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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT PINE HILL UNIT TRUST

Appendix 7 Pine Hill Quarry

Report No. 941/01

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Appendix 7

Ecological Assessment

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* A colour version of this Appendix is available on the digital version of this document

PINE HILL UNIT TRUST ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT

Pine Hill Quarry Appendix 7

Report No. 941/01

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OzArk Environmental & Heritage Management Pty Limited

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Pine Hill Unit Trust Pty Limited

PROPOSED PINE HILL QUARRY

Ecological Assessment

Oberon LGA, NSW

October 2016

OzArk Environmental & Heritage Management Pty Ltd

Ecological Assessment: Proposed Pine Hill Quarry i

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Ecological Assessment: Proposed Pine Hill Quarry ii

DOCUMENT CONTROLS

Proponent Pine Hill Unit Trust Pty Limited

Client RW Corkery & Co Pty Ltd

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Document Description Ecological Assessment: Proposed Pine Hill Quarry

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Document Status: FINAL Version Date Action

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FINAL once latest version of draft approved by client V3.0 11.10.2016 NA to LC

Prepared For Prepared By

Lauren Clear (LC) Environmental Consultant RW Corkery & Co Pty Ltd 62 Hill Street Orange NSW, 2800 P: 02 6362 5411 F: 02 6361 3622 E: [email protected]

Nikki Allen (NA) Environmental Scientist OzArk Environmental & Heritage Management Pty Ltd 145 Wingewarra Street (PO Box 2069) Dubbo NSW, 2830 P: 02 6882 0118 F: 02 6882 6030 E: [email protected]

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Ecological Assessment: Proposed Pine Hill Quarry iii

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Pine Hill Unit Trust Pty Limited (the proponent) propose to develop a quarry on Lot 267 DP

757068 of the “Pine Hill” property (“the property”) to supply gravel materials for road sheeting,

road base and other construction projects in the local area. The proposal is located

approximately six kilometres north of Oberon within the Oberon Local Government Area.

OzArk Environmental & Heritage Management (OzArk) was commissioned by RW Corkery &

Co Pty Ltd (the client) on behalf of the proponent to complete an ecological assessment under

Part 4 of the NSW Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EP&A Act) for the

proposal.

The proponent is required to complete an ecological assessment under Part 4 of the NSW

EP&A Act for the proposal. This assessment addresses requirements of section 5A of the

EP&A Act and the following legislation:

Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC

Act).

NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 (TSC Act).

NSW Fisheries Management Act 1994 (FM Act).

The proposed Pine Hill Quarry would be located at the southern boundary of Lot 267 DP

757068, with an access road through Blenheim State Forest. The access road will use existing

dirt roads within Blenheim State Forest, however, minor lopping of tree limbs is required to

maintain safe viewing distances. The preferred access road option will be used for the

proposal which will require minor vegetation clearing for creation of a new section of road. The

proposed Pine Hill Quarry will be developed in two stages, with the total excavation area

covering approximately 4.5ha. The final landform would be a flattened hill-top (without a void),

which would be rehabilitated through placement of subsoil and remnant gravel; then

placement of available soil resources; then spreading of seed for assisted regeneration.

An ecological field survey was carried out by Environmental Scientist Nikki Allen on 20 July

2016 (one part day). Field survey consisted of threatened fauna and flora searches, with three

vegetation plots. No threatened fauna or flora, or noxious weeds were observed during the

fieldwork. Rainfall reduced the presence and abundance of fauna species during the fieldwork

and is a limitation of the field survey, which was supplemented by database searches for

predictive modelling of threatened fauna species to occur in the study area.

The study area does not contain any ecologically sensitive communities including terrestrial

and aquatic Endangered Ecological Communities or Key Fish Habitat. Nine threatened bird

species listed under the NSW TSC Act were predicted to occur in the study area and may be

affected by the proposal. A seven-part test was applied to each of these species and found

that the proposal would not constitute a significant impact and a Species Impact Statement is

not required.

Safeguards and mitigation measures have been provided to minimise harm to the

environment. If these are implemented then the proposal is unlikely to have a significant

impact to species, populations and communities listed under the EPBC, TSC or FM Acts. No

permits, approvals, offsetting or further ecological assessment are required.


Ecological Assessment: Proposed Pine Hill Quarry 4

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction................................................................................................................... 8

Objectives ........................................................................................................... 8

Location .............................................................................................................. 8

1.2.1 Subject site .......................................................................................................... 8

1.2.2 Study area ........................................................................................................... 9

1.2.3 10 kilometre buffer ............................................................................................. 10

The proposal ..................................................................................................... 13

1.3.1 Pine Hill Quarry ................................................................................................. 13

1.3.2 Access roads ..................................................................................................... 13

1.3.3 Vegetation removal ........................................................................................... 14

Methods ....................................................................................................................... 17

Reporting ........................................................................................................... 17

2.1.1 Licensing and qualifications ............................................................................... 17

Desktop review .................................................................................................. 18

2.2.1 Information sources ........................................................................................... 18

Field survey ....................................................................................................... 18

2.3.1 Flora .................................................................................................................. 19

2.3.2 Ecological communities ..................................................................................... 19

2.3.3 Fauna ................................................................................................................ 20

2.3.4 Limitations ......................................................................................................... 21

Results ........................................................................................................................ 22

Relevant legislation ........................................................................................... 22

3.1.1 State Environmental Planning Policy No 44—Koala Habitat Protection ............. 22

3.1.2 Water Management Act 2000 ............................................................................ 22

3.1.3 Fisheries Management Act 1994 ....................................................................... 22

Landscape context ............................................................................................ 23

3.2.1 Mitchell Landscape ............................................................................................ 23

3.2.2 Waterways ........................................................................................................ 23

3.2.3 Land use ........................................................................................................... 23

3.2.4 Climate .............................................................................................................. 23

Ecological communities ..................................................................................... 27



3.3.1 Terrestrial communities ..................................................................................... 27

3.3.2 Aquatic communities ......................................................................................... 30

3.3.3 Groundwater dependant ecosystems ................................................................ 31

Flora .................................................................................................................. 31

3.4.1 Noxious weeds .................................................................................................. 32

Fauna ................................................................................................................ 32

Predictive modelling .......................................................................................... 33

3.6.1 Previously recorded threatened species and endangered populations .............. 33

3.6.2 Likelihood of occurrence - threatened biota ....................................................... 35

Potential impact .......................................................................................................... 36

Direct impact ..................................................................................................... 36

4.1.1 Impact to native vegetation ................................................................................ 36

4.1.2 Impact to endangered ecological communities .................................................. 36

4.1.3 Impact to groundwater dependent communities ................................................ 36

4.1.4 Impact to hollow bearing trees ........................................................................... 36

4.1.5 Fragmentation of habitat .................................................................................... 36

4.1.6 Soils and drainage ............................................................................................. 36

Indirect impact ................................................................................................... 37

4.2.1 Operational noise .............................................................................................. 37

4.2.2 Weeds ............................................................................................................... 37

Impact on Key Threatening Processes .............................................................. 37

Matters of National Environmental Significance ................................................. 40

Cumulative impact ............................................................................................. 40

Significance of potential impact ......................................................................... 41

4.6.1 NSW Legislation ................................................................................................ 41

4.6.2 Commonwealth Legislation ............................................................................... 42

Offsetting and rehabilitation ...................................................................................... 43

Offsetting requirement ....................................................................................... 43

Rehabilitation .................................................................................................... 43

5.2.1 Benson’s benchmarks ....................................................................................... 43

5.2.2 Results .............................................................................................................. 43

Environmental safeguards ......................................................................................... 44

Avoid impact ...................................................................................................... 44



Minimise impact ................................................................................................. 44

Mitigate impact .................................................................................................. 44

Conclusion .................................................................................................................. 47

References .................................................................................................................. 48

Appendix A: Field survey results ..................................................................................... 49

Appendix B: Habitat assessment table ........................................................................... 51

Appendix C: EPBC Act assessment of significance ...................................................... 77

Appendix D: TSC Act assessment of significance ......................................................... 79

Appendix E: Database search results ............................................................................. 83

Appendix F: Terms and abbreviations .......................................................................... 105

FIGURES

Figure 1-1: Regional context of the study area .................................................................... 11

Figure 1-2: The study area .................................................................................................. 12

Figure 1-3: Vegetation clearing of the proposal ................................................................... 16

Figure 2-1: Survey transect and flora plots .......................................................................... 19

Figure 3-1: Waterways of the study area ............................................................................. 24

Figure 3-2: Land use of the study area ................................................................................ 26

Figure 3-3: Previously mapped vegetation communities of the study area .......................... 28

Figure 3-4: Field survey vegetation community results for the study area ........................... 29

Figure 3-5: Threatened species within 10km of the study area ............................................ 34

TABLES

Table 1-1: Description of the subject site............................................................................... 9

Table 1-2: Regional context of the study area ....................................................................... 9

Table 1-3: Proximity of environmentally sensitive areas to the study area ........................... 10

Table 2-1: Summary of OzArk qualifications ....................................................................... 17

Table 3-1: Waterways assessment ..................................................................................... 25

Table 3-2: Type and area of occupancy of vegetation of the study area .............................. 27

Table 3-3: Value of vegetation in the landscape .................................................................. 30

Table 3-4: Threatened species identified within 10km of the study area .............................. 33

Table 3-5: Listed species predicted to be affected by the proposal ..................................... 35



Table 4-1: Review of proposed impacts to key threatening processes ................................ 38

Table 4-2: Impacts to Matters of National Environmental Significance ................................ 40

Table 4-3: Summary of the findings of TSC Act 7-Part Tests .............................................. 42

Table 5-1: Benson’s benchmarks ........................................................................................ 43

Table 6-1: Summary of mitigation methods ......................................................................... 44

PLATES

Plate 1-1: Photo of trees requiring felling for safe sight viewing distances ........................... 15

Plate 3-1: Example of typical ground cover at vegetation plot one....................................... 31

Plate 3-2: Example of typical ground cover at vegetation plot two ....................................... 32



Introduction

Pine Hill Unit Trust Pty Limited (the proponent) propose to develop a quarry on Lot 267 DP

757068 of the “Pine Hill” property (“the property”) to supply gravel materials for road sheeting,

road base and other construction projects in the local area. The proposal is located

approximately six kilometres north of Oberon within the Oberon Local Government Area.

Objectives

OzArk Environmental & Heritage Management (OzArk) was commissioned by RW Corkery &

Co Pty Ltd on behalf of the proponent to complete an ecological assessment under Part 4 of

the NSW Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EP&A Act) for the proposal. This

assessment addresses requirements of Section 5A of the EP&A Act and the following

legislation:

Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC

Act).

NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 (TSC Act).

NSW Fisheries Management Act 1994 (FM Act).

The objectives of the ecological assessment are to provide:

Accurate predictions and mapping of any vegetation clearing on site.

Detailed assessment of the potential impact to any threatened species, populations,

endangered ecological communities or their habitats; groundwater dependent

ecosystems predicted to occur; and any potential for offset requirements in accordance

with the relevant Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) Guidelines.

Detailed descriptions of the measures to avoid, minimise, mitigate and offset biodiversity

impacts.

Location

Three terms are used in this report to contextualise the proposal:

Subject site.

Study area.

10km buffer.

Boundaries of the subject site and study area are shown in Figure 1-2. Additional terms and

abbreviations used are provided in Appendix F.

1.2.1 Subject site

The ‘subject site’ is the area directly affected by the proposal (DEC, 2004). For the purpose of

this report, there are two subject sites consisting of the quarry and the access roads. All land

within the project site boundary and the alignment of the two access road options, should be

considered the two subject sites respectively (Figure 1-2).

Up to 8.6ha would be disturbed by the proposal, with 4.5ha of the 8.6ha to be extracted. The

impact areas listed in Table 1-1 are the maximum potential impact footprint.



Table 1-1: Description of the subject site

Subject Site Parameter Dimensions Estimated Impact Area

Quarry Project Site Boundary Polygon (varies) – around 300m x 350m

8.6ha

Access Roads Preferred Alignment 1400m x 9m 1.26ha

Access Roads Alternate Alignment 1550m x 9m 1.40ha

1.2.2 Study area

The ‘study area’ includes the ‘subject sites’ and any additional areas likely to be affected by

the proposal, either directly or indirectly (DEC, 2004). The study area is the combination of all

subject sites, which covers 11.26ha and is shown on Figure 1-2. Once the proposal is

finalised, only one access road option would be used. If the preferred access road is used, the

impact area would be 9.86ha. If the alternate access road is used, the impact area would be

10ha.

This report has been written to assess the potential impact area of both access road options

and the Quarry. As the preferred and alternate alignment share 1150m of common road before

diverging, the actual impact area of the access roads combined is 1.71ha, not 2.66. The

combined access road (1.71ha) and Quarry (8.6ha) impact area gives a study area of 10.31ha

and is the basis of calculations used for this report.

Regional context of the study area is provided in Table 1-2 and proximity to environmentally

sensitive areas is shown in Table 1-3. Table 1-3 shows that the study area is located within

the following environmentally sensitive land:

SEPP 44: All land within Oberon LGA applies to SEPP 44.

State Forest: The access road subject site is located within Blenheim State Forest.

Protected riparian habitat: the alternate access road option crosses a Strahler first order

tributary of Little Spring Creek.

Table 1-2: Regional context of the study area

Criteria Value

Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA Region)

South Eastern Highlands

State NSW

Catchment Management Authority (CMA) Central West

CMA subregion Oberon

Topographical map sheet Edith: 8830-2-N

Local Government Area Oberon

Nearest town Oberon

Accessed from nearest town by Lowes Mount Road

Mitchell Landform Rockley Plains

Land use / disturbance Tree and shrub cover – softwood plantation

Nearest waterway (Name, Strahler Order) Unnamed Strahler first order tributary of Little Spring Creek

Spot point Australian Height Datum (AHD) 1150m

Surrounding land use Native and State forest



Table 1-3: Proximity of environmentally sensitive areas to the study area

Environmental Considerations In the study area?

An area reserved or dedicated under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974? No

Is the proposal located within land reserved or dedicated within the meaning of the Crown Lands Act 1989 for preservation of other environmental protection purposes?

No

A World Heritage Area? No

Environmental Protection Zones in environmental planning instruments? No

Lands protected under SEPP 14 – Coastal Wetlands? No

Lands protected under SEPP 26 – Littoral Rainforests? No

Lands protected under SEPP 71 – Coastal Protection? No

Lands protected under SEPP 44 – Koala Protection? Yes

Lands protected under SEPP Sydney Drinking Water Catchment? No

Land identified as wilderness under the Wilderness Act 1987 or declared as wilderness under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974?

No

Aquatic reserves dedicated under the Fisheries Management Act 1994? No

Wetland areas dedicated under the Ramsar Wetlands Convention? No

Land subject to a conservation agreement under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974?

No

Land identified as State Forest under the Forestry Act 1916? Yes

Western Lands Lease No

Freehold or Crown Land. If Crown Land, what type? Freehold

Land within a mining subsidence district? No

Acid sulphate area? No

Protected riparian habitat? Yes

Mapped as Key Fish Habitat? No

Critical habitat NSW? No

Critical habitat nationally? No

1.2.3 10 kilometre buffer

The 10km buffer means all land within a 10km radius of the study area. The 10km buffer is

used to review database records of listed plants and animals to predict what may occur in the

study area.



Figure 1-1: Regional context of the study area



Figure 1-2: The study area



The proposal

The proposal consists of two main components; the proposed Pine Hill Quarry and associated

access roads. The proposal incorporates the following key components.

Extraction of up to 50,000m3 of gravel material using campaign extraction methods for a

period of up to 20 years.

Campaign crushing and screening of the extracted gravel, as required to meet customer

specifications.

Establishment of an access road between the Pine Hill Quarry and Lowes Mount Road

through Blenheim SF. The access road would include upgrades to existing SF roads

(Glenmore Road and Black Bullock Track), and construction of a short additional section

linking Glenmore Road to the Pine Hill Quarry.

Transportation of the above products directly to the Applicant’s customers, primarily using

truck and dog combinations, with smaller capacity rigid trucks also used.

Establishment of ancillary infrastructure, including water management structures.

Construction and rehabilitation of a final landform that would be geotechnically stable and

would be suitable for a final land use of private forestry and passive nature conservation.

1.3.1 Pine Hill Quarry

The extraction operations would be undertaken using a conventional rip, load and haul

methods where vegetation and soil are removed to expose the underlying gravel which is

ripped and loaded prior to direct despatch or additional crushing and screening. The quarry

will have a two stage extraction area (see Figure 1-2):

Stage 1 would provide for the recovery of the weathered gravel from the most elevated

2.0ha of the Pine Hill Quarry subject site above the 1 160m AHD contour. Extraction would

commence at the southern end of this extraction stage, to develop a working face in a

northerly direction. While dependent on the hardness of the rock, the active extraction

face would likely remain approximately 10m in height with a second bench developed

from 1170m AHD as the elevation rises to the north.

Stage 2 would extend the extraction area to the east, north and west down to an elevation

of 1150m AHD where the gravel remains friable enough to excavated by ripping. Sections

of harder rock not able to be excavated by ripping is likely to be encountered as the

extraction is developed deeper below existing ground level, within these area to be left in

situ, worked around and incorporated into the final landform.

As the proposed quarry operations would be operated on a campaign basis to supply specific

customer contracts, site office facilities, workshops, maintenance areas, fuel storage and

stockpile areas would not be established or maintained.

1.3.2 Access roads

The access road will use existing unsealed roads within Blenheim State Forest, however,

minor lopping of tree limbs is required to maintain safe viewing distances. The dirt roads will

be improved through application of gravel and widening of the roads for ease of access by

construction vehicles. Nine metre wide access roads have been assessed for this report to

allow for flexibility in road design. However, it is likely the roads would be much narrower.



1.3.3 Vegetation removal

Vegetation removal would occur over the entire 4.5ha of the stage two quarry (see insert B of

Figure 1-3). For this report the quarry area of impact has been assessed as 8.6ha to account

for indirect impact through soil compaction of vehicle movement and by extension vegetation

removal.

During vegetation clearing operations, larger vegetation would be removed using a bulldozer

with its blade positioned just above the surface. Ground cover vegetation would be removed

with the topsoil to maximise the retention of the seed bank and nutrients within the soil, as well

as to minimise opportunities for erosion and dust lift-off between removal of the larger

vegetation and soil stripping.

Both access road options would require minor lopping of tree limbs along the road alignment

and two sections of tree removal.

This section of clearing, is located at the intersection of Black Bullock Track and Lowes

Mount Road (see insert D of Figure 1-3). Tree removal is required for safe viewing

distances for construction vehicles entering and existing the proposal site. Tree removal

will consist of removal a mixture of Mountain Gum (Eucalyptus dalrympleana) and Manna

Gum (Eucalyptus viminalis) (Plate 1-1).

Additional vegetation clearing would be required to remove any upper, mid and lower

stratum flora species along the portions of the proposed access road which leaves the

currently formed dirt road.

o For the preferred access road, approximately 100m by nine metres (0.09ha) of

vegetation would be affected (see insert C of Figure 1-3).

o For the alternate access road option, approximately 85m by nine metres

(0.08ha) of vegetation would be affected (see insert A of Figure 1-3).



Plate 1-1: Photo of trees requiring felling for safe sight viewing distances



Figure 1-3: Vegetation clearing of the proposal



Methods

The methodology employed for this report consisted of:

A desktop and literature review of ecological databases and literature sources as direct

references for the field survey.

A field survey of the study area.

The assessment rationale was to evaluate the type and quality of habitat to be affected by the

proposal; apply professional judgement, then complete targeted assessment of potential

habitat to detect the regions listed species, populations or communities.

Reporting

Reporting components were completed by:

Main Author: Nikki Allen.

Editor: Rowan Murphy.

QMS Reviewer: Rowan Murphy.

2.1.1 Licensing and qualifications

OzArk operates under NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Ethics Approval No.

11/5475 and NSW Scientific Research License 101087. Key details of scientific personnel

from OzArk EHM are provided in Table 2-1.

Table 2-1: Summary of OzArk qualifications

Name Position CV Details

Nikki Allen

Environmental Scientist

BSc. Major in Chemistry and Geography. University of New

South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy

Grad. Dip. In Environmental Health. Queensland University

of Technology.

Apply First Aid (ABC First Aid) ID: 34795

CPCCOHS1001A Work Safely in the Construction Industry

(White Card)

Roads and Maritime Worker on Foot Training

Rowan Murphy

Environmental Scientist / Ecologist

Bachelor of Environmental Science (University of New

England)

Bachelor of Laws (University of New England)

Practicing member of the NSW Ecological Consulting

Association

Practicing member of the Environment Institute of Australia

and New Zealand (EIANZ)

National Railtrack Safety Induction (ARTC)

WHS White Card: 1652972

Apply First Aid (Parasol) ID: 6007220.



Desktop review

2.2.1 Information sources

Preliminary assessments drew on local experience and information held on government

databases and archives (Appendix E). This data was used to assist in identifying distributions,

suitable habitats and known records of threatened species to increase the effectiveness of

field investigations. All databases were searched on 07 July 2016. Information sources

reviewed included:

Aerial photograph interpretation of the landscape and existing vegetation maps.

Literature reviews (OzArk library, OEH Biometric list) to determine vegetation and species

habitat(s) within the proposed study area and environs.

Review of flora and fauna records contained in the NSW Threatened Species Database,

EPBC Protected Matters Search Tool and DPI Records Viewer.

NSW Wildlife Atlas/Bionet GIS data request and website search.

Royal Botanical Gardens (PlantNet NSW Flora Online).

The background searches enabled the consultant to develop a predictive model for threatened

flora and fauna to be recorded in the study area (Section 3.7).

Field survey

Field assessment was carried out by Nikki Allen on 20 July 2016 (one part day). The

assessment followed the Working Draft Threatened Species Survey and Assessment

Guidelines NSW (DEC, 2004). Survey effort and location of flora plots is provided in Figure

2-1.

Weather was cool and overcast, ranging from 10.5°C to 12.9°C. Rainfall was light to moderate

throughout the duration of the fieldwork and approximately 38mm of rain fell over the course

of the day. The rain did not impact on flora survey, however, it did affect the fauna survey by

potentially reducing the likelihood of fauna species being active and easily observable.

The objective of the field assessment was to:

Describe the nature and extent of vegetation present within the study area to be removed.

