
Reptiles Delma torquata Adorned Delma, Collared Delma [1656] Vulnerable Species or species habitat may occur within area
Denisonia maculata Ornamental Snake [1193] Vulnerable Species or species habitat may occur within area
Egernia rugosa Yakka Skink [1420] Vulnerable Species or species habitat may occur within area
Elseya albagula Southern Snapping Turtle, White-throated Snapping Critically Endangered Species or species habitat Turtle [81648] likely to occur within area
Furina dunmalli Dunmall's Snake [59254] Vulnerable Species or species habitat may occur within area
Rheodytes leukops Fitzroy River Turtle, Fitzroy Tortoise, Fitzroy Turtle, Vulnerable Species or species habitat White-eyed River Diver [1761] likely to occur within area
Listed Migratory Species [ Resource Information ] * Species is listed under a different scientific name on the EPBC Act - Threatened Species list. Name Threatened Type of Presence Migratory Marine Birds Apus pacificus Fork-tailed Swift [678] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area
Migratory Terrestrial Species Cuculus optatus Oriental Cuckoo, Horsfield's Cuckoo [86651] Species or species habitat may occur within area
Hirundapus caudacutus White-throated Needletail [682] Species or species
Name Threatened Type of Presence habitat may occur within area Motacilla flava Yellow Wagtail [644] Species or species habitat may occur within area
Myiagra cyanoleuca Satin Flycatcher [612] Species or species habitat may occur within area
Rhipidura rufifrons Rufous Fantail [592] Species or species habitat may occur within area
Migratory Wetlands Species Actitis hypoleucos Common Sandpiper [59309] Species or species habitat may occur within area
Calidris acuminata Sharp-tailed Sandpiper [874] Species or species habitat may occur within area
Calidris ferruginea Curlew Sandpiper [856] Critically Endangered Species or species habitat may occur within area
Calidris melanotos Pectoral Sandpiper [858] Species or species habitat may occur within area
Gallinago hardwickii Latham's Snipe, Japanese Snipe [863] Species or species habitat may occur within area
Other Matters Protected by the EPBC Act Listed Marine Species [ Resource Information ] * Species is listed under a different scientific name on the EPBC Act - Threatened Species list. Name Threatened Type of Presence Birds Actitis hypoleucos Common Sandpiper [59309] Species or species habitat may occur within area
Anseranas semipalmata Magpie Goose [978] Species or species habitat may occur within area
Apus pacificus Fork-tailed Swift [678] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area
Ardea alba Great Egret, White Egret [59541] Species or species habitat known to occur within area
Ardea ibis Cattle Egret [59542] Species or species habitat may occur within area
Calidris acuminata Sharp-tailed Sandpiper [874] Species or species habitat may occur within area
Calidris ferruginea Curlew Sandpiper [856] Critically Endangered Species or species
Name Threatened Type of Presence habitat may occur within area Calidris melanotos Pectoral Sandpiper [858] Species or species habitat may occur within area
Cuculus saturatus Oriental Cuckoo, Himalayan Cuckoo [710] Species or species habitat may occur within area
Gallinago hardwickii Latham's Snipe, Japanese Snipe [863] Species or species habitat may occur within area
Haliaeetus leucogaster White-bellied Sea-Eagle [943] Species or species habitat may occur within area
Hirundapus caudacutus White-throated Needletail [682] Species or species habitat may occur within area
Merops ornatus Rainbow Bee-eater [670] Species or species habitat may occur within area
Motacilla flava Yellow Wagtail [644] Species or species habitat may occur within area
Myiagra cyanoleuca Satin Flycatcher [612] Species or species habitat may occur within area
Rhipidura rufifrons Rufous Fantail [592] Species or species habitat may occur within area
Rostratula benghalensis (sensu lato) Painted Snipe [889] Endangered* Species or species habitat may occur within area
Extra Information Invasive Species [ Resource Information ] Weeds reported here are the 20 species of national significance (WoNS), along with other introduced plants that are considered by the States and Territories to pose a particularly significant threat to biodiversity. The following feral animals are reported: Goat, Red Fox, Cat, Rabbit, Pig, Water Buffalo and Cane Toad. Maps from Landscape Health Project, National Land and Water Resouces Audit, 2001.
Name Status Type of Presence Birds Columba livia Rock Pigeon, Rock Dove, Domestic Pigeon [803] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area
Passer domesticus House Sparrow [405] Species or species habitat likely to occur
Name Status Type of Presence within area Sturnus vulgaris Common Starling [389] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area
Frogs Rhinella marina Cane Toad [83218] Species or species habitat known to occur within area
Mammals Canis lupus familiaris Domestic Dog [82654] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area
Felis catus Cat, House Cat, Domestic Cat [19] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area
Lepus capensis Brown Hare [127] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area
Mus musculus House Mouse [120] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area
Oryctolagus cuniculus Rabbit, European Rabbit [128] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area
Sus scrofa Pig [6] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area
Vulpes vulpes Red Fox, Fox [18] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area
Plants Acacia nilotica subsp. indica Prickly Acacia [6196] Species or species habitat may occur within area
Opuntia spp. Prickly Pears [82753] Species or species habitat likely to occur within area
Caveat The information presented in this report has been provided by a range of data sources as acknowledged at the end of the report.
This report is designed to assist in identifying the locations of places which may be relevant in determining obligations under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. It holds mapped locations of World and National Heritage properties, Wetlands of International and National Importance, Commonwealth and State/Territory reserves, listed threatened, migratory and marine species and listed threatened ecological communities. Mapping of Commonwealth land is not complete at this stage. Maps have been collated from a range of sources at various resolutions.
Not all species listed under the EPBC Act have been mapped (see below) and therefore a report is a general guide only. Where available data supports mapping, the type of presence that can be determined from the data is indicated in general terms. People using this information in making a referral may need to consider the qualifications below and may need to seek and consider other information sources.
For threatened ecological communities where the distribution is well known, maps are derived from recovery plans, State vegetation maps, remote sensing imagery and other sources. Where threatened ecological community distributions are less well known, existing vegetation maps and point location data are used to produce indicative distribution maps.
Threatened, migratory and marine species distributions have been derived through a variety of methods. Where distributions are well known and if time permits, maps are derived using either thematic spatial data (i.e. vegetation, soils, geology, elevation, aspect, terrain, etc) together with point locations and described habitat; or environmental modelling (MAXENT or BIOCLIM habitat modelling) using point locations and environmental data layers.
Where very little information is available for species or large number of maps are required in a short time-frame, maps are derived either from 0.04 or 0.02 decimal degree cells; by an automated process using polygon capture techniques (static two kilometre grid cells, alpha-hull and convex hull); or captured manually or by using topographic features (national park boundaries, islands, etc). In the early stages of the distribution mapping process (1999-early 2000s) distributions were defined by degree blocks, 100K or 250K map sheets to rapidly create distribution maps. More reliable distribution mapping methods are used to update these distributions as time permits.
Only selected species covered by the following provisions of the EPBC Act have been mapped: - migratory and - marine The following species and ecological communities have not been mapped and do not appear in reports produced from this database:
- threatened species listed as extinct or considered as vagrants - some species and ecological communities that have only recently been listed - some terrestrial species that overfly the Commonwealth marine area - migratory species that are very widespread, vagrant, or only occur in small numbers The following groups have been mapped, but may not cover the complete distribution of the species: - non-threatened seabirds which have only been mapped for recorded breeding sites - seals which have only been mapped for breeding sites near the Australian continent Such breeding sites may be important for the protection of the Commonwealth Marine environment.
Coordinates
-26.2059 149.7924
Acknowledgements This database has been compiled from a range of data sources. The department acknowledges the following custodians who have contributed valuable data and advice: -Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales -Department of Environment and Primary Industries, Victoria -Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Tasmania -Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, South Australia -Department of Land and Resource Management, Northern Territory -Department of Environmental and Heritage Protection, Queensland -Department of Parks and Wildlife, Western Australia -Environment and Planning Directorate, ACT -Birdlife Australia -Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme -Australian National Wildlife Collection -Natural history museums of Australia -Museum Victoria -Australian Museum -South Australian Museum -Queensland Museum -Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums -Queensland Herbarium -National Herbarium of NSW -Royal Botanic Gardens and National Herbarium of Victoria -Tasmanian Herbarium -State Herbarium of South Australia -Northern Territory Herbarium -Western Australian Herbarium -Australian National Herbarium, Canberra -University of New England -Ocean Biogeographic Information System -Australian Government, Department of Defence Forestry Corporation, NSW -Geoscience Australia -CSIRO -Australian Tropical Herbarium, Cairns -eBird Australia -Australian Government – Australian Antarctic Data Centre -Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory -Australian Government National Environmental Science Program -Australian Institute of Marine Science -Reef Life Survey Australia -American Museum of Natural History -Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Inveresk, Tasmania -Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania -Other groups and individuals
The Department is extremely grateful to the many organisations and individuals who provided expert advice and information on numerous draft distributions.
