SMITH BAY WHARF DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT RESPONSE by Yumbah Aquaculture MAY 2019 SMITH BAY WHARF DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT RESPONSE by Yumbah Aquaculture DISCLAIMER CONTENTS This report has been prepared by Yumbah Aquaculture Ltd EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................... 5 and may only be used and relied on by the South Australian INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 10 Department of Planning and Infrastructure for the sole purpose of providing a public comment on the Environmental EPBC ACT - MATTERS OF NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT SIGNIFICANCE (MNES) ........ 12 Impact Statement prepared by Kangaroo Island Plantation COAST AND MARINE .............................................................................................................. 21 Timbers Limited for a “Deep Water Port Facility at Smith Bay, Kangaroo Island”. BIOSECURITY .......................................................................................................................... 49 All intellectual property rights, including copyright, in ECONOMY ................................................................................................................................ 61 documents and reports created by, or for, Yumbah AIR QUALITY ........................................................................................................................... 65 Aquaculture Ltd remain the property of the company. Except for the use by the Department stated above, any use of such ALTERNATIVE LOCATION: ................................................................................................... 70 documents or reports without the prior written approval of ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURES (IN WATER) ......................................................................... 76 Yumbah Aquaculture Ltd will constitute an infringement of the rights of the company which reserves all legal rights and COMMUNITY ........................................................................................................................... 83 remedies in respect of any such infringement. Whilst Yumbah has made reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy of third NATIVE VEGETATION AND FAUNA ................................................................................... 89 party sources, to the extent permitted by law, it disclaims any TRAFFIC & TRANSPORT ....................................................................................................... 92 liability associated with such sources. In certain cases, the opinions stated are the views of Yumbah (and not any WATER ...................................................................................................................................... 96 individual employee or agent of Yumbah) and are not NOISE & LIGHT ....................................................................................................................... 101 intended as a substitute for comprehensive professional advice. CLIMATE CHANGE & SUSTAINABILITY ........................................................................... 108 RISKS & HAZARDS ................................................................................................................. 111 INFRASTRUCTURE ................................................................................................................ 117 ABORIGINAL & OTHER HERITAGE .................................................................................... 121 GEOLOGY & SOILS ............................................................................................................... 125 BUILT FORM & DESIGN ....................................................................................................... 130 CONSTRUCTION & OPERATION ....................................................................................... 135 3 4 Smith Bay Wharf Environmental Impact Statement Yumbah Response Smith Bay Wharf Environmental Impact Statement Yumbah Response DISCLAIMER CONTENTS This report has been prepared by Yumbah Aquaculture Ltd EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................... 5 and may only be used and relied on by the South Australian INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 10 Department of Planning and Infrastructure for the sole purpose of providing a public comment on the Environmental EPBC ACT - MATTERS OF NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT SIGNIFICANCE (MNES) ........ 12 Impact Statement prepared by Kangaroo Island Plantation COAST AND MARINE .............................................................................................................. 21 Timbers Limited for a “Deep Water Port Facility at Smith Bay, Kangaroo Island”. BIOSECURITY .......................................................................................................................... 49 All intellectual property rights, including copyright, in ECONOMY ................................................................................................................................ 61 documents and reports created by, or for, Yumbah AIR QUALITY ........................................................................................................................... 65 Aquaculture Ltd remain the property of the company. Except for the use by the Department stated above, any use of such ALTERNATIVE LOCATION: ................................................................................................... 70 documents or reports without the prior written approval of ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURES (IN WATER) ......................................................................... 76 Yumbah Aquaculture Ltd will constitute an infringement of the rights of the company which reserves all legal rights and COMMUNITY ........................................................................................................................... 83 remedies in respect of any such infringement. Whilst Yumbah has made reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy of third NATIVE VEGETATION AND FAUNA ................................................................................... 89 party sources, to the extent permitted by law, it disclaims any TRAFFIC & TRANSPORT ....................................................................................................... 92 liability associated with such sources. In certain cases, the opinions stated are the views of Yumbah (and not any WATER ...................................................................................................................................... 96 individual employee or agent of Yumbah) and are not NOISE & LIGHT ....................................................................................................................... 101 intended as a substitute for comprehensive professional advice. CLIMATE CHANGE & SUSTAINABILITY ........................................................................... 108 RISKS & HAZARDS ................................................................................................................. 111 INFRASTRUCTURE ................................................................................................................ 117 ABORIGINAL & OTHER HERITAGE .................................................................................... 121 GEOLOGY & SOILS ............................................................................................................... 125 BUILT FORM & DESIGN ....................................................................................................... 130 CONSTRUCTION & OPERATION ....................................................................................... 135 3 4 Smith Bay Wharf Environmental Impact Statement Yumbah Response Smith Bay Wharf Environmental Impact Statement Yumbah Response Smith Bay Wharf Environmental Impact Statement Yumbah Response 1 ABBREVIATIONS (continued) ABBREVIATIONS KICRVMP Kangaroo Island Council Roadside Vegetation Management Plan ANZECC (Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council) KIDP Kangaroo Island Development Plan ARMCANZ Agriculture and Resource Management Council of Australia and New Zealand KIFA Kangaroo Island Futures Authority AVG Abalone Viral Ganglioneuritis KIPT Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers BGL Below Ground Level MAZ Marine Activity Zone BIA Biologically Important Area MNES Matters of National Environmental Significance CCA Copper Chrome Arsenate NAGD National Assessment Guideline for Dredging CEMP Construction Environmental Management Plan NOEC No Observed Effect Concentration COD Chemical Oxygen Demand NTU Nephelometric Turbidity Unit CSD Cutter Suction Dredge OEMP Operational Environmental Management Plan DAC Development Assessment Commission OHS Occupational Health and Safety DAWR Department of Agriculture and Water Resources OIE World Organisation for Animal Health DEW Department for Environment and Water PAR Photosynthetically Active Radiation DMP Dredge Management Plan PIRSA Primary Industries and Regions, South Australia DO Dissolved Oxygen POMS Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome DPTI Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure PSD Particle Size Distribution EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone PSP Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning EIS