Determine if species, populations or communities listed in the EPBC, TSC or FM Acts

would be, or have potential to be, affected by the proposal.

Determine if ground water dependant ecological communities would be, or have potential

to be, affected by the proposal.

Describe the quality and value of the habitat affected by the proposal.



Figure 2-1: Survey transect and flora plots

2.3.1 Flora

The flora assessment methodology followed the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage

(OEH) BioBanking Assessment Methods 2014 (BBAM) (OEH, 2014) and the “Random

Meander Technique” described by Cropper (Cropper, 1993). Formal 20m by 20m vegetation

plots, 50m by 1m transects and 20m by 50m habitat plots following BBAM were used for this

assessment.

Plant identification followed nomenclature in (Harden, 1990-2002), (Cunningham, et al., 1992)

and Royal Botanic Gardens (RBG, 2015). Special consideration was given to locating rare or

threatened plants identified in database searches and literature review as having the potential

to occur. The national conservation significance of flora was determined by referencing the

schedules associated with the TSC Act and the EPBC Act.

2.3.2 Ecological communities

Ecological communities were identified in the field using (Benson, 2009) and conditional

classes were assigned following definitions of low condition vegetation stated in (DEC, 2009)

i.e. Vegetation in low condition means:

1 woody native vegetation with:

o native over-storey percent foliage cover less than 25 percent of the lower value

of the over-storey percent foliage cover benchmark for that vegetation type, and

o less than 50 percent of groundcover vegetation is indigenous species, or

o greater than 90 percent of groundcover vegetation is cleared.

2 native grassland, wetland or herbfield where:



o less than 50 percent of groundcover vegetation is indigenous species1, or

o more than 90 percent of groundcover vegetation is cleared.

If native vegetation is not in low condition, it is in moderate to good condition.

The percentages for the groundcover calculations must be made in a season when

the proportion of native groundcover vegetation compared to non-native groundcover

vegetation in the area is likely to be at its maximum.

As there is woody vegetation, shrubland communities are assessed as woody native

vegetation for the low condition definition. For shrubland vegetation types greater than

one metre in height (i.e. the over-storey benchmark is not zero), both the over-storey

and groundcover assessment parts of the assessment are applied to determine

whether the vegetation is in low condition. For shrubland vegetation types less than

one metre in height (i.e. the over-storey benchmark is zero), only the groundcover

part of the woody native vegetation assessment is applied to determine whether the

vegetation is in low condition.

A list of predicted threatened or endangered EPBC Act, TSC Act and FM Act communities

was brought into the field during the assessment. Where the community had potential to be

the listed community the description and definition for the listed item was cross referenced.

2.3.3 Fauna

2.3.3.1 Habitat assessment

Habitat in the study area was assessed for its potential to provide resources for listed species

predicted to occur in Appendix B. Preference of habitat for these species was determined by

OEH, Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Fisheries and the Australian Government

Department of Environment (DoE) Threatened online Species Profiles.

Database searches were undertaken before the assessment to inform the consultant of what

species predicted or known to occur within the 10km buffer may be recorded or should need

a targeted search.

Any indirect evidence of fauna i.e. scats, tracks, calls, fur feathers, sloughed skins etc was

assessed.

Each mature tree in the subject site was inspected for hollows and to determine if they were

used for breeding. All eucalyptus trees in the study area were also assessed for nests, feeding

habitat including mistletoe or resting habitat. Where a tree with a hollow was observed it was

given a score reflecting its habitat value.

2.3.3.2 Birds

Opportunistic sighting of birds were recorded during assessment of the study area. Particular

attention was given to identifying tree hollows with signs of breeding activity or the presence

of nests.

1 Means less than 50% of the percent foliage cover of the groundcover vegetation consists of indigenous groundcover species,

not less than 50% of the groundcover species are indigenous species. Groundcover vegetation is herbaceous vegetation including grasses, forbs, herbs and similar low-growing non-woody plants.



2.3.4 Limitations

Not all animals and plants can be fully accounted for within any given study area. The presence

of threatened species is not static. It changes over time, often in response to longer term

natural forces which can, at any time, be dramatically influenced by man-made disturbance or

weather. In order to overcome some of these limitations, database searches were conducted

for threatened species, populations and ecological communities known to occur within the

region. A ‘precautionary approach’ for species occurrence has been adopted where required.

This report is based upon data acquired from recent and current surveys, however, it should

be recognised that data gathered is indicative of the environmental conditions of the site at

the time the report was prepared.

Limitations associated with the survey included:

Trapping was not a component of the assessment.

Microbat ultrasonic call capture and analysis was decided to not be included in the field

survey as no trees to be removed by the proposal were assessed as containing potential

bat habitat.

Nocturnal assessments were not a component of the assessment.

Rainfall reduced the presence and abundance of fauna species during the fieldwork, as

indicated by only one fauna species sighting during the fieldwork. This limitation was

supplemented with database searches of previously recorded threatened species and

threatened species predicted to occur in the area.

The above-mentioned constraints are not considered to compromise the findings or results of

the field assessment as the subject site is predominantly exotic pine forest regrowth and the

habitat available across the study area was similar.



Results

Relevant legislation

3.1.1 State Environmental Planning Policy No 44—Koala Habitat Protection

This Policy aims to encourage the proper conservation and management of areas of natural

vegetation that provide habitat for koalas to ensure a permanent free-living population over

their present range and reverse the current trend of koala population decline by:

Requiring the preparation of plans of management before development consent can be

granted in relation to areas of core koala habitat.

Encouraging the identification of areas of core koala habitat.

Encouraging the inclusion of areas of core koala habitat in environment protection zones.

Oberon LGA is listed as a LGA to which this Policy applies. The study area contains Manna

Gum (Eucalyptus viminalis), which is listed under Schedule 2 of the SEPP as a key feed tree

for the Koala. Koalas have been previously recorded within 10km of the study area, however,

no evidence of Koala habitation within the study area was recorded during the field survey. As

the study area has less than 15 percent Manna Gum in the upper stratum and no evidence of

a current Koala population was recorded during the field survey, the study area is not

considered key or potential Koala habitat. Koalas are a transient species and may move

through the study area, rather than use it as feeding or breeding habitat, hence the previous

nearby records

3.1.2 Water Management Act 2000

The objective of this Act is to manage the State’s water supply to maintain intergenerational

equity. The Act sets standard provisions for work within waterways (controlled activity

approvals) which is managed by the Department of Primary Industries Office of Water (DPI

Water). Exempts from application of a controlled activity includes construction or use of

fencing, a vehicular crossing or an access track on waterfront land does not impound water

and relates to a minor stream in a rural zone (DPI Water, 2012).

The proposal may include upgrade of the alternate access road through application of gravel,

which traverses a Strahler first order tributary of Little Spring Creek. As this is an existing road,

located on land classed as rural land under the Oberon Local Environmental Plan 2013, the

proposal is exempt from requiring a controlled activity approval from DPI Water.

3.1.3 Fisheries Management Act 1994

The objectives of this Act are to conserve, develop and share the fishery resources of the

State for the benefit of present and future generations. Under section 201 of the Act, a person

must not carry out dredging or reclamation work without a permit issued by the Minister of

Primary Industries.

The proposal may include upgrade of the alternate access road through application of gravel,

which traverses a Strahler first order tributary of Little Spring Creek. As the waterway to be

impacted is not mapped as Key Fish Habitat (KFH) and is below a Strahler third order, this

proposal is exempt from requiring a section 201 permit.



Landscape context

Landscape context of the study area locality is important when predicting the presence and

abundance of species. Landscape features such as distance to water and land use can greatly

influence the present of certain species in an area. The topography of the proposed quarry

site within the study area is located on a steeply sloping hill while the access tracks traverse

low rolling hills and a tributary of Little Spring Creek. Of note, the study area is adjacent to

Blenheim State Forest and less than three kilometres from Lowes Mount State Forest. The

large expanses of vegetated land provided by these forests would increase the diversity and

abundance of species which could use the study area for breeding, foraging and feeding.

3.2.1 Mitchell Landscape

The proposal is located wholly within the Rockley Plains Mitchell Landscape unit. This

Landscape unit is characterised by low rolling hills on plateau surface with Silurian and

Ordovician slate, phyllites, felspathic sandstones and interbedded volcanics. General

elevation is over 1000m, with local relief to 150m. The Rockley Plains Mitchell Landscape unit

has red and yellow texture-contrast soils with often with prominent bleached A2 horizons

(Mitchell, 2002).

3.2.2 Waterways

Waterways within the study area are limited to a Strahler first order tributary of Little Spring

Creek (Figure 3-1). This tributary crosses an existing access track and has been furthered

impacted by damming. Details of this waterway are provided in the waterways assessment

results, provided in Table 3-1.

Adjacent to the study area, Little Spring Creek (Strahler first order) ends 85m west of the

existing access track proposed to be used for the proposal. A Strahler first order tributary of

Dirty Creek is located 100m east of the same access track.

None of the waterways listed in this section are considered KFH nor are they a part of an

aquatic endangered ecological community (EEC).

3.2.3 Land use

The property has previously been operated for the purpose of forestry with the vegetation

dominated by Monterey Pine (Pinus radiata) and limited understorey. Eucalypt species are

present, predominantly in the south-eastern corner of the property and as regrowth adjacent

to internal tracks. During the construction of access tracks it is likely the disturbance would

have been significant, consisting of both excavation and the laying of imported gravel

materials. Figure 3-2 shows part of the preferred access road overlaps with native woodland.

3.2.4 Climate

The study area is located within the South Eastern Highlands bioregion which has a temperate

climate characterised by warm summers and no dry season. Average climate statistics from

the Oberon (Springbank) monitoring station show temperatures range from an average

monthly maximum temperature of 24.8°C in January to an average monthly minimum

temperature of -0.3°C in July. Average annual rainfall in the region of the study area is the

highest in January and June with 80.2mm and lowest in April with 57.9mm.



Figure 3-1: Waterways of the study area



Table 3-1: Waterways assessment

Little Spring Creek tributary

Attribute Comment

Hab

ita

t F

ea

ture

s

Strahler stream order First Order

Flow characteristics (direction, speed) Flowing in a northern direction, downhill

towards dam.

Habitat classification (Fairfull and Witheridge (2003) Class 4 – unlikely fish habitat

Pool Size Nil on waterway, dam is approximately

3m deep

Bank Slope Low slope

Depth (Max Av) 2cm

Substrate type (mud, sand, rock etc.) Gravel and red soils

Downstream connectivity Connects to man-made dam. No further

connectivity.

Waterway Condition (erosion, undercut collapsed, heavily grazed?)

Crosses over a dirt road, no evidence of erosion from the waterway, only

depressions from vehicle movement.

Contributions to cover Moderate – Surrounding pine forest

covers most of the waterway

Oily film visible? No

Filamentous algae present (indicating high nutrient loading) No

Submerged physical habitat features (large rocks) No

Smell? No

Submerged biological (tree trunks, branched etc.?) Small branches from nearby trees only

Emergent reeds / plants No

Canopy % over water (50m) 50%

General terrestrial veg cover 80-90%

Temperature (10cm) Not tested

Nu

trie

nt

Lo

ad

ing

Filamentous algae No

Water weeds (Azola/Salvinia) No

Weeds on banks No

Cumbungi, reeds, bullrush No

Native tree death No

Bad smells from the water No

Surface scum No

Stock refusing to drink N/A



Figure 3-2: Land use of the study area



Ecological communities

3.3.1 Terrestrial communities

3.3.1.1 Mapped vegetation communities

A database search of previously completed vegetation mapping of the study area found no

quality vegetation mapping exists for the Pine Hill Quarry subject site. The map provided in

Figure 3-3 does cover some vegetation for the preferred access road subject site.

Mountain Gum - Red Stringybark open-forest at high altitudes (Broad Vegetation Type (BVT)

4) is confined to higher parts of the central tablelands on slopes with infertile soils. BVT 4 is

an open-forest with tussock grass or shrubs, which is dominated by Mountain Gum, Inland

Scribbly Gum (Eucalyptus rossii), Red Stringybark (Eucalyptus macrorhyncha), Broad-leaved

Peppermint (Eucalyptus dives) and Brittle Gum (Eucalyptus mannifera) (Department of

Environment and Conservation, 2006).

3.3.1.2 Recorded vegetation communities

Three vegetation plots following the BBAM methodology (OEH, 2014) compared against

Benson’s descriptions of vegetation communities (Allen, Benson, Togher, & Lemmon, 2006)

was used to accurately name the vegetation communities listed in Table 3-2. The location of

vegetation plots compared against aerial imaging was used to extend the range of the

vegetation communities listed in Table 3-2 to create the vegetation map in Figure 3-4.

Table 3-2: Type and area of occupancy of vegetation of the study area

Subject Site Vegetation Community Area (ha)

Pine Hill Quarry Not a native community – Monterey Pine forest

regrowth 8.6

Preferred Access Road Not a native community – planted Monterey Pine forest 1.17

Preferred Access Road Central West (CW) 154: Mountain Gum – Manna Gum

open forest of the South Eastern Highlands 0.09

Alternate Access Road Not a native community – planted Monterey Pine forest 1.31

Alternate Access Road CW 154: Mountain Gum – Manna Gum open forest of

the South Eastern Highlands 0.08

Field survey of the study area found the majority of the study area was dominated by exotic

flora species (Monterey Pine) which was not consistent with a vegetation community. As

shown in Table 3-2, both the Pine Hill Quarry subject site and Blenheim SF are not considered

to be a native vegetation community.

Parts of the study area mapped as Mountain Gum – Manna Gum open forest of the South

Eastern Highlands (CW 154) (Figure 3-4) are regrowth only and contain immature eucalyptus

trees of a diameter breast height of less than 20cm. This regrowth would have occurred after

lawful clearing of vegetation undertaken by State Forest post 1 January 1990. Therefore the

vegetation mapped as CW 154 is considered non-protected regrowth under the Native

Vegetation Act 2003.

The alternate access road is a transitional area, which contains a blend of both Monterey Pine

and native CW 154 regrowth. As there is no obvious delineation line between where the



Monterey Pine and native CW 154 regrowth starts and ends, the area has been conservatively

mapped as CW 154 regrowth in Figure 3-4.

Figure 3-3: Previously mapped vegetation communities of the study area



Figure 3-4: Field survey vegetation community results for the study area



3.3.1.3 Vegetation connectivity

BBAM (OEH, 2014) was used to provide landscape value of vegetation in the study area in

Table 3-3.

Table 3-3: Value of vegetation in the landscape

Criteria Value

Size and shape of the proposal The study area covers 10.31ha of land within Lot 267 DP 757068 and Lot 37 DP 650068.

Location and position in the landscape (National Committee on Soil and Terrain 2009)

The study area is located on top of a steeply sloping hill. The Quarry is on the crest of the hill, whereas the access road is located along the slopes.

Percentage vegetation cover in a 100 ha circle centred on the study area

95%

Percentage vegetation cover in 1000 ha circle centred on the study area

80%

Connectivity value The study area has high connectivity as it connects to the Blenheim State Forest and other woodlands which span approximately 940ha.

Nearest remnant vegetation (distance, size and connectivity)

As above.

Distance to nearest large vegetation remnant greater than 1000 ha

0km – adjacent to Blenheim State Forest.

3.3.1.4 Threatened terrestrial ecological communities

Desktop review of the desktop based mapped vegetation of the study area found vegetation

of the study area was not associated with any Endangered Ecological Communities (EECs).

Desktop review of OEH threatened species website found the field survey based mapped

vegetation (CW154) is associated with Tableland Basalt Forest in the Sydney Basin and

Southern Eastern Highlands Bioregions EEC. Review of this EECs identification guidelines

(DECCW, 2010) found while the mapped vegetation was associated with the EEC, it did not

meet the definition of the EEC. The definition of the Tableland Basalt Forest in the Sydney

Basin and Southern Eastern Highlands Bioregions EEC is:

Between 600m to 900m – no, the study area is located at 1150m.

Located on relatively fertile loam or clay soils derived mainly from basalt – no, Mitchell

landscape places the study area on slates, sandstones and non-basalt derived volanics.

Vegetation a grassy open forest or woodland, or a native grassland – yes, grassy open

woodland.

A tree layer containing any of the following: ribbon gum, narrow-leaved peppermint,

mountain gum or snow gum – yes, mountain gum.

As not all of the above criteria were met, the CW154 vegetation within the study area is not

considered to be the Tableland Basalt Forest in the Sydney Basin and Southern Eastern

Highlands Bioregions EEC listed under the NSW TSC Act.

3.3.2 Aquatic communities

Desktop search found the waterways of the study area are not mapped as key fish habitat.

3.3.2.1 Threatened aquatic ecological communities

The waterways of the study area are not associated with any aquatic EECs.



3.3.3 Groundwater dependant ecosystems

The study area is mapped by the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) Atlas of Groundwater

Dependant Ecosystems as having vegetation with a low potential for groundwater interaction

(Appendix E). As the vegetation in the study area is mainly located near the peak of Pine Hill

(above 1100m AHD), it is unlikely the vegetation the can reach any groundwater.

Waterways nearby but outside of the study area have moderate potential for surface

expression of groundwater (Appendix E).

Flora

Field survey results recorded 13 flora species in the study area (Appendix A). Of the 13, there

were:

No threatened flora species.

Ten native flora species.

Three exotic flora species.

The ground cover of the study area was generally high (more than 90 percent density on any

given one metre square area) (Plate 3-1). In areas of native vegetation regrowth the typical

ground cover was native grasses. Whereas in areas dominated by Monterey Pine, the

groundcover was absent of almost all ground flora species as the ground was covered by

dropped pine needles.

Plate 3-1: Example of typical ground cover at vegetation plot one



Plate 3-2: Example of typical ground cover at vegetation plot two

3.4.1 Noxious weeds

No noxious weeds were recorded at the study area.

Fauna

During the field survey no threatened fauna species or populations were recorded. Only one

fauna species was sighted during the fieldwork, Yellow Thornbill (Acanthiza nana), due to the

impact of rainfall. The remaining three fauna species were identified from scats:

Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus).

Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus).

Common Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula).

Habitat types for fauna were limited due to existing and previous land use as a pine plantation.

The selective planting of Monterey Pine has resulted in large spans of vegetation available for

fauna, however, it is devoid of hollows and ground stratum vegetation. Fallen logs and mid-

stratum vegetation were absent from most of the study area, except for areas of pine tree

felling and small patches of native vegetation regrowth. This limits the use of the study area

for many species including Robins and native rodents.



Predictive modelling

3.6.1 Previously recorded threatened species and endangered populations

A database search of OEH BioNet Atlas found eight TSC Act or EPBC Act listed terrestrial

species have been previously recorded within 10km of the study area (Table 3-4 and Figure

3-5).

Table 3-4: Threatened species identified within 10km of the study area

Class Name Scientific Name Common Name NSW Status Comm Status No. of

Sightings

Flora Paralucia spinifera Black Gum Vulnerable Vulnerable 4

Mammalia Ardea ibis Koala Vulnerable Vulnerable 2

Insecta Eucalyptus aggregata

Purple Copper Butterfly Bathurst Copper Butterfly

Endangered Vulnerable 1

Amphibia Eucalyptus pulverulenta

Green and Golden Bell Frog

Endangered Vulnerable 1

Aves Gallinago hardwickii Little Eagle Vulnerable 1

Aves Hieraaetus

morphnoides Latham's Snipe Protected

CAMBA JAMBA

ROKAMBA 1

Flora Litoria aurea Silver-leafed Gum Vulnerable Vulnerable 1

Aves Phascolarctos

cinereus Cattle Egret Protected

CAMBA JAMBA

1



Figure 3-5: Threatened species within 10km of the study area



3.6.2 Likelihood of occurrence - threatened biota

An assessment of likelihood of occurrence for listed species, populations, communities and

migratory species identified from database searches was compiled (Appendix B). Three

terms of likelihood for occurrence (based on database results or other records, presence or

absence of suitable habitat, features of the study area, results of the field survey and

professional judgement) were used to determine the likelihood of occurrence:

“Unlikely” = a very low to low probability a species uses the study area. An assessment

of significance under the EPBC or TSC or FM Acts is not required for this species

“Likely” / ‘Potential’ = a medium to high probability a species uses the study area. An

assessment of significance under the EPBC or TSC or FM Acts is required for this species

“Yes” = the species was or has been observed on the study area. An assessment of

significance under the EPBC or TSC or FM Acts is required for this species.

A review of habitat requirements and database search records for each listed species,

populations and ecological communities predicted or known to occur in the study area

concluded nine threatened birds have potential to be impacted by the proposal (Table 3-5).

Table 3-5: Listed species predicted to be affected by the proposal

Scientific name Common name NSW

status C’wealth

status Occurrence

Records in 10km?

Callocephalon fimbriatum Gang-gang Cockatoo V Known No

Climacteris picumnus victoriae

Brown Treecreeper (eastern subspecies)

V Known No

Daphoenositta chrysoptera Varied Sittella V Known No

Hieraaetus morphnoides Little Eagle V Known Yes

Ninox connivens Barking Owl V Known No

Ninox strenua Powerful Owl V Known No

Petroica boodang Scarlet Robin V Known No

Petroica phoenicea Flame Robin V Known No

Pomatostomus temporalis temporalis

Grey-crowned Babbler (eastern subspecies)

V Known No

Key: V = Vulnerable, E = Endangered, EEC = Endangered Ecological Community

The TSC Act seven part tests for each of these species was completed and found the proposal

would not constitute a significant impact (Appendix D).



Potential impact

Direct impact

4.1.1 Impact to native vegetation

The proposal has been designed to minimise impact to native vegetation. The proposal is

expected to impact at most 10.31ha of predominately exotic vegetation (Monterey Pine). The

amount of vegetation to be cleared is much less than 10.31ha as the majority of the access road

is located on existing cleared land where lopping of tree limbs would be required, not tree

removal.

Of the 10.31ha of vegetation to be cleared, 0.17ha is considered native vegetation regrowth of

Mountain Gum – Manna Gum open forest of the South Eastern Highlands (CW 154). As only

one access road option would be used, at most 0.09ha of native vegetation regrowth (CW 145)

would be impacted.

Cumulative impact to native vegetation would:

Cause death or harm to fauna present in habitat during clearing.

Remove upper, mid and ground layer foraging, resting and feeding habitat for native

species.