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Search Criteria: Species List for a Specified Point Species: All Type: All Status: All Records: All Date: All Latitude: -26.2059 Longitude: 149.7924 Distance: 14.5 Email: [email protected] Date submitted: Thursday 07 Jun 2018 14:18:13 Date extracted: Thursday 07 Jun 2018 14:20:08 The number of records retrieved = 386
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Feedback about Wildlife Online should be emailed to [email protected] Kingdom Class Family Scientific Name Common Name I Q A Records animals amphibians Bufonidae Rhinella marina cane toad Y 6 animals amphibians Hylidae Litoria rubella ruddy treefrog C 1 animals amphibians Hylidae Litoria caerulea common green treefrog C 6 animals amphibians Hylidae Cyclorana brevipes superb collared frog C 2 animals amphibians Hylidae Litoria latopalmata broad palmed rocketfrog C 1 animals amphibians Hylidae Cyclorana alboguttata greenstripe frog C 1 animals amphibians Hylidae Cyclorana novaehollandiae eastern snapping frog C 1 animals amphibians Hylidae Cyclorana sp. 1 animals amphibians Hylidae Litoria peronii emerald spotted treefrog C 1 animals amphibians Limnodynastidae Limnodynastes sp. 1 animals amphibians Limnodynastidae Limnodynastes salmini salmon striped frog C 2 animals amphibians Limnodynastidae Platyplectrum ornatum ornate burrowing frog C 6 animals amphibians Limnodynastidae Limnodynastes fletcheri barking frog C 1 animals amphibians Limnodynastidae Limnodynastes tasmaniensis spotted grassfrog C 6 animals amphibians Limnodynastidae Limnodynastes terraereginae scarlet sided pobblebonk C 3 animals amphibians Myobatrachidae Uperoleia rugosa chubby gungan C 1 animals birds Acanthizidae Smicrornis brevirostris weebill C 10 animals birds Acanthizidae Acanthiza nana yellow thornbill C 2 animals birds Acanthizidae Gerygone fusca western gerygone C 1 animals birds Acanthizidae Acanthiza lineata striated thornbill C 2 animals birds Acanthizidae Acanthiza pusilla brown thornbill C 3 animals birds Acanthizidae Gerygone olivacea white-throated gerygone C 6 animals birds Acanthizidae Acanthiza apicalis inland thornbill C 2 animals birds Acanthizidae Acanthiza reguloides buff-rumped thornbill C 1 animals birds Acanthizidae Acanthiza chrysorrhoa yellow-rumped thornbill C 3 animals birds Acanthizidae Acanthiza uropygialis chestnut-rumped thornbill C 1 animals birds Acanthizidae Chthonicola sagittata speckled warbler C 1 animals birds Accipitridae Haliastur sphenurus whistling kite C 1 animals birds Accipitridae Aquila audax wedge-tailed eagle C 8 animals birds Acrocephalidae Acrocephalus australis Australian reed-warbler C 1 animals birds Aegothelidae Aegotheles cristatus Australian owlet-nightjar C 1 animals birds Anatidae Anas gracilis grey teal C 3 animals birds Anatidae Chenonetta jubata Australian wood duck C 4 animals birds Anatidae Aythya australis hardhead C 1 animals birds Anatidae Anas superciliosa Pacific black duck C 4 animals birds Anhingidae Anhinga novaehollandiae Australasian darter C 4 animals birds Apodidae Apus pacificus fork-tailed swift SL 2 animals birds Ardeidae Egretta novaehollandiae white-faced heron C 2 animals birds Ardeidae Ardea alba modesta eastern great egret C 2 animals birds Ardeidae Ardea pacifica white-necked heron C 1 animals birds Artamidae Cracticus tibicen Australian magpie C 16 animals birds Artamidae Strepera graculina pied currawong C 8 animals birds Artamidae Cracticus torquatus grey butcherbird C 24 animals birds Artamidae Artamus leucorynchus white-breasted woodswallow C 9 animals birds Artamidae Cracticus nigrogularis pied butcherbird C 11 animals birds Artamidae Artamus cinereus black-faced woodswallow C 1
Page 1 of 9 Queensland Government Wildlife Online - Extract Date 07/06/2018 at 14:20:08 Kingdom Class Family Scientific Name Common Name I Q A Records animals birds Cacatuidae Eolophus roseicapilla galah C 13 animals birds Cacatuidae Cacatua galerita sulphur-crested cockatoo C 10 animals birds Cacatuidae Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami glossy black-cockatoo (eastern) V 1 animals birds Cacatuidae Nymphicus hollandicus cockatiel C 3 animals birds Campephagidae Coracina novaehollandiae black-faced cuckoo-shrike C 10 animals birds Campephagidae Coracina papuensis white-bellied cuckoo-shrike C 1 animals birds Casuariidae Dromaius novaehollandiae emu C 1 animals birds Charadriidae Vanellus miles novaehollandiae masked lapwing (southern subspecies) C 2 animals birds Charadriidae Elseyornis melanops black-fronted dotterel C 2 animals birds Charadriidae Vanellus miles masked lapwing C 3 animals birds Cisticolidae Cisticola exilis golden-headed cisticola C 5 animals birds Columbidae Geopelia humeralis bar-shouldered dove C 2 animals birds Columbidae Ocyphaps lophotes crested pigeon C 6 animals birds Columbidae Geopelia striata peaceful dove C 1 animals birds Coraciidae Eurystomus orientalis dollarbird C 4 animals birds Corcoracidae Struthidea cinerea apostlebird C 7 animals birds Corvidae Corvus coronoides Australian raven C 7 animals birds Corvidae Corvus orru Torresian crow C 11 animals birds Cuculidae Centropus phasianinus pheasant coucal C 3 animals birds Cuculidae Scythrops novaehollandiae channel-billed cuckoo C 2 animals birds Estrildidae Neochmia modesta plum-headed finch C 3 animals birds Estrildidae Taeniopygia bichenovii double-barred finch C 4 animals birds Eurostopodidae Eurostopodus mystacalis white-throated nightjar C 2 animals birds Falconidae Falco cenchroides nankeen kestrel C 4 animals birds Falconidae Falco berigora brown falcon C 3 animals birds Halcyonidae Dacelo novaeguineae laughing kookaburra C 7 animals birds Halcyonidae Todiramphus sanctus sacred kingfisher C 1 animals birds Hirundinidae Petrochelidon nigricans tree martin C 1 animals birds Maluridae Malurus melanocephalus red-backed fairy-wren C 6 animals birds Maluridae Malurus lamberti variegated fairy-wren C 1 animals birds Maluridae Malurus cyaneus superb fairy-wren C 4 animals birds Megaluridae Megalurus timoriensis tawny grassbird C 1 animals birds Meliphagidae Manorina melanocephala noisy miner C 20 animals birds Meliphagidae Philemon citreogularis little friarbird C 3 animals birds Meliphagidae Acanthagenys rufogularis spiny-cheeked honeyeater C 3 animals birds Meliphagidae Plectorhyncha lanceolata striped honeyeater C 12 animals birds Meliphagidae Philemon corniculatus noisy friarbird C 2 animals birds Meliphagidae Lichmera indistincta brown honeyeater C 2 animals birds Meliphagidae Manorina flavigula yellow-throated miner C 1 animals birds Meliphagidae Meliphaga lewinii Lewin's honeyeater C 2 animals birds Meliphagidae Entomyzon cyanotis blue-faced honeyeater C 5 animals birds Meropidae Merops ornatus rainbow bee-eater C 1 animals birds Monarchidae Grallina cyanoleuca magpie-lark C 9 animals birds Monarchidae Myiagra inquieta restless flycatcher C 2 animals birds Monarchidae Myiagra rubecula leaden flycatcher C 4 animals birds Nectariniidae Dicaeum hirundinaceum mistletoebird C 9
Page 2 of 9 Queensland Government Wildlife Online - Extract Date 07/06/2018 at 14:20:08 Kingdom Class Family Scientific Name Common Name I Q A Records animals birds Oriolidae Oriolus sagittatus olive-backed oriole C 7 animals birds Otididae Ardeotis australis Australian bustard C 2 animals birds Pachycephalidae Pachycephala rufiventris rufous whistler C 11 animals birds Pachycephalidae Pachycephala pectoralis golden whistler C 1 animals birds Pachycephalidae Colluricincla harmonica grey shrike-thrush C 4 animals birds Pardalotidae Pardalotus punctatus spotted pardalote C 2 animals birds Pardalotidae Pardalotus striatus striated pardalote C 12 animals birds Petroicidae Microeca fascinans jacky winter C 1 animals birds Petroicidae Eopsaltria australis eastern yellow robin C 3 animals birds Phalacrocoracidae Microcarbo melanoleucos little pied cormorant C 2 animals birds Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocorax sulcirostris little black cormorant C 1 animals birds Phasianidae Coturnix ypsilophora brown quail C 1 animals birds Podargidae Podargus strigoides tawny frogmouth C 2 animals birds Podicipedidae Tachybaptus novaehollandiae Australasian grebe C 2 animals birds Pomatostomidae Pomatostomus temporalis grey-crowned babbler C 4 animals birds Psittacidae Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus scaly-breasted lorikeet C 6 animals birds Psittacidae Alisterus scapularis Australian king-parrot C 1 animals birds Psittacidae Platycercus adscitus pale-headed rosella C 12 animals birds Psittacidae Psephotus haematonotus red-rumped parrot C 3 animals birds Psittacidae Aprosmictus erythropterus red-winged parrot C 6 animals birds Psittacidae Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus rainbow lorikeet C 8 animals birds Ptilonorhynchidae Ptilonorhynchus maculatus spotted bowerbird C 4 animals birds Rallidae Gallinula tenebrosa dusky moorhen C 2 animals birds Rhipiduridae Rhipidura albiscapa grey fantail C 3 animals birds Rhipiduridae Rhipidura leucophrys willie wagtail C 8 animals birds Threskiornithidae Threskiornis spinicollis straw-necked ibis C 1 animals birds Timaliidae Zosterops lateralis silvereye C 1 animals birds Tytonidae Tyto delicatula eastern barn owl C 2 animals insects Hesperiidae Ocybadistes walkeri sothis green grass-dart 1 animals insects Lycaenidae Zizina otis labradus common grass-blue (Australian 1 subspecies) animals insects Lycaenidae Psychonotis caelius taygetus small green-banded blue 1 animals insects Lycaenidae Nacaduba berenice berenice large purple line-blue 1 animals insects Nymphalidae Junonia villida villida meadow argus 1 animals insects Nymphalidae Tirumala hamata hamata blue tiger 1 animals insects Nymphalidae Melanitis leda bankia evening brown 1 animals insects Nymphalidae Hypocysta pseudirius grey ringlet 1 animals insects Nymphalidae Danaus plexippus monarch Y 1 animals insects Nymphalidae Danaus petilia lesser wanderer 2 animals insects Nymphalidae Hypolimnas bolina nerina varied eggfly 1 animals insects Nymphalidae Junonia orithya albicincta blue argus 1 animals insects Nymphalidae Euploea corinna common crow 2 animals insects Nymphalidae Charaxes sempronius sempronius tailed emperor 1 animals insects Nymphalidae Acraea andromacha andromacha glasswing 1 animals insects Papilionidae Papilio aegeus aegeus orchard swallowtail (Australian 2 subspecies)
