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Bowen Solar Farm Ecological Assessment FINAL REPORT Bowen Solar Farm Ecological Assessment Bruce Highway, Bowen Part of Lot 800 on SP201454 February 2018 Reference: 0387962_03 Environmental Resources Management Australia Level 4, 201 Leichhardt Street Spring Hill, QLD 4000 Telephone +61 7 3839 8393 Facsimile +61 7 3839 8381 www.erm.com Approved by: Michael Rookwood Bowen Solar Farm Position: Project Manager Ecological Assessment (Final) Signed: Bowen Solar Farm Pty Limited Date: 9 February, 2018 Approved by: David Dique February 2018 Position: Partner Signed: 0387962_03 Date: 9 February, 2018 www.erm.com Environmental Resources Management Australia Pty Ltd Quality System This disclaimer, together with any limitations specified in the report, apply to use of this report. This report was prepared in accordance with the contracted scope of services for the specific purpose stated and subject to the applicable cost, time and other constraints. In preparing this report, ERM relied on: (a) client/third party information which was not verified by ERM except to the extent required by the scope of services, and ERM does not accept responsibility for omissions or inaccuracies in the client/third party information; and (b) information taken at or under the particular times and conditions specified, and ERM does not accept responsibility for any subsequent changes. This report has been prepared solely for use by, and is confidential to, the client and ERM accepts no responsibility for its use by other persons. This report is subject to copyright protection and the copyright owner reserves its rights. This report does not constitute legal advice. CONTENTS ACRONYMS, ABBREVIATIONS AND KEY TERMS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT 1 1.2 STUDY AREA DESCRIPTION 2 1.3 LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK 2 2 METHODOLOGY 2.1 DESKTOP ASSESSMENT 5 2.2 FIELD SURVEY 6 2.3 LIKELIHOOD OF OCCURRENCE ASSESSMENT 7 2.4 LIMITATIONS 8 3 DESCRIPTION OF ECOLOGICAL VALUES AT THE STUDY AREA 3.1 GENERAL STUDY AREA CHARACTERISTICS 9 3.1.1 VEGETATION COMMUNITIES 9 3.1.2 WATERBODIES 10 3.1.3 FAUNA HABITAT 10 3.2 STATUTORY ASPECTS 12 3.2.1 COMMONWEALTH LISTED THREATENED ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES 12 3.2.2 STATE LISTED REGIONAL ECOSYSTEMS 12 3.2.3 ESSENTIAL HABITAT 12 3.2.4 PROTECTED PLANTS FLORA SURVEY TRIGGER 12 3.2.5 BOWEN SHIRE PLANNING SCHEME 12 3.2.6 THREATENED SPECIES 13 3.2.7 MIGRATORY SPECIES 17 4 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 5 REFERENCES LIST OF TABLES TABLE 1.1 OVERVIEW OF KEY LEGISLATION AND POLICIES GOVERNING BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN THE WHITSUNDAYS AREA 3 TABLE 2.1 SPECIES DATABASES QUERIED IN DESKTOP ASSESSMENT 6 TABLE 2.2 LIKELIHOOD OF OCCURRENCE CRITERIA 7 TABLE 3.1 SUMMARY OF LIKELIHOOD OF OCCURRENCE FINDINGS 15 TABLE 3.2 MIGRATORY SPECIES IDENTIFIED IN THE PSMT 16 ANNEXURES ANNEX A FIGURES ANNEX B LIKELIHOOD OF OCCURRENCE ASSESSMENT ANNEX C ASSESSMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE ANNEX D PMST SEARCH RESULTS ANNEX E WILDLIFE ONLINE DATABASE EXTRACT REPORT ACRONYMS, ABBREVIATIONS AND KEY TERMS BPA Biodiversity Planning Assessments DA Development Application DEHP Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (Queensland) DNRM Department of Natural Resources and Mines (Queensland) DoE Department of the Environment (Commonwealth) DoEE Department of the Environment and Energy (Commonwealth) DSEWPAC Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (Commonwealth) DSITI Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation (Queensland) EPBC Act Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 ERM Environmental Resources Management Australia Pty Ltd EVNT Endangered, Vulnerable, Near Threatened (Queensland) ha hectares HVR High Value Regrowth LGA Local Government Area MCU Material Change of Use MNES Matters of National Environmental Significance MSES Matters of State Environmental Significance NC Act Nature Conservation Act 1992 PMST Protected Matters Search Tool ROL Reconfiguring a Lot SIG 1.1 Significant Impact Guidelines 1.1 SMP Species Management Program SPRAT Species Profile and Threats Database TECs Threatened Ecological Communities VM Act Vegetation Management Act 1999 ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AUSTRALIA 0387539/ FINAL/9 FEBRUARY 2018 i EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Bowen Solar Farm Pty Limited, is seeking approval for a Material Change of Use – Renewable Energy Facility and a Reconfiguring a Lot (Subdivision by Lease Agreement) to facilitate the development of the Bowen Solar Farm (the Project). This report has been prepared as supporting information for the Development Application. The Study Area is within the Queensland Brigalow Belt bioregion and comprises cleared land and heavily disturbed regrowth and heavily disturbed remnant woodland. It is utilised