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Crossing Dam Environmental Impact Statement I Mplementation Framework TRAVESN TO CROSSING DAM Environmental Impact Statement I mplementation Framework S eptember 2009 FINAL Traveston Crossing Dam Implementation Framework Traveston Crossing Dam – Implementation Framework CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Background 1 1.2 Aim of Implementation Framework 3 1.3 Governance Model 4 2 KEY OUTCOME AREAS 5 2.1 Habitat rehabilitation and restoration 5 2.1.1 On-ground and in-stream works 6 2.1.2 Rationale for using local groups 7 2.1.3 Freshwater Species Conservation Centre 8 2.2 Species mitigation measures 9 2.3 Flow management 9 2.4 Carbon offsets 11 2.4.1 Programs 11 2.4.2 Carbon Offset Research 11 2.5 Vegetation offsets 11 2.6 Contaminated land 11 2.7 Managing activities on QWI land 12 2.8 Environmental management during construction 13 2.9 Operational issues 13 2.10 Support for local businesses 14 2.11 Facilitating long-term sustainable local enterprises 15 2.11.1 Programs 15 2.11.2 Research 15 2.12 Promoting the long-term sustainability of rural industries 15 2.13 Maximising tourism opportunities 16 2.14 Maintaining and enhancing community facilities in the Mary Valley 16 2.15 Cultural heritage 17 2.15.1 Indigenous cultural heritage 17 2.15.2 Non-indigenous cultural heritage 17 3 GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS 18 3.1 Implementation process 18 3.2 Interface Groups 18 3.3 Implementation phases 19 4 REFERENCES 21 APPENDIX A Summary of full implementation program A-1 APPENDIX B Letters of commitment – Greening Australia & QWaLC B-1 APPENDIX C Summary of construction EMP commitments C-1 APPENDIX D Habitat Restoration Plan D-1 Traveston Crossing Dam – Implementation Framework Page i APPENDIX E FSCC Overview E-1 APPENDIX F Letters of Endorsement F-1 APPENDIX G Curriculum Vitae G-1 Traveston Crossing Dam – Implementation Framework Page ii 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background The Traveston Crossing Dam Project (Project) is a critical component of the water strategy for South East Queensland (SEQ). The Project will provide sufficient reliable supply of water for 800,000 people per day. The Project involves the construction and operation of a new dam and associated infrastructure on the Mary River in SEQ, delivering an additional 70,000 ML/a of high priority water to SEQ. Queensland Water Infrastructure Pty Ltd (QWI) was appointed by the Queensland Government in 2006 to design, construct and gain all necessary approvals for the Project. This task was further mandated through the Water Amendment Regulation (No. 6) 2006 under the Water Act 2000. The Project has been declared a significant project by the Queensland Coordinator-General (CG) and requires environmental assessment under the State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971 (Qld) (SDPWO Act), and assessment and approval under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) (EPBC Act). QWI has progressed the Project through a rigorous State and Federal Government environmental assessment process. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) (SKM, 2007) was prepared1 and subsequently released for public notification from 18 October 2007 to 14 January 2008. Submissions in response to the EIS were received by the CG from local councils, State and Federal Government agencies, and the community. Subsequently, a Supplementary Report (SKM, 2008) was prepared to provide clarification of specific issues raised in submissions and recommendations to the CG. Since the lodgement of the Supplementary Report with the CG in August 2008, further information requests have been received from referral agencies, including State Government agencies and the Commonwealth Government Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA). The CG has requested the identification of specific areas that present opportunities for protection and recovery of native species given existing threatening processes within the highly-disturbed catchment and the additional potential impacts associated with the Project. The specific information requested by the CG includes: • Performance criteria options; • Stream and adjacent riparian habitat locations to be rehabilitated and protected; • Quantified land area and locations to be incorporated in new refuge reserves; • Management measures to be applied to the relevant land and watercourses; • Timeframes for development of habitat; • Likely impact of rehabilitation and offset measures proposed including on matters of National Environmental Significance; and • Proposed land use controls. The DEWHA also commissioned a review of the EIS in relation to the hydrological modelling methods and approach, and reviews of both the EIS and Supplementary Report in relation to 1 In accordance with the Final Terms of Reference (TOR) issued by the Queensland Coordinator-General under