Page 3 of 9 Queensland Government Wildlife Online - Extract Date 07/06/2018 at 14:20:08 Kingdom Class Family Scientific Name Common Name I Q A Records animals insects Papilionidae Papilio demoleus sthenelus chequered swallowtail 2 animals insects Papilionidae Papilio anactus dainty swallowtail 2 animals insects Pieridae Catopsilia pomona lemon migrant 1 animals insects Pieridae Delias nysa nysa yellow-spotted jezebel (Australian 1 subspecies) animals insects Pieridae Elodina parthia striated pearl-white 1 animals insects Pieridae Cepora perimale 1 animals insects Pieridae Delias argenthona argenthona scarlet jezebel 1 animals insects Pieridae Eurema hecabe large grass-yellow 1 animals insects Pieridae Belenois java teutonia caper white 1 animals insects Pieridae Catopsilia pyranthe crokera white migrant 1 animals insects Pieridae Eurema smilax small grass-yellow 1 animals mammals Acrobatidae Acrobates pygmaeus feathertail glider C 1 animals mammals Bovidae Bos taurus European cattle Y 1 animals mammals Canidae Canis sp. Y 2 animals mammals Canidae Canis lupus dingo dingo 1 animals mammals Emballonuridae Saccolaimus flaviventris yellow-bellied sheathtail bat C 5 animals mammals Equidae Equus caballus horse Y 1 animals mammals Leporidae Lepus europaeus European brown hare Y 3 animals mammals Leporidae Oryctolagus cuniculus rabbit Y 4 animals mammals Macropodidae Macropus parryi whiptail wallaby C 2 animals mammals Macropodidae Wallabia bicolor swamp wallaby C 3 animals mammals Macropodidae Macropus giganteus eastern grey kangaroo C 4 animals mammals Macropodidae Macropus rufogriseus red-necked wallaby C 4 animals mammals Miniopteridae Miniopterus schreibersii oceanensis eastern bent-wing bat C 1 animals mammals Molossidae Mormopterus sp. 4 animals mammals Molossidae Mormopterus ridei eastern free-tailed bat C 2 animals mammals Molossidae Tadarida australis white-striped freetail bat C 4 animals mammals Molossidae Mormopterus petersi inland free-tailed bat C 3 animals mammals Molossidae Mormopterus lumsdenae northern free-tailed bat C 3 animals mammals Muridae Mus musculus house mouse Y 11 animals mammals Petauridae Petaurus norfolcensis squirrel glider C 2 animals mammals Phalangeridae Trichosurus vulpecula common brushtail possum C 6 animals mammals Phascolarctidae Phascolarctos cinereus koala V V 2 animals mammals Potoroidae Aepyprymnus rufescens rufous bettong C 1 animals mammals Pteropodidae Pteropus scapulatus little red flying-fox C 1 animals mammals Suidae Sus scrofa pig Y 2 animals mammals Tachyglossidae Tachyglossus aculeatus short-beaked echidna SL 3 animals mammals Vespertilionidae Scotorepens greyii little broad-nosed bat C 2 animals mammals Vespertilionidae Nyctophilus sp. 3 animals mammals Vespertilionidae Chalinolobus gouldii Gould's wattled bat C 4 animals mammals Vespertilionidae Vespadelus baverstocki inland forest bat C 1 animals mammals Vespertilionidae Vespadelus vulturnus little forest bat C 2 animals mammals Vespertilionidae Chalinolobus picatus little pied bat C 4 animals reptiles Agamidae Pogona barbata bearded dragon C 4 animals reptiles Agamidae Amphibolurus muricatus jacky lizard C 2
Page 4 of 9 Queensland Government Wildlife Online - Extract Date 07/06/2018 at 14:20:08 Kingdom Class Family Scientific Name Common Name I Q A Records animals reptiles Boidae Antaresia maculosa spotted python C 3 animals reptiles Boidae Morelia spilota carpet python C 1 animals reptiles Carphodactylidae Underwoodisaurus milii thick-tailed gecko C 1 animals reptiles Colubridae Boiga irregularis brown tree snake C 1 animals reptiles Colubridae Tropidonophis mairii freshwater snake C 1 animals reptiles Diplodactylidae Lucasium steindachneri Steindachner's gecko C 1 animals reptiles Diplodactylidae Strophurus taenicauda golden-tailed gecko NT 11 animals reptiles Diplodactylidae Nebulifera robusta robust velvet gecko C 2 animals reptiles Elapidae Cryptophis boschmai Carpentaria whip snake C 3 animals reptiles Elapidae Demansia psammophis yellow-faced whipsnake C 5 animals reptiles Elapidae Brachyurophis australis coral snake C 1 animals reptiles Elapidae Suta suta myall snake C 1 animals reptiles Elapidae Pseudonaja textilis eastern brown snake C 1 animals reptiles Elapidae Vermicella annulata bandy-bandy C 1 animals reptiles Gekkonidae Heteronotia binoei Bynoe's gecko C 17 animals reptiles Gekkonidae Gehyra versicolor C 10 animals reptiles Gekkonidae Gehyra dubia dubious dtella C 70 animals reptiles Gekkonidae Gehyra sp. 1 animals reptiles Pygopodidae Paradelma orientalis brigalow scaly-foot C 6 animals reptiles Pygopodidae Lialis burtonis Burton's legless lizard C 1 animals reptiles Scincidae Cryptoblepharus plagiocephalus sensu lato C 4 animals reptiles Scincidae Cryptoblepharus pulcher pulcher elegant snake-eyed skink C 24 animals reptiles Scincidae Cryptoblepharus australis inland snake-eyed skink C 2 animals reptiles Scincidae Lerista punctatovittata eastern robust slider C 3 animals reptiles Scincidae Pygmaeascincus timlowi dwarf litter-skink C 1 animals reptiles Scincidae Morethia boulengeri south-eastern morethia skink C 1 animals reptiles Scincidae Lygisaurus foliorum tree-base litter-skink C 6 animals reptiles Scincidae Ctenotus spaldingi straight-browed ctenotus C 5 animals reptiles Scincidae Carlia pectoralis open-litter rainbow skink C 2 animals reptiles Scincidae Lerista fragilis eastern mulch slider C 5 animals reptiles Scincidae Lerista timida timid slider C 1 animals reptiles Scincidae Carlia vivax tussock rainbow-skink C 2 animals reptiles Scincidae Carlia munda shaded-litter rainbow-skink C 2 animals reptiles Scincidae Carlia sp. 2 animals reptiles Scincidae Carlia pectoralis sensu lato C 3 animals reptiles Varanidae Varanus gouldii sand monitor C 2 animals reptiles Varanidae Varanus varius lace monitor C 4 animals reptiles Varanidae Varanus tristis black-tailed monitor C 7 animals uncertain Indeterminate Indeterminate Unknown or Code Pending C 4 plants conifers Cupressaceae Callitris glaucophylla white cypress pine C 1 plants ferns Marsileaceae Marsilea C 1 plants higher dicots Amaranthaceae Ptilotus nobilis subsp. semilanatus C 1 plants higher dicots Amaranthaceae Gomphrena celosioides gomphrena weed Y 1 plants higher dicots Amaranthaceae Alternanthera pungens khaki weed Y 1 plants higher dicots Amaranthaceae Achyranthes aspera C 1/1 plants higher dicots Amaranthaceae Nyssanthes erecta C 1/1
Page 5 of 9 Queensland Government Wildlife Online - Extract Date 07/06/2018 at 14:20:08 Kingdom Class Family Scientific Name Common Name I Q A Records plants higher dicots Asteraceae Olearia C 1 plants higher dicots Asteraceae Cassinia laevis C 1 plants higher dicots Asteraceae Cirsium vulgare spear thistle Y 2 plants higher dicots Asteraceae Sonchus oleraceus common sowthistle Y 1 plants higher dicots Asteraceae Xanthium spinosum Bathurst burr Y 1 plants higher dicots Asteraceae Pycnosorus globosus C 1 plants higher dicots Asteraceae Xanthium occidentale Y 1 plants higher dicots Asteraceae Cyanthillium cinereum C 1/1 plants higher dicots Asteraceae Senecio brigalowensis C 2/2 plants higher dicots Asteraceae Senecio madagascariensis fireweed Y 1 plants higher dicots Asteraceae Chrysocephalum apiculatum yellow buttons C 1 plants higher dicots Asteraceae Olearia canescens subsp. discolor C 1/1 plants higher dicots Basellaceae Anredera cordifolia Madeira vine Y 1 plants higher dicots Bignoniaceae Pandorea pandorana wonga vine C 1 plants higher dicots Brassicaceae Lepidium bonariense Argentine peppercress Y 1 plants higher dicots Brassicaceae Sisymbrium C 1 plants higher dicots Brassicaceae Rorippa laciniata C 1/1 plants higher dicots Cactaceae Opuntia tomentosa velvety tree pear Y 7 plants higher dicots Caesalpiniaceae Senna barclayana C 1 plants higher dicots Caesalpiniaceae Senna artemisioides C 1 plants higher dicots Caesalpiniaceae Senna artemisioides subsp. coriacea C 1 plants higher dicots Campanulaceae Wahlenbergia gracilis sprawling bluebell C 1 plants higher dicots Capparaceae Capparis lasiantha nipan C 2 plants higher dicots Capparaceae Apophyllum anomalum broom bush C 1 plants higher dicots Capparaceae Capparis canescens C 1 plants higher dicots Casuarinaceae Allocasuarina luehmannii bull oak C 1 plants higher dicots Casuarinaceae Casuarina cunninghamiana subsp. cunninghamiana C 1 plants higher dicots Casuarinaceae Casuarina cristata belah C 2 plants higher dicots Celastraceae Denhamia cunninghamii C 2/1 plants higher dicots Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena bicornis var. horrida C 1 plants higher dicots Chenopodiaceae Salsola australis C 2 plants higher dicots Chenopodiaceae Atriplex muelleri lagoon saltbush C 1 plants higher dicots Chenopodiaceae Sclerolaena birchii galvanised burr C 2 plants higher dicots Chenopodiaceae Enchylaena tomentosa C 2 plants higher dicots Chenopodiaceae Maireana microphylla C 1 plants higher dicots Euphorbiaceae Croton phebalioides narrow-leaved croton C 1 plants higher dicots Fabaceae Lotus australis Australian trefoil C 1 plants higher dicots Fabaceae Indigofera brevidens C 1/1 plants higher dicots Fabaceae Swainsona galegifolia smooth Darling pea C 1 plants higher dicots Fabaceae Macroptilium C 1 plants higher dicots Goodeniaceae Scaevola spinescens prickly fan flower C 1/1 plants higher dicots Haloragaceae Myriophyllum verrucosum water milfoil C 1/1 plants higher dicots Loranthaceae Amyema C 1 plants higher dicots Loranthaceae Lysiana subfalcata C 1/1 plants higher dicots Lythraceae Ammannia multiflora jerry-jerry C 1/1 plants higher dicots Malvaceae Abutilon oxycarpum var. incanum C 1/1
