Moorebank Precinct West Stage 2 Koala Management Plan SIMTA 12 March 2020 Final Moorebank Precinct West Stage 2 Final | SIMTA Cumberland Ecology(02) 9868 © 1933 | PO Box 2474 Carlingford Court NSW 2118 | cumberlandecology.com.au Page i Report No. 18194RP1 The preparation of this report has been in accordance with the brief provided by the Client and has relied upon the data and results collected at or under the times and conditions specified in the report. All findings, conclusions or commendations contained within the report are based only on the aforementioned circumstances. The report has been prepared for use by the Client and no responsibility for its use by other parties is accepted by Cumberland Ecology. Version Date Issued Amended by Details 1 15/10/2019 JL/GK Draft for DPIE review 2 5/12/2019 GK Updates for EES and ER comments 3 12/03/2020 GK Final Approved by: David Robertson Position: Director Signed: Date: 12 March, 2020 Moorebank Precinct West Stage 2 Final | SIMTA Cumberland Ecology © Page ii Table of Contents Glossary vi 1. Introduction 1 1.1. Background 1 1.2. The Project 2 1.3. Koala Survey History 3 1.4. Project Team 4 1.5. Document Structure 6 1.6. Purpose and Aims 6 2. Statutory Considerations 7 2.1. Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 7 2.2. Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 8 2.3. NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 and Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 8 2.4. NSW Biodiversity Offsets Policy for Major Projects and the Biodiversity Offsets Scheme 9 2.5. State Environmental Planning Policy No. 44 – Koala Habitat Protection 9 2.6. Koala Recovery Plan 11 2.7. A Review of Koala Tree Use Across New South Wales 13 2.8. Local Planning Instruments and Policies 15 3. Description of the Environment 16 3.1. Location 16 3.2. Topography, Soils and Hydrology 16 3.3. Land Use 16 3.4. Vegetation Communities 17 4. Literature Review 19 4.1. Summary of Resources 19 5. Koala Survey 21 5.1. Specialist Consultation 21 5.2. Field Survey Procedures 21 5.3. Specialist Site Visit 23 5.4. Field Survey Results 24 6. Koala Habitat Requirements and Threatening Processes 29 6.1. Key Habitat Requirements 29 6.2. Threatening Processes 30 6.3. Conclusion 31 7. Distribution of Koala Population and Habitat 32 7.1. Regional Perspective 32 7.2. Koala Habitat and Records 32 7.3. Koala Habitat Ranking 37 7.4. Koala Movement Corridors 38 Moorebank Precinct West Stage 2 Final | SIMTA Cumberland Ecology © Page iii 8. Mitigation Measures 40 8.1. Purpose 40 8.2. Avoidance 40 8.3. Mitigation Measures 41 8.4. Direct Offsets 48 9. Monitoring and Reporting 50 9.1. Monitoring 50 9.2. Reporting 53 9.3. Implementation Roles and Responsibilities 53 9.4. Review and Improvement 54 9.5. Incidents, non-Compliance and Complaints 54 10. References 55 Table of Tables Table 1: Listed Koala Food Tree Species for Central Coast KMA (Source: Approved Koala Recovery Plan) ........ 12 Table 2: Detection dog survey effort ................................................................................................................................................ 24 Table 3: PKFTs and other koala use trees recorded within MPW site ................................................................................. 33 Table 4. PKFTs and other koala use trees recorded within the Moorebank Offset Area ............................................. 35 Table 5. PKFTs and other koala use trees recorded within the Bootland ........................................................................... 36 Table 6. Summary of Proposed General Mitigation Measures ............................................................................................... 41 Table 7: Roles and Responsibilities.................................................................................................................................................... 53 Table 8: Independent Planning Commission – Ecological Conditions of Consent ....................................................... A.2 Table 9: Commonwealth – Ecological Conditions of Consent .............................................................................................. A.4 Table 10: KMP Management Actions and Responsibilities .................................................................................................... B.0 Table 11: Responses to Environment, Energy and Science (EES) Group .......................................................................... C.4 Table 12: Response to Environmental Representative comments .................................................................................... C.34 Table of Photographs Photograph 1: Koala detected in Bootland (Image 1 of 3) ...................................................................................................... 