Proposed Surat North Development Wandoan, Queensland TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY ASSESSMENT Report prepared for QGC Document Control Sheet File Number: 0360-001 Project Manager: Lindsay Popple Client: QGC Project Title: Terrestrial Ecology Assessment — Proposed Surat North Development Project Author/s: Lindsay Popple, Chris Sanderson, Alanna Main, Lui Weber, Brett Taylor, Adam Abbott, Maree Gilbert, James Wilson, Penn Lloyd, Chris Spain, Ria Zoeller, Paulette Jones, Jedd Appleton Project Summary: A baseline and impact assessment of terrestrial ecological values for the proposed Surat North Development located near Wandoan, southern Queensland. Revision/Checking History Track Version Date Issued Checked By Issued By 0360-001 Version 0 17/01/2014 Jedd Appleton Lindsay Popple Version Date Dispatched to Destination Revision History Digital Copy to Client PDF on Server PDF Backup Copy 0360-001 Version 0 23/01/2014 23/01/2014 23/01/2014 BAAM Pty Ltd File No: 0360-001 Version 0 NOTICE TO USERS OF THIS REPORT Copyright and reproduction This report and all indexes, schedules, annexures or appendixes are subject to copyright pursuant to the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth). Subject to statutory defences, no party may reproduce, publish, adapt or communicate to the public, in whole or in part, the content of this report without the express written consent of Biodiversity Assessment and Management Pty Ltd. Purpose of Report Biodiversity Assessment and Management Pty Ltd has produced this report in its capacity as consultants for and on the request of QGC (the "Client") for the sole purpose of undertaking an assessment of terrestrial ecological values within lands potentially impacted by the proposed Surat North Development near Wandoan in southern Queensland (the "Specified Purpose"). This information and any recommendations in this report are particular to the Specified Purpose and are based on facts, matters and circumstances particular to the subject matter of the report and the Specified Purpose at the time of production. This report is not to be used, nor is it suitable, for any purpose other than the Specified Purpose. Biodiversity Assessment and Management Pty Ltd disclaims all liability for any loss and/or damage whatsoever arising either directly or indirectly as a result of any application, use or reliance upon the report for any purpose other than the Specified Purpose. This report has been produced solely for the benefit of the Client. Biodiversity Assessment and Management Pty Ltd does not accept that a duty of care is owed to any party other than the Client. This report is not to be used by any third party other than as authorised in writing by Biodiversity Assessment and Management Pty Ltd and any such use shall continue to be limited to the Specified Purpose. Further, Biodiversity Assessment and Management Pty Ltd does not make any warranty, express or implied, or assume any legal liability or responsibility for any third party's use in whole or in part of the report or application or use of any other information or process disclosed in this report and to the full extent allowed by law excludes liability in contract, tort or otherwise, for any loss or damage sustained by any person or body corporate arising from or in connection with the supply or use of the whole part of the report through any cause whatsoever. Biodiversity Assessment and Management Pty Ltd has used information provided to it by the Client and governmental registers, databases, departments and agencies in the preparation of this report. Biodiversity Assessment and Management Pty Ltd does not know, nor does it have any reason to suspect, that the information provided to it was false, inaccurate, incomplete or misleading at the time of its receipt. This report is supplied on the basis that while Biodiversity Assessment and Management Pty Ltd believes all the information in it is deemed reliable at the time of publication, it does not warrant its accuracy or completeness and to the full extent allowed by law excludes liability in contract, tort or otherwise, for any loss or damage sustained by any person or body corporate arising from or in connection with the supply or use of The whole or any part of the information in this report through any cause whatsoever. Signed on behalf of Date: 23 January 2013 Biodiversity Assessment and Management Pty Ltd Managing Director BAAM Pty Ltd File No: 0360-001 Version 0 TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY ASSESSMENT PROPOSED SURAT NORTH DEVELOPMENT Table of Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 1 2.0 METHODOLOGY ..................................................................................................................... 1 2.1. DESKTOP REVIEW ................................................................................................................... 1 2.2. FIELD SURVEYS ...................................................................................................................... 2 2.2.1. Field survey coverage and timing ................................................................................... 2 2.2.2. Terrestrial Flora .............................................................................................................. 2 2.2.3. Terrestrial Fauna ............................................................................................................ 7 2.3. MAPPING OF TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGICAL VALUES................................................................... 10 2.3.1. Project-scale Vegetation Mapping ................................................................................ 10 2.3.2. Habitat Mapping for Significant Species ....................................................................... 11 2.3.3. Mapping of Terrestrial Ecological Constraints .............................................................. 10 3.0 EXISTING ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................................... 12 3.1. BIOREGIONAL CONTEXT ........................................................................................................ 12 3.2. MAPPED VEGETATION COMMUNITIES ..................................................................................... 12 3.2.1. Certified and Revised Mapping of Vegetation .............................................................. 12 3.2.2. Wetlands and Springs .................................................................................................. 23 3.2.3. Matters of National Environmental Significance under the EPBC Act .......................... 23 3.2.4. Environmentally Sensitive Areas .................................................................................. 26 3.2.5. Biodiversity Planning Assessment ............................................................................... 27 3.3. TERRESTRIAL FLORA AND FAUNA SPECIES ............................................................................ 28 3.3.1. Terrestrial Flora Species .............................................................................................. 28 3.3.2. Terrestrial Fauna Species ............................................................................................ 28 3.3.3. Koala ............................................................................................................................ 31 3.3.4. Significant Exotic Terrestrial Species ........................................................................... 32 3.4. TERRESTRIAL FLORA AND FAUNA HABITAT ............................................................................. 32 3.4.1. Habitat Mapping for EVNT Species .............................................................................. 32 3.4.2. Habitats for Terrestrial Fauna Species ......................................................................... 37 4.0 CONSTRAINTS MAPPING .................................................................................................... 42 4.1. CONSTRAINTS MAPPING METHODOLOGY ............................................................................... 42 4.2. CONSTRAINTS MAPPING RESULTS ......................................................................................... 43 5.0 IMPACT ASSESSMENT ........................................................................................................ 45 5.1. POTENTIAL IMPACTS ............................................................................................................. 45 5.1.1. Clearing ........................................................................................................................ 45 5.1.2. Construction Activities .................................................................................................. 48 5.1.3. Operational Phase ........................................................................................................ 48 5.1.4. Decommissioning Phase .............................................................................................. 48 5.2. MITIGATION........................................................................................................................... 49 5.2.1. Impact Avoidance ......................................................................................................... 49 5.2.2. General Mitigation ........................................................................................................ 49 5.2.3. Pre-clearance Surveys ................................................................................................