4.1.2 Impact to endangered ecological communities

The vegetation to be impacted by the proposal is not associated with any EECs.

4.1.3 Impact to groundwater dependent communities

GDEs are unlikely to be present in the study area, see section 3.3.3. Removal of vegetation

and excavation of Pine Hill at over 1100m AHD is unlikely to interfere with any GDEs. Therefore

the will be no GDEs impacted by the proposal.

4.1.4 Impact to hollow bearing trees

There will be no hollow bearing trees impacted by the proposal.

4.1.5 Fragmentation of habitat

The study area is adjacent to Blenheim State Forest and less than three kilometres from Lowes

Mount State Forest. The study area has high connectivity as it connects to the Blenheim State

Forest and other woodlands which span approximately 940ha.

Vegetation to be removed by the proposal is restricted to a nine metre wide corridor along the

access roads and up to 8.6ha for the Pine Hill Quarry (total 10.31ha). Loss of at most a 10.31ha

vegetated area will be not fragment habitat. The remaining vegetation will have a continuous

connection despite loss of the 10.31ha area to be cleared.

4.1.6 Soils and drainage

Construction and operation of the Pine Hill Quarry will by its design, impact soil. Pine Hill Quarry

has an expected operational life of more than 20 years, when upon completion the study area

will be rehabilitated to match the vegetation type and quality standards for CW145. Soils would

also be disturbed in any area where vegetation clearing of the ground stratum occurs for



construction of, and operation of, the access road. Soil disturbance is not expected to negatively

impact the environment in the long term if rehabilitation is completed successfully.

Impact to waterways will only occur if the alternate access road option is used. The portion of

the road which traverses the Strahler first order tributary of Little Spring Creek is pre-existing.

The waterway is unlikely fish habitat, not mapped as KFH or an aquatic EEC and terminates at

the downstream dam. Considering all of these factors, continued use of the road will not

significantly impact the waterway.

Indirect impact

4.2.1 Operational noise

Operational noise during construction may disturb fauna or prevent them using habitat in the

study area. This impact would be short term and most fauna would be able to relocate to nearby

suitable habitat within Blenheim State Forest. Operational noise of the Pine Hill Quarry would

be high, as quarries by their nature are noisy, however, short in duration. The Quarry will not be

running constantly or during the night. The Quarry will only be operational for small blocks of a

few weeks at a time as supply demands. Any fauna which are sensitive to noise would only be

impacted periodically and for short durations.

4.2.2 Weeds

Soil disturbance may result in new weed populations. Introduction or spread of weeds through

the study area is associated with the following proposal work:

Removing native vegetation.

Excavation, stripping and construction.

If safeguards in Section 6 are followed the risk of weed colonisation in the study area will be

minimised.

Impact on Key Threatening Processes

There are six Key Threatening Processes (KTP’s) at the NSW State and Federal level which

will be exacerbated by the proposal. The proposal will consist of minor vegetation clearing,

which provides an opportunity for exotic perennial grasses to colonise the area. Stands of felled

dead trees exist within the Pine Hill Quarry subject site and will be removed for the proposal.

The proposal is expected to negligibly contribute to anthropogenic climate change as would any

development involving vegetation clearing and use of machinery. Construction of the Pine Hill

Quarry will remove bushrock and flatten the top of Pine Hill which may be used by hill-topping

butterflies.

The OEH, DoE and DPI Fisheries list of KTPs was reviewed and 18 KTPs are active within the

study area. Six of these will be exacerbated by the proposal:

Clearing of native vegetation.

Bushrock removal.

Anthropogenic climate change.

Invasion of native plant communities by exotic perennial grasses.

Removal of dead wood and dead trees.

Loss or degradation (or both) of sites used for hill-topping by butterflies.



A summary of the proposed impacts relating to the relevant key threatening processes is given

in Table 4-1. Exacerbation of these KTPs by the proposal is not considered a significant impact

as:

At most 0.09ha of native vegetation would be cleared.

The study area does not contain necessary habitat features (i.e. Blackthorn (Bursaria

spinosa subsp. lasiophylla)) for the Bathurst Copper Butterfly (Paralucia spinifera) to occur

in the study area and be impacted by hill-topping.

The impact to the remaining KTPs would be mitigated through application of environmental

safeguards listed in section 6.

Table 4-1: Review of proposed impacts to key threatening processes

Key Threatening Process TSC Act

FM Act

EPBC Act

KTP present in study

area? Exacerbated?

Aggressive exclusion of birds by noisy miners (Manorina melanocephala)

Yes No

Alteration of habitat following subsidence due to longwall mining

No No

Alteration to the natural flow regimes of rivers and streams and their floodplains and wetlands

Yes No

Anthropogenic climate change Yes Negligible

Bushrock removal No Yes

Clearing of native vegetation Yes Yes

Competition and grazing by the feral European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Yes No

Competition and habitat degradation by feral goats (Capra hircus)

No No

Competition from feral honey bees (Apis mellifera) Yes No

Death or injury to marine species following capture in shark control programs on ocean beaches

No No

Entanglement in or ingestion of anthropogenic debris in marine and estuarine environments

No No

Forest Eucalypt dieback associated with over-abundant psyllids and bell miners

Yes No

Herbivory and environmental degradation caused by feral deer

Yes No

High frequency fire resulting in the disruption of life cycle processes in plants and animals and loss of

vegetation structure and composition

Yes No

Hook and line fishing in areas important for the survival of threatened fish species

No No

Importation of red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta)

No No

Incidental catch (bycatch) of Sea Turtle during coastal otter-trawling operations within Australian

waters north of 28 degrees South

No No

Incidental catch (or bycatch) of seabirds during oceanic longline fishing operations

No No




FM Act

EPBC Act


area? Exacerbated?

Infection by psittacine circoviral (beak and feather) disease affecting endangered psittacine species and

populations

Yes No

Infection of frogs by amphibian chytrid causing the disease chytridiomycosis

No No

Infection of native plants by Phytophthora cinnamomi No No

Introduction and Establishment of Exotic Rust Fungi of the order Pucciniales pathogenic on plants of the

family Myrtaceae

No No

Introduction of non-indigenous fish and marine vegetation to the coastal waters of New South Wales

No No

Introduction of the large earth bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)

No No

Invasion and establishment of exotic vines and scramblers

No No

Invasion and establishment of Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius)

Yes No

Invasion and establishment of the cane toad (Bufo marinus)

No No

Invasion of native plant communities by African Olive Olea europaea L. subsp. cuspidata

No No

Invasion of native plant communities by exotic perennial grasses

Yes Yes

Invasion of native plant communities by Chrysanthemoides monilifera (bitou bush and

boneseed)

No No

Invasion of northern Australia by Gamba Grass and other introduced grasses

No No

Invasion of the yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes (Fr. Smith)) into NSW

No No

Invasion, establishment and spread of Lantana camara

No No

Loss and degradation of native plant and animal habitat by invasion of escaped garden plants,

including aquatic plants

No No

Loss of hollow-bearing trees Yes No

Loss or degradation (or both) of sites used for hill-topping by butterflies

No Yes

Novel biota and their impact on biodiversity No No

Predation and hybridisation of feral dogs (Canis lupus familiaris)

Yes No

Predation by exotic rats on Australian offshore islands of less than 1000 km2 (100,000 ha)

No No

Predation by the European red fox (Vulpes vulpes) Yes No

Predation by the feral cat (Felis catus) Yes No




FM Act

EPBC Act


area? Exacerbated?

Predation by the ship rat (Rattus rattus) on Lord

Howe Island No No

Predation by Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859 (plague minnow or mosquito fish)

No No

Predation, habitat degradation, competition and disease transmission by feral pigs (Sus scrofa)

Yes No

Removal of dead wood and dead trees Yes Yes

The degradation of native riparian vegetation along New South Wales water courses

No No

The introduction of fish to fresh waters within a river catchment outside their natural range

No No

The removal of large woody debris from NSW rivers and streams

No No

Matters of National Environmental Significance

Under the environmental assessment provisions of the EPBC Act, the Matters of National

Environmental Significance (MNES) and impacts on Commonwealth land are required to be

considered to assist in determining whether the proposal should be referred to the Australian

Government DoE. No MNES will be impacted by the proposed works (Table 4-2).

Table 4-2: Impacts to Matters of National Environmental Significance

Factor Impact

Any impact on a World Heritage property? NIL

Any impact on a National Heritage place? NIL

Any impact on a wetland of international importance? NIL

Any impact on a listed threatened species or communities? NIL

Any impacts on listed migratory species? NIL

Any impact on a Commonwealth marine area? NIL

Does the proposal involve a nuclear action (including uranium mining)? NIL

Additionally, any impact (direct or indirect) on Commonwealth land? NIL

Any impact on a water resource, in relation to coal seam gas development and large coal mining development?

NIL

Cumulative impact

As the proposal will create a new edge of the vegetation affected by clearing for the Pine Hill

Quarry, this could cause potential for numbers of Noisy Miners (Manorina melanocephala) to

increase. Noisy Miners are native birds which are edge specialists and are considered a pest.

The aggressive nature of Noisy Miners removes competition from other native birds of a similar

size by excluding them from the area; for example the threatened Grey-crowned Babbler

(Pomatostomus temporalis temporalis) and Regent Honeyeater (Anthochaera phrygia), which

are known to occur in the Oberon LGA.



Significance of potential impact

Management of ecological items is determined on the basis of their assessed significance as

well as the likely impact of the proposal. Significance of a species, population or community is

determined by appointed NSW and National Scientific Committees; with cultural and public

significance are considerations within the significance determination process. Within the

framework of an impact assessment, impact to listed significant items must be assessed at a

state level (under the FM Act and TSC Act), and if also nationally listed, under the EPBC Act.

The following sections identify state or nationally listed threatened species and then determines

if the impact is ‘significant’.

4.6.1 NSW Legislation

The habitat assessment identified nine species or their habitats (all of which are threatened bird

species) listed under the TSC or FM Acts may potentially be affected by the proposal (Appendix

B).

Table 4-3 gives an overview of the results of the seven-part test (Appendix D) and shows a

Species Impact Statement is not required:

1) In the case of a threatened species, the Proposal is not likely to have an adverse effect on the life cycle of the species such that a viable local population of the species is likely to be placed at risk of extinction.

2) In the case of an endangered population, the Proposal is not likely to have an adverse effect on the life cycle of the species that constitutes the endangered population such that a viable local population of the species is likely to be placed at risk of extinction.

3) In the case of an endangered ecological community or critically endangered ecological community:

i. The Proposal is not likely to have an adverse effect on the extent of the ecological community such that its local occurrence is likely to be placed at risk of extinction, or

ii. The Proposal is not likely to substantially and adversely modify the composition of the ecological community such that its local occurrence is likely to be placed at risk of extinction.

4) In relation to the habitat of a threatened species, population or ecological community: i. The extent to which habitat is likely to be removed or modified as a result of the

Proposal, and ii. That an area of habitat is not likely to become fragmented or isolated from other

areas of habitat as a result of the Proposal, and iii. The importance of the habitat to be removed, modified, fragmented or isolated

to the long-term survival of the species, population or ecological community in the locality.

5) That the Proposal is not likely to have an adverse effect on critical habitat (either directly or indirectly).

6) That the Proposal is not consistent with the objectives or actions of a recovery plan or threat abatement plan.

7) That the Proposal constitutes or is part of a key threatening process or is likely to result in the operation of, or increase the impact of, a key threatening process.



Table 4-3: Summary of the findings of TSC Act 7-Part Tests

Threatened species, or communities 7-Part Test Questions Likely

significant impact? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Birds

Callocephalon fimbriatum

Gang-gang Cockatoo N X X N N Y Y No

Climacteris picumnus victoriae

Brown Treecreeper (eastern subspecies)

N X X N N Y Y No

Daphoenositta chrysoptera

Varied Sittella N X X N N Y Y No

Hieraaetus morphnoides

Little Eagle N X X N N Y Y No

Ninox connivens Barking Owl N X X N N Y Y No

Ninox strenua Powerful Owl N X X N N Y Y No

Petroica boodang Scarlet Robin N X X N N Y Y No

Petroica phoenicea Flame Robin N X X N N Y Y No



N X X N N Y Y No

Notes: Y= Yes (negative impact), N= No (no or positive impact), P = Potential, X= not applicable, ?= unknown impact.

4.6.2 Commonwealth Legislation

The EPBC Act protects nationally and internationally important flora, fauna, ecological

communities and heritage places, which are defined in the EPBC Act as matters of national

environmental significance. The EPBC Act policy Statement Matters of National Environmental

Significance: Significant Impact Guidelines 1.1 (SEWHA 2009) forms the basis of determining

if impact to protected matters is significant.

The habitat assessment identified no species listed under the EPBC Act which may potentially

be affected by the proposal (Appendix B).



Offsetting and rehabilitation

Offsetting requirement

Proposals assessed under Part 4 or 5 of the EP&A Act do not have compulsory offsetting

requirements unless a council or government department has a biodiversity offsetting policy or

a significant impact to a listed species, population or community has been determined. The

Australian Local Government Association does not have an offsetting policy, however, individual

councils may do. As a significant impact to threatened items is not expected to occur, offsetting

is not expected to be triggered.

Rehabilitation

5.2.1 Benson’s benchmarks

Benson’s biometric vegetation type benchmarks (Benson, 2009) were developed by the NSW

Office of Environment and Heritage for described vegetation communities in different Catchment

Management Areas across NSW. Benson’s regional benchmarks underpin each community by

providing established quality parameters. By quantifying the baseline vegetation quality

standard, the future rehabilitation of Pine Hill Quarry vegetation can be monitored over time

against an accepted standard.

5.2.2 Results

As the vegetation currently occupying the Pine Hill Quarry subject site is non-native, the Pine

Hill Quarry subject site should be rehabilitated to conform to the nearest native vegetation

community (CW 145). Results from the vegetation survey included one plot in a native

vegetation community (CW 145), which had been previously cleared. This area is a suitable

substitute for revegetation of the Pine Hill Quarry subject site. Vegetation survey results of

vegetation plot one were compared to Benson’s benchmark for CW 145 (Table 5-1).

Table 5-1: Benson’s benchmarks

Benson Benchmark

Native plant

species richness

Native over- storey cover (%)

Native mid-

storey cover (%)

Native ground cover

(grasses) (%)

Native ground cover

(shrubs) (%)

Native ground cover (other)

(%)

Number of trees

with hollows

Total length

of fallen logs (m)

CW 154 12 15-35 15-35 10-40 10-40 20-70 10 40

Plot 1 8 20.5 40 48.5 2.6 27 0 10

Key: White = Benson benchmark, green = within Benson benchmark, red = outside of Benson benchmark.

Comparison of results from Table 5-1 shows the current state of the native vegetation is outside

of most of the Benson’s benchmark standards. Of note, the average percentage of exotic flora

present over the 50m transect used for this survey found weed burden was very low at 2.9

percent (Appendix A). The above standard results for percentage of mid–storey cover and

grasses may be contributing to the below standard native plant species richness. The number

of trees with hollows and total length of fallen logs is well below standard, as is expected for any

recently cleared area of vegetation containing only immature trees. Rehabilitation of the Pine

Hill Quarry subject site to Benson’s benchmark for CW 154 is considered an achievable long

term rehabilitation goal.



Environmental safeguards

The proposal has followed the principles of ‘avoid, minimise, mitigate’ to reduce the impact of

the proposal on local biodiversity values. The preferred access road option will be used for this

proposal, therefore, any impacts and mitigation methods only apply to the preferred access road

subject site.

Avoid impact

The following avoidance mitigation measures have been made:

Alignment of the access road will primarily follow existing dirt tracks.

Minimise impact

As only 4.5ha of land will be excavated within the 8.6ha Pine Hill Quarry subject site, impact to

land between the 4.5ha and 8.6ha boundary should be minimised by:

Accessing the quarry from as few as entry/exit points as possible.

Only storing equipment and machinery in one location, rather than scattered across the

area.

Avoiding unnecessary vehicle and personnel traffic across typically unused land.

Mitigate impact

The following mitigation measures in Table 6-1 have been suggested to lower the potential

impact of the proposal.

Table 6-1: Summary of mitigation methods

Impact Environmental safeguards Responsibility Timing

General 1. All personnel would be inducted to be aware any impacts to threatened species have legislative consequences if deliberately or accidentally impacted without development approval under the EP&A Act. Evidence of all personnel receiving an induction would be kept on file (signed induction sheets etc.).

2. A profile for each of the subject species previously recorded within 10km of the study area will be shown to personnel during inductions. Pictures of these species would be included in the profile to assist staff in avoiding these species.

3. Any change in design outside the assessed impact footprint within the study area will require further ecological survey.

Proponent Pre-construction,

construction,

operation

Clearing and

prevention of

over-clearing

4. All personnel would be inducted to be aware any stand of native vegetation outside the subject site has legislative consequences if deliberately or accidentally impacted without approval under Part 4 or 5 of the EP&A Act. Evidence of all personnel receiving an induction would be kept on file (signed induction sheets etc).

5. Before starting work, a physical vegetation clearing boundary at the approved clearing limit

Contractor Pre-construction




is to be demarcated and implemented. The delineation of such a boundary may include the use of temporary fencing, flagging tape, or similar.

6. Vegetation would be removed in a manner that avoids damage to surrounding vegetation. Ensure groundcover disturbance is kept to a minimum.

7. Where possible, vegetation to be removed would be mulched on-site and re-used to stabilise disturbed areas.

8. Prior to clearing, inspect trees with bird nests or hollows before pushing or felling to ensure the nests are vacant. Inspection would occur immediately before pushing or felling. If a bird is in the nest, clear the trees around it first to see if the animal will disperse. If the bird is a nestling all measures would be taken to collect the bird and remove to a safe location.

9. Trees with nests or hollows are to be “knocked” and watched for movement of fauna for at least 15 minutes, before felling occurs.

10. Parts of trees from tree felling can be placed in areas of native vegetation to be retained. This will provide habitat complexity in the form of fallen timber to increase species diversity.

Soil Management

11. Erosion and sediment controls in line with Landcom’s Managing Urban Stormwater, Soils & Construction Guidelines (The Blue Book. Landcom 2004) are required.

12. Erosion and sedimentation controls are to be checked and maintained on a regular basis. Including clearing of sediment from behind barriers and after heavy rainfall events.

13. Erosion and sediment control measures are not to be removed until the works are complete and areas are stabilised.

Contractor Pre-construction

and construction

Introduction and spread of noxious weeds and pathogens

14. If declared noxious weeds are identified during construction they would be managed according to the requirements of the Noxious Weeds Act 1993.

15. Construction machinery (bulldozers, excavators, trucks, loaders and graders) would be cleaned using a high-pressure washer (or other suitable device) before entering and exiting work sites.

16. All pesticides would be used in accordance with the requirements on the label. Any person carrying out pesticide (including herbicide) application would be trained to do so and have the proper certificate of completion/competency or statement of attainment issued by a registered training organisation.

Contractor Construction

Introduction of invasive fauna

17. All food scraps and rubbish are to be appropriately disposed of in sealed receptacles to prevent providing forage habitats for foxes, rats, dogs and cats.


Disturbance to fallen timber, dead wood and bush rock

18. Any fallen timber, dead wood and bush rock (if present) encountered on site would be left in situ or relocated to a suitable place nearby. Rock would be removed with suitable machinery so as





not to damage the underlying rock or result in excessive soil disturbance.

Rehabilitation 19. Upon completion of operation of the quarry, the

Pine Hill Quarry subject site is to be rehabilitated with the goal of meeting the Benson benchmark standards listed in Table 5-1.

Contractor Post-operation



Conclusion

Where possible, impact to the environment has been avoided through use of existing access

tracks to access to proposal. Additional safeguards and mitigation measures have been

provided to minimise harm to the environment. If these are implemented then the proposal is

unlikely to have a significant impact to species, populations and communities listed under the

EPBC, TSC or FM Acts.

No specific licences, permits, approvals and notifications required for the construction,

maintenance and operation of the proposal under Part 4 of the EP&A Act have been identified.



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Benson, J. (2009). New South Wales Vegetation Classification and Assessment, NSWVCA

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Appendix A: Field survey results



Flora species list

Stratum Common name Scientific Name Plot 1 (BB

density)

Plot 2 (BB

density)

Plot 3 (BB

density)

Upper Monterey Pine^ Pinus radiata 3 4 4

Manna Gum Eucalyptus viminalis 1 1

Mid Silver-stemmed wattle Acacia parvipinnula 2

Chinese Shrub Cassinia arcuata 3

Ground Flatweed hairy^ Hypochaeris radicata 1

A clover^ Medicago spp. 1

Spiky-headed Matt Rush Lomandra longifolia 1 1

Many-flowered matt Rush Lomandra multiflora subsp. Multiflora 1 1

Corrugated Sida Sida corrugata 1

Mountain Pennywart Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides 1

Tussock Grass Poa labillardierei 2 1 1

Pomax Pomax umbellata 1

A moss Bryophyta spp. 2

^ = exotic, * = Noxious Weed, # = Weed of National Significance

Score *Braun Banquet (BB) Cover

0 Absent from quadrant

0.1 Represented by a solitary item (<5% cover)

0.5 Represented by a few (<5) items (<5% cover)

1 Represented by >5 items (<5% cover)

2 Represented by many (>5) items (5-25% cover)

3 Represented by many items (25 - 50% cover)

4 Represented by many items (50-75% cover)

5 Represented by many items (75-100% cover)

Results from vegetation survey, 50m transects

Transect number Plot 1 Plot 2 Plot 3 Average

Native over-storey cover (%) 20.5 48 37.5 35.33

Native mid-storey cover (%) 40 0.1 0.2 13.43

Native ground cover (grasses) (%) 48.5 2.1 1.1 17.23

Native ground cover (shrubs) (%) 2.6 1.6 10.5 4.90

Native ground cover (other) (%) 27 0 0 9.00

Exotic plant cover (%) 2.9 0 0 0.97

No of tree with hollows (20x50m) 0 0 0 0

Length of fallen timber, meters (20x50m) 10 25 38 11.67

% regeneration of Upper Stratum species 1 1 1 1



Appendix B: Habitat assessment table

OzA

rk E

nviro

nmen

tal &

Her

itage

Man

agem

ent P

ty L

td

Eco

logi

cal A

sses

smen

t: P

ropo

sed

Pin

e H

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52

Fu

ll p

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le

Sp

ecie

s C

lassif

icati

on

L

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Pro

tecti

on

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ccu

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ce

Pre

vio

usly

R

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Sp

ecie

s P

rofi

le

OzA

rk

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rmin

ati

on

Cla

ss

Nam

e

Scie

nti

fic N

am

e

Co

mm

on

Nam

e

TSC Act

EPBC Act

OE

H

Do

E

Wit

hin

10

km

H

ab

it D

escri

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on

L

ikelih

oo

d

Affected

Animal> Amphibians

Litoria

aure

a

Gre

en a

nd G

old

en

Bell

Fro

g

Endangered

Vulnerable

Known

May occur

Yes

Th

e G

reen a

nd G

old

en B

ell

Fro

g m

ain

popula

tio

ns in

NS

W a

re locate

d

aro

und t

he m

etr

opolit

an a

reas o

f S

ydney,

Shoalh

aven a

nd m

id n

ort

h

coast

(one a

n isla

nd p

opula

tio

n).