Page 6 of 9 Queensland Government Wildlife Online - Extract Date 07/06/2018 at 14:20:08 Kingdom Class Family Scientific Name Common Name I Q A Records plants higher dicots Malvaceae Hibiscus brachysiphonius C 1 plants higher dicots Malvaceae Abutilon leucopetalum C 1/1 plants higher dicots Malvaceae Abutilon oxycarpum C 2 plants higher dicots Malvaceae Sida hackettiana C 1 plants higher dicots Malvaceae Sida cordifolia Y 1 plants higher dicots Meliaceae Owenia acidula emu apple C 2 plants higher dicots Mimosaceae Acacia decora pretty wattle C 2 plants higher dicots Mimosaceae Acacia excelsa C 1 plants higher dicots Mimosaceae Acacia oswaldii miljee C 1 plants higher dicots Mimosaceae Acacia salicina doolan C 2 plants higher dicots Mimosaceae Acacia harpophylla brigalow C 2 plants higher dicots Mimosaceae Acacia longispicata C 2/1 plants higher dicots Mimosaceae Vachellia farnesiana Y 9 plants higher dicots Mimosaceae Neptunia gracilis forma gracilis C 2/1 plants higher dicots Myrtaceae Corymbia trachyphloia subsp. trachyphloia C 1 plants higher dicots Myrtaceae Eucalyptus populnea poplar box C 3/1 plants higher dicots Myrtaceae Angophora floribunda rough-barked apple C 2 plants higher dicots Myrtaceae Corymbia tessellaris Moreton Bay ash C 1 plants higher dicots Myrtaceae Eucalyptus chloroclada Baradine red gum C 1 plants higher dicots Myrtaceae Eucalyptus orgadophila mountain coolibah C 3/2 plants higher dicots Myrtaceae Eucalyptus crebra narrow-leaved red ironbark C 1 plants higher dicots Myrtaceae Eucalyptus camaldulensis subsp. acuta C 1 plants higher dicots Myrtaceae Eucalyptus tereticornis C 1 plants higher dicots Myrtaceae Eucalyptus melanophloia C 2 plants higher dicots Oleaceae Jasminum didymum C 1 plants higher dicots Pentapetaceae Melhania oblongifolia C 1 plants higher dicots Phyllanthaceae Breynia oblongifolia C 1 plants higher dicots Picrodendraceae Petalostigma pubescens quinine tree C 1 plants higher dicots Pittosporaceae Pittosporum angustifolium C 2/1 plants higher dicots Pittosporaceae Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa C 1 plants higher dicots Portulacaceae Portulaca oleracea pigweed Y 2 plants higher dicots Proteaceae Hakea lorea subsp. lorea C 1 plants higher dicots Proteaceae Grevillea striata beefwood C 1 plants higher dicots Rhamnaceae Alphitonia excelsa soap tree C 1 plants higher dicots Rubiaceae Psydrax oleifolia C 2 plants higher dicots Rutaceae Citrus glauca C 2 plants higher dicots Rutaceae Geijera parviflora wilga C 2 plants higher dicots Santalaceae Anthobolus leptomerioides C 2/2 plants higher dicots Santalaceae Santalum lanceolatum C 2 plants higher dicots Sapindaceae Dodonaea viscosa subsp. spatulata C 1/1 plants higher dicots Sapindaceae Alectryon diversifolius scrub boonaree C 3/1 plants higher dicots Sapindaceae Atalaya hemiglauca C 2 plants higher dicots Sapindaceae Dodonaea viscosa C 2 plants higher dicots Scrophulariaceae Eremophila debilis winter apple C 1 plants higher dicots Scrophulariaceae Eremophila deserti C 1/1 plants higher dicots Scrophulariaceae Eremophila longifolia berrigan C 1
Page 7 of 9 Queensland Government Wildlife Online - Extract Date 07/06/2018 at 14:20:08 Kingdom Class Family Scientific Name Common Name I Q A Records plants higher dicots Scrophulariaceae Eremophila mitchellii C 2 plants higher dicots Sparrmanniaceae Grewia latifolia dysentery plant C 1 plants higher dicots Sterculiaceae Brachychiton rupestris C 2 plants higher dicots Sterculiaceae Brachychiton populneus C 1 plants higher dicots Surianaceae Cadellia pentastylis ooline V V 6/6 plants lower dicots Apocynaceae Marsdenia viridiflora subsp. viridiflora C 1 plants lower dicots Apocynaceae Gomphocarpus physocarpus balloon cottonbush Y 1 plants lower dicots Apocynaceae Carissa ovata currantbush C 2 plants lower dicots Apocynaceae Alstonia constricta bitterbark C 1 plants lower dicots Asclepiadaceae Gomphocarpus C 1 plants lower dicots Boraginaceae Ehretia membranifolia weeping koda C 1 plants lower dicots Convolvulaceae Convolvulus arvensis Y 2/1 plants lower dicots Convolvulaceae Evolvulus alsinoides var. decumbens C 1 plants lower dicots Lamiaceae Teucrium junceum C 1/1 plants lower dicots Papaveraceae Argemone mexicana prickly poppy Y 1 plants lower dicots Solanaceae Solanum C 2 plants lower dicots Solanaceae Solanum ellipticum potato bush C 2/1 plants lower dicots Solanaceae Solanum mitchellianum C 1 plants lower dicots Verbenaceae Phyla nodiflora carpetweed C 1 plants lower dicots Verbenaceae Glandularia aristigera Y 2 plants monocots Commelinaceae Commelina diffusa wandering jew C 1 plants monocots Cyperaceae Cyperus C 1 plants monocots Cyperaceae Carex inversa knob sedge C 1/1 plants monocots Cyperaceae Cyperus squarrosus bearded flatsedge C 1/1 plants monocots Cyperaceae Eleocharis pallens pale spikerush C 1 plants monocots Hemerocallidaceae Dianella caerulea C 1/1 plants monocots Hemerocallidaceae Dianella rara C 1/1 plants monocots Hemerocallidaceae Dianella longifolia C 3/1 plants monocots Juncaceae Juncus sp. (Nindigully R.Roe AQ139509) C 1 plants monocots Laxmanniaceae Eustrephus latifolius wombat berry C 1 plants monocots Laxmanniaceae Lomandra confertifolia subsp. pallida C 1/1 plants monocots Laxmanniaceae Lomandra filiformis subsp. filiformis C 2 plants monocots Laxmanniaceae Lomandra longifolia C 1 plants monocots Orchidaceae Cymbidium canaliculatum C 1 plants monocots Poaceae Leptochloa digitata C 1 plants monocots Poaceae Bothriochloa pertusa Y 1 plants monocots Poaceae Panicum decompositum C 1 plants monocots Poaceae Sorghum arundinaceum Rhodesian Sudan grass Y 1 plants monocots Poaceae Themeda quadrivalvis grader grass Y 1 plants monocots Poaceae Heteropogon contortus black speargrass C 2 plants monocots Poaceae Aristida caput-medusae C 2 plants monocots Poaceae Enneapogon lindleyanus C 1/1 plants monocots Poaceae Enteropogon acicularis curly windmill grass C 1 plants monocots Poaceae Enteropogon unispiceus C 1/1 plants monocots Poaceae Urochloa mosambicensis sabi grass Y 1 plants monocots Poaceae Ancistrachne uncinulata hooky grass C 1/1
Page 8 of 9 Queensland Government Wildlife Online - Extract Date 07/06/2018 at 14:20:08 Kingdom Class Family Scientific Name Common Name I Q A Records plants monocots Poaceae Austrostipa ramosissima bamboo grass C 1/1 plants monocots Poaceae Dactyloctenium radulans button grass C 1 plants monocots Poaceae Eragrostis megalosperma C 1/1 plants monocots Poaceae Megathyrsus maximus var. pubiglumis Y 1 plants monocots Poaceae Dichanthium sericeum subsp. sericeum C 1 plants monocots Poaceae Imperata cylindrica blady grass C 1 plants monocots Poaceae Homopholis belsonii E V 1/1 plants monocots Poaceae Eragrostis curvula Y 1 plants monocots Poaceae Chloris divaricata C 1 plants monocots Poaceae Sporobolus caroli fairy grass C 3/1 plants monocots Poaceae Entolasia stricta wiry panic C 1 plants monocots Poaceae Cenchrus ciliaris Y 2 plants monocots Poaceae Aristida calycina C 1 plants monocots Poaceae Themeda triandra kangaroo grass C 2 plants monocots Poaceae Cynodon dactylon Y 1 plants monocots Poaceae Melinis repens red natal grass Y 2 plants monocots Poaceae Chloris gayana rhodes grass Y 1 plants monocots Poaceae Eulalia aurea silky browntop C 1/1 plants monocots Poaceae Eragrostis C 2 plants monocots Poaceae Enneapogon C 1 plants mosses Meteoriaceae Papillaria crocea C 1/1
CODES I - Y indicates that the taxon is introduced to Queensland and has naturalised. Q - Indicates the Queensland conservation status of each taxon under the Nature Conservation Act 1992. The codes are Extinct in the Wild (PE), Endangered (E), Vulnerable (V), Near Threatened (NT), Least Concern (C) or Not Protected ( ). A - Indicates the Australian conservation status of each taxon under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. The values of EPBC are Conservation Dependent (CD), Critically Endangered (CE), Endangered (E), Extinct (EX), Extinct in the Wild (XW) and Vulnerable (V). Records – The first number indicates the total number of records of the taxon for the record option selected (i.e. All, Confirmed or Specimens). This number is output as 99999 if it equals or exceeds this value. The second number located after the / indicates the number of specimen records for the taxon. This number is output as 999 if it equals or exceeds this value.
