Appendix O: Infrastructure Corridor Ecological Assessment
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Central Eyre Iron Project Environmental Impact Statement APPENDIX O INFRASTRUCTURE CORRIDOR ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT COPYRIGHT Copyright © Iron Road Limited, 2015 All rights reserved This document and any related documentation is protected by copyright owned by Iron Road Limited. The content of this document and any related documentation may only be copied and distributed for the purposes of section 46B of the Development Act, 1993 (SA) and otherwise with the prior written consent of Iron Road Limited. DISCLAIMER Iron Road Limited has taken all reasonable steps to review the information contained in this document and to ensure its accuracy as at the date of submission. Note that: (a) in writing this document, Iron Road Limited has relied on information provided by specialist consultants, government agencies, and other third parties. 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ABN: 51 128 698 108 REPORT Central Eyre Iron Project: Infrastructure Corridor Ecological Assessment E-F-34-RPT-0018 Revision Issue Date Revision Description Document Author Checked By Approved By A 23/06/2014 Draft for Client Comment K Fels / Z Bull N Bull 0 23/06/2014 Final Approved Z Bull N Bull ABN: 51 128 698 108 Contents List of Figures .................................................................................................................................................... iv List of Tables ...................................................................................................................................................... iv List of Plates ....................................................................................................................................................... v Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................................... vi 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Iron Road Limited and EL4849 ............................................................................................................ 1 1.2 CEIP infrastructure requirements ....................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Infrastructure corridor inception and development ............................................................................ 2 1.4 Infrastructure Corridor options studies ............................................................................................... 3 1.5 Study Objectives ................................................................................................................................. 6 2 Legislation.................................................................................................................................................. 7 2.1 Commonwealth legislation ................................................................................................................. 7 2.2 Commonwealth policy ........................................................................................................................ 8 2.3 South Australian legislation ................................................................................................................ 8 2.4 State policy......................................................................................................................................... 9 3 Methodology ............................................................................................................................................10 3.1 Study area .........................................................................................................................................10 3.2 Ecological desktop review..................................................................................................................10 3.2.1 Evaluation of conservation significance ......................................................................................12 3.3 Field survey .......................................................................................................................................12 3.3.1 Flora characterisation and condition assessment .......................................................................12 3.3.2 Opportunistic observations and habitat potential ......................................................................14 3.3.3 Condition assessment ................................................................................................................14 4 Results of desktop flora and fauna ............................................................................................................15 4.1 Climate ..............................................................................................................................................15 4.2 Bioregion...........................................................................................................................................16 E-F-34-RPT-0018_0 (Infrastructure Corridor Ecology Assessment) 18/06/2015 i ABN: 51 128 698 108 4.2.1 Eyre Mallee (EYB5) sub-region ...................................................................................................17 4.2.2 Eyre Hills (EYB3) sub-region .......................................................................................................17 4.3 Regional native vegetation associations (IBRA) ..................................................................................18 4.4 Regional vegetation community types ...............................................................................................22 4.5 Nearby conservation areas ................................................................................................................23 4.6 Threatened Fauna .............................................................................................................................24 4.7 Threatened Flora ...............................................................................................................................30 4.8 Introduced fauna ...............................................................................................................................33 4.9 Weeds ...............................................................................................................................................34 5 Results of rapid vegetation assessment .....................................................................................................38 5.1 Native flora .......................................................................................................................................38 5.2 Incidental native fauna ......................................................................................................................39 5.3 Exotic Species ....................................................................................................................................40 5.4 Vegetation communities and types ...................................................................................................40 5.5 Vegetation condition assessment ......................................................................................................46 5.6 Vegetation clearance and regional context ........................................................................................49 5.6.1 Matters of national environmental significance .........................................................................53 5.6.2 Matters of state significance ......................................................................................................54 6 Matters of Conservation Significance ........................................................................................................56 6.1 EPBC listed species ............................................................................................................................56 6.1.1 Species with low likelihood of occurrence ..................................................................................56 6.1.2 Species possibly present ............................................................................................................63 6.2 NPW Act species likelihood of occurrence and potential impact ........................................................72 6.2.1 NPW fauna ................................................................................................................................72 6.2.2 NPW flora ..................................................................................................................................75 7 Summary and Conclusion ..........................................................................................................................79 8 References ................................................................................................................................................82