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Appendix P BWPS ecological survey report Googong Township water cycle project Environmental Assesment November 2010 BIOSIS Terrestrial Flora and Fauna Assessment: Bulk Water Pumping Station RESEARCH Terrestrial Flora and Fauna Assessment for Bulk Water Pumping Station July 2010 Natural & Cultural Heritage Consultants 18-20 Mandible St Alexandria NSW 2015 BIOSIS RESEARCH Report for Manidis Roberts July 2010 Terri English Jane Rodd Josephine Dessmann Ballarat: 449 Doveton Street North, Ballarat VIC 3354 Ph: (03) 5331 7000 Fax: (03) 5331 7033 email: [email protected] Project no: s5681 Melbourne: 38 Bertie Street, Port Melbourne VIC 3207 Ph: (03) 9646 9499 Fax: (03) 9646 9242 email: [email protected] Canberra: Unit 16, 2 Yallourn Street, Fyshwick Act 2609 Ph: (02) 6228 1599 Fax: (02) 6280 8752 email: [email protected] Sydney: 18-20 Mandible Street, Alexandria NSW 2015 Ph: (02) 9690 2777 Fax: (02) 9690 2577 email: [email protected] Wollongong: 8 Tate Street, Wollongong NSW 2500 Ph: (02) 4229 5222 Fax: (02) 4229 5500 email: [email protected] © Biosis Research Pty. Ltd. This document is and shall remain the property of Biosis Research Pty. Ltd. The document may only be BIOSIS RESEARCH Pty. Ltd. A.C.N. 006 075 197 used for the purposes for which it was commissioned and in accordance with the Terms of the Engagement Natural & Cultural Heritage Consultants for the commission. Unauthorised use of this document in any form whatsoever is prohibited. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Biosis Research acknowledges the contribution of the following people and organisations in preparing this report: Manidis Roberts • Paul Keighley Biosis Research Pty. Ltd. • Ashleigh Pritchard (GIS Operator) • Brendan Smith (Senior Botanist) ABBREVIATIONS DECCW NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water DEWHA Commonwealth Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts DoP NSW Department of Planning EIS Environmental Impact Statement EP&A Act NSW Environmental Planning and Protection Act 1979 EPBC Act Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 LGA Local Government Area MNES Matter of National Environmental Significance NPWS National Parks and Wildlife Service (now part of DECC) SIS Species Impact Statement TSC Act NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 sp. Species (singular) spp. Species (plural) subsp. Subspecies var. Variety BIOSIS RESEARCH Acknowledgements & Abbreviations iii CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS............................................................................................................ III ABBREVIATIONS ..................................................................................................................... III CONTENTS ...............................................................................................................................IV 1.0 SUMMARY................................................................................................................... 6 2.0 INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................... 2 2.1 Project Description .................................................................................................... 2 2.2 Aims ............................................................................................................................2 2.3 Study Area .................................................................................................................. 3 2.4 Legislative Context .................................................................................................... 3 2.4.1 Commonwealth ............................................................................................................ 3 2.4.2 State............................................................................................................................. 4 2.5 Definitions................................................................................................................... 5 3.0 METHODS ................................................................................................................... 6 3.1 Taxonomy ................................................................................................................... 6 3.2 Literature and Database Review............................................................................... 6 3.3 Flora Survey ............................................................................................................... 6 3.3.1 Flora Habitat Assessment............................................................................................ 6 3.3.2 Targeted Surveys......................................................................................................... 7 3.4 Fauna Survey.............................................................................................................. 7 3.4.1 Fauna Habitat Assessment.......................................................................................... 7 3.4.2 Targeted Surveys......................................................................................................... 8 3.5 Limitations.................................................................................................................. 8 4.0 RESULTS .................................................................................................................... 9 4.1 Literature Review ....................................................................................................... 9 4.1.1 Landform and Soil...................................................................................................... 10 4.2 Vegetation Communities......................................................................................... 10 4.2.1 Vegetation mapping ................................................................................................... 10 4.2.2 Current Survey........................................................................................................... 11 4.3 Flora .......................................................................................................................... 12 4.3.1 Significant Flora ......................................................................................................... 12 4.4 Fauna......................................................................................................................... 14 4.4.1 Fauna Habitats........................................................................................................... 14 4.4.2 Fauna......................................................................................................................... 15 4.4.3 Significant fauna ........................................................................................................ 15 5.0 IMPACT ASSESSMENT ........................................................................................... 22 5.1 Extent of Impacts ..................................................................................................... 22 5.1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................ 22 5.1.2 Key Threatening Processes....................................................................................... 22 5.2 Part 3A Assessment of Impacts ............................................................................. 24 5.2.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................ 24 5.2.2 Assessment of Key Thresholds ................................................................................. 24 5.2.3 Potential Impacts on Endangered Ecological Communities ...................................... 25 BIOSIS RESEARCH Contents iv 5.2.4 Potential Impacts on Threatened Plant Species........................................................ 25 5.2.5 Potential Impacts on Fauna Habitats......................................................................... 26 5.2.6 Potential Impacts on Threatened Fauna.................................................................... 26 5.3 EPBC Act Assessments of Significance ............................................................... 30 5.3.1 Endangered Ecological Communities........................................................................ 30 5.3.2 Threatened Flora Species.......................................................................................... 30 5.3.3 Threatened Fauna Species........................................................................................ 30 5.3.4 Migratory Species ...................................................................................................... 30 5.3.5 Commonwealth Land ................................................................................................. 31 6.0 RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................................. 32 7.0 CONCLUSION........................................................................................................... 34 APPENDIX 1............................................................................................................................. 46 Flora and Fauna Results ................................................................................................... 46 APPENDIX 2............................................................................................................................