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Annex B
Species and Communities Assessed for Likelihood of Occurrence
Each species is categorised as having either ‘low, ‘medium’ or ‘high’ likelihood of occurrence in accordance with the likelihood of occurrence assessment criteria.
Scientific Name Common EPBC Act NC Act Habitat Preference and Distribution Likelihood of Occurrence Name Status Status FLORA Acacia curranii Curly-bark V V Curly-bark wattle most often occurs on the rocky outcrops of isolated Low Wattle hills and ranges. In Queensland, the plant occurs in patches in very There are no records in the locality, the species-rich heathy scrub. nearest record being 20 km to the south of the The species has a disjunct distribution in south-eastern Queensland, project area in Gurulmundi State Forest, The occurring in three areas each separated by several hundred kilometres. Gas Compression Facility is not within the In the nearby Gurulmundi area plants occur in widely scattered thickets mapped distribution for the species. No of about ten plants over an area of less than 20 km across. suitable habitat is present within the Gas Compression Facility. Cadellia ooline V V Ooline grows in semi-evergreen vine thickets and sclerophyll vegetation Low pentastylis on undulating terrain of varying geology, including sandstone, There are records of the species in the locality, conglomerate and claystone. Soils generally have low to medium with the closest approximately 10 km from nutrient content and are normally associated with upper and mid-slopes the project area. No records exist for the Gas in the landscape. The altitude is generally 300-460 m above sea level, with Compression Facility Area and no suitable some stands known to occur at 600 m above sea level. This species may habitat was either predicted or found to be be associated with remnant and regrowth RE types: 11.9.4, 11.9.5, 11.9.5a, present. This conspicuous and readily 11.9.10 within the broader project area. identified species is considered unlikely to be In Queensland, ooline occurs from Balcomba (west of Rockhampton) present. south to the New South Wales border and west to near Blackall. Dichanthium A bluegrass V LC Dichanthium setosum is primarily heavy basaltic black soils and red- Low setosum brown loams with clay subsoil. Dichanthium setosum is often found in There are no records of the species in the moderately disturbed areas such as cleared woodland, grassy roadside locality, the closest record being 195 km from remnants and highly disturbed pasture. It is often collected from the project area. The species has a patchy
disturbed open grassy woodlands on the northern tablelands, where the distribution and suitable habitat is unlikely habitat has been variously grazed, nutrient-enriched and water- to be present within the Gas Compression enriched. Facility. In Queensland the species has been reported from the Leichhardt, Morton, North Kennedy and Port Curtis regions. This species occurs in the Mistake Range, in Main Range National Park, and possibly on Glen Rock Regional Park, adjacent to the national park.
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Scientific Name Common EPBC Act NC Act Habitat Preference and Distribution Likelihood of Occurrence Name Status Status Homopholis Belson's panic V E Belson’s panic is generally supported by three types of habitat (DoEE Medium belsonii 2008): There are records of the species in the locality, Rocky, basaltic hills supporting Eucalyptus albens/Geijera parviflora the closest record being 6.5 km from the (Wilga) woodland broader project area. Suitable habitat occurs Flat to gently undulating alluvial areas supporting Casuarina cristata within remnant RE 11.3.2 and regrowth RE forest and sometimes Brigalow or Wilga 11.9.5 in the buffer area, however field surveys did not locate the species. Drainage lines supporting C. cristata and sandy country dominated by cypress pine-bloodwood-ironbark-she-oak forest In Queensland the species has also been recorded in Poplar Box Eucalyptus populnea, Mountain Coolibah E. orgadophila, Yarran Acacia melvillei and Myall A. pendula communities. This species may be associated with remnant and regrowth RE types: 11.3.2, 11.9.5, 11.9.5a, 11.9.10 within the broader project area. The distribution of Belson's Panic lies within the southern Brigalow Belt Queensland, namely the Darling Downs area west of Toowoomba, near Oakey, Jondaryan, Bowenville, Dalby, Acland, Sabine, Quinalow, Goombungee, Gurulmundi and Millmerran, and further west between Miles and Roma (DoEE 2008). Tylophora - E E Tylophora linearis has rarely been collected and is known from eight Low linearis localities in the Dubbo area and Mt Crow near Barraba in NSW, and There are no records of the species in the “Myall Park” near Glenmorgan in Queensland. Tylophora linearis grows project locality, the closest record being in dry scrub, open forest and woodlands associated with Melaleuca 167 km from the project area. The Gas uncinata, Eucalyptus fibrosa, E. sideroxylon, E. albens, Callitris endlicheri, C. Compression Facility is within the DoE glaucophylla, Allocasuarina luehmannii, Acacia hakeoides, A. lineata, ‘species or species habitat may occur’ mapped Myoporum spp., and Casuarina spp. area. The species has been collected only once The distribution of this species overlaps with the following EPBC Act- in Queensland and it is considered unlikely to listed threatened ecological community brigalow (Acacia harpophylla be present within the project area. dominant and co-dominant) and white box-yellow box-Blakely’s red gum grassy woodland and derived native grassland (TSSC 2008a).