There

is o

nly

one k

now

n p

opula

tio

n

on t

he N

SW

South

ern

Ta

ble

lands. In

habits m

ars

hes, dam

s a

nd

str

eam

-sid

es,

part

icula

rly those c

onta

inin

g b

ullr

ushes (

Typha s

pp.)

or

spik

eru

shes (

Ele

ocharis s

pp.)

. O

ptim

um

habitat in

clu

des w

ate

r-bodie

s

that

are

unshaded, fr

ee o

f pre

dato

ry f

ish s

uch a

s P

lague M

innow

(G

am

busia

holb

rooki), have a

gra

ssy a

rea n

earb

y a

nd d

iurn

al

shelterin

g s

ites a

vaila

ble

. S

om

e s

ites, part

icula

rly in

the G

reate

r S

ydney r

egio

n o

ccur

in h

ighly

dis

turb

ed a

reas.

Unlik

ely

No

Animal>

Amphibians

Litoria

booro

olo

ngensis

B

ooro

olo

ng F

rog

Endangered

Endangered

Known

Likely

No

Th

e B

ooro

olo

ng F

rog is r

estr

icte

d to N

SW

and n

ort

h-e

aste

rn V

icto

ria,

pre

dom

inantly a

long the w

este

rn-f

low

ing s

tream

s o

f th

e G

reat

Div

idin

g

Range.

It h

as d

isappeare

d f

rom

mu

ch o

f th

e N

ort

hern

Ta

ble

lands,

how

ever

severa

l popula

tio

ns h

ave r

ecently b

een r

ecord

ed in t

he

Nam

oi catc

hm

ent. T

he s

pecie

s is r

are

thro

ughout m

ost of th

e

rem

ain

der

of

its r

ange.

Liv

e a

long p

erm

anent str

eam

s w

ith s

om

e

frin

gin

g v

egeta

tio

n c

over

such a

s fern

s, sedges o

r gra

sses.

Unlik

ely

No

Animal>

Amphibians

Litoria

casta

nea

Y

ello

w-s

pott

ed

Tre

e f

rog

Critically

Endangered

Known

No

Yello

w-s

pott

ed T

ree f

rog h

as o

nly

one k

now

n p

opula

tio

n n

ear

Yass.

Require la

rge p

erm

anent ponds o

r slo

w f

low

ing 'chain

-of-

ponds'

str

eam

s w

ith a

bundant em

erg

ent vegeta

tio

n s

uch a

s b

ulrushes a

nd

aquatic v

egeta

tio

n.

Unlik

ely

No

Animal>

Amphibians

Litoria

raniform

is

South

ern

Bell

Fro

g

Endangered

Known

No

Th

e S

outh

ern

Bell

Fro

g is k

now

n to e

xis

t only

in isola

ted p

opula

tio

ns in

th

e C

ole

am

bally

Irr

igatio

n A

rea, th

e L

ow

bid

gee f

loodpla

in a

nd a

round

Lake V

icto

ria

. U

sually

found in o

r aro

und p

erm

anent or

ephem

era

l B

lack B

ox/L

ignum

/Nitre

Goosefo

ot sw

am

ps, Lig

num

/Typha s

wam

ps

and R

iver

Red G

um

sw

am

ps o

r bill

abongs a

long flo

odpla

ins a

nd r

iver

valle

ys.

Th

ey a

re a

lso f

ound in

irr

igate

d r

ice c

rops, part

icula

rly w

here

th

ere

is n

o a

vaila

ble

natu

ral habitat.

Unlik

ely

No

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Her

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on

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Pro

tecti

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vio

usly

R

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Sp

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s P

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le

OzA

rk

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ati

on

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ss

Nam

e

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nti

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am

e

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mm

on

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TSC Act

EPBC Act

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H

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E

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10

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ab

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on

L

ikelih

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d

Affected

Animal>Bats

Chalin

olo

bus

dw

yeri

Larg

e-e

are

d P

ied

Bat

Vulnerable

Vulnerable

Predicted

Likely

No

Fo

und m

ain

ly in a

reas w

ith e

xte

nsiv

e c

liffs

and c

aves, fr

om

R

ockham

pto

n in Q

ueensla

nd s

outh

to B

ungonia

in t

he N

SW

South

ern

H

ighla

nds. It is g

enera

lly r

are

with a

very

patc

hy d

istr

ibutio

n in N

SW

. T

here

are

scattere

d r

ecord

s f

rom

the N

ew

Engla

nd T

able

lands a

nd

Nort

h W

est S

lopes.

Roosts

in c

aves (

near

their e

ntr

ances),

cre

vic

es in

clif

fs, old

min

e w

ork

ings a

nd in

the d

isused, bottle

-shaped m

ud n

ests

of

the F

airy M

art

in (

Petr

ochelid

on a

rie

l),

frequentin

g lo

w t

o m

id-

ele

vatio

n d

ry o

pen f

ore

st

and w

oo

dla

nd c

lose to these featu

res. F

ound

in w

ell-

tim

bere

d a

reas c

onta

inin

g g

ulli

es.

Pote

ntial

No

Animal>Bats

Fa

lsis

trellu

s

tasm

anie

nsis

E

aste

rn F

als

e

Pip

istr

elle

Vulnerable

Known

No

Th

e E

aste

rn F

als

e P

ipis

trelle

is f

ound o

n t

he s

outh

-east coast and

ranges o

f A

ustr

alia

, fr

om

south

ern

Queensla

nd t

o V

icto

ria

and

Ta

sm

ania

. P

refe

rs m

ois

t habitats

, w

ith t

rees talle

r th

an 2

0 m

. G

enera

lly r

oosts

in e

ucaly

pt hollo

ws,

but

has a

lso b

een f

ound u

nder

loose b

ark

on tre

es o

r in

build

ings.

Pote

ntial -

No t

ree

hollo

ws t

o

be r

em

oved

in t

he s

tudy

are

a

No

Animal>Bats

Min

iopte

rus

schre

ibers

ii oceanensis

Easte

rn B

entw

ing-

bat

Vulnerable

Known

No

Easte

rn B

entw

ing

-bats

occur

alo

ng t

he e

ast and n

ort

h-w

est coasts

of

Austr

alia

. C

aves a

re the p

rim

ary

roostin

g h

abitat, b

ut

als

o u

se d

ere

lict

min

es, sto

rm-w

ate

r tu

nnels

, build

ings a

nd o

ther

man

-made s

tructu

res.

Fo

rm d

iscre

te p

opula

tio

ns c

entr

ed o

n a

ma

tern

ity c

ave that is

used

annually

in

sprin

g a

nd s

um

mer

for

the b

irth

and r

earin

g o

f young.

Pote

ntial

No

Animal>Bats

Pte

ropus

polio

cephalu

s

Gre

y-h

eaded

Fly

ing-f

ox

Vulnerable

Vulnerable

Known

Foraging and

Feeding

No

Gre

y-h

eaded F

lyin

g-f

oxes a

re g

enera

lly f

ound w

ithin

200 k

m o

f th

e

easte

rn c

oast

of A

ustr

alia

, fr

om

Rockham

pto

n in Q

ueensla

nd t

o

Adela

ide in S

outh

Austr

alia

. In

tim

es o

f natu

ral re

sourc

e s

hort

ages,

they m

ay b

e found in u

nusual lo

catio

ns.

Occur

in s

ubtr

opic

al and

tem

pera

te r

ain

fore

sts

, ta

ll scle

rophyll

fore

sts

and w

oodla

nds,

heath

s

and s

wam

ps a

s w

ell

as u

rban g

ard

ens a

nd c

ultiv

ate

d f

ruit c

rops.

Roostin

g c

am

ps a

re g

enera

lly lo

cate

d w

ithin

20 k

m o

f a r

egula

r fo

od

sourc

e a

nd a

re c

om

monly

found in g

ulli

es, clo

se to w

ate

r, in

vegeta

tion

with a

dense c

anopy.

Unlik

ely

No

Animal>Bats

Saccola

imus

fla

viv

entr

is

Yello

w-b

elli

ed

Sheath

tail-

bat

Vulnerable

Predicted

No

Th

e Y

ello

w-b

elli

ed S

heath

tail-

bat is

a w

ide-r

angin

g s

pecie

s f

ound

acro

ss n

ort

hern

and e

aste

rn A

ustr

alia

. In

the m

ost

south

erly p

art

of

its

range -

most

of V

icto

ria

, south

-we

ste

rn N

SW

and a

dja

cent S

outh

A

ustr

alia

- it is

a r

are

vis

itor

in late

sum

mer

and a

utu

mn

. T

here

are

scatt

ere

d r

ecord

s o

f th

is s

pecie

s a

cro

ss the N

ew

Engla

nd T

able

lands

and N

ort

h W

est S

lopes.

Roosts

sin

gly

or

in g

roups o

f up t

o s

ix,

in t

ree

hollo

ws a

nd b

uild

ings;

in t

reele

ss a

reas t

hey a

re k

now

n t

o u

tilis

e

mam

mal burr

ow

s.

Fo

rages in

mo

st

habitats

acro

ss its

very

wid

e r

ang

e,

with a

nd w

ithout

trees;

appears

to d

efe

nd a

n a

eria

l te

rritory

.

Pote

ntial -

No t

ree

hollo

ws t

o

be r

em

oved

in t

he s

tudy

are

a

No

OzA

rk E

nviro

nmen

tal &

Her

itage

Man

agem

ent P

ty L

td

Eco

logi

cal A

sses

smen

t: P

ropo

sed

Pin

e H

ill Q

uarr

y

54

Sp

ecie

s C

lassif

icati

on

L

eg

isla

tive

Pro

tecti

on

O

ccu

rren

ce

Pre

vio

usly

R

eco

rde

d

Sp

ecie

s P

rofi

le

OzA

rk

Dete

rmin

ati

on

Cla

ss

Nam

e

Scie

nti

fic N

am

e

Co

mm

on

Nam

e

TSC Act

EPBC Act

OE

H

Do

E

Wit

hin

10

km

H

ab

it D

escri

pti

on

L

ikelih

oo

d

Affected

Animal>Bats

Scote

anax

rueppelli

i G

reate

r B

road

-nosed B

at

Vulnerable

Predicted

No

Th

e G

reate

r B

road

-nosed B

at

is found m

ain

ly in t

he g

ulli

es a

nd r

iver

syste

ms t

hat

dra

in the G

reat

Div

idin

g R

ange,

from

nort

h-e

aste

rn

Vic

toria

to the A

thert

on T

able

land. It e

xte

nds t

o t

he c

oast over

much o

f its r

ange. In

NS

W it

is w

idespre

ad o

n t

he N

ew

Engla

nd T

able

lands,

how

ever

does n

ot

occur

at

altitudes a

bove 5

00 m

. U

tilis

es a

varie

ty o

f habitats

fro

m w

oodla

nd t

hro

ugh t

o m

ois

t and d

ry e

ucaly

pt fo

rest and

rain

fore

st, though it is

most com

monly

found in

tall

wet

fore

st. A

lthough

this

specie

s u

sually

roosts

in t

ree h

ollo

ws,

it h

as a

lso b

een found in

build

ings. F

ora

ges a

fter

sunset, fly

ing s

low

ly a

nd d

irectly a

long c

reek

and r

iver

corr

idors

at

an a

ltitude o

f 3 -

6 m

. O

pen w

oodla

nd h

abitat and

dry

open f

ore

st suits the d

irect flig

ht

of th

is s

pecie

s a

s it searc

hes for

beetle

s a

nd o

ther

larg

e, slo

w-f

lyin

g in

sects

; th

is s

pecie

s h

as b

een

know

n t

o e

at

oth

er

bat specie

s.

Pote

ntial -

No t

ree

hollo

ws t

o

be r

em

oved

in t

he s

tudy

are

a

No

Animal>Birds

Ansera

nas

sem

ipalm

ata

M

agpie

Goose

Vulnerable

Known

No

Th

e M

agpie

Goose is m

ain

ly f

ound in

shallo

w w

etla

nds (

less than 1

m

deep)

with d

ense g

row

th o

f ru

shes o

r sedges. E

qually

at

hom

e in

aquatic o

r te

rrestr

ial habitats

; often s

een w

alk

ing a

nd g

razin

g o

n la

nd;

feeds o

n g

rasses,

bulb

s a

nd r

hiz

om

es. A

ctivitie

s a

re c

entr

ed o

n

wetla

nds, m

ain

ly t

hose o

n flo

odpla

ins o

f rivers

and la

rge s

hallo

w

wetla

nds f

orm

ed b

y r

un

-off. O

ften s

een in

trios o

r flocks o

n s

hallo

w

wetla

nds,

dry

ephem

era

l sw

am

ps, w

et

gra

ssla

nds a

nd flo

odpla

ins;

roosts

in t

all

vegeta

tio

n.

Unlik

ely

No

Animal>Birds

Anth

ochaera

phry

gia

R

egent

Honeyeate

r

Critically Endangered


Known

Likely

No

Th

e R

egent

Honeyeate

r m

ain

ly inhabits t

em

pera

te w

oodla

nds a

nd

open f

ore

sts

of th

e inla

nd s

lopes o

f south

-east A

ustr

alia

. B

irds a

re a

lso

found in

drie

r coasta

l w

oodla

nds a

nd f

ore

sts

in

som

e y

ears

. R

ange is

betw

een n

ort

h-e

aste

rn V

icto

ria

and s

outh

-easte

rn Q

ueensla

nd. T

here

are

only

thre

e k

now

n k

ey b

reedin

g r

egio

ns r

em

ain

ing:

nort

h-e

ast

Vic

toria

(C

hilt

ern

-Alb

ury

), a

nd in N

SW

at C

apert

ee V

alle

y a

nd the

Bundarr

a-B

arr

aba r

egio

n.

In the last 10 y

ears

Regent H

oneyeate

rs

have b

een r

ecord

ed in

urb

an a

reas a

round A

lbury

where

woodla

nds

tree s

pecie

s s

uch a

s M

ugga I

ronbark

and Y

ello

w B

ox w

ere

pla

nte

d 2

0

years

ago.

Th

e R

egent

Honeyeate

r is

a g

enera

list fo

rager,

although it

feeds m

ain

ly o

n t

he n

ecta

r fr

om

a r

ela

tively

sm

all

num

ber

of eucaly

pts

th

at

pro

duce h

igh v

olu

mes o

f necta

r.

Unlik

ely

No

OzA

rk E

nviro

nmen

tal &

Her

itage

Man

agem

ent P

ty L

td

Eco

logi

cal A

sses

smen

t: P

ropo

sed

Pin

e H

ill Q

uarr

y

55

Sp

ecie

s C

lassif

icati

on

L

eg

isla

tive

Pro

tecti

on

O

ccu

rren

ce

Pre

vio

usly

R

eco

rde

d

Sp

ecie

s P

rofi

le

OzA

rk

Dete

rmin

ati

on

Cla

ss

Nam

e

Scie

nti

fic N

am

e

Co

mm

on

Nam

e

TSC Act

EPBC Act

OE

H

Do

E

Wit

hin

10

km

H

ab

it D

escri

pti

on

L

ikelih

oo

d

Affected

Animal>Birds

Apus p

acific

us

Fo

rk-t

aile

d S

wift

Protected

Likely

No

In N

SW

, th

e F

ork

-taile

d S

wift is

record

ed in

all

regio

ns.

Many r

ecord

s

occur

east of th

e G

reat

Div

ide,

how

ever,

a f

ew

popula

tio

ns h

ave b

een

found w

est

of th

e G

reat

Div

ide.

The F

ork

-taile

d S

wift is

alm

ost

exclu

siv

ely

aeria

l, fly

ing f

rom

less then 1

m t

o a

t le

ast 300 m

above

gro

und a

nd p

robably

much h

igher.

In A

ustr

alia

, th

ey m

ostly o

ccur

over

inla

nd p

lain

s b

ut som

etim

es a

bove f

ooth

ills o

r in

coasta

l are

as.

Th

ey

oft

en o

ccur

over

clif

fs a

nd b

eaches a

nd a

lso o

ver

isla

nds a

nd

som

etim

es w

ell

out to

sea. T

hey a

lso o

ccur

over

settle

d a

reas,

inclu

din

g tow

ns,

urb

an a

reas a

nd c

itie

s.

Th

ey m

ostly o

ccur

over

dry

or

open h

abitats

, in

clu

din

g r

iparia

n w

oodla

nd a

nd t

ea

-tre

e s

wam

ps, lo

w

scru

b, heath

land o

r saltm

ars

h. T

hey a

re a

lso found a

t tr

eele

ss

gra

ssla

nd a

nd s

andpla

ins c

overe

d w

ith s

pin

ifex,

open f

arm

land a

nd

inla

nd a

nd c

oasta

l sand

-dunes. T

he s

om

etim

es o

ccur

above

rain

fore

sts

, w

et

scle

rophyll

fore

st or

open f

ore

st

or

pla

nta

tio

ns o

f pin

es.

Unlik

ely

No

Animal>Birds

Bota

uru

s

poic

iloptilu

s

Austr

ala

sia

n

Bitte

rn

Endangered

Known

No

Th

e A

ustr

ala

sia

n B

itte

rn f

avours

perm

anent fr

eshw

ate

r w

etla

nds w

ith

tall,

dense v

egeta

tio

n, part

icula

rly b

ullr

ushes (

Typha s

pp.)

and

spik

eru

shes (

Ele

ocharis s

pp.)

. H

ides d

urin

g the d

ay a

mongst dense

reeds o

r ru

shes a

nd feed m

ain

ly a

t nig

ht on fro

gs, fish,

yabbie

s,

spid

ers

, in

sects

and s

nails

. F

eedin

g p

latf

orm

s m

ay b

e c

onstr

ucte

d

over

deeper

wate

r fr

om

reeds t

ram

ple

d b

y t

he b

ird; pla

tform

s a

re o

ften

litte

red w

ith p

rey r

em

ain

s. B

reedin

g o

ccurs

in

sum

mer

from

Octo

ber

to

January

; nests

are

built

in s

eclu

ded p

laces in d

ensely

-vegeta

ted

wetla

nds o

n a

pla

tform

of re

eds; th

ere

are

usually

six

oliv

e-b

row

n e

ggs

to a

clu

tch.

Unlik

ely

No

Animal>Bird

s

Burh

inus

gra

llariu

s

Bush S

tone

-curle

w

Endangered

Predicted

No

Th

e B

ush S

tone

-curle

w is f

ound thro

ughout

Austr

alia

except fo

r th

e

centr

al south

ern

coast and in

land, th

e f

ar

south

-east corn

er,

and

Ta

sm

ania

. O

nly

in

nort

hern

Austr

alia

is it still

com

mon h

ow

ever

and in

th

e s

outh

-east it is e

ither

rare

or

extin

ct

thro

ughout its form

er

range.

Inhabits o

pen fore

sts

and w

oodla

nds w

ith a

spars

e g

rassy g

roundla

yer

and f

alle

n tim

ber.

Unlik

ely

No

OzA

rk E

nviro

nmen

tal &

Her

itage

Man

agem

ent P

ty L

td

Eco

logi

cal A

sses

smen

t: P

ropo

sed

Pin

e H

ill Q

uarr

y

56

Sp

ecie

s C

lassif

icati

on

L

eg

isla

tive

Pro

tecti

on

O

ccu

rren

ce

Pre

vio

usly

R

eco

rde

d

Sp

ecie

s P

rofi

le

OzA

rk

Dete

rmin

ati

on

Cla

ss

Nam

e

Scie

nti

fic N

am

e

Co

mm

on

Nam

e

TSC Act

EPBC Act

OE

H

Do

E

Wit

hin

10

km

H

ab

it D

escri

pti

on

L

ikelih

oo

d

Affected

Animal>Birds

Calid

ris

ferr

ugin

ea

Curle

w S

andpip

er

Endangered

Known

No

In A

ustr

alia

, C

urle

w S

andpip

ers

occur

aro

und t

he c

oasts

and a

re a

lso

quite w

idespre

ad in

land, th

ough in s

ma

ller

num

bers

. R

ecord

s o

ccur

in

all

sta

tes d

urin

g t

he n

on

-bre

edin

g p

erio

d,

and a

lso d

urin

g the b

reedin

g

season w

hen m

any n

on

-bre

edin

g o

ne y

ear

old

birds r

em

ain

in

Austr

alia

rath

er

than m

igra

tin

g n

ort

h.

Curle

w S

andpip

ers

main

ly o

ccur

on in

tert

idal m

udfla

ts in s

heltere

d c

oasta

l are

as, such a

s e

stu

aries,

bays,

inle

ts a

nd la

goons, and a

lso a

round n

on

-tid

al sw

am

ps,

lakes a

nd

lagoons n

ear

the c

oast, a

nd p

onds in

saltw

ork

s a

nd s

ew

age f

arm

s.

Th

ey a

re a

lso r

ecord

ed in

land, th

ough le

ss o

ften, in

clu

din

g a

round

ephem

era

l and p

erm

anent la

kes, dam

s, w

ate

rhole

s a

nd b

ore

dra

ins,

usually

with b

are

edges o

f m

ud o

r sand. T

hey o

ccur

in b

oth

fre

sh a

nd

bra

ckis

h w

ate

rs. O

ccasio

nally

they a

re r

ecord

ed a

round f

loodw

ate

rs.

