Kemerton Industrial Area Additional Assessment of Proposed Access Road Area Prepared for S2V Consulting 3 October 2017 Kemerton Industrial Area Additional Assessment of Proposed Access Road Area DOCUMENT TRACKING Item Detail Project Name Kemerton Industrial Area Additional Assessment of Proposed Access Road Area Project Number 17PER_7386 Joel Collins Project Manager (08) 9227 1070 Suites 1 and 2, 49 Ord Street West Perth WA 6005 Prepared by Sarah Dalgleish Reviewed by Joel Collins Approved by Warren McGrath Status FINAL Version Number 3 Last saved on 3 October 2017 Cover photo Native vegetation within the study area © Eco Logical Australia 2017 This report should be cited as ‘Eco Logical Australia 2017. Kemerton Industrial Area Additional Assessment of Proposed Access Road Area. 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Template 29/9/2015 © ECO LOGICAL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD ii Kemerton Industrial Area Additional Assessment of Proposed Access Road Area Contents Executive summary ................................................................................................................................ vi 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Study area .................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Climate .......................................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Regional context ........................................................................................................................... 1 2 Methodology ............................................................................................................................... 4 2.1 Desktop assessment and literature review ................................................................................... 4 2.1.1 Previous studies relevant to the study area ................................................................................. 4 2.1.2 Database searches ....................................................................................................................... 5 2.1.3 Likelihood of occurrence assessment .......................................................................................... 5 2.2 Site inspection .............................................................................................................................. 6 3 Results ......................................................................................................................................... 7 3.1 Flora .............................................................................................................................................. 7 3.1.1 Conservation significant flora ....................................................................................................... 7 3.2 Vegetation................................................................................................................................... 10 3.2.1 Vegetation communities ............................................................................................................. 10 3.2.2 Threatened and Priority Ecological Communities ...................................................................... 16 3.2.3 Vegetation condition ................................................................................................................... 16 3.3 Fauna .......................................................................................................................................... 18 3.3.1 Conservation significant fauna ................................................................................................... 18 3.3.2 Fauna habitats ............................................................................................................................ 18 3.4 Wetlands ..................................................................................................................................... 23 4 Summary and conclusion ........................................................................................................ 24 References ............................................................................................................................................. 27 Appendix A Flora likelihood assessment ........................................................................................... 30 Appendix B Fauna likelihood assessment ......................................................................................... 30 Appendix C Banksia Woodlands TEC assessment ........................................................................... 37 © ECO LOGICAL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD iii Kemerton Industrial Area Additional Assessment of Proposed Access Road Area List of figures Figure 1: Location of the study area ........................................................................................................... 3 Figure 2: Conservation significant flora recorded in proximity to the study area ....................................... 9 Figure 3: Vegetation communities within the study area as mapped and described in July 2017 during the site inspection ........................................................................................................................................... 15 Figure 4: Vegetation condition within the study area, as mapped and described in July 2017 during the site inspection ........................................................................................................................................... 17 Figure 5: Fauna habitats within the study area, as mapped and described July 2017 during the site inspection ................................................................................................................................................. 20 Figure 6: Black Cockatoo foraging habitat as confirmed and/or mapped during the site inspection in July 2017 .......................................................................................................................................................... 21 Figure 7: Black Cockatoo breeding habitat, as confirmed and/or mapped during the site inspection in July 2017 .......................................................................................................................................................... 22 List of tables Table 1: Existing environmental regional attributes of the study area ...................................................... 2 Table 2: Database searches ...................................................................................................................... 5 Table 3: Vegetation communities within the study area confirmed during the site inspection ................. 11 Table 4: Summary of ecological values occurring within the study area ................................................. 25 © ECO LOGICAL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD iv Kemerton Industrial Area Additional Assessment of Proposed Access Road Area Abbreviations Abbreviation Description BoM Bureau of Meteorology DEC Department of Environment and Conservation DotEE Department of the Environment and Energy ELA Eco Logical Australia EPA Environmental Protection Authority EPBC Act Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 FCT Floristic Community Type ha Hectares IBRA Interim Biogeographical Regionalisation for Australia km Kilometers mm Millimeters Parks and Wildlife Department of Parks and Wildlife PEC Priority Ecological Community PMST Protected Matters Search Tool S2V S2V Consulting TEC Threatened Ecological Community WA Western Australia WC Act Wildlife Conservation Act 1950 © ECO LOGICAL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD v Kemerton Industrial Area Additional Assessment of Proposed Access Road Area Executive summary Eco Logical Australia was engaged by S2V Consulting to undertake a desktop study and site inspection of an area (study area) associated with a potential future spine road that may be utilised to provide access to a proposed industrial facility in the Kemerton Industrial Area, south-west Western Australia. The purpose of this work was to develop a stand-alone report with the purpose of supporting approvals documentation for development of the access road/s. As part of this work, Eco Logical Australia reviewed existing reports and data for the broader Kemerton Industrial Area and undertook a site inspection to