P: PO Box 454, Leederville WA 6903 | A: Level 1 660 Newcastle St, Leederville WA 6007 | T: 1300 251 070 | W: www.talisconsultants.com.au 314,500 315,000 315,500 316,000 316,500 317,000 317,500 318,000 318,500 LEGEND Site Boundary Indicative Footprint 0 0 *# 0 0 Triumfetta echinata 0 0 , , 7 7 7 7 5 5 , , A. ?sp. Pritzelianum 7 7 (Sep 2017) A. ?sp. Pritzelianum (Feb-Mar 2018) *# Vegetation Type ChAaTb: Hummock 0 0 Grassland 1 0 0 5 5 , , 6 6 7 7 ChAaTg: Hummock 5 5 , , 7 7 Grassland 2 CzAGTbL: Open Mallee Woodland GsQlTs: Open shrubland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 , , 6 6 © Talis Consultants Pty Ltd ("Talis") Copyright in the drawings, information and data 7 7 recorded in this document ("the information") is the property of Talis. T his document and 5 5 the information are solely for the use of the authorised recipient and , , 7 *# 7 this document may not be used, transferred or reproduced in whole or part for any purpose other than that which it is supplied by Talis without written consent. Talis makes no representation, undertakes no duty and accepts no responsibility to any third party who may use or rely upon this document or the information. LOCALITY Onslow Pannawonnica Red Hill 0 0 0 0 5 5 Cane River , , 5 5 7 7 5 5 , , 7 7 Yanrey km 0 20 40 80 120 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 , , 5 5 RECORDS OF PRIORITY 7 7 5 5 , , 7 7 FLORA SPECIES Pilbara Regional Waste Management Facility Lot 150 Onslow Road Talandji, WA 6710 0 0 0 0 metres 5 5 , , 4 4 0 100 200 300 400 500 7 7 Coordinate System: GDA 1994 MGA Zone 50 5 5 , , Projection: Transverse Mercator, Datum: GDA 1994 7 7 ¤ Scale @ A3: 1:13,000 Prepared: F Walker Date: 28/02/2019 Checked: R Cullen Project No: TW17053 Reviewed: E Porter Revision: A 1 0 e 0 r 0 0 u , 4 g 7 i 5 , F 7 314,500 315,000 315,500 316,000 316,500 317,000 317,500 318,000 318,500 Data source: Imagery - Landgate, 2014. Significant Flora, Vegetation Mapping - Phoenix Environmental Sciences Pty Ltd, 2018. Document Path: \\SERVER\Talis\SECTIONS\Waste\PROJECTS\TW2017\TW17060 - Onslow Flora and Fauna Assessment\GIS\Maps\TW17060_01_PriorityFlora_RevA.mxd Flora and vegetation survey and terrestrial fauna survey for the Pilbara Regional Waste Management Facility Prepared for Talis Consultants September 2017 Final Report Flora and vegetation survey and terrestrial fauna survey for the Pilbara Regional Waste Management Facility Prepared for Talis Consultants Flora and vegetation survey and terrestrial fauna survey for the proposed Pilbara Regional Waste Management Facility Prepared for Talis Consultants Final Report Authors: Ryan Ellis and Grace Wells Reviewer: Karen Crews Date: 22 September 2017 Submitted to: Emma Porter and Andrew Mack Version history Name Task Version Date K. Crews Draft for client comments 1.0 22 September 2017 R. Ellis Final submitted to client 2.0 28 September 2017 ©Phoenix Environmental Sciences Pty Ltd 2017 The use of this report is solely for the Client for the purpose in which it was prepared. Phoenix Environmental Sciences accepts no responsibility for use beyond this purpose. All rights are reserved and no part of this report may be reproduced or copied in any form without the written permission of Phoenix Environmental Sciences or the Client. Phoenix Environmental Sciences Pty Ltd 1/511 Wanneroo Rd BALCATTA WA 6021 P: 08 9345 1608 F: 08 6313 0680 E: [email protected] Project code: 1174-OWM-TAL-ECO Flora and vegetation survey and terrestrial fauna survey fauna survey for Pilbara Regional Waste Management Facility Prepared for Talis Consultants Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................. I 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Survey objective and scope .................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Study area ............................................................................................................................... 1 2 LEGISLATIVE CONTEXT .................................................................................................................... 3 2.1 Commonwealth ....................................................................................................................... 3 2.2 State ........................................................................................................................................ 4 2.2.1 Threatened and Priority species ..................................................................................... 4 2.2.2 Threatened and Priority Ecological Communities ........................................................... 4 2.2.3 Significant flora and vegetation ...................................................................................... 5 2.2.4 Clearing of native vegetation .......................................................................................... 5 2.2.5 Environmentally Sensitive Areas ..................................................................................... 6 2.3 Introduced flora ...................................................................................................................... 6 3 EXISTING ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................................................ 7 3.1 Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia ............................................................... 7 3.2 Land systems ........................................................................................................................... 7 3.3 Conservation reserves and Environmentally Sensitive Areas ................................................. 7 3.4 Climate and weather ............................................................................................................... 9 4 METHODS ...................................................................................................................................... 10 4.1 Desktop review ..................................................................................................................... 10 4.1.1 Database searches and literature review ..................................................................... 10 4.1.2 Habitat assessment ....................................................................................................... 10 4.2 Field survey ........................................................................................................................... 11 4.2.1 Flora and vegetation ..................................................................................................... 11 4.2.2 Fauna and fauna habitat ............................................................................................... 15 4.2.1 Taxonomy and nomenclature ....................................................................................... 17 4.3 Survey personnel .................................................................................................................. 17 5 RESULTS ........................................................................................................................................ 18 5.1 Desktop review ..................................................................................................................... 18 5.1.1 Flora and vegetation ..................................................................................................... 18 5.1.2 Fauna and fauna habitat ............................................................................................... 21 5.2 Field survey ........................................................................................................................... 25 5.2.1 Flora and vegetation ..................................................................................................... 25 5.2.2 Fauna and fauna habitats.............................................................................................. 33 5.3 Survey limitations ................................................................................................................. 42 6 DISCUSSION ................................................................................................................................... 43 6.1 Flora and vegetation values .................................................................................................. 43 6.2 Fauna values ......................................................................................................................... 43 Phoenix Environmental Sciences Pty Ltd i Flora and vegetation survey and terrestrial fauna survey fauna survey for Pilbara Regional Waste Management Facility Prepared for Talis Consultants 6.3 Matters of National Environmental significance summary .................................................. 44 6.4 Commentary against the 10 clearing principles ................................................................... 44 7 REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................. 47 List of Figures Figure 1-1 Project location and Study Area ..................................................................................... 2 Figure 3-1 IBRA subregions and land systems of the Study Area .................................................... 8 Figure 3-2 Annual climate and weather data for Onslow Airport (no. 005017) (BoM 2017) and