Unlik

ely

No

Animal>Birds

Callo

cephalo

n

fim

bria

tum

G

ang-g

ang

Cockato

o

Vulnerable

Known

No

Th

e G

ang

-gang C

ockato

o is d

istr

ibute

d f

rom

south

ern

Vic

toria

thro

ugh

south

- and c

entr

al-easte

rn N

ew

South

Wale

s. In

New

South

Wale

s,

the G

ang

-gang C

ockato

o is d

istr

ibute

d f

rom

the s

outh

-east coast to

the

Hunte

r re

gio

n,

and inla

nd t

o t

he C

entr

al T

able

lands a

nd s

outh

-west

slo

pes. It o

ccurs

regula

rly in

the A

ustr

alia

n C

apital T

err

itory

. It is r

are

at

the e

xtr

em

itie

s o

f its r

ange, w

ith isola

ted r

ecord

s k

now

n f

rom

as far

nort

h a

s C

offs H

arb

our

and a

s far

west

as M

udgee. In

sprin

g a

nd

sum

mer,

genera

lly found in

tall

mounta

in f

ore

sts

and w

oodla

nds,

part

icula

rly in h

eavily

tim

bere

d a

nd m

atu

re w

et scle

rophyll

fore

sts

. In

autu

mn a

nd w

inte

r, the s

pecie

s o

ften m

oves to lo

wer

altitudes in

drier

more

open e

ucaly

pt fo

rests

and w

oodla

nds,p

art

icula

rly b

ox-g

um

and

box-iro

nbark

assem

bla

ges,

or

in d

ry f

ore

st in

coasta

l are

as a

nd o

ften

found in

urb

an a

reas.

Lik

ely

-

Fe

edin

g

habitat to

be

aff

ecte

d

Yes

OzA

rk E

nviro

nmen

tal &

Her

itage

Man

agem

ent P

ty L

td

Eco

logi

cal A

sses

smen

t: P

ropo

sed

Pin

e H

ill Q

uarr

y

57

Sp

ecie

s C

lassif

icati

on

L

eg

isla

tive

Pro

tecti

on

O

ccu

rren

ce

Pre

vio

usly

R

eco

rde

d

Sp

ecie

s P

rofi

le

OzA

rk

Dete

rmin

ati

on

Cla

ss

Nam

e

Scie

nti

fic N

am

e

Co

mm

on

Nam

e

TSC Act

EPBC Act

OE

H

Do

E

Wit

hin

10

km

H

ab

it D

escri

pti

on

L

ikelih

oo

d

Affected

Animal>Birds

Caly

pto

rhynchus

lath

am

i G

lossy B

lack-

Cockato

o

Vulnerable

Predicted

No

Th

e G

lossy B

lack-C

ockato

o is u

ncom

mon a

lthough w

idespre

ad

thro

ughout

suitable

fore

st

and w

oodla

nd h

abitats

, fr

om

the c

entr

al

Queensla

nd c

oast to

East G

ippsla

nd in

Vic

toria

, and in

land to the

south

ern

table

lands a

nd c

entr

al w

este

rn p

lain

s o

f N

SW

, w

ith a

sm

all

popula

tio

n in

the R

iverin

a. A

n isola

ted p

opula

tio

n e

xis

ts o

n K

angaro

o

Isla

nd, S

outh

Austr

alia

. In

habits o

pen f

ore

st and w

oodla

nds o

f th

e

coast

and the G

reat D

ivid

ing R

ange w

here

sta

nds o

f sheoak o

ccur.

B

lack S

heoak (

Allo

casuarin

a litto

ralis

) and F

ore

st S

heoak (

A. to

rulo

sa)

are

im

port

ant fo

ods. In

land p

opula

tio

ns f

eed o

n a

wid

e r

ange o

f sheoaks, in

clu

din

g D

roopin

g S

heoak, A

llocasuara

ina d

imin

uta

, and A

. gym

nath

era

. B

ela

h is a

lso u

tilis

ed a

nd m

ay b

e a

critical fo

od s

ourc

e for

som

e p

opula

tio

ns. In

the R

iverin

a, birds a

re a

ssocia

ted w

ith h

ills a

nd

rocky r

ises s

upport

ing D

roopin

g S

heoak,

but

als

o r

ecord

ed in

open

woodla

nds d

om

inate

d b

y B

ela

h (

Casuarin

a c

rista

ta).

Fe

eds a

lmost

exclu

siv

ely

on t

he s

eeds o

f severa

l specie

s o

f she

-oak (

Casuarin

a a

nd

Allo

casuarin

a s

pecie

s),

shre

ddin

g the c

ones w

ith the m

assiv

e b

ill.

Dependent

on la

rge h

ollo

w-b

earin

g e

ucaly

pts

for

nest sites. A

sin

gle

egg is la

id b

etw

een M

arc

h a

nd M

ay.

Unlik

ely

No

Animal>Birds

Chth

onic

ola

sagitta

ta

Speckle

d W

arb

ler

Vulnerable

Known

N

o

Th

e S

peckle

d W

arb

ler

has a

patc

hy d

istr

ibutio

n thro

ughout south

-easte

rn Q

ueensla

nd, th

e e

aste

rn h

alf o

f N

SW

and into

Vic

toria

, as far

west

as the G

ram

pia

ns.

Th

e s

pecie

s is m

ost fr

equently r

eport

ed fro

m

the h

ills a

nd t

able

lands o

f th

e G

reat

Div

idin

g R

ange, and r

are

ly f

rom

th

e c

oast. T

he S

peckle

d W

arb

ler

lives in

a w

ide r

ange o

f E

ucaly

ptu

s

dom

inate

d c

om

munitie

s that have a

gra

ssy u

nders

tore

y,

oft

en o

n r

ocky

rid

ges o

r in

gulli

es. T

ypic

al habitat w

ould

in

clu

de s

cattere

d n

ative

tussock g

rasses, a s

pars

e s

hru

b layer,

som

e e

ucaly

pt re

gro

wth

and a

n

open c

anopy.

Larg

e, re

latively

undis

turb

ed r

em

nants

are

required f

or

the s

pecie

s to p

ers

ist

in a

n a

rea.

Unlik

ely

No

Animal>Birds

Circus a

ssim

ilis

Spott

ed H

arr

ier

Vulnerable

Known

No

Th

e S

potted H

arr

ier

occurs

thro

ughout

the A

ustr

alia

n m

ain

land, except

in d

ensly

fore

ste

d o

r w

ooded h

abitats

of th

e c

oast, e

scarp

ment and

ranges,

and r

are

ly in T

asm

ania

. In

div

iduals

dis

pers

e w

idely

in

NS

W

and c

om

prise a

sin

gle

popula

tio

n. O

ccurs

in

gra

ssy o

pen w

oodla

nd

inclu

din

g A

cacia

and m

alle

e r

em

nants

, in

land r

iparia

n w

oodla

nd,

gra

ssla

nd a

nd s

hru

b s

teppe. It is found m

ost com

monly

in

native

gra

ssla

nd, but als

o o

ccurs

in a

gricultura

l la

nd, fo

ragin

g o

ver

open

habitats

inclu

din

g e

dges o

f in

land w

etla

nds.

Unlik

ely

No

OzA

rk E

nviro

nmen

tal &

Her

itage

Man

agem

ent P

ty L

td

Eco

logi

cal A

sses

smen

t: P

ropo

sed

Pin

e H

ill Q

uarr

y

58

Sp

ecie

s C

lassif

icati

on

L

eg

isla

tive

Pro

tecti

on

O

ccu

rren

ce

Pre

vio

usly

R

eco

rde

d

Sp

ecie

s P

rofi

le

OzA

rk

Dete

rmin

ati

on

Cla

ss

Nam

e

Scie

nti

fic N

am

e

Co

mm

on

Nam

e

TSC Act

EPBC Act

OE

H

Do

E

Wit

hin

10

km

H

ab

it D

escri

pti

on

L

ikelih

oo

d

Affected

Animal>Birds

Clim

acte

ris

pic

um

nus

vic

toria

e

Bro

wn

Tre

ecre

eper

(easte

rn

subspecie

s)

Vulnerable

Known

No

Th

e B

row

n T

reecre

eper

is e

ndem

ic to e

aste

rn A

ustr

alia

and o

ccurs

in

eucaly

pt fo

rests

and w

oodla

nds o

f in

land p

lain

s a

nd s

lopes o

f th

e

Gre

at

Div

idin

g R

ange. It is less c

om

monly

found o

n c

oasta

l pla

ins a

nd

ranges.

Th

e w

este

rn b

oundary

of th

e r

ange o

f th

e s

pecie

s r

uns

appro

xim

ate

ly thro

ugh C

oro

wa, W

agga W

agga, T

em

ora

, F

orb

es,

Dubbo a

nd I

nvere

ll. T

he e

aste

rn s

ubspecie

s liv

es in

eucaly

pt

woodla

nds t

hro

ugh c

entr

al N

SW

and in

coasta

l are

as w

ith d

rie

r open

woodla

nds.

Fo

und in

eucaly

pt

woodla

nds (

inclu

din

g B

ox-G

um

W

oodla

nd)

and d

ry o

pen fore

st; m

ain

ly in

habits w

oodla

nds d

om

inate

d

by s

trin

gybark

s o

r oth

er

rough

-bark

ed e

ucaly

pts

, usually

with a

n o

pen

gra

ssy u

nders

tore

y;

als

o found in

malle

e a

nd R

iver

Red G

um

(E

ucaly

ptu

s c

am

ald

ule

nsis

) F

ore

st bord

erin

g w

etla

nds w

ith a

n o

pen

unders

tore

y o

f acacia

s, saltbush, lig

num

, cum

bungi and g

rasses;

usually

not fo

und in

woodla

nds w

ith a

dense s

hru

b la

yer;

falle

n tim

ber

is a

n im

port

ant

habitat com

ponent fo

r fo

ragin

g.

Pote

ntial -

Fe

edin

g

habitat to

be

aff

ecte

d

Yes

Animal>Bird

s

Daphoenositta

chry

sopte

ra

Varie

d S

itte

lla

Vulnerable

Known

No

Th

e V

arie

d S

itte

lla is s

edenta

ry a

nd in

habits m

ost

of m

ain

land

Austr

alia

except th

e t

reele

ss d

esert

s a

nd o

pen g

rassla

nds. D

istr

ibution

in N

SW

is n

early c

ontin

uous f

rom

the c

oast to

the far

west. I

nhabits

eucaly

pt fo

rests

and w

oodla

nds,

especia

lly t

hose c

onta

inin

g r

ough

-bark

ed s

pecie

s a

nd m

atu

re s

mooth

-bark

ed g

um

s w

ith d

ead b

ranches,

malle

e a

nd A

cacia

woodla

nd.

Pote

ntial -

Fe

edin

g

habitat to

be

aff

ecte

d

Yes

Animal>Birds

Epth

ianura

alb

ifro

ns

White-f

ronte

d

Chat

Vulnerable

Known

No

Th

e d

istr

ibutio

n o

f th

e W

hite

-fro

nte

d C

hat

exte

nds a

cro

ss the s

outh

ern

half o

f A

ustr

alia

, fr

om

the s

outh

ern

most

are

as o

f Q

ueensla

nd to

south

ern

Tasm

ania

and a

cro

ss to W

este

rn A

ustr

alia

as far

nort

h a

s

Carn

arv

on (

Barr

ett

et

al. 2

003).

Found m

ostly in t

em

pera

te t

o a

rid

clim

ate

s a

nd v

ery

rare

ly s

een in

sub

-tro

pic

al are

as, th

e W

hite

-fro

nte

d

Chat

occupie

s f

ooth

ills a

nd lo

wla

nds b

elo

w 1

000 m

above s

ea le

vel

(Nort

h 1

904;

Hig

gin

s e

t al. 2

001; B

arr

ett

et al. 2

003).

In N

ew

South

W

ale

s the W

hite

-fro

nte

d C

hat occurs

mostly in

the s

outh

ern

half o

f th

e

sta

te,

occurr

ing in

dam

p o

pen

habitats

alo

ng the c

oast, a

nd n

ear

wate

rwa

ys in

the w

este

rn p

art

of th

e s

tate

(H

iggin

s e

t al. 2

001).

Alo

ng

the c

oastlin

e, W

hite

-fro

nte

d C

hats

are

found p

redom

inantly in

saltm

ars

h v

egeta

tio

n a

lthough t

hey a

re a

lso o

bserv

ed in

open

gra

ssla

nds a

nd s

om

etim

es in

lo

w s

hru

bs b

ord

erin

g w

etla

nd a

reas.

Th

ese b

irds a

re u

nlik

ely

to fly

over

urb

anis

ed a

reas.

Unlik

ely

No

OzA

rk E

nviro

nmen

tal &

Her

itage

Man

agem

ent P

ty L

td

Eco

logi

cal A

sses

smen

t: P

ropo

sed

Pin

e H

ill Q

uarr

y

59

Sp

ecie

s C

lassif

icati

on

L

eg

isla

tive

Pro

tecti

on

O

ccu

rren

ce

Pre

vio

usly

R

eco

rde

d

Sp

ecie

s P

rofi

le

OzA

rk

Dete

rmin

ati

on

Cla

ss

Nam

e

Scie

nti

fic N

am

e

Co

mm

on

Nam

e

TSC Act

EPBC Act

OE

H

Do

E

Wit

hin

10

km

H

ab

it D

escri

pti

on

L

ikelih

oo

d

Affected

Animal>Birds

Fa

lco s

ubnig

er

Bla

ck F

alc

on

Vulnerable

Known

No

Th

e B

lack F

alc

on is w

idely

, but spars

ely

, dis

trib

ute

d in N

ew

South

W

ale

s, m

ostly o

ccurr

ing in

in

land r

egio

ns. In

New

South

Wale

s t

here

is

assum

ed t

o b

e a

sin

gle

popula

tio

n t

hat is

contin

uous w

ith a

bro

ader

contin

enta

l popula

tio

n,

giv

en that fa

lcons a

re h

ighly

mo

bile

, com

monly

tr

avelli

ng h

undre

ds o

f kilo

metr

es. P

opula

tio

ns a

re lik

ely

to

occur

in

most substa

ntia

l re

serv

e o

f flat, o

pen h

abitats

in t

he a

rid

and s

em

i-arid

zones,

part

icula

rly those w

ith r

iparia

n h

abitats

. T

he B

lack F

alc

on

inhabits w

oodla

nd,

shru

bla

nd a

nd g

rassla

nd in

the a

rid

and s

em

i-arid

zones,

especia

lly w

ooded (

eucaly

ptd

om

inate

d)

wate

rcours

es; it a

lso

uses a

gricultura

l la

nd w

ith s

cattere

d r

em

nant tr

ees.

Th

e F

alc

on is o

ften

associa

ted w

ith s

tream

s o

r w

etla

nds, vis

itin

g them

in

searc

h o

f pre

y. It

uses s

tandin

g d

ead tre

es a

s lo

okout

posts

.

Unlik

ely

No

Animal>Birds

Galli

nago

hard

wic

kii

Lath

am

's S

nip

e

Protected

May occur

Yes

Lath

am

's S

nip

e is a

non

-bre

edin

g v

isitor

to s

outh

-easte

rn A

ustr

alia

, and is a

passage m

igra

nt th

rough n

ort

hern

Austr

alia

. T

he s

pecie

s h

as

been r

ecord

ed a

long t

he e

ast coast of A

ustr

alia

fro

m C

ape Y

ork

P

enin

sula

thro

ugh t

o s

outh

-easte

rn S

outh

Austr

alia

. In

Austr

alia

, Lath

am

's S

nip

e o

ccurs

in p

erm

anent

and e

phem

era

l w

etla

nds u

p to

2000 m

above s

ea

-le

vel. T

hey u

sually

in

habit o

pen, fr

eshw

ate

r w

etla

nds w

ith lo

w,

dense v

egeta

tion (

e.g

. sw

am

ps, flo

oded g

rassla

nd

s

or

heath

lands, aro

und b

ogs a

nd o

ther

wate

r bodie

s)

. H

ow

ever,

they

can a

lso o

ccur

in h

abitats

with s

alin

e o

r bra

ckis

h w

ate

r, in

mo

difie

d o

r art

ific

ial habitats

, and in h

abitats

locate

d c

lose to h

um

ans o

r hum

an

activity. T

he s

tructu

re a

nd c

om

positio

n o

f th

e v

egeta

tio

n that occurs

aro

und t

hese w

etla

nds is n

ot im

port

ant

in d

ete

rmin

ing t

he s

uitabili

ty o

f habitat

(Naard

ing 1

983).

Unlik

ely

No

Animal>Birds

Gra

ntie

lla p

icta

P

ain

ted

Honeyeate

r

Vulnerable

Vulnerable

Known

Likely

No

Th

e g

reate

st concentr

atio

ns o

f th

e b

ird a

nd a

lmo

st

all

bre

edin

g o

ccurs

on t

he in

land s

lopes o

f th

e G

reat D

ivid

ing R

ange in

NS

W, V

icto

ria

and

south

ern

Queensla

nd.

Durin

g the w

inte

r it is m

ore

lik

ely

to b

e found in

the n

ort

h o

f its d

istr

ibutio

n. In

habits B

ore

e, B

rig

alo

w a

nd B

ox-G

um

W

oodla

nds a

nd B

ox-I

ronbark

Fo

rests

. A

specia

list fe

eder

on t

he f

ruits

of m

istle

toes g

row

ing o

n w

oodla

nd

eucaly

pts

and a

cacia

s. P

refe

rs

mis

tle

toes o

f th

e g

enus A

myem

a.

Unlik

ely

No

Animal>Birds

Gru

s r

ubic

unda

Bro

lga

Vulnerable

Predicted

No

Th

e B

rolg

a w

as f

orm

erly f

ound a

cro

ss A

ustr

alia

, except fo

r th

e s

outh

-east corn

er,

Ta

sm

ania

and the s

outh

-weste

rn t

hird o

f th

e c

ountr

y. It is

still

abundant in

the n

ort

hern

tro

pic

s, but

very

spars

e a

cro

ss the

south

ern

part

of its r

ange. T

hough B

rolg

as o

ften f

eed in

dry

gra

ssla

nd

or

plo

ughed p

addocks o

r even d

esert

cla

ypans, th

ey a

re d

ependent on

wetla

nds t

oo, especia

lly s

hallo

w s

wam

ps, w

here

they w

ill f

ora

ge w

ith

their h

ead e

ntire

ly s

ubm

erg

ed.

Unlik

ely

No

OzA

rk E

nviro

nmen

tal &

Her

itage

Man

agem

ent P

ty L

td

Eco

logi

cal A

sses

smen

t: P

ropo

sed

Pin

e H

ill Q

uarr

y

60

Sp

ecie

s C

lassif

icati

on

L

eg

isla

tive

Pro

tecti

on

O

ccu

rren

ce

Pre

vio

usly

R

eco

rde

d

Sp

ecie

s P

rofi

le

OzA

rk

Dete

rmin

ati

on

Cla

ss

Nam

e

Scie

nti

fic N

am

e

Co

mm

on

Nam

e

TSC Act

EPBC Act

OE

H

Do

E

Wit

hin

10

km

H

ab

it D

escri

pti

on

L

ikelih

oo

d

Affected

Animal>Birds

Hie

raaetu

s

morp

hnoid

es

Little E

agle

Vulnerable

Known

Yes

Th

e L

ittle

Eagle

is f

ound thro

ughout

the A

ustr

alia

n m

ain

land e

xceptin

g

the m

ost densely

fore

ste

d p

art

s o

f th

e D

ivid

ing R

ange e

scarp

ment. It

occurs

as a

sin

gle

popula

tio

n t

hro

ughout

NS

W. O

ccupie

s o

pen

eucaly

pt fo

rest, w

oodla

nd o

r open w

oodla

nd.

Sheoak o

r A

cacia

w

oodla

nds a

nd r

iparia

n w

oodla

nd

s o

f in

terio

r N

SW

are

als

o u

sed.

Nests

in t

all

livin

g tre

es w

ithin

a r

em

nant

patc

h,

where

pairs b

uild

a

larg

e s

tick n

est in

win

ter.

Lik

ely

-

Fe

edin

g

habitat to

be

aff

ecte

d

Yes

Animal>Birds

Lath

am

us

dis

colo

r S

wift P

arr

ot

Endangered


Predicted

May occur

No

Th

e S

wift P

arr

ot bre

eds in T

asm

ania

durin

g s

prin

g a

nd s

um

mer,

m

igra

tin

g in t

he a

utu

mn a

nd w

inte

r m

onth

s to s

outh

-easte

rn A

ustr

alia

fr

om

Vic

toria

and t

he e

aste

rn p

art

s o

f S

outh

Austr

alia

to s

outh

-east

Queensla

nd. In

NS

W m

ostly o

ccurs

on the c

oast

and s

outh

west

slo

pes.

Mig

rate

s to t

he A

ustr

alia

n s

outh

-east m

ain

land b

etw

een M

arc

h

and O

cto

ber.

On t

he m

ain

land they o

ccur

in a

reas w

here

eucaly

pts

are

flo

werin

g p

rofu

sely

or

where

there

are

abundant

lerp

(fr

om

sap

-suckin

g

bugs)

infe

sta

tio

ns. F

avoure

d f

eed tre

es inclu

de w

inte

r flo

werin

g

specie

s s

uch a

s S

wam

p M

ahogany E

ucaly

ptu

s r

obusta

, S

pott

ed G

um

C

ory

mbia

ma

cula

ta, R

ed B

loodw

ood C

. gum

mifera

, M

ugga I

ronbark

E.

sid

ero

xylo

n,

and W

hite B

ox E

. alb

ens.

Com

monly

used le

rp in

feste

d

trees inclu

de Inla

nd G

rey B

ox E

. m

icro

carp

a,

Gre

y B

ox E

. m

olu

ccana

and B

lackbutt

E. pilu

laris. R

etu

rn to s

om

e f

ora

gin

g s

ites o

n a

cyclic

basis

dependin

g o

n food a

vaila

bili

ty.

Fo

llow

ing w

inte

r th

ey r

etu

rn t

o

Ta

sm

ania

where

they b

reed

fro

m S

epte

mber

to J

anuary

, nestin

g in

old

tr

ees w

ith h

ollo

ws a

nd f

eedin

g in fore

sts

dom

inate

d b

y T

asm

ania

n

Blu

e G

um

Eucaly

ptu

s g

lobulu

s.