the SDPWO Act and the EPBC Act. Traveston Crossing Dam – Implementation Framework Page 1 'matters of National Environmental Significance' (NES) with a particular focus on four species, namely: • Mary River Turtle (Elusor macrurus); • Mary River Cod (Maccullochella peelii mariensis); • Queensland Lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri); and • Giant Barred Frog (Mixophyes iteratus). The review comprised four reports (Reviewer Reports) which were publicly released by DEWHA on 25 November 2008, and are included in the appendices section of the Response to Reviewer Reports. This document, a Habitat Restoration Plan, the Response to Reviewer Reports and associated appendices have been prepared by QWI in response to the CG’s request for further information and the four Reviewer Reports. To achieve a higher level of review in preparing the Response to Reviewer Reports and provide a clearer and more succinct approach to the presentation of key information related to the Project, QWI sought the assistance of three leading scientists (the Scientific Advisers) with extensive knowledge of the four species of NES, listed below. Personnel University / Association Expertise Emeritus Professor University of Queensland Queensland Lungfish, Mary River Cod Gordon Grigg Professor Craig Franklin University of Queensland Mary River Turtle Associate Professor Griffith University Giant Barred Frog Jean-Marc Hero In addition to the Scientific Advisers listed above, Dr. Peter Jackson undertook a detailed review of the Mary River Cod Research and Recovery Plan (Environment Australia, 2000) of which he was a co-author. Dr Jackson has over 35 years of experience as a fish ecologist and is the chairman of the Mary River Cod Recovery Team. Dr. Jackson’s review significantly informed the development of the Proponent’s mitigation measures and addressed other key issues such as research requirements, relating to the Mary River Cod. The aim of their scientific advice has been to achieve a thorough and informed review and evaluation of the comprehensive set of proposed mitigation measures to ensure the long term viability of each of the four NES species of particular interest. To lend further weight to the level of scientific review, QWI asked the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) to conduct an independent, expert peer review of the Response to Reviewer Reports. The Expert Peer Review Panel (see membership below) focused on the approach taken to the proposed mitigation measures, in particular the role and functioning of the Freshwater Species Conservation Centre and Habitat Restoration Plan (see Section 2.1 of this Implementation Framework for further explanation in this latter regard). Letters of endorsement for the scientific advisers and the CSIRO have been provided in Appendix F of this Implementation Framework. Traveston Crossing Dam – Implementation Framework Page 2 Personnel Affiliations Title Dr Tom Hatton CSIRO Director, Water for a Healthy Country Flagship Scott Keyworth CSIRO Project Director David Ellis CSIRO Business Manager for CSIRO Land and Water Professor Arthur Georges CSIRO – University of Canberra Professor in Applied Ecology Dr Craig Miller CSIRO Senior Research Scientist - CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems Dr Fredrieke Kroon CSIRO Senior Research Scientist - CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems Frank Lemckert CSIRO – NSW DPI Senior Research Scientist 1.2 Aim of Implementation Framework QWI has adopted a holistic approach to mitigating and managing potential impacts, as well as leveraging environmental improvement opportunities of the Project. The approach aligns with sustainability principles developed by CSIRO specifically for the Project. A significant number of commitments have been made (refer to Table 30-5 of the Supplementary Report, 2008) that cover direct impacts of construction and operation of the Project as well as broader environmental, social, cultural and economic impacts to the Mary Valley and its community. QWI recognises that further clarity is required regarding these commitments, in particular how they will actually be honoured, by whom and when. This Implementation Framework has therefore been prepared to demonstrate QWI’s program for meeting its environmental, cultural and socio-economic commitments. This Framework also provides overarching context for the implementation programs proposed by QWI in response to the CG’s request for further information and the DEWHA Reviewer Reports. This Implementation Framework presents: • An overview of “key outcome areas” which have been developed via grouping of individual commitments into logical themes; • An outline of the programs planned or already in place to achieve specific outcomes; • The rationale for the chosen implementation mechanisms; • Proposed governance arrangements including
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