Boral Limited Build something great TM Peppertree Quarry Biodiversity and Rehabilitation Management Plan May 2017 This page left intentionally blank Peppertree Quarry: Biodiversity and Rehabilitation Management Plan Document Name Peppertree Quarry: Biodiversity and Rehabilitation Management Plan Document Filename 2017MayPtreeBRMP Document Location G:\090 Metro Quarries Marulan\Marulan\OPERATIONAL\03. OHSE\1.04 compliance with legislation\approval PA 06_0074\SCH 5 - EM&M CONDS\2-4 mgt plan requirements and revisions Rev No. Date Prepared By Approved By Comments Rod Wallace Landscape Rehab plan prepared 1 20th January 2011 ERM (Boral) as part of project approval 2007 Revision based upon Modification Sharon Makin Angus Shedden 2 3 requirements. No changes (Boral) (Boral) required Sharon Makin (Boral), Luke Draft Biodiversity and Sharon Makin 3 24th February 2017 Baker and Rehabilitation MP based upon (Boral) Craig Bagnall Modification 4 requirements (Niche) Sharon Makin (Boral), Luke Angus Shedden Final MP based upon Modification 4 28th February 2017 Baker and (Boral) 4 requirements Crag Bagnall (Niche) Final Management plan including 5 May 2017 Sharon Makin Angus Shedden DPE revisions Boral Page i Peppertree Quarry: Biodiversity and Rehabilitation Management Plan Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 BACKGROUND ........................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 PEPPERTREE QUARRY ............................................................................................................ 1 1.3 OVERVIEW OF OPERATIONS .................................................................................................... 6 1.4 APPROVAL HISTORY................................................................................................................ 7 1.5 BRMP SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES ...........................................................................................11 1.6 BORAL COMMITMENTS TO BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT .........................................................12 1.7 ALIGNMENT WITH OTHER PLANS ...........................................................................................12 1.8 CONSULTATION ....................................................................................................................12 1.9 DOCUMENT STRUCTURE .......................................................................................................14 2 STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS AND GUIDELINES....................................................................15 2.1 NSW LEGISLATION ...............................................................................................................15 2.2 STATEMENT OF COMMITMENTS .............................................................................................21 2.3 STRATEGIES, POLICIES AND PLANS .......................................................................................22 3 EXISTING ENVIRONMENT ...........................................................................................................23 3.1 NATURAL ENVIRONMENT .......................................................................................................23 3.2 LANDUSE, OWNERSHIP AND ZONING .....................................................................................23 3.3 TOPOGRAPHY ......................................................................................................................23 3.4 HYDROLOGY ........................................................................................................................23 3.5 SOILS ..................................................................................................................................24 3.6 SIGNIFICANT BIODIVERSITY VALUES .......................................................................................24 3.7 HABITAT MANAGEMENT AREA ...............................................................................................27 3.8 PROPOSED BIOBANK SITE ....................................................................................................27 3.9 HABITAT CORRIDORS AND CONNECTIVITY ..............................................................................27 4 VEGETATION MANAGEMENT .....................................................................................................31 4.1 VEGETATION MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES...............................................................................31 4.2 VEGETATION CLEARING.........................................................................................................31 4.3 RETAINED VEGETATION .................................................................................................32 4.4 PROTECTION OF SIGNIFICANT BIODIVERSITY ..........................................................................33 5 REHABILITATION MANAGEMENT ..............................................................................................35 5.1 REHABILITATION ...................................................................................................................35 5.2 FINAL LANDFORM .................................................................................................................36 5.3 REHABILITATION OBJECTIVES AND PERFORMANCE .................................................................36 5.4 REHABILITATION MANAGEMENT UNITS ...................................................................................38 5.5 REHABILITATION MANAGEMENT UNIT OBJECTIVES ..................................................................41 6 REHABILITATION METHODOLOGY ...........................................................................................49 6.1 CONSERVATION AREAS .........................................................................................................49 6.2 EMPLACEMENTS AND BUNDS ................................................................................................52 6.3 RESOURCE VOID AND ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE............................................................56 7 SUPPORTING ACTIONS ...............................................................................................................59 7.1 WEED CONTROL ..................................................................................................................59 Boral Page ii Peppertree Quarry: Biodiversity and Rehabilitation Management Plan 7.2 CLEARING AND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PRIOR TO SOIL REMOVAL ....................................60 7.3 TOPSOIL STRIPPING, RECOVERY AND STOCKPILING ...............................................................60 7.4 TOPSOIL RE-SPREADING AND SEEDBED PREPARATION ..........................................................62 7.5 EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROL ..............................................................................63 7.6 SPECIES SELECTION AND SEED COLLECTION .........................................................................63 7.7 FIRE MANAGEMENT ..............................................................................................................63 7.8 PEST MANAGEMENT .............................................................................................................63 8 COMPLETION CRITERIA, REMEDIAL ACTIONS AND REHABILITATION MONITORING ......65 8.1 COMPLETION CRITERIA .........................................................................................................65 8.2 MONITORING PROGRAM ........................................................................................................71 9 RISKS TO SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BRMP ..................................................75 10 FINANCING AND PROVISION ......................................................................................................75 11 TRAINING ......................................................................................................................................75 11.1 INDUCTION ...........................................................................................................................75 11.2 SITE SPECIFIC TRAINING .......................................................................................................75 12 REPORTING AND REVIEW ..........................................................................................................76 12.1 REGULATORY COMPLIANCE ..................................................................................................76 12.2 RESPONSIBILITY FOR IMPLEMENTATION .................................................................................76 12.3 REPORTING ..........................................................................................................................76 12.4 AUDITING .............................................................................................................................77 12.5 REVIEW OF BRMP ...............................................................................................................77 13 SUMMARY OF MANAGEMENT ACTIONS ..................................................................................79 14 REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................80 Appendices Appendix A: Species list for planting and seeding81 Appendix B. Management Actions applicable to