Unlik

ely

No

Animal>Birds

Lim

osa lim

osa

Bla

ck-t

aile

d

Godw

it

Vulnerable

Predicted

No

Th

e B

lack-t

aile

d G

odw

it is f

ound

in a

ll sta

tes a

nd t

err

itorie

s o

f A

ustr

alia

, how

ever,

it

pre

fers

coasta

l re

gio

ns a

nd t

he la

rgest

popula

tio

ns a

re f

ound o

n the n

ort

h c

oast betw

een D

arw

in a

nd W

eip

a.

In A

ustr

alia

the B

lack-t

aile

d G

odw

it h

as a

prim

arily

coasta

l habitat

environm

ent. T

he s

pecie

s is c

om

monly

found in s

heltere

d b

ays,

estu

arie

s a

nd la

goons w

ith la

rge inte

rtid

al m

udflats

or

sandfla

ts,

or

spits a

nd b

anks o

f m

ud, sand o

r shell-

grit;

occasio

nally

record

ed o

n

rocky c

oasts

or

cora

l is

lets

. T

he u

se o

f habitat oft

en d

epends o

n t

he

sta

ge o

f th

e tid

e. It is a

lso found in s

hallo

w a

nd s

pars

ely

vegeta

ted,

near-

coasta

l, w

etla

nds; such a

s s

altm

ars

h, saltflats

, river

pools

, sw

am

ps, la

goons a

nd f

loodpla

ins. T

here

are

a f

ew

in

land r

ecord

s,

aro

und s

hallo

w,

freshw

ate

r and s

alin

e la

kes, sw

am

ps,

dam

s a

nd

bore

-overf

low

s.

Th

ey a

lso u

se la

goons in s

ew

age f

arm

s a

nd s

altw

ork

s.

Unlik

ely

No

OzA

rk E

nviro

nmen

tal &

Her

itage

Man

agem

ent P

ty L

td

Eco

logi

cal A

sses

smen

t: P

ropo

sed

Pin

e H

ill Q

uarr

y

61

Sp

ecie

s C

lassif

icati

on

L

eg

isla

tive

Pro

tecti

on

O

ccu

rren

ce

Pre

vio

usly

R

eco

rde

d

Sp

ecie

s P

rofi

le

OzA

rk

Dete

rmin

ati

on

Cla

ss

Nam

e

Scie

nti

fic N

am

e

Co

mm

on

Nam

e

TSC Act

EPBC Act

OE

H

Do

E

Wit

hin

10

km

H

ab

it D

escri

pti

on

L

ikelih

oo

d

Affected

Animal>Birds

Lophoic

tin

ia

isura

S

quare

-taile

d K

ite

Vulnerable

Known

No

Th

e S

quare

-taile

d K

ite r

anges a

long c

oasta

l and s

ubcoasta

l are

as

from

south

-weste

rn t

o n

ort

hern

Austr

alia

, Q

ueensla

nd,

NS

W a

nd

Vic

toria

. In

NS

W, scatt

ere

d r

ecord

s o

f th

e s

pecie

s thro

ughout

the s

tate

in

dic

ate

that th

e s

pecie

s is a

regula

r re

sid

ent in

the n

ort

h, nort

h-e

ast

and a

long t

he m

ajo

r w

est-

flo

win

g r

iver

syste

ms. F

ound in a

varie

ty o

f tim

bere

d h

abitats

inclu

din

g d

ry w

oodla

nds a

nd o

pen fore

sts

. S

how

s a

part

icula

r pre

fere

nce f

or

tim

bere

d w

ate

rcours

es. In

arid n

ort

h-w

este

rn

NS

W, has b

een o

bserv

ed in

sto

ny c

ountr

y w

ith a

gro

und c

over

of

chenopods a

nd g

rasses,

open a

cacia

scru

b a

nd p

atc

hes o

f lo

w o

pen

eucaly

pt

woodla

nd.

Unlik

ely

No

Animal>Birds

Me

lanodry

as

cuculla

ta

cuculla

ta

Hooded R

obin

(s

outh

-easte

rn

form

)

Vulnerable

Known

No

Th

e H

ooded R

obin

is w

idespre

ad, fo

und a

cro

ss A

ustr

alia

, except fo

r th

e d

rie

st

desert

s a

nd the w

ett

er

coasta

l are

as -

nort

hern

and e

aste

rn

coasta

l Q

ueensla

nd a

nd T

asm

ania

. H

ow

ever,

it

is c

om

mon in f

ew

pla

ces,

and r

are

ly found o

n the c

oast. P

refe

rs lig

htly w

ooded c

ountr

y,

usually

open e

ucaly

pt

woodla

nd,

acacia

scru

b a

nd m

alle

e,

often in o

r near

cle

arin

gs o

r open a

reas.

Requires s

tructu

rally

div

ers

e h

abitats

fe

atu

rin

g m

atu

re e

ucaly

pts

, saplin

gs, som

e s

mall

shru

bs a

nd a

gro

und

layer

of m

odera

tely

tall

native g

rasses.

Oft

en p

erc

hes o

n lo

w d

ead

stu

mps a

nd f

alle

n tim

ber

or

on lo

w-h

angin

g b

ranches, usin

g a

perc

h-

and-p

ounce m

eth

od

of

huntin

g insect pre

y.

Pote

ntial

No

Animal>Birds

Me

lithre

ptu

s

gula

ris g

ula

ris

Bla

ck-c

hin

ned

Honeyeate

r (e

aste

rn

subspecie

s)

Vulnerable

Known

No

Th

e e

aste

rn s

ubspecie

s e

xte

nds s

outh

fro

m c

entr

al Q

ueensla

nd,

thro

ugh N

SW

, V

icto

ria

into

south

easte

rn S

outh

Austr

alia

, th

ough it is

very

rare

in

the last sta

te. In

NS

W it

is w

idespre

ad,

with r

ecord

s f

rom

th

e t

able

lands a

nd w

este

rn s

lopes o

f th

e G

reat D

ivid

ing R

ange to the

nort

h-w

est

and c

entr

al-

west pla

ins a

nd t

he R

iverin

a.

It is r

are

ly

record

ed e

ast of th

e G

reat

Div

idin

g R

ange,

although r

egula

rly

observ

ed f

rom

the R

ichm

ond a

nd C

lare

nce R

iver

are

as. It h

as a

lso

been r

ecord

ed a

t a f

ew

scattere

d s

ites in

the H

unte

r, C

entr

al C

oast

and I

llaw

arr

a r

egio

ns, th

ough it is

very

rare

in

the la

tter.

Occupie

s

mostly u

pp

er

levels

of drie

r open fore

sts

or

woodla

nds d

om

inate

d b

y

box a

nd iro

nbark

eucaly

pts

, especia

lly M

ugga I

ronbark

(E

ucaly

ptu

s

sid

ero

xylo

n),

White B

ox (

E.

alb

ens),

Inla

nd G

rey B

ox (

E. m

icro

carp

a),

Y

ello

w B

ox (

E. m

elli

odora

), B

lakely

's R

ed G

um

(E

. bla

kely

i) a

nd F

ore

st

Red G

um

(E

. te

reticorn

is).

Als

o inhabits o

pen f

ore

sts

of sm

ooth

-bark

ed

gum

s, str

ingybark

s, ironbark

s,

river

sheoaks (

nestin

g h

abitat)

and tea

-tr

ees

Unlik

ely

No

OzA

rk E

nviro

nmen

tal &

Her

itage

Man

agem

ent P

ty L

td

Eco

logi

cal A

sses

smen

t: P

ropo

sed

Pin

e H

ill Q

uarr

y

62

Sp

ecie

s C

lassif

icati

on

L

eg

isla

tive

Pro

tecti

on

O

ccu

rren

ce

Pre

vio

usly

R

eco

rde

d

Sp

ecie

s P

rofi

le

OzA

rk

Dete

rmin

ati

on

Cla

ss

Nam

e

Scie

nti

fic N

am

e

Co

mm

on

Nam

e

TSC Act

EPBC Act

OE

H

Do

E

Wit

hin

10

km

H

ab

it D

escri

pti

on

L

ikelih

oo

d

Affected

Animal>Birds

Mo

narc

ha

mela

nopsis

B

lack-f

aced

Monarc

h

Protected

Likely

No

Th

e B

lack-f

aced M

onarc

h is w

idespre

ad in

easte

rn A

ustr

alia

. In

Q

ueensla

nd, it is w

idespre

ad f

rom

the isla

nds o

f th

e T

orr

es S

trait a

nd

on C

ape Y

ork

Penin

sula

, south

alo

ng t

he c

oasts

(occasio

nally

in

clu

din

g o

ffshore

isla

nds)

and t

he e

aste

rn s

lopes o

f th

e G

reat D

ivid

e,

to t

he N

ew

South

Wale

s b

ord

er.

In N

ew

South

Wale

s a

nd the

Austr

alia

n C

apital T

err

itory

, th

e s

pecie

s o

ccurs

aro

und t

he e

aste

rn

slo

pes a

nd t

able

lands o

f th

e G

reat D

ivid

e,

inla

nd t

o C

outts C

rossin

g,

Arm

idale

, W

idden V

alle

y, W

olle

mi N

atio

nal P

ark

, W

om

be

yan C

aves

and C

anberr

a.

Th

e B

lack-f

aced M

onarc

h m

ain

ly o

ccurs

in

rain

fore

st

ecosyste

ms, in

clu

din

g s

em

i-decid

uous v

ine-t

hic

kets

, com

ple

x

noto

phyll

vin

e-f

ore

st, tro

pic

al (m

esophyll)

rain

fore

st, s

ubtr

opic

al

(noto

phyll)

rain

fore

st, m

esophyll

(bro

adle

af)

thic

ket/shru

bla

nd,

warm

te

mpera

te r

ain

fore

st, d

ry (

monsoon)

rain

fore

st and (

occasio

nally

) cool

tem

pera

te r

ain

fore

st.

Unlik

ely

No

Animal>Bird

s

Mo

tacill

a fla

va

Yello

w W

agta

il

Protected

May occur

No

Occurs

thro

ughout A

ustr

alia

. C

an b

e f

ound in a

range o

f la

nd u

ses

inclu

din

g p

astu

res, w

etla

nds, shru

bla

nds,

gra

ssla

nds a

nd m

an m

ade

environm

ents

. P

ote

ntial

No

Animal>Birds

Myia

gra

cyanole

uca

Satin F

lycatc

her

Protected

Known

No

Th

e S

atin

Fly

catc

her

is w

idespre

ad in

easte

rn A

ustr

alia

and v

agra

nt to

N

ew

Ze

ala

nd (

Bla

kers

et

al. 1

984; C

oate

s 1

990a).

In Q

ueensla

nd, it is

wid

espre

ad b

ut

scatt

ere

d in

the e

ast, b

ein

g r

ecord

ed o

n p

assage o

n a

fe

w isla

nds in

the w

este

rn T

orr

es S

trait. S

atin F

lycatc

hers

in

habit

heavily

vegeta

ted g

ulli

es in e

ucaly

pt-

dom

inate

d fore

sts

and t

alle

r w

oodla

nds,

and o

n m

igra

tio

n,

occur

in c

oasta

l fo

rests

, w

oodla

nds,

mangro

ves a

nd d

rie

r w

oodla

nds a

nd o

pen f

ore

sts

. S

atin F

lycatc

hers

m

ain

ly in

habit e

ucaly

pt

fore

sts

, often n

ear

wetla

nds o

r w

ate

rcours

es.

Th

ey g

enera

lly o

ccur

in m

ois

ter,

talle

r fo

rests

than t

he L

eaden

Fly

catc

her,

Myia

gra

rebecula

, often o

ccurr

ing in

gulli

es.

Th

ey a

lso

occur

in e

ucaly

pt

woodla

nds w

ith o

pen u

nders

tore

y a

nd g

rass g

round

cover,

and a

re g

enera

lly a

bsent fr

om

rain

fore

st.

Unlik

ely

No

OzA

rk E

nviro

nmen

tal &

Her

itage

Man

agem

ent P

ty L

td

Eco

logi

cal A

sses

smen

t: P

ropo

sed

Pin

e H

ill Q

uarr

y

63

Sp

ecie

s C

lassif

icati

on

L

eg

isla

tive

Pro

tecti

on

O

ccu

rren

ce

Pre

vio

usly

R

eco

rde

d

Sp

ecie

s P

rofi

le

OzA

rk

Dete

rmin

ati

on

Cla

ss

Nam

e

Scie

nti

fic N

am

e

Co

mm

on

Nam

e

TSC Act

EPBC Act

OE

H

Do

E

Wit

hin

10

km

H

ab

it D

escri

pti

on

L

ikelih

oo

d

Affected

Animal>Birds

Nin

ox c

onniv

ens

Bark

ing O

wl

Vulnerable

Known

No

Th

e B

ark

ing O

wl is

found t

hro

ughout

contin

enta

l A

ustr

alia

except

for

the c

entr

al arid

regio

ns. A

lthough c

om

mon in

part

s o

f nort

hern

A

ustr

alia

, th

e s

pecie

s h

as d

eclin

ed g

reatly in

south

ern

Austr

alia

and

now

occurs

in a

wid

e b

ut spars

e d

istr

ibutio

n in N

SW

. C

ore

popula

tio

ns

exis

t on t

he w

este

rn s

lopes a

nd p

lain

s (

especia

lly t

he P

illig

a)

and in

som

e n

ort

heast coasta

l and e

scarp

ment fo

rests

. M

any p

opula

tio

ns

have c

rashed a

s w

oodla

nd o

n f

ert

ile s

oils

was c

leare

d, le

avin

g lin

ear

rip

aria

n s

trip

s o

f re

mnant tr

ees a

s the last in

habitable

are

as.

Som

etim

es e

xte

nd t

heir h

om

e r

ange in

to u

rban a

reas,

huntin

g b

irds in

gard

en t

rees a

nd in

sects

att

racte

d t

o s

treetlig

hts

. In

habits w

oodla

nd

and o

pen f

ore

st, in

clu

din

g f

ragm

ente

d r

em

nants

and p

art

ly c

leare

d

farm

land. It is fle

xib

le in

its

habitat use,

and h

untin

g c

an e

xte

nd in

to

clo

sed f

ore

st

and m

ore

open a

reas. S

om

etim

es a

ble

to s

uccessfu

lly

bre

ed a

long t

imbere

d w

ate

rcours

es in h

eavily

cle

are

d h

abitats

(e.g

. w

este

rn N

SW

) due t

o t

he h

igher

density o

f pre

y o

n these f

ert

ile s

oils

. R

oost

in s

haded p

ort

ions o

f tr

ee c

anopie

s, in

clu

din

g t

all

mid

sto

rey

trees w

ith d

ense f

olia

ge s

uch a

s A

cacia

and C

asuarin

a s

pecie

s.

Durin

g n

estin

g s

eason, th

e m

ale

perc

hes in

a n

earb

y t

ree o

verlo

okin

g

the h

ollo

w e

ntr

ance.

Pote

ntial -

Fe

edin

g

habitat to

be

aff

ecte

d

Yes

Animal>Birds

Nin

ox s

trenua

Pow

erf

ul O

wl

Vulnerable

Known

N

o

Th

e P

ow

erf

ul O

wl is

endem

ic to e

aste

rn a

nd s

outh

-easte

rn A

ustr

alia

, m

ain

ly o

n the e

aste

rn s

ide o

f th

e G

reat

Div

idin

g R

ange, fr

om

south

-easte

rn Q

ueensla

nd t

o V

icto

ria

. T

he P

ow

erf

ul O

wl is

found in o

pen

fore

sts

and w

oodla

nds,

as w

ell

as a

long s

heltere

d g

ulli

es in w

et

fore

sts

w

ith d

ense u

nders

tore

ys,

especia

lly a

long w

ate

rcours

es. W

ill

som

etim

es b

e found in o

pen a

reas n

ear

fore

sts

such a

s f

arm

land,

park

s a

nd s

ubu

rban a

reas,

as w

ell

as in

rem

nant

bushla

nd p

atc

hes.

Needs o

ld g

row

th t

rees t

o n

est.

Pote

ntial -

Fe

edin

g

habitat to

be

aff

ecte

d

Yes

Animal>Birds

Oxyura

austr

alis

B

lue-b

ille

d D

uck

Vulnerable

Predicted

No

Th

e B

lue-b

ille

d D

uck is e

ndem

ic to s

outh

-easte

rn a

nd s

outh

-weste

rn

Austr

alia

. It is w

idespre

ad in

NS

W, but m

ost com

mon in t

he s

outh

ern

M

urr

ay-D

arlin

g B

asin

are

a. B

irds d

ispers

e d

urin

g t

he b

reedin

g s

eason

to d

eep s

wam

ps u

p to 3

00 k

m a

way.

It is g

enera

lly o

nly

durin

g

sum

mer

or

in d

rie

r years

that th

ey a

re s

een in c

oasta

l are

as.

Th

e B

lue

-bill

ed D

uck p

refe

rs d

eep w

ate

r in

larg

e p

erm

anent w

etla

nds a

nd

sw

am

ps w

ith d

ense a

quatic v

egeta

tio

n. T

he s

pecie

s is c

om

ple

tely

aquatic, sw

imm

ing lo

w in

the w

ate

r alo

ng t

he e

dge o

f dense c

over.

It

will

fly

if dis

turb

ed, but

pre

fers

to d

ive if

appro

ached.

Unlik

ely

No

OzA

rk E

nviro

nmen

tal &

Her

itage

Man

agem

ent P

ty L

td

Eco

logi

cal A

sses

smen

t: P

ropo

sed

Pin

e H

ill Q

uarr

y

64

Sp

ecie

s C

lassif

icati

on

L

eg

isla

tive

Pro

tecti

on

O

ccu

rren

ce

Pre

vio

usly

R

eco

rde

d

Sp

ecie

s P

rofi

le

OzA

rk

Dete

rmin

ati

on

Cla

ss

Nam

e

Scie

nti

fic N

am

e

Co

mm

on

Nam

e

TSC Act

EPBC Act

OE

H

Do

E

Wit

hin

10

km

H

ab

it D

escri

pti

on

L

ikelih

oo

d

Affected

Animal>Birds

Petr

oic

a

boodang

S

carle

t R

obin

Vulnerable

Known

No

Th

e S

carle

t R

obin

is found f

rom

south

east

Queensla

nd to s

outh

east

South

Austr

alia

and a

lso in

Ta

sm

ania

and s

outh

west W

este

rn

Austr

alia

. In

NS

W,

it o

ccurs

fro

m the c

oast to

the in

land s

lopes. A

fter

bre

edin

g,

som

e S

carle

t R

obin

s d

ispers

e t

o t

he lo

wer

valle

ys a

nd p

lain

s

of

the t

able

lands a

nd s

lopes. S

om

e b

irds m

ay a

ppear

as f

ar

west as

the e

aste

rn e

dges o

f th

e in

land p

lain

s in a

utu

mn a

nd w

inte

r. T

he

Scarle

t R

obin

liv

es in

dry

eucaly

pt fo

rests

and w

oodla

nds.

Th

e

unders

tore

y is u

sually

open a

nd g

rassy w

ith few

scatt

ere

d s

hru

bs.

This

specie

s liv

es in

both

matu

re a

nd r

egro

wth

vegeta

tio

n. It o

ccasio

nally

occurs

in m

alle

e o

r w

et

fore

st com

munitie

s, or

in w

etla

nds a

nd tea

-tre

e

sw

am

ps. S

carle

t R

obin

habitat

usually

conta

ins a

bundant

logs a

nd

falle

n tim

ber:

these a

re im

port

ant com

ponents

of

its h

abitat. T

he

Scarle

t R

obin

bre

eds o

n r

idges, hill

s a

nd f

ooth

ills o

f th

e w

este

rn

slo

pes, th

e G

reat D

ivid

ing R

ange a

nd e

aste

rn c

oasta

l re

gio

ns; th

is

specie

s is o

ccasio

nally

found u

p to 1

000 m

etr

es in a

ltitude. T

he

Scarle

t R

obin

is p

rim

arily

a r

esid

ent

in fore

sts

and w

oodla

nds,

but

som

e a

dults a

nd y

oung b

irds d

ispers

e t

o m

ore

open h

abitats

aft

er

bre

edin

g.

In a

utu

mn a

nd w

inte

r m

any S

carle

t R

obin

s liv

e in

open

gra

ssy w

oodla

nds,

and g

rassla

nds o

r gra

zed p

addocks w

ith s

catt

ere

d

trees.

Pote

ntial -

Fe

edin

g

habitat to

be

aff

ecte

d

Yes

Animal>Birds

Petr

oic

a

phoenic

ea

Fla

me R

obin

Vulnerable

Known

No

Th

e F

lam

e R

obin

is e

ndem

ic t

o s

outh

easte

rn A

ustr

alia

, and r

anges

from

near

the Q

ueensla

nd b

ord

er

to s

outh

east S

outh

Austr

alia

and

als

o in T

asm

ania

. In

NS

W, it b

reeds in u

pla

nd a

reas a

nd in

win

ter,

m

any b

irds m

ove t

o t

he in

land s

lopes a

nd p

lain

s. B

reeds in u

pla

nd tall

mois

t eucaly

pt fo

rests

and w

oodla

nds,

oft

en o

n r

idges a

nd s

lopes.

Pre

fers

cle

arin

gs o

r are

as w

ith o

pen u

nders

tore

ys. T

he g

roundla

yer

of

the b

reedin

g h

abitat

is d

om

inate

d b

y n

ative g

rasses a

nd t

he s

hru

b

layer

may b

e e

ither

spars

e o

r dense. O

ccasio

nally

occurs

in t

em

pera

te

rain

fore

st, a

nd a

lso in

herb

fie

lds, heath

lands, shru

bla

nds a

nd

sedgela

nds a

t hig

h a

ltitudes. In

win

ter,

birds m

igra

te to d

rie

r m

ore

open h

abitats

in t

he lo

wla

nds (

i.e. valle

ys b

elo

w t

he r

anges, and to the

weste

rn s

lopes a

nd p

lain

s).

Often o

ccurs

in r

ecently b

urn

t are

as;

how

ever,

habitat

becom

es u

nsuitable

as v

egeta

tio

n c

loses u

p follo

win

g

regenera

tion.

