Weed and Pest Management Plan Table of Contents 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Context ..................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Objectives ................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.4 Legislative Framework ............................................................................................................................. 1 1.4.1 Commonwealth Legislation ...................................................................................................................................... 2 1.4.2 State Legislation ........................................................................................................................................................ 2 1.4.3 Local Legislation ........................................................................................................................................................ 2 1.4.4 Approvals, Permits, and Licences ............................................................................................................................. 2 1.4.5 Guidelines and Standards ......................................................................................................................................... 2 2 Required Outcomes ............................................................................................... 4 2.1 Environmental Outcomes ........................................................................................................................ 4 2.2 Performance Criteria ................................................................................................................................ 4 3 Site Inspections ...................................................................................................... 5 3.1 Weeds ...................................................................................................................................................... 5 3.2 Pests/introduced fauna ............................................................................................................................ 6 4 Impacts and Mitigation Measures ........................................................................ 8 4.1 Impacts ..................................................................................................................................................... 8 4.1.1 Weeds ....................................................................................................................................................................... 8 4.1.2 Pests ........................................................................................................................................................................10 4.2 Management and Mitigation Measures ................................................................................................ 10 4.2.1 General Biosecurity Obligations .............................................................................................................................10 4.2.2 General Weed Prevention Measures .....................................................................................................................11 4.2.3 Specific Weed Control Measures ...........................................................................................................................12 4.2.4 General Pest Prevention measures ........................................................................................................................13 4.2.5 Specific Pest Control Measures ..............................................................................................................................14 4.2.6 Fire Ants ..................................................................................................................................................................14 5 Compliance Management ................................................................................... 17 5.1 Roles and Responsibilities ...................................................................................................................... 17 5.2 Induction and Training ........................................................................................................................... 17 5.3 Communication ...................................................................................................................................... 17 5.4 Incidents and Emergencies .................................................................................................................... 18 5.5 Notifications ........................................................................................................................................... 18 6 Inspections, Monitoring, Auditing and Reporting .............................................. 19 i Weed and Pest Management Plan 6.1.1 Environmental Inspections .....................................................................................................................................19 6.1.2 Environmental Monitoring .....................................................................................................................................19 6.1.3 Environmental Auditing ..........................................................................................................................................20 6.1.4 Corrective Actions ..................................................................................................................................................20 6.2 Reporting ................................................................................................................................................ 20 6.2.1 Environmental Reporting .......................................................................................................................................20 6.2.2 Incidents and Non‐Compliance Event Reporting ...................................................................................................20 6.3 Documentation ...................................................................................................................................... 21 6.3.1 Environmental Records ..........................................................................................................................................21 6.3.2 Document Control ..................................................................................................................................................21 6.3.3 Review .....................................................................................................................................................................21 6.3.4 Communication ......................................................................................................................................................21 Table of Tables Table 1 Referenced Documents ................................................................................................................... iii Table 2 Terms ............................................................................................................................................... iv Table 3 Environmental approvals, permits and licences .............................................................................. 2 Table 4 Restricted weed species declared under the Biosecurity Act 2014 within the broader Project area ........................................................................................................................................................... 6 Table 5 Restricted weed species declared under the Biosecurity Area 2014 within the broader Project area ................................................................................................................................................... 7 Table 6 Potential impacts of restricted pest plant species within the Project area ..................................... 8 Table 7 Red Fox Impacts .............................................................................................................................. 10 Table 8 Control measures for restricted weeds present within the project area ...................................... 13 Table 9 Roles and Responsibilities ............................................................................................................... 17 ii Weed and Pest Management Plan Referenced Documents The following provides a list of referenced documents either as a sub‐plan to this plan or referenced from. Table 1 Referenced Documents Document Number Document Name Location of Controlled Version Referenced Project Plans include: CRRTSD‐EN‐MPL‐CBGU‐000019 Construction Environment Management Plan TeamBinder CRRTSD‐EN‐ENMP‐CBGU‐000012 Nature Conservation Management Plan TeamBinder CRRTSD‐EN‐ENMP‐CBGU‐000017 Water Management Plan TeamBinder Note: this Management Plan may not contain the current version of the documents listed above. Refer to the ‘location of controlled version’ for the most current version. iii Weed and Pest Management Plan Glossary of Terms Table 2 Terms