for grazing cattle. Remnant vegetation at the Study Area is characterised by woodlands including mixed Eucalyptus woodland, ironbark woodland and a small pocket of Eucalyptus woodland transitioning to vine thicket on a hill at the southern boundary of the Study Area. These woodlands exhibit signs of degradation, including recent clearing, the occurrence of weeds and introduced plants in the ground layer, and damage from feral pigs (Sus scrofa) and presence of cane toads (Rhinella marina). The Proposed Development Area comprises cleared land, and heavily disturbed regrowth and heavily disturbed remnant open woodland. No threatened flora species protected under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) or the Queensland Nature Conservation Act 1992 were recorded or are consider likely to occur at the Study Area. No threated ecological communities (TECs) protected under the EPBC Act occur at the Study Area. One threatened fauna species—the squatter pigeon (southern) (Geophaps scripta scripta) (‘vulnerable’ under the EPBC Act and NC Act—was observed within the Proposed Development Area. Two threatened mammals—the northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus) (‘endangered’ EPBC Act) and the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) (‘vulnerable’ EPBC Act and NC Act) are considered likely to occur at the Study Area, although regrowth and remnant woodland in the Proposed Development Area is degraded and does not represent optimal habitat for either species. Assessment against the Department of the Environment (DoE) Significant Impact Guidelines 1.1 (2013) (SIG 1.1) for these three threatened fauna species was undertaken and concluded that the development is unlikely to realise a significant impact on these species. Several migratory bird species protected under the EPBC Act have the potential to occur at the Study Area. Development of the Project within the Proposed Development Area is unlikely to affect these species. ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AUSTRALIA 0387539/ FINAL/9 FEBRUARY 2018 ii 1 INTRODUCTION Bowen Solar Farm Pty Limited is seeking approval for the construction and operation of the Bowen Solar Farm (the Project) on land within Lot 800 on SP201454. The Project requires a Development Application (DA) including Reconfiguring a Lot (ROL) and Material Change of Use (MCU) to be supported by an ecology assessment. This ecological assessment report meets this requirement. For the purposes of this report, the ‘Study Area’ is defined as the approximately 538 ha area aligning within Lot 800, as highlighted on Figure A1. Indicatively, the construction of the solar facility is proposed to occur within the ‘Proposed Development Area’ (noting that this indicative footprint includes an option for a widened and extended access road), which has an area of approximately 137.6 ha and includes allowance for Fire Breaks. The location of the Study Area and the Proposed Development Area are displayed in Figure A1. 1.1 PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT The purpose of this Ecological Assessment Report is to present a review of desktop ecological databases and mapping, and summarise observations from a two day site visit, in order to describe the existing ecological constraints and identify potential impacts associated with the proposed Project. This review will be utilised to: Identify ecological values mapped by Commonwealth and State government spatial data sets within the Study Area and local council planning scheme overlays and relevant codes; Determine the known or likely presence of Matters of National Environmental Significance (MNES) identified under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) including listed threatened species and ecological communities; Determine the known or likely presence of Matters of State Environmental Significance (MSES) identified under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NC Act) and Vegetation Management Act 1999 (VM Act) including listed flora and fauna species and vegetation communities; Identify potential impacts associated with the proposed Project based on an understanding of the ecological values of the Study Area. In the event MNES listed under the EPBC Act are identified as known or likely to occur, the relevant impact guidelines will be referred to and considered as part of the impact assessment; and ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AUSTRALIA 0387539/ FINAL/9 FEBRUARY 2018 1 Identify measures for management or mitigation of potential impacts to ecological values within the Study Area. 1.2 STUDY AREA DESCRIPTION The Project is located on freehold rural land along the Bruce Highway, approximately 6km south of the township of Bowen, within the Whitsunday Regional Council (‘Council’) LGA. The Study Area is within the Brigalow Belt bioregion and comprises a mix of cleared grazing land and
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