Lot 6767 & 561 Howell Road, Marbelup WA 6330 Environmental Assessment Report and Operations Plan Bio Diverse Solutions Final v. 1 18/02/2021 Environmental Assessment Report and Operations Plan Lots 6767 & 561 Howell Road DOCUMENT CONTROL TITLE Lot 6767 & 561 Howell Road, Marbelup Environmental Assessment Report and Operations Plan Author (s): Kathryn Kinnear and Bianca Theyer Reviewer (s): Kathryn Kinnear, Chiquita Cramer and Stephen Slack Job No.: MSC0324 Client: Cosla Pty Ltd. REVISION RECORD Revision Summary Prepared By Reviewed By Date Draft v. 1 Internal QA review B. Theyer C. Cramer 2/02/2021 Draft v. 2 Internal QA review B. Theyer K. Kinnear 5/02/2021 Draft v. 3 Submitted to client for review B. Theyer S. Slack 5/02/2021 Updated as per client review and submitted to Final v. 1 client as final B. Theyer K. Kinnear 18/02/2021 Bio Diverse Solutions Australia Pty Ltd Albany Office Denmark Office Esperance Office 29 Hercules Crescent Unit 7, 40 South Coast Highway Unit 2A, 113 Dempster Street Albany WA 6330 Denmark WA 6333 Esperance WA 6450 08 9842 1575 98481309 www.biodiversesolutions.com.au ABN 46 643 954 929 (C) Copyright: This document has been prepared by Bio Diverse Solutions for use by the client only, in accordance with the terms of engagement, and only for the purpose for which it was prepared. MSC0324 18 February 2021 i Environmental Assessment Report and Operations Plan Lots 6767 & 561 Howell Road CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................................................1 1.1. ALIGNMENT TO LEGISLATION, POLICY AND GUIDELINES ................................................................................................1 2. BACKGROUND ........................................................................................................................................................................2 2.1. SITE DETAILS ..........................................................................................................................................................................2 2.2. EXISTING LAND USES ............................................................................................................................................................2 2.3. ADJACENT LAND USES AND TENURE .................................................................................................................................3 3. DESKTOP ASSESSMENT .......................................................................................................................................................3 3.1. CLIMATE ...................................................................................................................................................................................3 3.2. TOPOGRAPHY .........................................................................................................................................................................3 3.3. GEOLOGY AND SOILS ............................................................................................................................................................3 3.4. WATER .....................................................................................................................................................................................3 3.5. ACID SULFATE SOILS .............................................................................................................................................................4 3.6. REMNANT VEGETATION ........................................................................................................................................................4 3.7. ABORIGINAL HERITAGE .........................................................................................................................................................5 4. SITE ASSESSMENT .................................................................................................................................................................6 4.1. VEGETATION TYPES ..............................................................................................................................................................6 5. PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................................................................................10 5.1. EXTRACTION PROCESS, STAGING AND HAULAGE ROUTES .........................................................................................10 5.2. VEGETATION AND TOPSOIL REMOVAL .............................................................................................................................10 5.3. OPERATION TIMES ...............................................................................................................................................................10 5.4. VEHICLES AND MACHINERY ...............................................................................................................................................10 6. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS ................................................................................................................................11 6.1. NOISE .....................................................................................................................................................................................11 6.2. DUST AND EROSION ............................................................................................................................................................12 6.3. LIGHT ......................................................................................................................................................................................12 6.4. DISCHARGES TO LAND ........................................................................................................................................................12 6.5. WETLANDS ............................................................................................................................................................................13 6.6. DISCHARGES TO WATER ....................................................................................................................................................13 6.7. FLORA AND VEGETATION ...................................................................................................................................................13 6.8. FAUNA ....................................................................................................................................................................................13 7. MANAGEMENT PLANS ..........................................................................................................................................................14 7.1. DUST MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................................................................14 7.2. NOISE MANAGEMENT ..........................................................................................................................................................15 7.3. TRUCK MOVEMENTS ............................................................................................................................................................16 7.4. STORMWATER MANAGEMENT ...........................................................................................................................................16 7.5. WEED MANAGEMENT ...........................................................................................................................................................16 7.5.1. AIMS OF WEED MANAGEMENT PLAN ................................................................................................................................17 7.5.2. PROGRAM FOR WEED CONTROL .......................................................................................................................................17 7.6. DIEBACK AND GENERAL HYGIENE MANAGEMENT ..........................................................................................................19 7.7. BUSHFIRE RISKS AND MANAGEMENT ...............................................................................................................................19 7.8. REHABILITATION MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................................................................21 7.9. CONTROL OF ENVIRONMENTAL INCIDENTS ....................................................................................................................22 7.10. CORRECTIVE AND PREVENTATIVE ACTIONS ...................................................................................................................23 7.11. CONTINGENCY PROCEDURES ...........................................................................................................................................23 7.12. SPILL MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES .................................................................................................................................23 7.13. MONITORING AND CONTINGENCY PLANNING .................................................................................................................25 8. CONSULTATION PROCESS .................................................................................................................................................26