In w

inte

r liv

es in d

ry fore

sts

, open w

oodla

nds a

nd in

pastu

res a

nd n

ative g

rassla

nds,

with o

r w

ithout scatt

ere

d t

rees. In

w

inte

r, o

ccasio

nally

seen in h

eath

land o

r oth

er

shru

bla

nds in c

oasta

l are

as.

Pote

ntial -

Fe

edin

g

habitat to

be

aff

ecte

d

Yes

OzA

rk E

nviro

nmen

tal &

Her

itage

Man

agem

ent P

ty L

td

Eco

logi

cal A

sses

smen

t: P

ropo

sed

Pin

e H

ill Q

uarr

y

65

Sp

ecie

s C

lassif

icati

on

L

eg

isla

tive

Pro

tecti

on

O

ccu

rren

ce

Pre

vio

usly

R

eco

rde

d

Sp

ecie

s P

rofi

le

OzA

rk

Dete

rmin

ati

on

Cla

ss

Nam

e

Scie

nti

fic N

am

e

Co

mm

on

Nam

e

TSC Act

EPBC Act

OE

H

Do

E

Wit

hin

10

km

H

ab

it D

escri

pti

on

L

ikelih

oo

d

Affected

Animal>Birds

Phaeth

on

rubricauda

Red-t

aile

d

Tro

pic

bird

Vulnerable

Known

No

Th

e T

ropic

bird r

anges thro

ughout tr

opic

al and s

ubtr

opic

al zones o

f th

e

India

n a

nd W

est

Pacific

Oceans, bre

edin

g o

n o

ceanic

isla

nds.

Lord

H

ow

e I

sla

nd is s

aid

to h

ave t

he g

reate

st bre

edin

g c

oncentr

atio

n in t

he

world

. B

reeds in

coasta

l clif

fs a

nd u

nder

bushes in

tro

pic

al A

ustr

alia

. N

ests

on c

liffs

of th

e n

ort

hern

hill

s a

nd s

outh

ern

mo

unta

ins o

n the

main

isla

nd a

t Lord

How

e I

sla

nd. N

est consis

ts o

f a m

ere

scra

pe o

n

the g

round o

n a

n in

accessib

le c

liff le

dge.

Vagra

nt birds o

ccur

in

coasta

l N

SW

wate

rs, and o

ccasio

nally

even in

land,

part

icula

rly a

fter

sto

rm e

vents

.

Unlik

ely

No

Animal>Birds

Poly

telis

sw

ain

sonii

Superb

Parr

ot

Vulnerable

Known

No

Th

e S

uperb

Parr

ot

is found t

hro

ughout

easte

rn in

land N

SW

. O

n the

South

-weste

rn S

lopes their c

ore

bre

edin

g a

rea is r

oughly

bounded b

y

Cow

ra a

nd Y

ass in t

he e

ast, a

nd G

renfe

ll, C

oota

mundra

and C

oola

c in

the w

est. B

irds b

reedin

g in t

his

regio

n a

re m

ain

ly a

bsent durin

g w

inte

r,

when t

hey m

igra

te n

ort

h to the r

egio

n o

f th

e u

pper

Nam

oi and G

wydir

Riv

ers

. T

he o

ther

ma

in b

reedin

g s

ites a

re in

the R

iverin

a a

long the

corr

idors

of

the M

urr

ay,

Edw

ard

and M

urr

um

bid

gee R

ivers

where

bir

ds

are

pre

sent

all

year

round. In

habit B

ox-G

um

, B

ox-C

ypre

ss-p

ine a

nd

Bore

e W

oodla

nds a

nd R

iver

Red G

um

Fo

rest. I

n t

he R

iverin

a t

he b

irds

nest in

the h

ollo

ws o

f la

rge tre

es (

dead o

r aliv

e)

main

ly in

tall

rip

arian

Riv

er

Red G

um

Fo

rest or

Woodla

nd.

On the S

outh

West S

lopes n

est

trees c

an b

e in

open B

ox-G

um

Woodla

nd o

r is

ola

ted p

addock t

rees.

Specie

s k

now

n t

o b

e u

sed a

re B

lakely

’s R

ed G

um

, Y

ello

w B

ox,

Apple

B

ox a

nd R

ed B

ox.

Unlik

ely

No

Animal>Birds

Pom

ato

sto

mus

tem

pora

lis

tem

pora

lis

Gre

y-c

row

ned

Babble

r (e

aste

rn

subspecie

s)

Vulnerable

Known

No

Th

e e

aste

rn s

ubspecie

s (

tem

pora

lis o

ccurs

fro

m C

ape Y

ork

south

th

rough Q

ueensla

nd, N

SW

and V

icto

ria

and f

orm

erly to the s

outh

east

of

South

Austr

alia

. T

his

subspecie

s a

lso o

ccurs

in

the T

rans-F

ly

Regio

n in

south

ern

New

Guin

ea.

In N

SW

, th

e e

aste

rn s

ub

-specie

s

occurs

on the w

este

rn s

lopes o

f th

e G

reat

Div

idin

g R

ange, and o

n the

weste

rn p

lain

s r

eachin

g a

s far

as L

outh

and B

alranald

. It a

lso o

ccurs

in

woodla

nds in

the H

unte

r V

alle

y a

nd in

severa

l lo

catio

ns o

n t

he n

ort

h

coast

of

NS

W. It m

ay b

e e

xtin

ct in

the s

outh

ern

, centr

al and N

ew

E

ngla

nd t

able

lands. In

habits o

pen B

ox-G

um

Woodla

nds o

n the s

lopes,

and B

ox-C

yp

ress-p

ine a

nd o

pen B

ox W

oodla

nds o

n a

lluvia

l pla

ins.

Woodla

nds o

n fert

ile s

oils

in

coasta

l re

gio

ns.

Pote

ntial -

Fe

edin

g

habitat to

be

aff

ecte

d

Yes

OzA

rk E

nviro

nmen

tal &

Her

itage

Man

agem

ent P

ty L

td

Eco

logi

cal A

sses

smen

t: P

ropo

sed

Pin

e H

ill Q

uarr

y

66

Sp

ecie

s C

lassif

icati

on

L

eg

isla

tive

Pro

tecti

on

O

ccu

rren

ce

Pre

vio

usly

R

eco

rde

d

Sp

ecie

s P

rofi

le

OzA

rk

Dete

rmin

ati

on

Cla

ss

Nam

e

Scie

nti

fic N

am

e

Co

mm

on

Nam

e

TSC Act

EPBC Act

OE

H

Do

E

Wit

hin

10

km

H

ab

it D

escri

pti

on

L

ikelih

oo

d

Affected

Animal>Birds

Rhip

idura

ru

fifr

ons

Rufo

us F

anta

il

Protected

Likely

No

Th

e R

ufo

us F

anta

il occurs

in c

oasta

l and n

ear

coasta

l dis

tric

ts o

f nort

hern

and e

aste

rn A

ustr

alia

. In

east

and s

outh

-east A

ustr

alia

, th

e

Rufo

us F

anta

il m

ain

ly in

habits w

et

scle

rophyll

fore

sts

, often in g

ulli

es

dom

inate

d b

y e

ucaly

pts

such a

s T

allo

w-w

oo

d (

Eucaly

ptu

s m

icro

cory

s),

M

ounta

in G

rey G

um

(E

. cypello

carp

a),

Narr

ow

-le

aved P

epperm

int

(E.

radia

ta),

Mounta

in A

sh (

E. re

gnans),

Alp

ine A

sh (

E.

dele

gate

nsis

),

Bla

ckbutt (

E. pilu

laris)

or

Red M

ahogany (

E.

resin

ifera

); u

sually

with a

dense s

hru

bby u

nders

tore

y o

ften inclu

din

g fern

s. T

hey a

lso o

ccur

in

subtr

opic

al and tem

pera

te r

ain

fore

sts

; fo

r exam

ple

near

Bega in

south

-east

NS

W, w

here

they a

re r

ecord

ed in

tem

pera

te L

illy P

illy (

Acm

ena

sm

ithi) r

ain

fore

st, w

ith G

rey M

yrt

le (

Backhousia

myrt

ifolia

), S

assafr

as

(Dory

phora

sassafr

as)

and S

weet

Pitto

sporu

m (

Pitto

sporu

m

undula

tum

) subdom

inants

. T

hey o

ccasio

nally

occur

in s

econdary

re

gro

wth

, fo

llow

ing lo

ggin

g o

r dis

turb

ance in

fore

sts

or

rain

fore

sts

. W

hen o

n p

assage, th

ey a

re s

om

etim

es r

ecord

ed in d

rie

r scle

rophyll

fore

sts

and w

oodla

nds,

inclu

din

g S

pott

ed G

um

(E

ucaly

ptu

s m

acula

ta),

Y

ello

w B

ox (

E. m

elli

odora

), iro

nbark

s o

r str

ingybark

s,

oft

en w

ith a

shru

bby o

r heath

unders

tore

y.

Th

ey a

re a

lso r

ecord

ed f

rom

park

s a

nd

gard

ens w

hen o

n p

assage. In

nort

h a

nd n

ort

h-e

ast A

ustr

alia

, th

ey

oft

en o

ccur

in tro

pic

al ra

info

rest

and m

onsoon r

ain

fore

sts

, in

clu

din

g

sem

i-everg

reen m

esophyll

vin

e f

ore

sts

, sem

i-decid

uous v

ine thic

kets

or

thic

kets

of P

aperb

ark

s (

Mela

leuca s

pp.)

(H

iggin

s e

t al. 2

006).

Unlik

ely

No

Animal>Birds

Rostr

atu

la

austr

alis

A

ustr

alia

n P

ain

ted

Snip

e

Endangered

Endangered

Known

May occur

No

Most

record

s o

f th

e A

ustr

alia

n P

ain

ted S

nip

e a

re f

rom

the s

outh

east,

part

icula

rly the M

urr

ay D

arlin

g B

asin

, w

ith s

catt

ere

d r

ecord

s a

cro

ss

nort

hern

Austr

alia

and h

isto

rical re

cord

s fro

m a

round t

he P

ert

h r

egio

n

in W

este

rn A

ustr

alia

. In

NS

W m

any r

ecord

s a

re fro

m t

he M

urr

ay-

Darlin

g B

asin

inclu

din

g the P

aro

o w

etla

nds,

Lake C

ow

al, M

acquarie

M

ars

hes, F

ivebough S

wam

p a

nd m

ore

recently, sw

am

ps n

ear

Balld

ale

and W

anganella

. O

ther

import

ant lo

catio

ns w

ith r

ecent

record

s in

clu

de

wetla

nds o

n t

he H

aw

kesbury

Riv

er

and t

he C

lare

nce a

nd lo

wer

Hunte

r V

alle

ys. P

refe

rs f

rin

ges o

f sw

am

ps,

dam

s a

nd n

earb

y m

ars

hy a

reas

whe

re t

here

is a

cover

of

gra

sses, lig

num

, lo

w s

cru

b o

r open t

imb

er.

N

ests

on the g

round a

mongst ta

ll vegeta

tio

n, such a

s g

rasses,

tussocks o

r re

eds.

Unlik

ely

No

OzA

rk E

nviro

nmen

tal &

Her

itage

Man

agem

ent P

ty L

td

Eco

logi

cal A

sses

smen

t: P

ropo

sed

Pin

e H

ill Q

uarr

y

67

Sp

ecie

s C

lassif

icati

on

L

eg

isla

tive

Pro

tecti

on

O

ccu

rren

ce

Pre

vio

usly

R

eco

rde

d

Sp

ecie

s P

rofi

le

OzA

rk

Dete

rmin

ati

on

Cla

ss

Nam

e

Scie

nti

fic N

am

e

Co

mm

on

Nam

e

TSC Act

EPBC Act

OE

H

Do

E

Wit

hin

10

km

H

ab

it D

escri

pti

on

L

ikelih

oo

d

Affected

Animal>Birds

Sta

gonople

ura

gutt

ata

D

iam

ond F

ireta

il

Vulnerable

Known

No

Th

e D

iam

ond F

ireta

il is

endem

ic to s

outh

-easte

rn A

ustr

alia

, exte

ndin

g

from

centr

al Q

ueensla

nd to the E

yre

Penin

sula

in

South

Austr

alia

. It is

wid

ely

dis

trib

ute

d in N

SW

, w

ith a

concentr

atio

n o

f re

cord

s f

rom

the

Nort

hern

, C

entr

al and S

outh

ern

Table

lands,

the N

ort

hern

, C

enta

l and

South

Weste

rn S

lopes a

nd the N

ort

h W

est P

lain

s a

nd R

iverin

a. N

ot

com

monly

found in c

oasta

l dis

tric

ts, th

ough there

are

record

s f

rom

near

Sydney,

the H

unte

r V

alle

y a

nd t

he B

ega V

alle

y. T

his

specie

s h

as

a s

cattere

d d

istr

ibutio

n o

ver

the r

est of

NS

W, th

ough is v

ery

rare

we

st

of

the D

arlin

g R

iver.

Fo

und in

gra

ssy e

ucaly

pt w

oodla

nds,

inclu

din

g

Box-G

um

Woodla

nds a

nd S

now

Gum

Eucaly

ptu

s p

auciflo

ra

Woodla

nds. A

lso o

ccurs

in o

pen fore

st, m

alle

e,

Natu

ral T

em

pera

te

Gra

ssla

nd,

and in

secondary

gra

ssla

nd d

erived f

rom

oth

er

com

munitie

s. O

ften found in

rip

arian a

reas (

rivers

and c

reeks),

and

som

etim

es in lig

htly w

ooded f

arm

land.

Unlik

ely

No

Animal>Birds

Sticto

nett

a

naevosa

Fre

ckle

d D

uck

Vulnerable

Predicted

No

Th

e F

reckle

d D

uck is found p

rim

arily

in

south

-easte

rn a

nd s

outh

-w

este

rn A

ustr

alia

, occurr

ing a

s a

vagra

nt

els

ew

here

. It b

reeds in

la

rge

tem

pora

ry s

wam

ps c

reate

d b

y flo

ods in t

he B

ullo

o a

nd L

ake E

yre

basin

s a

nd t

he M

urr

ay-D

arlin

g s

yste

m, part

icula

rly a

long the P

aro

o

and L

achla

n R

ivers

, and o

ther

rivers

within

the R

iverin

a.

Th

e d

uck is

forc

ed to d

ispers

e d

urin

g e

xte

nsiv

e in

land d

roughts

when w

etla

nds in

the M

urr

ay R

iver

basin

pro

vid

e im

port

ant

habitat. T

he s

pecie

s m

ay

als

o o

ccur

as f

ar

as c

oasta

l N

SW

and V

icto

ria

durin

g s

uch tim

es.

Pre

fer

perm

anent fr

eshw

ate

r sw

am

ps a

nd c

reeks w

ith h

eavy g

row

th o

f C

um

bungi, L

ignum

or

Te

a-t

ree.

Durin

g d

rie

r tim

es t

hey m

ove fro

m

ephem

era

l bre

edin

g s

wam

ps to m

ore

perm

anent w

ate

rs s

uch a

s la

kes,

reserv

oirs, fa

rm d

am

s a

nd s

ew

age

ponds.

Unlik

ely

No

Animal>Birds

Tyto

novaeholla

ndia

e

Masked O

wl

Vulnerable

Known

No

Th

e M

asked O

wl exte

nds f

rom

the c

oast w

here

it

is m

ost abundant to

th

e w

este

rn p

lain

s. O

vera

ll re

cord

s for

this

specie

s f

all

within

appro

xim

ate

ly 9

0%

of

NS

W, exclu

din

g t

he m

ost

arid n

ort

h-w

este

rn

corn

er.

Th

ere

is n

o s

easonal varia

tio

n in its

dis

trib

utio

n. Liv

es in

dry

eucaly

pt fo

rests

and w

oodla

nds f

rom

sea le

vel to

1100 m

. A

fore

st

ow

l,

but

often h

unts

alo

ng t

he e

dges o

f fo

rests

, in

clu

din

g r

oadsid

es. R

oosts

and b

reeds in

mo

ist eucaly

pt fo

reste

d g

ulli

es, usin

g la

rge tre

e h

ollo

ws

or

som

etim

es c

aves f

or

nestin

g.

Unlik

ely

No

OzA

rk E

nviro

nmen

tal &

Her

itage

Man

agem

ent P

ty L

td

Eco

logi

cal A

sses

smen

t: P

ropo

sed

Pin

e H

ill Q

uarr

y

68

Sp

ecie

s C

lassif

icati

on

L

eg

isla

tive

Pro

tecti

on

O

ccu

rren

ce

Pre

vio

usly

R

eco

rde

d

Sp

ecie

s P

rofi

le

OzA

rk

Dete

rmin

ati

on

Cla

ss

Nam

e

Scie

nti

fic N

am

e

Co

mm

on

Nam

e

TSC Act

EPBC Act

OE

H

Do

E

Wit

hin

10

km

H

ab

it D

escri

pti

on

L

ikelih

oo

d

Affected

Animal>Fish

Ma

ccullo

chella

peelii

M

urr

ay C

od

Vulnerable

May occur

No

Th

e M

urr

ay C

od w

as h

isto

rically

dis

trib

ute

d t

hro

ughout th

e M

urr

ay-

Darlin

g B

asin

(th

e B

asin

), w

ith t

he e

xceptio

n o

f th

e u

pper

reaches o

f som

e trib

uta

ries. T

he d

istr

ibutio

n o

f th

e M

urr

ay C

od o

ccurs

in t

he

follo

win

g b

iore

gio

ns a

ccord

ing to the I

nte

rim

Bio

geogra

phic

R

egio

nalis

atio

n f

or

Austr

alia

(IB

RA

7)

(DS

EW

PaC

2012ae):

Murr

ay-

Darlin

g D

epre

ssio

n,

Riv

erin

a,

NS

W S

outh

Weste

rn S

lopes, S

outh

E

aste

rn H

ighla

nds,

Cobar

Penepla

in,

Darlin

g R

iverin

e P

lain

s, B

rig

alo

w

Belt S

outh

and N

andew

ar.

T

he M

urr

ay C

od u

tilis

es a

div

ers

e r

ange o

f habitats

fro

m c

lear

rocky s

tream

s, such a

s t

hose found in

the u

pper

weste

rn s

lopes o

f N

SW

(in

clu

din

g the A

CT

), to s

low

-flo

win

g,

turb

id

low

land r

ivers

and b

illa

bongs. M

urr

ay C

od a

re f

requently f

ound in

the

main

channels

of

rivers

and la

rger

trib

uta

rie

s.

Th

e s

pecie

s is,

there

fore

, consid

ere

d a

main

-channel specia

list. M

urr

ay C

od t

end to

occur

in flo

odpla

in c

hannels

and a

nabra

nches w

hen t

hey a

re

inundate

d.

Unlik

ely

No

Animal>

Invertebrates

Para

lucia

spin

ifera

Purp

le C

opper

Butt

erf

ly, B

ath

urs

t C

opper

Butt

erf

ly

Endangered

Vulnerable

Known

Likely

Yes

Th

e P

urp

le C

opper

Butterf

ly o

ccurs

on the C

entr

al T

able

lands o

f N

SW

in

an a

rea a

ppro

xim

ate

ly b

ounded b

y O

bero

n,

Hart

ley a

nd B

ath

urs

t.

Geolo

gy,

soils

and d

om

inant

vegeta

tio

n c

anopy s

pecie

s v

ary

betw

ee

n

habitat

locatio

ns.

How

ever

vegeta

tio

n s

tructu

re is c

onsis

tent,

com

monly

open w

oodla

nd o

r open f

ore

st

with a

spars

e u

nders

tore

y

that

is d

om

inate

d b

y t

he s

hru

b, B

lackth

orn

Burs

aria

spin

osa s

ubsp.

lasio

phylla

.

Unlik

ely

- N

o

dense

sta

nds o

f native

bla

ckth

orn

in

stu

dy a

rea

No

Animal> Marsupials

Cerc

art

etu

s

nanus

Easte

rn P

ygm

y-

possum

Vulnerable

Predicted

No

Th

e E

aste

rn P

ygm

y-p

ossum

is f

ound in

south

-easte

rn A

ustr

alia

, fr

om

south

ern

Queensla

nd t

o e

aste

rn S

outh

Austr

alia

and in T

asm

ania

. In

N

SW

it

exte

nts

fro

m t

he c

oast in

land a

s far

as the P

illig

a,

Dubbo,

Park

es a

nd W

agga W

agga o

n t

he w

este

rn s

lopes. F

ound

in

a b

road

range o

f habitats

fro

m r

ain

fore

st th

rough s

cle

rophyll

(inclu

din

g B

ox-

Ironbark

) fo

rest

and w

oodla

nd t

o h

eath

, but

in m

ost are

as w

oodla

nds

and h

eath

appear

to b

e p

refe

rred, except

in n

ort

h-e

aste

rn N

SW

where

th

ey a

re m

ost fr

equently e

ncounte

red in

rain

fore

st. S

helters

in

tre

e

hollo

ws,

rott

en s

tum

ps, hole

s in

the g

round,

abandoned b

ird

-nests

, R

ingta

il P

ossum

(P

seudocheirus p

ere

grin

us)

dre

ys o

r th

ickets

of

vegeta

tio

n,

(e.g

. gra

ss-t

ree s

kirts

).

Unlik

ely

No

Animal>

Marsupials

Dasyuru

s

macula

tus

Spott

ed-t

aile

d

Quoll

Vulnerable

Endangered

Known

Likely

No

Th

e s

pott

ed

-taile

d Q

uoll

is r

ecord

ed a

cro

ss a

range o

f habitat ty

pes,

inclu

din

g r

ain

fore

st, o

pen fore

st, w

oodla

nd,

coasta

l heath

and in

land

rip

aria

n f

ore

st, fro

m the s

ub

-alp

ine z

one t

o the c

oastlin

e. In

div

idual

anim

als

use h

ollo

w-b

earin

g t

rees, fa

llen lo

gs, sm

all

caves,

rock

outc

rops a

nd r

ocky-c

liff fa

ces a

s d

en s

ites.

