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Doc Ref: Q-4319-15-RP-0001 Revision: 1 Page 2 of 57 Pipelines, Australia Pacific LNG Upstream Phase 1 Uncontrolled when printed unless issued and stamped Controlled Copy. Pre-Clearance Survey Report – Orana Spur Line Project Report Table of Contents 1. Executive summary ................................................................................... 6 2. Introduction ........................................................................................... 7 3. Purpose ................................................................................................. 7 3.1. Compliance table .......................................................................................... 7 4. Scope ................................................................................................... 9 5. Document references ................................................................................ 9 6. Terms & abbreviations .............................................................................. 10 6.1. Document terms and definitions ...................................................................... 10 6.2. Abbreviations ............................................................................................. 10 7. Approach to address approval conditions ........................................................ 11 7.1. Reporting .................................................................................................. 11 7.2. Route refinement ........................................................................................ 11 7.3. Surveys .................................................................................................... 11 7.4. Ecological studies undertaken to date ............................................................... 11 7.5. Desktop searches ........................................................................................ 12 8. Detailed fieldwork methodology .................................................................. 12 8.1. Approach .................................................................................................. 12 8.1.1. Nomenclature ............................................................................................ 12 8.1.2. Survey timeframe ....................................................................................... 13 8.2. Flora survey ............................................................................................... 13 8.2.1. Preliminary assessment and site planning ........................................................... 13 8.2.2. Targeted flora species .................................................................................. 13 8.2.3. Field survey methodology .............................................................................. 13 8.2.4. Vegetation assemblages ................................................................................ 14 8.3. Fauna survey.............................................................................................. 14 8.3.1. Preliminary assessment and site planning ........................................................... 14 8.3.2. Target fauna species.................................................................................... 14 8.3.3. Field survey methodology .............................................................................. 15 8.3.4. Regional ecosystem associations and microhabitat features ...................................... 16 8.4. Data capture and field equipment.................................................................... 18 9. Pre-clearance survey results ....................................................................... 18 9.1. Flora assessment ......................................................................................... 18 9.1.1. Threatened ecological communities (TECs) ......................................................... 18 9.1.2. Regional ecosystems .................................................................................... 19 9.1.3. High value regrowth .................................................................................... 21 Doc Ref: Q-4319-15-RP-0001 Revision: 1 Page 3 of 57 Pipelines, Australia Pacific LNG Upstream Phase 1 Uncontrolled when printed unless issued and stamped Controlled Copy. Pre-Clearance Survey Report – Orana Spur Line Project Report 9.1.4. Recorded flora species ................................................................................. 26 9.1.5. EVNT and MNES flora species .......................................................................... 26 9.1.6. Other flora species ...................................................................................... 27 9.1.7. Pest flora species ....................................................................................... 28 9.1.8. Environmentally sensitive areas ...................................................................... 28 9.1.9. BAMM constraints........................................................................................ 29 9.2. Fauna assessment ........................................................................................ 29 9.2.1. Recorded fauna species ................................................................................ 29 9.2.2. MNES fauna species ..................................................................................... 30 9.2.3. EVNT fauna species ..................................................................................... 37 9.2.4. Pest fauna species ...................................................................................... 37 9.3. Wetlands and watercourses ............................................................................ 40 10. Recommendations ................................................................................... 40 11. References ............................................................................................ 42 Appendix A: Scope and data collection ................................................................. 43 Appendix B: Map Series ................................................................................... 45 Appendix C: Flora Species Observed During Pre-Clearance Survey ................................. 53 Appendix D: Fauna Species observed During Pre-Clearance Survey ................................ 57 Table of Figures Figure 1: DEHP regional ecosystem and HVR mapping ............................................................ 46 Figure 2: Ground-truthed regional ecosystem mapping .......................................................... 47 Figure 3: Location of significant flora ............................................................................... 48 Figure 4: Location of weed species ................................................................................... 49 Figure 5: Environmentally Sensitive Area mapping ................................................................ 50 Figure 6: BAMM constraints mapping ................................................................................. 51 Figure 7: Fauna habitat features...................................................................................... 52 List of Tables Table 1: Applicable approval conditions and section of this report where addressed ........................ 7 Table 2: Associated document references ............................................................................ 9 Table 3: Terms and definitions ........................................................................................ 10 Table 4: Abbreviations .................................................................................................. 10 Table 5: Microhabitat features recorded by the ecology survey team ......................................... 16 Table 6: Habitat quality definitions