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Scientific Name Common EPBC Act NC Act Habitat Preference and Distribution Likelihood of Occurrence Name Status Status BIRDS Calidris ferruginea curlew CE, M E The curlew sandpiper is a wading bird that is typically associated with Low sandpiper intertidal mudflats in coastal areas (DoE 2015a). Additionally, this There are no records of the species in the species utilises coastal swamps, lakes and lagoons, as well as ponds at project locality, the closest record being saltworks and sewage farms (DoE 2015a). The curlew sandpiper is less 177 km from the project area. The species’ frequently recorded inland where exposed mud or sand abuts ephemeral distribution is very broad and dams and other and permanent water bodies such as lakes, dams and waterholes (DoE waterbodies may provide suitable habitat. 2015a). The species is a non-breeding migrant in Australia. Mapping does not indicate suitable habitat is The curlew sandpiper is widely distributed around the coast of present within the Gas Compression Facility. Australia, and while records occur across a broad extent of inland Australia, this species’ occurrence away from the coast tends to be erratic (DoE 2015a). A number of sites of international importance have been identified for this species, of which 22 are located in Australia (DoE 2015a). Calyptorhynchus glossy black- - V This species prefers woodland areas dominated by she-oak Allocasuarina, High lathami lathami cockatoo or open sclerophyll forests and woodlands with a stratum of There are records of the species in the locality, (eastern) Allocasuarina beneath Eucalyptus, Corymbia or Angophora. Glossy black- the closest record being less than 10 km from cockatoos have also been observed in mixed Allocasuarina, Casuarina, the project area. Suitable habitat occurs to the cypress Callitris and brigalow Acacia harpophylla woodland assemblages. east of the Gas Compression Facility Area in Glossy black-cockatoos feed almost exclusively on the seeds of nine regrowth RE 11.9.5. species of Allocasuarina and Casuarina species throughout their range, yet within an area feeding is often restricted to one or two species. An
obligate hollow nester, glossy black-cockatoos require large old trees
(living or dead), usually eucalypts, for breeding (Hourigan 2012). The species may be associated with remnant and regrowth RE types: 11.9.5, 11.9.5a, 11.9.10 and 11.5.1 within the broader project area. Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami has a widespread distribution, ranging from Gympie to the south-east Queensland (SEQ) border, inland to Augathella and Tambo (Hourigan 2012). Erythrotriorchis red goshawk V E This species prefers forest and woodland with a mosaic of vegetation Low radiatus types, large prey populations (birds), and permanent water. The There are no records of the species in the vegetation types include eucalypt woodland, open forest, tall open locality, the closest record being 97 km from forest, gallery rainforest, swamp sclerophyll forest, and rainforest the broader project area, which is within the margins. Nests are in tall trees within 1 km of and often beside, mapped distribution of the species. Suitable
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Scientific Name Common EPBC Act NC Act Habitat Preference and Distribution Likelihood of Occurrence Name Status Status permanent water (river, swamp, pool), usually in fairly open, habitat in the form of eucalypt woodlands is biologically rich forest or woodland. patchy within the project area and no The species is thought to consist of two subpopulations, one on the Tiwi potentially suitable habitat is present within Islands and a mainland population. However, a lack of sightings in NSW the Gas Compression Facility Area. and south-east Queensland in recent years suggests that the mainland population may now be smaller than previously estimated and that the species range may have contracted to the north (TSSC 2015b). Geophaps scripta squatter V V The species’ habitat is generally defined as open-forests to sparse, open Medium scripta pigeon woodlands and scrub that are mostly dominated in overstorey by There are no records of the species in the Eucalyptus, Corymbia, Acacia or Callitris species; remnant, regrowth or locality, the closest record being 12 km from partly modified vegetation communities; and within 3 km of the project area. The Gas Compression waterbodies or courses. The species is known to access suitable Facility Area is within the known distribution waterbodies to drink on a daily basis. Suitable waterbodies include with suitable habitat present in remnant RE permanent or seasonal rivers, creeks, lakes, ponds, waterholes and dams. 11.3.2 and regrowth RE 11.9.5 in the buffer This species may be associated with remnant and regrowth RE types: area. 11.3.2, 11.3.25, 11.9.5, 11.9.5a, 11.9.10, 11.3.19, 11.5.1 within the broader project area. The known distribution of the Squatter Pigeon (southern) extends south from the Burdekin-Lynd divide in the southern region of Cape York Peninsula to the Border Rivers region of northern NSW, and from the east coast to Hughenden, Longreach and Charleville, Queensland. Grantiella picta painted V V The painted honeyeater is the most specialised of Australia’s Low honeyeater honeyeaters. The species forages on mistletoes in eucalypt There are no records of the species in the forests/woodlands, riparian woodlands of black box and river red gum, locality, the closest record being 23 km from box-ironbark-yellow gum woodlands, Acacia-dominated woodlands, the project area. The project area is not within paperbarks, Casuarinas, Callitris, and trees on farmland or gardens. The the DoE mapped core distribution. No species prefers woodlands which contain a higher number of mature suitable habitat occurs within the project area. trees, as these host more mistletoes (DoE 2015b). The species is sparsely distributed from south-eastern Australia to north- western Queensland and eastern Northern Territory. The greatest concentrations and almost all records of breeding come from south of 26ºS, on inland slopes of the Great Dividing Range between the Grampians, Victoria and Roma, Queensland (DoE 2015b).
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Scientific Name Common EPBC Act NC Act Habitat Preference and Distribution Likelihood of Occurrence Name Status Status Rostratula Australian E V The Australian painted snipe generally inhabits shallow terrestrial Low australis painted snipe freshwater (occasionally brackish) wetlands, including temporary and There are no records of the species in the permanent lakes, swamps and claypans. They also use inundated or locality, the closest record being 177 km from waterlogged grassland or saltmarsh, dams, rice crops, sewage farms and the project area. The species’ distribution is bore drains. very broad and dams, ephemeral swamps The Australian painted snipe has been recorded at wetlands in all states and other waterbodies may provide suitable of Australia. It is most common in eastern Australia, where it has been habitat. Mapping does not indicate the recorded at scattered locations throughout much of Queensland, NSW, presence of these habitat types within the Gas Victoria and south-eastern South Australia. Compression Facility. FISH Maccullochella Murray cod V - The Murray cod utilises a diverse range of habitats from clear rocky Low peelii streams, to slow-flowing, turbid lowland rivers and billabongs. Murray There are no records of the species in the cod are frequently found in the main channels of rivers and larger locality, the closest record being 70 km from tributaries. The species is, therefore, considered a main-channel the project area. The Gas Compression specialist. Murray cod tend to occur in floodplain channels and Facility is not within the Murray Darling anabranches when they are inundated, but the species' use of these Basin species distribution and does not floodplain habitats appears limited. contain aquatic habitat. The species still occurs in most parts of its natural distribution throughout the Murray-Darling Basin, part of which extends into southern Queensland. MAMMALS Chalinolobus large-eared V V Large-eared pied bat habitat is known to be associated with sandstone Low dwyeri pied bat cliffs and fertile woodland valley habitat within close proximity of each There are no records of the species in the other. Records from south-east Queensland suggest that rainforest and locality, the closest record being 100 km from moist eucalypt forest habitats on other geological substrates (rhyolite, the project area. No suitable roost habitat is trachyte and basalt) at high elevation are of similar importance to the present within either the Gas Compression species. The majority of records are from canopied habitat, suggesting Facility or broader project area. sensitivity to clearing, although narrow connecting riparian strips in otherwise cleared habitat are sometimes quite heavily used. The species' current distribution is also poorly known. Records exist from Shoalwater Bay, north of Rockhampton, Queensland, through to the vicinity of Ulladulla, NSW in the south. In Queensland, further records are known from sandstone escarpments in the Carnarvon and Expedition Ranges and Blackdown Tablelands
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Scientific Name Common EPBC Act NC Act Habitat Preference and Distribution Likelihood of Occurrence Name Status Status Dasyurus northern E LC The northern quoll occupies a diversity of habitats across its range which Low hallucatus quoll includes rocky areas, eucalypt forest and woodlands, rainforests, sandy There are no records of the species in the lowlands and beaches, shrubland, grasslands and desert (TSSC 2005). locality. The project area is within the DoEE Northern quoll are also known to occupy non rocky lowland habitats ‘species or species habitat may occur’ mapped such as beach scrub communities in central Queensland. Northern quoll area. No suitable rocky or other denning habitat generally encompasses some form of rocky area for denning habitat is present within the Gas purposes with surrounding vegetated habitats used for foraging and Compression Facility Area and buffer area. dispersal. Eucalypt forest or woodland habitats usually have a high structural diversity containing large diameter trees, termite mounds or hollow logs for denning purposes. Dens are made in rock crevices, tree holes or occasionally termite mounds. The Northern Quoll is known to occur as far south as Gracemere and Mt Morgan, south of Rockhampton, as far north as Weipa in Queensland and extends as far west into central Queensland to the vicinity of Carnarvon National Park. Nyctophilus south-eastern V V The species occurs in a range of inland woodland vegetation types, Low corbeni (South- long-eared including box, ironbark and cypress pine woodlands. Throughout inland There are no records of the species in the eastern form) bat Queensland, the species habitat is dominated by various eucalypt and locality. The project area is within the DoE bloodwood species, and various types of tree mallee with it being most ‘species or species habitat likely to occur’ abundant in vegetation with a distinct canopy and a dense cluttered mapped area and there is no potentially shrub layer. The structure of primary nursery roosts appears to be very suitable habitat present in the Gas specific, i.e. arch caves with dome roofs. This species may occur in Compression Facility Area and buffer area. association with remnant and regrowth RE types: 11.9.10, 11.3.2, 11.3.25, 11.3.19, 11.5.1 within the broader project area. The south-eastern long-eared bat has a limited distribution that is restricted around the Murray-Darling Basin in south-eastern Australia. In Queensland, the south-eastern long-eared bat is mainly recorded in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion, extending eastwards to the Bunya Mountains National Park. Petauroides volans greater glider V V The greater glider is an arboreal nocturnal marsupial, largely restricted Low to eucalypt forests and woodlands. It is typically found in highest There are no records of the species in the abundance in taller, montane, moist eucalypt forests with relatively old locality. The project area is within the species’ trees and abundant hollows, being more abundant in large tracts of mapped distribution and may offer suitable habitat. During the day it shelters in tree hollows, with a particular to potentially suitable habitat, particularly selection for large hollows in large, old trees (TSCC 2016a). The species where there are large tree hollows and large
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Scientific Name Common EPBC Act NC Act Habitat Preference and Distribution Likelihood of Occurrence Name Status Status may occur in association with remnant and regrowth RE types: 11.3.2, tracts of suitable habitat. No suitable habitat 11.3.25, 11.9.10, 11.3.19, 11.5.1 within the broader project area. is present within the Gas Compression The greater glider is restricted to eastern Australia, occurring from the Facility Area or buffer area. Windsor Tableland in north Queensland through to central Victoria (Wombat State Forest), with an elevational range from sea level to 1200 m above sea level (TSSC 2016a). Phascolarctos koala V V Koalas naturally inhabit a range of temperate, sub-tropical and tropical High cinereus (combined forest, woodland and semi-arid communities dominated by food trees, There are records of the species in the locality, populations i.e. Eucalyptus species. The distribution of this habitat is largely the closest record being 9 km from the project of Qld, NSW influenced by land elevation, annual temperature and rainfall patterns, area. The Gas Compression Facility Area is and the ACT) soil types and the resultant soil moisture availability and fertility. within the known distribution with suitable Preferred food and shelter trees are naturally abundant on fertile clay habitat present in remnant RE 11.3.2 in the soils. The species may occur in association with remnant and regrowth buffer area.. RE types 11.3.2, 11.3.25, 11.9.10, 11.3.19, 11.6.1 within the broader project area. The koala’s range extends from north-eastern Queensland to the south- east corner of South Australia. Tachyglossus short-beaked - SL Tachyglossus aculeatus is found in various open woodland types, Medium aculeatus echidna savannah and semi-arid and arid areas, and rainforest (e.g., Queensland There are records of the species in the locality, Wet Tropics) relating to all remnant and regrowth vegetation in the the closest record being 12 km from the project area. This species is widespread in Australia, including Tasmania project area. Given the broad range of habitat and a number of offshore islands (Aplin et al., 2016). types utilised, foraging habitat may occur within the Gas Compression Facility Area and buffer area. REPTILES Acanthophis Common - V The species is widespread in southern and eastern Australia. In Low antarcticus death adder Queensland it is known to have dramatically declined in abundance. An The Gas Compression Facility is within the ambush predator of small vertebrates, it prefers sites with abundant leaf mapped distribution of the species but there litter and shrub cover. are no records for this or the broader project area (ALA 2018). Mapping indicates an absence of potentially suitable habitat within the Gas Compression Facility.
