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Lot 3348 and 4120 Marbelup North Road, Marbelup WA 6330 Environmental Assessment Report and Operations Plan Bio Diverse Solutions Final v. 1 25/05/2020 MSC0282 25 May 2020 1 Environmental Assessment Report and Operations Plan Lot 3348 and 4120 Marbelup North Road DOCUMENT CONTROL TITLE Lot 3348 and 4120 Marbelup North Road, Marbelup Environmental Assessment Report and Operations Plan Author (s): Kathryn Kinnear and Bianca Theyer Reviewer (s): Kathryn Kinnear, Helen O’Neill Job No.: MSC0282 Client: A.D. Contractors Pty Ltd REVISION RECORD Revision Summary Prepared By Reviewed By Date Draft ID v 1 Internal QA review B. Theyer K. Kinnear 6/05/2020 Updates as per QA review. Submitted to Client and H. O’Neill Draft ID v.2 secondary internal QA review B. Theyer R. Smith 6/05/2020 Updated as per internal and Client review and Draft ID v 3 submitted to Client for finalisation B. Theyer C. van der Mescht 18/05/2020 Draft ID v 3 Submitted to CoA for review B. Theyer J. Anderson 21/05/2020 Final ID v 1 Submitted to client as final B. Theyer 25/05/2020 Bio Diverse Solutions 29 Hercules Crescent Albany WA 6330 08 9842 1575 www.biodiversesolutions.com.au ABN 48 138 824 272 (C) Copyright: This document has been prepared by Bio Diverse Solutions for use by the client only, in accordance with the terms of engagement, and only for the purpose for which it was prepared. MSC0282 25 May 2020 i Environmental Assessment Report and Operations Plan Lot 3348 and 4120 Marbelup North Road CONTENTS 1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1. Alignment to Legislation, Policy and Guidelines ............................................................................................................................................. 1 2. Background ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 2.1. Site Details ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 2.2. Existing Land Uses .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 2.3. Adjacent Land uses and Tenure ..................................................................................................................................................................... 2 3. Desktop Assessment ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 3.1. Climate ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 3 3.2. Topography ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 3.3. Geology and Soils ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 3.4. Water ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 3.5. Acid Sulfate Soils ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 3 3.6. Remnant Vegetation ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 3 3.7. Aboriginal Heritage .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 4. Site Assessment .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 5 4.1. Vegetation Types ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 5 5. Proposed Development ................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 5.1. Extraction process, staging and haulage routes ............................................................................................................................................. 9 5.2. Vegetation and Topsoil Removal .................................................................................................................................................................... 9 5.3. Operation Times .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 5.4. Vehicles and Machinery .................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 6. Environmental Considerations ...................................................................................................................................................................... 11 6.1. Noise ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 11 6.2. Dust and Erosion ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 6.3. Light ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 6.4. Discharges to land ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 6.5. Wetlands and Public Drinking Water Source Areas (PDWSA) ..................................................................................................................... 12 6.6. Discharges to water ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 6.7. Flora and Vegetation ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 6.8. Fauna ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 12 7. Management Plans ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 7.1. Dust management ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 7.2. Noise Management ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 7.3. Stormwater Management .............................................................................................................................................................................. 14 7.4. Weed Management ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 7.4.1. Aims of Weed Management Plan .................................................................................................................................................................. 14 7.4.2. Program for weed control .............................................................................................................................................................................. 15 7.5. Dieback and General Hygiene Management ................................................................................................................................................ 17 7.6. Bushfire Risks and Management .................................................................................................................................................................