T Appendix T – Revegetation Management Plan McArthur River Mine Rehabilitation Management Plan 2018 – 2020 Document Author: Reference Number: Issue Number: Revision Number: McArthur River Mining Pty Ltd 1 0 CONTENTS Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................... 1 1.1 SCOPE ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES ...................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ............................................................................................................................................... 1 1.4 STRUCTURE ................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 2 REQUIREMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................... 3 2.1 STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS .................................................................................................................................................. 3 2.2 INDEPENDENT MONITOR RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................................................. 3 3 OVERVIEW OF THE SITE ....................................................................... 4 3.1 CLIMATE ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 4 3.2 LANDFORMS AND LAND USE ................................................................................................................................................. 4 3.3 GEOLOGY AND SOILS ................................................................................................................................................................ 5 3.4 TERRESTRIAL FLORA ................................................................................................................................................................. 6 3.5 TERRESTRIAL FAUNA .............................................................................................................................................................. 10 3.6 AQUATIC FAUNA ...................................................................................................................................................................... 11 3.7 SITES OF CULTURAL/SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE ................................................................................................................... 12 4 MCARTHUR RIVER AND BARNEY CREEK CHANNELS ............ 13 4.1 EXISTING ENVIRONMENT ...................................................................................................................................................... 13 4.2 REHABILITATION OF MCARTHUR RIVER AND BARNEY CREEK CHANNELS TO DATE ...................................... 16 4.3 REHABILITATION TRIALS AND PROGRAMS ..................................................................................................................... 18 4.4 REHABILITATION SUCCESS AND EFFECTIVENESS ......................................................................................................... 20 4.5 MRM NURSERY .......................................................................................................................................................................... 22 5 REHABILITATION PLANNING .......................................................... 24 5.1 CLOSURE OBJECTIVES.............................................................................................................................................................. 24 5.2 MANAGEMENT DOMAINS ..................................................................................................................................................... 25 5.3 TARGET VEGETATION COMMUNITIES ............................................................................................................................... 32 5.4 KEY HABITAT SPECIES ............................................................................................................................................................. 33 5.5 GENERAL REHABILITATION PHASES ................................................................................................................................. 34 5.6 PROGRESSIVE REHABILITATION .......................................................................................................................................... 36 5.7 REHABILITATION TRIALS AND PROGRAMS ..................................................................................................................... 36 6 REHABILITATION IMPLEMENTATION FOR 2018 TO 2020 ........ 38 6.1 AREAS OF REVEGETATION .................................................................................................................................................... 38 6.2 REVEGETATION ACTIVITIES .................................................................................................................................................. 39 7 PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND COMPLETION CRITERIA 48 7.1 PERFORMANCE INDICATORS ............................................................................................................................................... 48 7.2 COMPLETION CRITERIA .......................................................................................................................................................... 50 Rehabilitation Management Plan 2018 – 2020 Reference Number: Issue Number: 1 Revision Number: 0 Page: i of iii CONTENTS 8 REHABILITATION MONITORING PROGRAM .............................. 52 8.1 MONITORING SITES .................................................................................................................................................................. 52 8.2 CONTROL SITE SELECTION .................................................................................................................................................... 54 8.3 MONITORING PROGRAM TIMING ....................................................................................................................................... 55 8.4 DATA COLLECTION ................................................................................................................................................................. 55 8.5 REHABILITATION ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................................................. 59 9 ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT AND CLOSURE PLANNING ......... 60 9.1 ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT .................................................................................................................................................... 60 9.2 CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT ................................................................................................................................................ 63 9.3 MINE CLOSURE PLANNING ................................................................................................................................................... 63 10 REVIEW AND REPORTING ................................................................. 65 10.1 REVIEW OF REHABILITATION MANAGEMENT PLAN ................................................................................................... 65 10.2 REPORTING OF DATA .............................................................................................................................................................. 65 11 REFERENCES ........................................................................................... 66 Rehabilitation Management Plan 2018 – 2020 Reference Number: Issue Number: 1 Revision Number: 0 Page: ii of iii CONTENTS List of Tables Table 1 Vegetation Mapping Units at the McArthur River Mine Table 2 Threatened and Migratory Terrestrial Fauna Species Recorded in the Mine Lease Table 3 Threatened and Migratory Terrestrial Fauna Species Recorded in the Mine Surrounds Table 4 Vegetation Communities Mapped as Occurring along McArthur River and Barney Creek Table 5 Large Woody Debris Summary Table 6 Potential End Land Uses for Each Domain Table 7 Target Vegetation Communities for Each Domain Table 8 Key Habitat Species Table 9 General Rehabilitation Phases Table 10 Revegetation Areas for the RMP Term Table 11 Species for Revegetating the McArthur River Channel Riparian Corridor Table 12 Species for Revegetating the McArthur River Channel Riverine Woodland Table 13 Species for Revegetating the Barney Creek Channel Riverine Woodland Table 14 Monitoring for Revegetation Sites – Performance Indicators Table 15 Completion Criteria for Revegetation Sites Table 16 Naming Convention for Monitoring Sites, Subdomains and Plots Table 17 Faunal Impact Disturbance Scores Table 18 Adaptive Management Trigger Levels and Actions List of Figures Figure 1 Regional Locality Figure 2 Mine Site Figure 3 Bing Bong Loading Facility Figure 4 Vegetation Mapping Units and Subunits at the McArthur River Mine Figure 5 MRM Cattle Exclusion Area Figure 6 Framework for Determining End Land Use Figure 7 McArthur River and Barney Creek Channel Sub-reaches Figure