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Scientific Name Common EPBC Act NC Act Habitat Preference and Distribution Likelihood of Occurrence Name Status Status Delma torquata collared V V The collared delma normally inhabits eucalypt-dominated woodlands Low delma and open-forests in Regional Ecosystem (RE) Land Zones: 3 (Alluvium); There are no records within the locality, but 9 (undulating country on fine-grained sedimentary rocks) and 10 the project area is within the species’ mapped (Sandstone ranges). distribution. Areas of land zone 9 are present The species tends to be found on ridge tops and slopes of a westerly within the Gas Compression Facility but aspect with relatively undisturbed vegetation and rocky outcrops or essential microhabitat characteristics (e.g. weathered loose rocks on soil. The presence of rocks, logs, bark and other small loose rocks, logs/bark and other coarse woody debris, and mats of leaf litter (typically 30–100 mm thick) ground debris, dense leaflitter) are absent. appears to be an essential characteristic of the collared delma microhabitat. The species may occur in association with remnant and regrowth 11.3.2, 11.3.25, 11.3.19, 11.9.10 within the broader project area. The species has been recorded in central and south east Queensland. Denisonia ornamental V V The ornamental snake's preferred habitat is within, or close to, habitat Low maculata snake favoured by its prey, frogs. The ornamental snake prefers woodlands There are no records within the project and open forests associated with moist areas, particularly gilgai (melon- locality, and the Gas Compression Facility hole) mounds and depressions in Regional Ecosystem (RE) land zone 4, Area is outside the species’ mapped likely but also lake margins and wetlands. Gilgai formations are found where distribution. deep-cracking alluvial soils with high clay contents occur. The species is known only from the Brigalow Belt North and parts of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregions. The core of the species' distribution occurs within the drainage system of the Fitzroy and Dawson Rivers. Egernia rugosa yakka skink V V The core habitat of this species is within the Mulga Lands and Brigalow Medium Belt South Bioregions. The yakka skink is commonly found in cavities There are no records within the locality, but under and between partly buried rocks, logs or tree stumps, root cavities the project area is within the species’ mapped and abandoned animal burrows. The species often takes refuge in large distribution. Mapping indicates no hollow logs. The yakka skink is known to occur in the EPBC Act listed potentially suitable habitat is present within Brigalow (Acacia harpophylla dominant and co-dominant) ecological the Gas Compression Facility Area, but community. This species may occur in association with remnant and suitable habitat occurs within remnant RE regrowth RE types 11.3.2, 11.3.25, 11.9.4a, 11.9.5, 11.9.5a, 11.9.10, 11.3.19, 11.3.2 and regrowth RE 11.9.5 in the buffer 11.5.1 within the broader project area. area. Field assessments showed a lack of The known distribution of the yakka skink extends from the coast to the suitable microhabitat features that would hinterland of sub-humid to semi-arid eastern Queensland. This vast area potentially support this species. covers portions of the Brigalow Belt (North and South), Mulga Lands,
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Scientific Name Common EPBC Act NC Act Habitat Preference and Distribution Likelihood of Occurrence Name Status Status South-east Queensland, Einasleigh Uplands, Wet Tropics and Cape York Peninsula Biogeographical Regions. Elseya albagula southern CE E The southern snapping turtle is recognised as a habitat specialist. Within Low snapping the river system the species prefers clear, flowing, well-oxygenated There are no records within the locality, but turtle waters. The species does occur in non-flowing waters, but typically at the project area is within the species’ mapped much reduced densities. distribution. Suitable habitat may occur Found only in Queensland in the Fitzroy, Dawson, Mary and Burnett within the broader project area in association Rivers and associated smaller drainages in south eastern Queensland. with mapped major watercourses. Aquatic habitat is lacking within the Gas Compression Facility. Furina dunmalli Dunmall's V V Little is known about the ecological requirements of Dunmall's snake, Low snake however, the species has been found sheltering under fallen timber and There are no records within the locality, but ground litter and may use cracks in alluvial clay soils. The species has the project area is within the DoE ‘species or been found in a broad range of habitats, including: species habitat may occur’ mapped area. Forests and woodlands on black alluvial cracking clay and clay Suitable microhabitat features do not occur in loams dominated by Brigalow (Acacia harpophylla); and the Gas Compression Facility. various spotted gum (Corymbia citriodora), ironbark (Eucalyptus crebra and E. melanophloia), white cypress pine (Callitris glaucophylla) and bulloak open forest and woodland associations on sandstone derived soils (DoE 2016). This species may occur in association with remnant and regrowth RE types 11.3.2, 11.3.25, 11.9.4a, 11.9.5, 11.9.5a, 11.9.10, 11.3.19, 11.5.1 within the broader project area. Dunmall's snake occurs primarily in the Brigalow Belt region in the south-eastern interior of Queensland. Records indicate sites at elevations between 200–500 m above sea level. The snake is very rare or secretive with limited records existing. Rheodytes leukops Fitzroy River V V The Fitzroy River turtle is found in rivers with large deep pools with Low turtle rocky, gravelly or sandy substrates, connected by shallow riffles. There are no records within the locality, but Preferred areas have high water clarity, and are often associated with the project area is within the species’ mapped ribbonweed (Vallisneria sp.) beds. Common riparian vegetation distribution. Suitable habitat may occur associated with the Fitzroy River turtle includes blue gums (Eucalyptus within the broader project area in association tereticornis), river oaks (Casuarina cunninghamiana), weeping with mapped major watercourses. These are lacking within the Gas Compression Facility
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Scientific Name Common EPBC Act NC Act Habitat Preference and Distribution Likelihood of Occurrence Name Status Status bottlebrushes (Callistemon viminalis) and paperbarks (Melaleuca linariifolia). The Fitzroy River turtle is only found in the drainage system of the Fitzroy River, Queensland. Strophurus golden-tailed - NT The golden-tailed gecko lives in open woodland and open forest where High taenicauda gecko it shelters under loose bark and in hollow limbs. The species may occur There are records within the locality and the in association with remnant and regrowth RE types 11.3.2, 11.3.25, 11.9.5, project area is within the species’ mapped 11.9.5a, 11.9.10, 11.3.19, 11.5.1 within the broader project area. distribution. Suitable habitat occurs within Almost all known records of this species have occurred within the remnant RE 11.3.2 and regrowth RE 11.9.5 in Brigalow Belt Bioregion. Strophurus taenicauda is distributed in the south- the buffer area. eastern part of the Queensland Brigalow Belt Bioregion (DES 2017). OTHER Adclarkia dulacca Dulacca E E The species inhabits a variety of remnant and scattered habitats, such as Medium woodland vine thicket and Acacia harpophylla (brigalow) woodland patches on A record occurs 15km to the southeast of the snail rocky outcrops with clay to loam soils, as well as Eucalyptus (ironbark) broader project area, which lies to the north of species and Acacia shirleyi (lancewood) woodlands on ridges (with and the species’ mapped distribution. Suitable without rock), and Eucalyptus woollsiana (gum-topped box) woodland. habitat occurs within remnant RE 11.3.2 and The Dulacca woodland snail is also able to exist in areas of brigalow regrowth RE 11.9.5 in the buffer area. regrowth and even in cleared paddocks but only where logs, woody debris or other suitable microhabitat sites remain (TSSC 2016b).The species may occur in association with remnant and regrowth RE types 11.3.2, 11.3.25, 11.9.4 11.9.5, 11.9.5a, 11.9.10, 11.3.19, 11.5.1 within the project area. The Dulacca woodland snail is endemic to south-east Queensland, where it occurs as a small number of isolated and fragmented populations in the area between Miles and Dulacca, south to Meandarra and north to Woleebee (TSSC 2016b, ALA 2018). Jalmenus eubulus Pale imperial - V This butterfly is found in the Brigalow Belt of NSW and Qld where it Low hairstreak occurs in open forest or woodland dominated by Brigalow (Acacia The Gas Compression Facility is within the butterfly harpophylla). Breeding is confined to old-growth communities. The mapped distribution of the species but there species is threatened by extensive historical clearing of Brigalow are no records for this or the broader project communities across its range. area (ALA 2018). Suitable breeding and foraging habitat within the Gas Compression Facility is absent.
