EPBC Referral – Threatened Species Dossier ABP Project ARROW BOWEN PIPELINE EPBC MNES Threatened Species Dossiers EPBC Referral – Threatened Species Dossier ABP Project Table of Contents 1 Flora ................................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Dichanthium queenslandicum (King Blue-grass) ................................................................................... 1 1.1.1 Conservation status ........................................................................................................................... 1 1.1.2 Description ........................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1.3 Distribution ........................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1.4 Habitat ............................................................................................................................................... 2 1.1.5 Ecology ............................................................................................................................................. 3 1.1.6 Survey effort and methods undertaken for ABP ................................................................................ 3 1.1.7 Threats .............................................................................................................................................. 3 1.1.8 Recovery actions ............................................................................................................................... 4 1.1.9 ABP survey results ............................................................................................................................ 5 1.1.10 Impacts of ABP on King Blue-grass .............................................................................................. 6 1.1.11 Evaluation under MNES significant impact guidelines .................................................................. 8 1.1.12 Conclusion .................................................................................................................................... 9 1.2 Eucalyptus raveretiana (Black Ironbox) ............................................................................................... 18 1.2.1 Conservation status ......................................................................................................................... 18 Queensland: Vulnerable under the NC Act................................................................................................... 18 1.2.2 Description ...................................................................................................................................... 18 1.2.3 Distribution ...................................................................................................................................... 18 1.2.4 Habitat ............................................................................................................................................. 19 1.2.5 Ecology ........................................................................................................................................... 20 1.2.6 Threats ............................................................................................................................................ 20 1.2.7 Recovery actions ............................................................................................................................. 21 1.2.8 Survey effort and methods undertaken for ABP .............................................................................. 22 1.2.9 ABP survey results .......................................................................................................................... 23 1.2.10 Impacts of ABP on Black Ironbox ................................................................................................ 23 1.2.11 Evaluation under MNES significant impact guidelines ................................................................ 25 1.2.12 Conclusion .................................................................................................................................. 27 1.3 Natural grasslands of the Queensland Central Highlands and the northern Fitzroy Basin .................. 33 1.3.1 Conservation status ......................................................................................................................... 33 1.3.2 Description ...................................................................................................................................... 33 1.3.3 Distribution ...................................................................................................................................... 33 1.3.4 Habitat in Queensland ..................................................................................................................... 34 1.3.5 Threats ............................................................................................................................................ 35 1.3.6 Recovery actions ............................................................................................................................. 35 1.3.7 CQ Native Grasslands condition assessment ................................................................................. 37 i EPBC Referral – Threatened Species Dossier ABP Project 1.3.8 Survey effort and methods undertaken for ABP .............................................................................. 38 1.3.9 ABP survey results .......................................................................................................................... 39 1.3.10 Evaluation under MNES significant impact guidelines ................................................................ 40 1.3.11 Conclusion .................................................................................................................................. 42 1.4 Weeping Myall Woodlands .................................................................................................................. 50 1.4.1 Conservation status ......................................................................................................................... 50 1.4.2 Description ...................................................................................................................................... 50 1.4.3 Distribution ...................................................................................................................................... 51 1.4.4 Habitat in Queensland ..................................................................................................................... 51 1.4.5 Threats ............................................................................................................................................ 52 1.4.6 Recovery actions ............................................................................................................................. 52 1.4.7 ABP survey results .......................................................................................................................... 52 1.4.8 Impacts of ABP on Weeping Myall Woodland EEC ......................................................................... 53 1.4.9 Evaluation under MNES significant impact guidelines ..................................................................... 54 1.4.10 Conclusion .................................................................................................................................. 56 2 Fauna ............................................................................................................................................ 64 2.1 Denisonia maculata (Ornamental Snake) ............................................................................................ 64 2.1.1 Conservation Status ........................................................................................................................ 64 2.1.2 Description ...................................................................................................................................... 64 2.1.3 Distribution ...................................................................................................................................... 64 2.1.4 Habitat ............................................................................................................................................. 65 2.1.5 Ecology ........................................................................................................................................... 65 2.1.6 Activity period .................................................................................................................................. 65 2.1.7 Threats ............................................................................................................................................ 66 2.1.8 DSEWPaC recommended survey methods .................................................................................... 66 2.1.9 Survey effort and methods undertaken for ABP .............................................................................. 66 2.1.10 Comparison with DSEWPaC guidelines ..................................................................................... 67 2.1.11 ABP survey results .....................................................................................................................