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Traveston Crossing Dam Stage 1 Coordinator-General’s Evaluation Report Traveston Crossing Dam Stage 1 October 2009 Traveston Crossing Dam Stage 1 Contents Coordinator-General’s Evaluation Report: Synopsis ..............................................................................3 1. Introduction ..............................................................................................................................15 1.1. The proponent ..........................................................................................................15 1.2. Project description ....................................................................................................15 1.3. Rationale for the Project ...........................................................................................18 1.4. Alternatives ...............................................................................................................23 2. The impact assessment process............................................................................................39 2.1. Commonwealth impact assessment.........................................................................39 2.2. State impact assessment..........................................................................................39 2.3. Terms of reference for EIS .......................................................................................40 2.4. Public notification of the EIS.....................................................................................40 2.5. Submissions received...............................................................................................41 2.6. Review of the Supplementary Report to the EIS......................................................42 2.7. Information requests to the proponent......................................................................43 2.8. Commonwealth reviewer reports..............................................................................44 2.9. Documents considered in the evaluation..................................................................46 2.10. Approvals, permits and licences...............................................................................46 3. Evaluation of environmental impacts ....................................................................................48 3.1. Land..........................................................................................................................48 3.2. Water resources and water quality ...........................................................................67 3.3. Terrestrial environments...........................................................................................98 3.4. Aquatic environments .............................................................................................119 3.5. Air............................................................................................................................151 3.6. Noise and vibration.................................................................................................157 3.7. Waste management................................................................................................162 3.8. Transport and access arrangements......................................................................165 3.9. Cultural heritage .....................................................................................................171 3.10. Social ......................................................................................................................177 3.11. Economic ................................................................................................................186 3.12. Hazard and risk.......................................................................................................196 3.13. Cumulative impacts ................................................................................................198 4. Assessment of the relevant impacts of the Project on matters of national environmental significance...................................................................................................203 4.1. Introduction .............................................................................................................203 4.2. The Project .............................................................................................................203 4.3. Stage 2....................................................................................................................203 4.4. Controlling provisions for the Project......................................................................205 4.5. Commonwealth reviewer reports............................................................................206 4.6. Consideration of the precautionary principle ..........................................................207 4.7. Summary of relevant impacts and proposed mitigation measures ........................208 4.8. Project Alternatives.................................................................................................235 4.9. Social and economic considerations ......................................................................236 5. Conclusions & recommendations........................................................................................239 Appendix 1: Conditions that apply to the Project ................................................................................242 Coordinator-General's Evaluation Report Traveston Crossing Dam Stage 1 1 - Schedule A: Conditions under section 39 of the State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971.............................................................................................................................243 Schedule B: Conditions under section 52 State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971.............................................................................................................................293 Schedule C: Imposed Conditions under Part 4, Division 8 State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971.....................................................................................................296 Schedule D: Fishway Design Documentation ......................................................................................347 Schedule E: Priority research activities (Condition 11).......................................................................356 Schedule F: Habitat Areas ......................................................................................................................359 Schedule G: Grey headed flying fox colony .........................................................................................361 Schedule H: Definitions for Appendix 1................................................................................................363 Schedule I: Jurisdiction for conditions.................................................................................................365 Appendix 2: Project location and Project Area ....................................................................................369 Appendix 3: Correspondence from 3D Environmental........................................................................372 Appendix 4: Acronyms ...........................................................................................................................377 Coordinator-General's Evaluation Report Traveston Crossing Dam Stage 1 2 - Coordinator-General’s Evaluation Report: Synopsis Introduction In October 2006, in response to a submission from Queensland Water Infrastructure Pty Ltd (QWI), the Coordinator-General declared the Traveston Crossing Dam Stage 1 (the Project) to be a significant project for which an EIS is required under the State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971 (SDPWO Act). In November 2006, the then Commonwealth Minister for the Environment and Heritage determined that the Project was a “controlled action” requiring approval under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), with the controlling provisions being the world heritage values of Fraser Island, Ramsar wetlands, listed threatened species and communities and listed migratory species. Under the terms of the bilateral agreement between the Queensland Government and the Australian Government, the SDPWO Act EIS process is accredited for the EPBC Act, and accordingly my assessment has considered the relevant impacts of the Project on matters of national environmental significance under the EPBC Act in addition to State requirements. The Project is the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the Traveston Crossing Dam Stage 1 on the Mary River approximately 27 km upstream of Gympie. The Project includes access roads and the relocation of sections of existing roads and infrastructure. The Project would inundate approximately 36.5 km upstream along the Mary River from the embankment at 207.6 km AMTD. The dam would have a full supply level (FSL) of 71.0 m Australian Height Datum (AHD) and an inundation area of 3,039 ha, with a storage capacity of approximately 152,429 ML with a proposed yield of 70,000 ML/annum. The preliminary design consists of a Roller Compacted Concrete Dam (RCC dam) approximately 760 m wide and 52 m tall, with a gated spillway and includes fishway and passage for other aquatic fauna including turtles. Draft terms of reference for the EIS were issued for public comment from 9 December to 19 February
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