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Scientific Name Common EPBC Act NC Act Habitat Preference and Distribution Likelihood of Occurrence Name Status Status MIGRATORY MARINE BIRDS Apus pacificus fork-tailed M SL The fork-tailed swift is almost exclusively aerial. In Australia, they and High swift are found over a wide range of habitats, mostly over inland plains but There are records within the locality, the sometimes above foothills or in coastal areas. project area is within the DoE ‘species or There are scattered records of the Fork-tailed Swift in the Gulf Country, species habitat likely to occur’ mapped area. and a few records on Cape York Peninsula. In the north-east region there As an aerial species, suitable habitat occurs. are many records east of the Great Divide from near Cooktown and south to Townsville. They are also widespread but scattered in coastal areas from 20° S, south to Brisbane and in much of the south south-eastern region. They are more widespread west of the Great Divide, and are commonly found west of the line joining Chinchilla and Hughenden. They are found to the west between Richmond and Winton, Longreach, Gowan Range, Mariala National Park and Dirranbandi. They are rarely found further west to Windorah and Thargomindah. MIGRATORY TERRESTRIAL SPECIES Cuculus optatus oriental M - The species winters in many different countries, including the coastal Low cuckoo parts of northern and eastern Australia where it is found in woodlands There are no records within the locality but and open forests. The species may occur in association with remnant and the broader project area is within the DoE regrowth RE types 11.3.2, 11.3.25, 11.9.4 11.9.5, 11.9.5a, 11.9.10, 11.3.19, ‘species or species habitat may occur’ mapped 11.5.1 within the broader project area. area. Suitable woodland and open forest habitat does not occur within the Gas Compression Facility. Hirundapus white- M - In Australia, the white-throated needletail is almost exclusively aerial, High caudacutus throated from heights of less than 1 m up to more than 1000 m above the ground. There are records within the locality, the needletail Because they are aerial, it has been stated that conventional habitat project area is within the DoE ‘species or descriptions are inapplicable, but there are, nevertheless, certain species habitat may occur’ mapped area. As preferences exhibited by the species. Although they occur over most an aerial species, suitable habitat occurs. types of habitat, they are probably recorded most often above wooded areas, including open forest and rainforest, and may also fly between trees or in clearings, below the canopy, but they are less commonly recorded flying above woodland. The white-throated needletail is widespread in eastern and south-eastern Australia. In eastern Australia, it is recorded in all coastal regions of
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Scientific Name Common EPBC Act NC Act Habitat Preference and Distribution Likelihood of Occurrence Name Status Status Queensland and NSW, extending inland to the western slopes of the Great Divide and occasionally onto the adjacent inland plains. Myiagra satin M - Satin flycatchers inhabit heavily vegetated gullies in eucalypt-dominated Low cyanoleuca flycatcher forests and taller woodlands, and on migration, occur in coastal forests, There are no records within the project area, woodlands, mangroves and drier woodlands and open forests. This which is within the DoE ‘species or species species may occur in association with remnant and regrowth RE types habitat may occur’ mapped area. Suitable 11.3.2, 11.3.25, 11.9.4, 11.3.19 within the broader project area. woodland or open forest habitat does not Satin flycatchers are widespread in south-eastern Queensland, in the occur within the Gas Compression Facility. area from Fraser Island, west to Goombi and south to the NSW border. Rhipidura rufous fantail M In east and south-east Australia, the rufous fantail mainly inhabits wet Low rufifrons sclerophyll forests, often in gullies dominated by eucalypts such as There are no records within the project area, tallow-wood (Eucalyptus microcorys), mountain grey gum (E. which is within the DoE ‘species or species cypellocarpa), narrow-leaved peppermint (E. radiata), mountain ash (E. habitat may occur’ mapped area. Suitable regnans), alpine ash (E. delegatensis), blackbutt (E. pilularis) or red woodland or open forest habitat does not mahogany (E. resinifera); usually with a dense shrubby understorey often occur within the Gas Compression Facility. including ferns. The rufous fantail occurs in coastal and near coastal districts of northern and eastern Australia. The species has breeding populations occurring on and east of the Great Divide, from about the NSW-Queensland border, north to the Cairns-Atherton region, Queensland.
MIGRATORY WETLAND SPECIES Actitis hypoleucos common M The species utilises a wide range of coastal wetlands and some inland Low sandpiper wetlands, with varying levels of salinity, and is mostly found around There are no records within the project area, muddy margins or rocky shores and rarely on mudflats. The Common which is within the DoE ‘species or species Sandpiper has been recorded in estuaries and deltas of streams, as well habitat may occur’ mapped area. Suitable as on banks farther upstream; around lakes, pools, billabongs, reservoirs, habitat in relation to waterbodies does not dams and claypans, and occasionally piers and jetties. The muddy occur within the Gas Compression Facility. margins utilised by the species are often narrow, and may be steep. The species is often associated with mangroves, and sometimes found in areas of mud littered with rocks or snags. Found along all coastlines of Australia and in many areas inland, the Common Sandpiper is widespread in small numbers. The population when in Australia is concentrated in northern and western Australia.
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Scientific Name Common EPBC Act NC Act Habitat Preference and Distribution Likelihood of Occurrence Name Status Status Areas of national importance and maximum counts in QLD include: South-eastern Gulf of Carpentaria and the Cairns foreshore. Calidris acuminata sharp-tailed M In Australasia, the sharp-tailed sandpiper prefers muddy edges of Low sandpiper shallow fresh or brackish wetlands, with inundated or emergent sedges, There are no records within the project area, grass, saltmarsh or other low vegetation. This includes lagoons, swamps, which is within the DoE ‘species or species lakes and pools near the coast, and dams, waterholes, soaks, bore drains habitat may occur’ mapped area. Suitable and bore swamps, saltpans and hypersaline salt lakes inland. habitat in relation to waterbodies does not In Queensland, the species is recorded in most regions, being widespread occur within the Gas Compression Facility. along much of the coast and are very sparsely scattered inland, particularly in central and south-western regions. Calidris melanotos pectoral M In Australasia, the pectoral sandpiper prefers shallow fresh to saline Low sandpiper wetlands. The species is found at coastal lagoons, estuaries, bays, There are no records within the project area, swamps, lakes, inundated grasslands, saltmarshes, river pools, creeks, which is within the DoE ‘species or species floodplains and artificial wetlands. habitat may occur’ mapped area. Suitable In Queensland, most records for the Pectoral Sandpiper occur around habitat in relation to waterbodies does not Cairns. There are scattered records elsewhere, mainly from east of the occur within the Gas Compression Facility. Great Divide between Townsville and Yeppoon. Records also exist in the south-east of the state as well as a few inland records at Roma, Mount Isa, Longreach and Oakey. Gallinago Latham's M In Australia, Latham's snipe occurs in permanent and ephemeral Low hardwickii snipe, wetlands up to 2000 m above sea-level. They usually inhabit open, There are no records within the project area, Japanese freshwater wetlands with low, dense vegetation, however, they can also which is within the DoE ‘species or species snipe occur in habitats with saline or brackish water, in modified or artificial habitat may occur’ mapped area. Suitable habitats, and in habitats located close to humans or human activity. habitat in relation to waterbodies does not Latham's Snipe is a non-breeding visitor to south-eastern Australia, and occur within the Gas Compression Facility. is a passage migrant through northern Australia. The range extends inland over the eastern tablelands in south-eastern Queensland (and occasionally from Rockhampton in the north), and to west of the Great Dividing Range in New South Wales.
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THREATENED ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES Community Description and distribution Likelihood of Occurrence Brigalow (Acacia harpophylla dominant Characterised by the presence of Brigalow (A. harpophylla) as one of the three Low and co-dominant) most abundant tree species. Forms woodlands to open forests on fine- The Gas Compression Facility is within the DoEE mapped textured soils formed from sedimentary rock, clay plains and alluvium. occurrence of the TEC and Brigalow-dominant RE 11.9.5 Formerly extensive on western slopes and plains of NSW and Qld from about was formerly extensive in the broader project area. Narrabri north to Charters Towers. In the broader project area Brigalow- However, desktop and field assessments confirm the dominant communities are mapped as RE 11.9.5 absence of any Brigalow-dominated communities on the site. Coolibah-Black Box Woodlands of the Semi-arid to humid subtropical grassy woodlands with a canopy dominated Low Darling Riverine Plains and Brigalow by Eucalyptus coolabah and/or Eucalyptus largiflorens. Associated with The broader project area is within the DoEE mapped Belt South Bioregions drainage areas and floodplains. In the Brigalow Belt of Queensland, this occurrence of the TEC and RE 11.3.28 is mapped as community is represented by RE 11.3.3, 11.3.15, 11.3.16, 11.3.28 and 11.3.37 present elsewhere in the Fitzroy River catchment. However, there are no potentially suitable habitat areas (i.e. watercourses) within the Gas Compression Facility Semi-evergreen vine thickets off the TEC comprises semi-evergreen vine thickets (SEVT) in eastern Queensland Low Brigalow Belt (North and South) and and northern New South Wales. SEVT is considered an extreme form of dry The broader project area is within the DoEE mapped Nandewar Bioregions seasonal subtropical rainforest occurring in areas with a subtropical, occurrence of the TEC and potentially suitable habitat seasonally dry climate on soils of high to medium fertility. In the broader areas exist. However, no likely habitat is present within project area SEVT is mapped as RE 11.9.4 the Gas Compression Facility. Weeping Myall Woodlands Woodlands to open woodlands dominated by Myall Acacia pendula, present Low on heavy clay or clay loam soils of drainage depressions on old floodplains. The broader project area is within the DoEE mapped In Queensland the TEC is associated with occurrence of the RE 11.3.2 and occurrence of the TEC. However, the site topography 11.3.28, in which it forms stands adjacent to or within Poplar Box or Coolibah excludes floodplain communities and desktop and field dominated woodland. assessments confirm the absence of any remnant or regrowth of RE 11.3.2, 11.3.28 dominated communities.
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