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Pre-Clearance Survey Report Mainline (Mainline Valve 4 – LNG Plant Valve) Project Report Pre-Clearance Survey Report Mainline (Mainline Valve 4 – LNG Plant Valve) Project Report Release Notice This document is available through the Australia Pacific LNG Upstream Phase 1 Project controlled document system TeamBinder™. The responsibility for ensuring that printed copies remain valid rests with the user. Once printed, this is an uncontrolled document unless issued and stamped Controlled Copy. Third-party issue can be requested via the Australia Pacific LNG Upstream Phase 1 Project Document Control Group. Document Conventions The following terms in this document apply: • Will , shall or must indicate a mandatory course of action • Should indicates a recommended course of action • May or can indicate a possible course of action. Document Custodian The custodian of this document is the Australia Pacific LNG Upstream Phase 1 Project – Pipelines Environment Manager. 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Doc Ref: Q-1801-15-RP-0010 Revision: 0 Page 2 of 107 Pipelines, Australia Pacific LNG Upstream Phase 1 Uncontrolled when printed unless issued and stamped Controlled Copy. Pre-Clearance Survey Report Mainline (Mainline Valve 4 – LNG Plant Valve) Project Report Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary .................................................................... 6 1.1. Abbreviations ....................................................................... 8 1.2. Document References ............................................................. 9 2. Introduction ........................................................................... 11 2.1. Compliance Table ................................................................13 2.2. Approval Conditions and Legislative Framework .............................16 2.3. Scope and Purpose ...............................................................17 2.4. Approach to Address Approval Conditions ....................................17 2.4.1. Reporting ..................................................................................... 17 2.4.2. Route Refinement ........................................................................... 17 2.4.3. Surveys ........................................................................................ 18 2.5. Ecological Studies Undertaken to Date ........................................18 3. Detailed Fieldwork Methodology ................................................... 20 3.1. Approach ...........................................................................20 3.1.1. Nomenclature ................................................................................ 20 3.2. Flora Survey .......................................................................20 3.2.1. Preliminary Assessment and Site Planning .............................................. 20 3.2.2. Methodology ................................................................................. 20 3.2.3. Survey Timeframe .......................................................................... 22 3.2.4. Field Data .................................................................................... 22 3.2.5. Regional Ecosystem Associations and Micro-habitat Features ...................... 22 3.2.6. Data Capture and Field Equipment ...................................................... 24 3.3. Fauna Survey ......................................................................24 3.3.1. Previous Surveys ............................................................................. 24 3.3.2. Preliminary Assessment and Site Planning .............................................. 25 3.3.3. Target Fauna Species ....................................................................... 26 3.3.4. Fauna Survey Methodology ................................................................ 27 3.4. Fauna Survey Site Assessment ..................................................29 3.4.1. Fauna Survey Site (3G) ..................................................................... 30 4. Pre-Clearance Survey Results ...................................................... 32 4.1. Flora Assessment .................................................................32 4.1.1. Threatened Ecological Communities (TECs) ............................................ 32 4.1.2. Regional Ecosystems ........................................................................ 32 4.1.3. Recorded Flora Species .................................................................... 37 4.1.4. Pest Flora Species ........................................................................... 38 Doc Ref: Q-1801-15-RP-0010 Revision: 0 Page 3 of 107 Pipelines, Australia Pacific LNG Upstream Phase 1 Uncontrolled when printed unless issued and stamped Controlled Copy. Pre-Clearance Survey Report Mainline (Mainline Valve 4 – LNG Plant Valve) Project Report 4.2. Fauna Assessment ................................................................ 38 4.2.1. Recorded Fauna Species ................................................................... 38 4.2.2. Pest Fauna Species .......................................................................... 39 4.2.3. MNES Fauna Species ........................................................................ 39 4.2.1. EVNT Fauna Species ......................................................................... 44 4.3. Essential Habitat and Environmentally Sensitive Areas .................... 49 4.3.1. Essential Habitat ............................................................................ 49 4.3.2. Environmentally Sensitive Areas .......................................................... 49 4.4. Wetlands, Lakes, Springs and Watercourses ................................. 49 4.5. Summary of Survey Results ..................................................... 49 5. Conclusion ............................................................................. 50 6. References ............................................................................ 52 Appendix A: Scope and Data Collection ................................................ 55 Appendix B: Critical Micro-habitat Features and RE Associations for MNES Fauna Species ................................................................................. 78 Appendix C: RE Associations for EVNT Species ........................................ 96 Appendix D: Maps .......................................................................... 99 Appendix E: List of Fauna Species Observed During Pre-Clearance Survey ..... 100 Table of Figures Figure 1: Site Overview .................................................................................................. 12 Figure 2: Relationships between Project approvals for the Mainline components of the Australia Pacific LNG Project .................................................................................................... 16 Figure 3: Approach to flora survey of the Mainline ROW (Curtis Island Section). Three ecologists conducted a walk-through survey of this 150m-wide corridor ........................................ 21 Figure 4: Harp Trap installed at fauna survey site 3G .............................................................. 31 Figure 5: Cleared area at KP 363.720 – 363.824. .................................................................... 33 Figure 6: RE 12.11.6 within the Curtis Island ROW. ................................................................ 33 List of Tables Table 1: Abbreviations .................................................................................................... 8 Table 2: Associated document references............................................................................. 9 Table 3: Applicable approval conditions and the relevant section of this report where these are addressed ....................................................................................................... 13 Table 4: Micro-habitat features recorded by the flora survey team ............................................. 23 Table 5: Survey methodology for fauna groups ...................................................................... 28 Doc Ref: Q-1801-15-RP-0010 Revision: 0 Page 4 of 107 Pipelines, Australia Pacific LNG Upstream Phase 1 Uncontrolled when printed unless issued and stamped Controlled Copy. Pre-Clearance Survey Report Mainline (Mainline Valve 4 – LNG Plant Valve) Project Report Table 6: Habitat quality definitions for fauna survey sites ....................................................... 29 Table 7: Status and equivalency of DEHP Mapped and Actual (Ground Truthed) REs present within the Project area ...................................................................................................
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