Digital 4 Pty Ltd Lot 802 and Part 803 Erindale Road, Hamersley Section 38 referral Supporting Document 25 May 2020 57707-125649 (Rev 3) JBS&G Australia Pty Ltd T/A Strategen-JBS&G Table of Contents Executive Summary .................................................................................................................. v 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Purpose and scope .............................................................................................. 1 1.2 Proponent ............................................................................................................ 1 1.3 Environmental impact assessment process ........................................................ 1 1.4 Other approvals and regulation .......................................................................... 2 1.4.1 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 ...... 2 2. The proposal .................................................................................................................. 7 2.1 Background and justification ............................................................................... 7 2.2 Proposal description ............................................................................................ 7 2.2.1 Key proposal characteristics ................................................................ 7 2.3 Local and regional context .................................................................................. 8 3. Stakeholder engagement............................................................................................. 12 3.1 Key stakeholders ............................................................................................... 12 3.2 Stakeholder engagement process ..................................................................... 12 3.2.1 Community consultation .................................................................... 12 3.2.2 Regulatory consultation ..................................................................... 12 3.3 Stakeholder consultation .................................................................................. 12 3.3.1 Community consultation .................................................................... 12 3.3.2 Agency consultation ........................................................................... 14 4. Environmental principles and factors .......................................................................... 16 4.1 Principles ........................................................................................................... 16 4.2 Key Environmental Factor 1 – Flora and Vegetation ......................................... 18 4.2.1 EPA objectives .................................................................................... 18 4.2.2 EPA policy and guidelines .................................................................. 18 4.2.3 Receiving environment ...................................................................... 18 4.2.4 Potential impacts ............................................................................... 29 4.2.5 Assessment of impacts ....................................................................... 30 4.2.6 Mitigation ........................................................................................... 31 4.2.7 Predicted outcome ............................................................................. 33 4.3 Key Environmental Factor 2 – Terrestrial Fauna ............................................... 34 4.3.1 EPA objectives .................................................................................... 34 4.3.2 EPA policy and guidance .................................................................... 34 4.3.3 Receiving environment ...................................................................... 34 4.3.4 Potential impacts ............................................................................... 42 4.3.5 Assessment of impacts ....................................................................... 43 ©JBS&G Australia Pty Ltd T/A Strategen-JBS&G | 57707-125649 (Rev 3) ii 4.3.6 Mitigation ........................................................................................... 44 4.3.7 Predicted outcome ............................................................................. 45 5. Other environmental factors or matters ..................................................................... 47 6. Offsets .......................................................................................................................... 50 7. Limitations ................................................................................................................... 53 8. References ................................................................................................................... 54 List of Tables Table ES.1: Proposal summary table ........................................................................................ v Table ES.2: Physical and operational elements ...................................................................... vi Table ES.3: Summary of potential impacts, proposed mitigation and outcomes .................. vi Table 1.1: Proponent and key contact details ......................................................................... 1 Table 1.2: Other approvals ....................................................................................................... 2 Table 2.1: Summary of the proposal ........................................................................................ 7 Table 2.2: Location and proposed extent of physical and operational elements.................... 7 Table 3.1: Summary of agency consultation ......................................................................... 14 Table 4.1: EP Act principles .................................................................................................... 16 Table 4.2: Southwest Vegetation Complex Statistics Report (2018) ..................................... 19 Table 4.3: Vegetation types ................................................................................................... 22 Table 4.5: Area (ha) covered by each vegetation condition category within the development envelope ................................................................................... 24 Table 4.6: Proposed areas to be cleared and partially cleared, by vegetation type ............. 29 Table 4.7: Proposed areas to be cleared and partially cleared by vegetation condition ...... 29 Table 4.8: Conservation significant fauna species likely to occur within the development envelope ......................................................................................................... 34 Table 4.9: Definitions of Black Cockatoo foraging habitat quality ......................................... 37 Table 4.10: Vegetation types and Black Cockatoo foraging species within the development envelope ......................................................................................................... 37 Table 4.11: Black Cockatoo habitat ........................................................................................ 37 Table 4.12: Proposed areas to be cleared and partially cleared, by black cockatoo habitat quality ............................................................................................................. 42 Table 5.1: Assessment of other environmental factors ......................................................... 47 List of Figures Figure 1.1: Development envelope .......................................................................................... 4 Figure 1.2: Development envelope – physical elements ......................................................... 5 Figure 1.3: Current MRS and LPS zoning .................................................................................. 6 Figure 2.1: Topography and soils ........................................................................................... 10 ©JBS&G Australia Pty Ltd T/A Strategen-JBS&G | 57707-125649 (Rev 3) iii Figure 2.2: Hydrology ............................................................................................................. 11 Figure 4.1: Vegetation types and Priority flora ...................................................................... 26 Figure 4.2: Vegetation condition ........................................................................................... 27 Figure 4.3: Bush Forever areas and Ecological Linkages ........................................................ 28 Figure 4.4: Black Cockatoo habitat ........................................................................................ 40 Figure 4.5: Local and regional Black Cockatoo habitat .......................................................... 41 Appendices Appendix A Concept Plan Appendix B Hamersley Project Community Consultation Report Appendix C Vegetation, flora and fauna report (Strategen 2018) Appendix D Schedule 1: Standards for Asset Protection Zones Appendix E Naturemap and Protected Matters database search results Appendix F Black Cockatoo nest hollow assessment (Strategen-JBS&G 2019) Appendix G Offset Strategy ©JBS&G Australia Pty Ltd T/A Strategen-JBS&G | 57707-125649 (Rev 3) iv Executive Summary Digital 4 Pty Ltd (Digital 4; the Proponent) is proposing to rezone 179 (Lot 802) Erindale Road, Hamersley under the City of Stirling (CoS) Local