25 Photograph 2: Koala detected in Bootland (Image 2 of 3) ...................................................................................................... 26 Photograph 3: Koala detected in Bootland (Image 3 of 3) ...................................................................................................... 26 Photograph 4: Fence conditions at MPW site near existing Anzac creek culvert (18 Sep 2019) .............................. 27 Photograph 5: Westernmost of 5 culverts at the southern end of the Bootland ........................................................... 46 Moorebank Precinct West Stage 2 Final | SIMTA Cumberland Ecology © Page iv Photograph 6. Koala bridge design concept (side view) .......................................................................................................... 46 Photograph 7. Koala bridge design concept (top view) ........................................................................................................... 47 Photograph 8. Examples of Koala-grids .......................................................................................................................................... 48 Table of Appendices APPENDIX A : Compliance with Conditions of Consent APPENDIX B : KMP Management Actions APPENDIX C : Consultation with Regulators Table of Figures Figure 1: Layout of the Moorebank Intermodal Terminal Precinct Figure 2: Location of MPW Stage 2 Development Figure 3: Historic Koala records in the locality Figure 4: Koala Survey Locations Figure 5: Koala Survey Results Figure 6: Location of Intermodal Precinct relative to Campbelltown LGA Figure 7: Vegetation communities of the MPW site and offset areas Figure 8: Koala Movement Corridors Figure 9: Indicative locations of Koala Grids and Koala Bridges Moorebank Precinct West Stage 2 Final | SIMTA Cumberland Ecology © Page v Glossary BAM Biodiversity Assessment Method BAR Biodiversity Assessment Report BC Act NSW Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 Bootland The approved Wattle Grove Biobank Area CEMP Construction Environment Management Plan CFFMP Construction Flora and Fauna Management Plan CKPoM Comprehensive Koala Plan of Management DA Development Application DoEE Commonwealth Department of Environment and Energy DPE NSW Department of Planning and Environment DPIE NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment EES NSW Environment, Energy and Science Group, a division of DPIE EIS Environmental Impact Statement EP&A Act NSW Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 EPBC Act Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 FBA Framework for Biodiversity Assessment IPC Independent Planning Commission KMA Koala Management Area KMP Koala Management Plan LEC NSW Land and Environment Court LGA Local Government Area MNES Matters of National Environmental Significance Moorebank site The approved Moorebank Biobank Area MPE Moorebank Precinct East, parts of the Moorebank Intermodal Terminal as approved under Concept Plan Approval (MP 10_0913) and the MPE Stage 1 Approval (14_6766) MPW Moorebank Precinct West, parts of the Moorebank Intermodal Terminal as approved under to MPW Concept Plan Approval (SSD_5066) and the MPW EPBC Approval (No. 2011/6086) OEH Office of Environment and Heritage OEMP Operational Environment Management Plan OSD basin On-site detention basin PKFT Preferred Koala Food Tree the Review A review of koala tree use across New South Wales (OEH 2018) SAT Spot Assessment Technique SEPP 44 State Environment Planning Policy No 44 Moorebank Precinct West Stage 2 Final | SIMTA Cumberland Ecology © Page vi SIMTA Sydney Intermodal Terminal Alliance SSD State Significant Development the Intermodal Precinct The Moorebank Intermodal Terminal Precinct, comprising Moorebank Precinct West, Moorebank Precinct East, three offset (biobank) sites and a portion of Railcorp land TSC Act NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 Moorebank Precinct West Stage 2 Final | SIMTA Cumberland Ecology © Page vii 1. Introduction Cumberland Ecology has been requested by Sydney Intermodal Terminal Alliance (SIMTA) on behalf of Qube Holdings Pty Ltd (‘the client’) to prepare a Koala Management Plan in relation to the Moorebank Precinct West Stage 2 development (MPW Stage 2). 1.1. Background The MPW Stage 2 development is a State Significant Development (SSD 7709) that forms part of the wider Moorebank Intermodal Terminal Precinct (the Intermodal Precinct). The Intermodal Precinct is broadly comprised of two main development areas: Moorebank Precinct West (MPW) and Moorebank Precinct East (MPE) with three associated conservation or offset sites: the Wattle Grove offset area (also known as the ‘Bootland’), the Moorebank offset area and the Casula offset area