Unlik

ely

No

OzA

rk E

nviro

nmen

tal &

Her

itage

Man

agem

ent P

ty L

td

Eco

logi

cal A

sses

smen

t: P

ropo

sed

Pin

e H

ill Q

uarr

y

69

Sp

ecie

s C

lassif

icati

on

L

eg

isla

tive

Pro

tecti

on

O

ccu

rren

ce

Pre

vio

usly

R

eco

rde

d

Sp

ecie

s P

rofi

le

OzA

rk

Dete

rmin

ati

on

Cla

ss

Nam

e

Scie

nti

fic N

am

e

Co

mm

on

Nam

e

TSC Act

EPBC Act

OE

H

Do

E

Wit

hin

10

km

H

ab

it D

escri

pti

on

L

ikelih

oo

d

Affected

Animal>

Marsupials

Peta

uro

ides

vola

ns

Gre

ate

r G

lider

Vulnerable

May occur

No

Th

e g

reate

r glid

er

is r

estr

icte

d t

o e

aste

rn A

ustr

alia

, occurr

ing f

rom

the

Win

dsor

Ta

ble

land in

nort

h Q

ueensla

nd thro

ugh t

o c

entr

al V

icto

ria

(W

om

bat S

tate

Fo

rest)

, w

ith a

n e

levatio

nal ra

nge f

rom

sea le

vel to

1200 m

above s

ea le

vel. T

he g

reate

r glid

er

favours

fore

sts

with a

div

ers

ity o

f eucaly

pt specie

s, due to s

easonal varia

tio

n in

its

pre

ferr

ed

tree s

pecie

s.

Roosts

in

tre

e h

ollo

ws a

nd is m

ore

com

mon in a

reas

abundant

in t

ree h

ollo

ws.

Unlik

ely

No

Animal>

Marsupials

Peta

uru

s

austr

alis

Y

ello

w-b

elli

ed

Glid

er

Vulnerable

Predicted

No

Th

e Y

ello

w-b

elli

ed G

lider

is f

ound a

long t

he e

aste

rn c

oast to

the

weste

rn s

lopes o

f th

e G

reat

Div

idin

g R

ange,

from

south

ern

Q

ueensla

nd t

o V

icto

ria

. O

ccur

in tall

matu

re e

ucaly

pt fo

rest genera

lly

in a

reas w

ith h

igh r

ain

fall

and n

utr

ient

rich s

oils

.

Unlik

ely

No

Animal>

Marsupials

Peta

uru

s

norf

olc

ensis

S

quirre

l G

lider

Vulnerable

Predicted

No

Th

e S

quirre

l G

lider

is w

idely

though s

pars

ely

dis

trib

ute

d in

easte

rn

Austr

alia

, fr

om

nort

hern

Queensla

nd t

o w

este

rn V

icto

ria

. In

habits

matu

re o

r old

gro

wth

Box,

Box-I

ronbark

woodla

nds a

nd R

iver

Red

Gum

fore

st w

est

of

the G

reat D

ivid

ing R

ange a

nd B

lackbutt

-B

loodw

ood f

ore

st

with h

eath

unders

tore

y in

coasta

l are

as. P

refe

rs

mix

ed s

pecie

s s

tands w

ith a

shru

b o

r A

cacia

mid

sto

rey.

Unlik

ely

No

Animal> Marsupials

Petr

ogale

penic

illata

B

rush-t

aile

d R

ock-

walla

by

Endangered

Vulnerable

Known

May occur N

o

Th

e r

ange o

f th

e B

rush

-taile

d R

ock-w

alla

by e

xte

nds f

rom

south

-east

Queensla

nd t

o t

he G

ram

pia

ns in w

este

rn V

icto

ria

, ro

ughly

follo

win

g

the lin

e o

f th

e G

reat D

ivid

ing R

ange.

How

ever

the d

istr

ibutio

n o

f th

e

specie

s a

cro

ss its

orig

inal ra

nge h

as d

eclin

ed s

ignific

antly in t

he w

est

and s

outh

and h

as b

ecom

e m

ore

fra

gm

ente

d. In

NS

W they o

ccur

from

th

e Q

ueensla

nd b

ord

er

in the n

ort

h t

o the S

hoalh

aven in

the s

outh

, w

ith t

he p

opula

tio

n in

the W

arr

um

bungle

Ranges b

ein

g the w

este

rn

limit. O

ccupy r

ocky e

scarp

ments

, outc

rops a

nd c

liffs

with a

pre

fere

nce

for

com

ple

x s

tructu

res w

ith f

issure

s, caves a

nd le

dges, often f

acin

g

nort

h. B

row

se o

n v

egeta

tio

n in a

nd a

dja

cent to

rocky a

reas e

atin

g

gra

sses a

nd forb

s a

s w

ell

as the folia

ge a

nd f

ruits o

f shru

bs a

nd tre

es.

Unlik

ely

No

Animal>

Marsupials

Phascogale

ta

poata

fa

Bru

sh-t

aile

d

Phascogale

Vulnerable

Predicted

No

Th

e B

rush

-taile

d P

hascogale

has a

patc

hy d

istr

ibutio

n a

round the

coast

of

Austr

alia

. In

NS

W it is

main

ly f

ound e

ast

of th

e G

reat D

ivid

ing

Range a

lthough t

here

are

occassio

nal re

cord

s w

est

ot th

e d

ivid

e.

Pre

fer

dry

scle

rophyll

open fore

st w

ith s

pars

e g

roundcover

of

herb

s,

gra

sses, shru

bs o

r le

af

litte

r. A

lso inhabit h

eath

, sw

am

ps,

rain

fore

st

and w

et

scle

rophyll

fore

st.

Unlik

ely

No

OzA

rk E

nviro

nmen

tal &

Her

itage

Man

agem

ent P

ty L

td

Eco

logi

cal A

sses

smen

t: P

ropo

sed

Pin

e H

ill Q

uarr

y

70

Sp

ecie

s C

lassif

icati

on

L

eg

isla

tive

Pro

tecti

on

O

ccu

rren

ce

Pre

vio

usly

R

eco

rde

d

Sp

ecie

s P

rofi

le

OzA

rk

Dete

rmin

ati

on

Cla

ss

Nam

e

Scie

nti

fic N

am

e

Co

mm

on

Nam

e

TSC Act

EPBC Act

OE

H

Do

E

Wit

hin

10

km

H

ab

it D

escri

pti

on

L

ikelih

oo

d

Affected

Animal>

Marsupials

Phascola

rcto

s

cin

ere

us

Koala

Vulnerable

Vulnerable

Known

Known

Yes

Th

e K

oala

has a

fra

gm

ente

d d

istr

ibutio

n t

hro

ughout

easte

rn A

ustr

alia

fr

om

nort

h-e

ast Q

ueensla

nd to the E

yre

Penin

sula

in

South

Austr

alia

. In

NS

W it m

ain

ly o

ccurs

on the c

entr

al and n

ort

h c

oasts

with s

om

e

popula

tio

ns in

the w

est

of th

e G

reat

Div

idin

g R

ange. In

habit e

ucaly

pt

woodla

nds a

nd f

ore

sts

.

Pote

ntial

No

Animal> Marsupials

Pseudom

ys

novaeholla

ndia

e

New

Holla

nd

Mouse

Vulnerable

May occur

No

Th

e N

ew

Holla

nd M

ouse h

as a

fra

gm

ente

d d

istr

ibutio

n a

cro

ss

Ta

sm

ania

, V

icto

ria

, N

SW

and Q

ueensla

nd. T

he s

pecie

s is n

ow

la

rgely

re

str

icte

d to the c

oast

of centr

al and n

ort

hern

NS

W, w

ith o

ne in

land

occurr

ence n

ear

Park

es.

Th

e N

ew

Holla

nd M

ouse h

as b

een found

from

coasta

l are

as a

nd u

p t

o 1

00 k

m in

land o

n s

andsto

ne c

ountr

y. T

he

specie

s h

as b

een r

ecord

ed f

rom

sea le

vel up t

o a

round 9

00 m

above

sea le

vel. S

oil

type m

ay b

e a

n im

port

ant

indic

ato

r of suitabili

ty o

f habitat fo

r th

e N

ew

Holla

nd M

ouse,

with d

eeper

top s

oils

and s

oft

er

substr

ate

s b

ein

g p

refe

rred for

dig

gin

g b

urr

ow

s (

Wils

on &

Laid

law

2003).

In

Vic

toria

, th

e s

pecie

s h

as b

een r

ecord

ed o

n d

eep s

iliceous

podsols

, sandy c

lay,

loam

y s

ands, sand d

unes a

nd c

oasta

l dunes. D

ue

to t

he la

rgely

gra

niv

oro

us d

iet of th

e s

pecie

s, sites w

here

the N

ew

H

olla

nd M

ouse is found a

re o

ften h

igh in

flo

ristic d

ivers

ity,

especia

lly

legum

inous p

ere

nnia

ls. T

he m

ouse is k

now

n t

o in

habit o

pen

heath

land,

open w

oodla

nd w

ith a

heath

land u

nders

tore

y a

nd

vegeta

ted s

and d

unes.

Unlik

ely

No

Animal>Reptiles

Apra

sia

para

pulc

hella

P

ink-t

aile

d

Legle

ss L

izard

Vulnerable

Vulnerable

Predicted

May occur

No

Th

ere

is a

concentr

atio

n o

f popula

tio

ns in

the C

anberr

a/Q

ueanbeyan

Regio

n.

Oth

er

popula

tio

ns h

ave b

een r

ecord

ed n

ear

Coom

a, Y

ass,

Bath

urs

t, A

lbury

and W

est W

yalo

ng.

Th

is s

pecie

s is a

lso found in t

he

Austr

alia

n C

apital T

err

itory

. In

habits s

lopin

g,

open w

oodla

nd a

reas

with p

redom

inantly n

ative g

rassy g

roundla

yers

, part

icula

rly t

hose

dom

inate

d b

y K

angaro

o G

rass (

Them

eda a

ustr

alis

). S

ites a

re typic

ally

w

ell-

dra

ined,

with r

ocky o

utc

rops o

r scatt

ere

d,

part

ially

-burie

d r

ocks.

Com

monly

found b

eneath

sm

all,

part

ially

-em

bedded r

ocks a

nd a

ppear

to s

pend c

onsid

era

ble

tim

e in

burr

ow

s b

elo

w t

hese r

ocks; th

e b

urr

ow

s

have b

een c

onstr

ucte

d b

y a

nd a

re o

ften s

till

inhabited b

y s

ma

ll bla

ck

ants

and t

erm

ites.

Unlik

ely

No

Animal>

Reptiles

Suta

fla

gellu

m

Little W

hip

Snake

Vulnerable

Known

No

Th

e L

ittle

Whip

Snake is f

ound w

ithin

an a

rea b

ounded b

y C

rookw

ell

in

the n

ort

h, B

om

bala

in t

he s

outh

, T

um

baru

mba t

o t

he w

est and

Bra

idw

ood t

o t

he e

ast. O

ccurs

in

Natu

ral T

em

pera

te G

rassla

nds a

nd

gra

ssy w

oodla

nds,

inclu

din

g t

hose d

om

inate

d b

y S

now

Gum

E

ucaly

ptu

s p

auciflo

ra o

r Y

ello

w B

ox E

. m

elli

odora

. A

lso o

ccurs

in

secondary

gra

ssla

nds d

erived f

rom

cle

arin

g o

f w

oodla

nds.

Fo

und o

n

well

dra

ined h

illsid

es, m

ostly a

ssocia

ted w

ith s

cattere

d lo

ose r

ocks.

Unlik

ely

No

OzA

rk E

nviro

nmen

tal &

Her

itage

Man

agem

ent P

ty L

td

Eco

logi

cal A

sses

smen

t: P

ropo

sed

Pin

e H

ill Q

uarr

y

71

Sp

ecie

s C

lassif

icati

on

L

eg

isla

tive

Pro

tecti

on

O

ccu

rren

ce

Pre

vio

usly

R

eco

rde

d

Sp

ecie

s P

rofi

le

OzA

rk

Dete

rmin

ati

on

Cla

ss

Nam

e

Scie

nti

fic N

am

e

Co

mm

on

Nam

e

TSC Act

EPBC Act

OE

H

Do

E

Wit

hin

10

km

H

ab

it D

escri

pti

on

L

ikelih

oo

d

Affected

Animal>

Reptiles

Vara

nus

rosenberg

i R

osenberg

's

Goanna

Vulnerable

Predicted

No

Rosenberg

's G

oanna o

ccurs

on t

he S

ydney S

andsto

ne in

Wolle

mi

Natio

nal P

ark

to the n

ort

h-w

est

of S

ydney,

in the G

oulb

urn

and A

CT

re

gio

ns a

nd n

ear

Coom

a in

the s

outh

. F

ound in

heath

, open f

ore

st

and

woodla

nd.

Associa

ted w

ith t

erm

ites, th

e m

ounds o

f w

hic

h t

his

specie

s

nests

in a

nd r

equires a

la

rge h

abitat

rang

e.

Unlik

ely

No

Community>

Threatened

Ecological Communitie

s

Natu

ral

Te

mpera

te

Gra

ssla

nd o

f th

e

South

Easte

rn

Hig

hla

nds

Natu

ral

Tem

pera

te

Gra

ssla

nd o

f th

e

South

Easte

rn

Hig

hla

nds

Critically

Endangered

Likely

No

Natu

ral T

em

pera

te G

rassla

nd o

f th

e S

outh

Easte

rn H

ighla

nds o

ccurs

at

altitudes b

etw

een 2

50m

to 1

200m

in a

nd a

round t

he S

outh

Easte

rn

Hig

hla

nds. T

he e

colo

gic

al com

munity o

ccurs

on a

wid

e r

ange o

f to

pogra

phic

positio

ns a

nd o

n s

oils

derived f

rom

a v

arie

ty o

f substr

ate

s,

inclu

din

g g

ranites,

basalts,

sedim

ents

, collu

viu

m a

nd a

lluviu

m.

Unlik

ely

No

Community>

Threatened Ecological

Communities

Ta

ble

land B

asalt

Fo

rest in

the

Sydney B

asin

and S

outh

E

aste

rn

Hig

hla

nds

Bio

regio

ns

Ta

ble

land B

asalt

Fo

rest in

the

Sydney B

asin

and

South

Easte

rn

Hig

hla

nds

Bio

regio

ns

Endangered

Ecological Community

Known

No

Ta

ble

land B

asalt F

ore

st is

curr

ently f

ound in

the E

aste

rn H

ighla

nds

and S

outh

ern

and C

entr

al T

able

lands, coverin

g t

he lo

cal govern

ment

are

as o

f B

ath

urs

t R

egio

nal, G

oulb

urn

Mulw

are

e,

Obero

n,

Pale

rang,

Shoalh

aven,

Upper

Lachla

n a

nd W

ingecarr

ibee.

Typic

ally

occurs

on

loam

or

cla

y s

oils

associa

ted w

ith b

asalt o

r, less c

om

monly

, allu

viu

m,

fin

e-g

rain

ed s

edim

enta

ry r

ocks,

gra

nites a

nd s

imila

r substr

ate

s t

hat

pro

duce r

ela

tively

fert

ile s

oils

. Its d

istr

ibutio

n s

pans a

ltitudes f

rom

appro

xim

ate

ly 6

00 m

to 9

00 m

above s

ea le

vel, u

sually

on u

ndula

tin

g

or

hill

y t

err

ain

. M

ean a

nnual ra

infa

ll varie

s fro

m a

ppro

xim

ate

ly 7

50 m

m

up t

o 1

100 m

m a

cro

ss t

he d

istr

ibutio

n o

f th

e c

om

munity.

Unlik

ely

No

Community> Threatened

Ecological Communities

Ta

ble

lands

Snow

Gum

, B

lack S

alle

e,

Candle

bark

and

Rib

bon G

um

G

rassy

Woodla

nd in t

he

South

Easte

rn

Hig

hla

nds,

Sydney B

asin

, S

outh

East

Corn

er

and N

SW

S

outh

Weste

rn

Slo

pes

Bio

regio

ns

Ta

ble

lands S

now

G

um

, B

lack

Salle

e,

Candle

bark

and

Rib

bon G

um

G

rassy W

oodla

nd

in t

he S

outh

E

aste

rn

Hig

hla

nds,

Sydney B

asin

, S

outh

East

Corn

er

and N

SW

South

W

este

rn S

lopes

Bio

regio

ns

Endangered Ecological Community

Predicted

No

Ta

ble

lands S

now

Gum

Gra

ssy W

oodla

nd o

ccurs

in

the S

outh

Easte

rn

Hig

hla

nds B

iore

gio

n;

part

of th

is r

egio

n is t

he 'S

outh

ern

Ta

ble

lands'

and t

he n

ort

hern

sectio

n o

f th

e b

iore

gio

n is the 'C

entr

al T

able

lands.

Rem

nants

may o

ccur

on t

he lo

wer,

more

fert

ile p

art

s o

f th

e la

ndscape

whe

re r

esourc

es s

uch a

s w

ate

r and n

utr

ients

are

abundant; s

ites o

n

mid

slo

pe s

ituatio

ns w

here

resourc

es a

re s

carc

er

are

mo

re c

om

mon.

Unlik

ely

No

OzA

rk E

nviro

nmen

tal &

Her

itage

Man

agem

ent P

ty L

td

Eco

logi

cal A

sses

smen

t: P

ropo

sed

Pin

e H

ill Q

uarr

y

72

Sp

ecie

s C

lassif

icati

on

L

eg

isla

tive

Pro

tecti

on

O

ccu

rren

ce

Pre

vio

usly

R

eco

rde

d

Sp

ecie

s P

rofi

le

OzA

rk

Dete

rmin

ati

on

Cla

ss

Nam

e

Scie

nti

fic N

am

e

Co

mm

on

Nam

e

TSC Act

EPBC Act

OE

H

Do

E

Wit

hin

10

km

H

ab

it D

escri

pti

on

L

ikelih

oo

d

Affected

Community>

Threatened


Upla

nd B

asalt

Eucaly

pt F

ore

sts

of

the S

ydney

Basin

Bio

regio

n

Upla

nd B

asalt

Eucaly

pt F

ore

sts

of

the S

ydney

Basin

Bio

regio

n

Endangered

Likely

No

Th

e U

pla

nd B

asalt E

ucaly

pt F

ore

sts

of th

e S

ydney B

asin

Bio

regio

n a

re

genera

lly t

all

open e

ucaly

pt fo

rests

found o

n ig

neous r

ock

(pre

dom

inate

ly T

ert

iary

basalt a

nd m

icro

syenite)

in, or

adja

cent to

, th

e

Sydney B

asin

Bio

regio

n.

Th

e e

colo

gic

al com

munity o

ccurs

in

are

as o

f hig

h r

ain

fall,

genera

lly r

angin

g f

rom

950 to 1

600 m

m/y

ear.

Th

e

ecolo

gic

al com

munity typic

ally

occurs

at ele

vatio

ns b

etw

een 6

50 a

nd

1050 m

above s

ea le

vel, a

lthough it

has b

een r

ecord

ed a

t ele

vatio

ns

as lo

w a

s 3

50 m

at th

e b

ack o

f th

e I

llaw

arr

a E

scarp

men.

Pote

ntial

No

Community>

Threatened


White B

ox

Yello

w B

ox

Bla

kely

's R

ed

Gum

Woodla

nd

White B

ox Y

ello

w

Box B

lakely

's R

ed

Gum

Woodla

nd

Endangered

Ecological Community

Known

No

Th

e B

ox –

Gum

Gra

ssy W

oodla

nd a

nd D

erived G

rassla

nd e

colo

gic

al

com

munity o

ccurs

in a

n a

rc a

long the w

este

rn s

lopes a

nd t

able

lands o

f th

e G

reat D

ivid

ing R

ange f

rom

South

ern

Queensla

nd thro

ugh N

SW

to

centr

al V

icto

ria (

Beadle

1981).

It

occurs

in t

he B

rig

alo

w B

elt S

outh

, N

ande

war,

New

Engla

nd T

able

land,

South

Easte

rn Q

ueensla

nd,

Sydney B

asin

, N

SW

Nort

h C

oast, S

outh

Easte

rn H

ighla

nds, S

outh

E

ast

Corn

er,

NS

W S

outh

Weste

rn S

lopes, V

icto

ria

n M

idla

nds a

nd

Riv

erin

a B

iore

gio

ns (

Environm

ent A

ustr

alia

2000).

Unlik

ely

No

Community>

Threatened


White B

ox-

Yello

w B

ox-

Bla

kely

's R

ed

Gum

Gra

ssy

Woodla

nd a

nd

Derived N

ative

Gra

ssla

nd

White B

ox-Y

ello

w

Box-B

lakely

's R

ed

Gum

Gra

ssy

Woodla

nd a

nd

Derived N

ative

Gra

ssla

nd

Critically

Endangered

Likely

No

Box-G

um

Woodla

nd is f

ound fro

m the Q

ueensla

nd b

ord

er

in the n

ort

h,

to t

he V

icto

ria

n b

ord

er

in the s

outh

. It o

ccurs

in

the t

able

lands a

nd

weste

rn s

lopes o

f N

SW

. C

hara

cte

rised b

y the p

resence o

r prio

r occurr

ence o

f W

hite B

ox,

Yello

w B

ox a

nd/o

r B

lakely

's R

ed G

um

.

Unlik

ely

No

Plant>Herbs and Forbs

Calo

tis

gla

ndulo

sa

Mauve B

urr

-dais

y

Vulnerable

Known

No

Th

e d

istr

ibutio

n o

f th

e M

auve B

urr

-dais

y is c

entr

ed o

n the M

onaro

and

Kosciu

szko r

egio

ns. T

here

are

thre

e k

now

n s

ites in

the u

pper

Shoalh

aven c

atc

hm

ent. T

here

are

old

and p

ossib

ly d

ubio

us r

ecord

s

from

near

Obero

n, th

e D

ubbo a

rea a

nd M

t Im

lay. F

ound in s

ubalp

ine

gra

ssla

nd (

dom

inate

d b

y P

oa s

pp.)

, and m

onta

ne o

r natu

ral te

mp

era

te

gra

ssla

nd d

om

inate

d b

y K

angaro

o G

rass (

Th

em

eda a

ustr

alis

) and

Snow

Gum

(E

ucaly

ptu

s p

auciflo

ra)

Wo

odla

nds o

n t

he M

onaro

and

Shoalh

aven a

rea.

Appare

ntly c

om

mon o

n r

oadsid

es in

part

s o

f th

e

Monaro

, th

ough it does n

ot

pers

ist fo

r lo

ng in

such s

ites. D

oes n

ot

pers

ist

in h

eavily

-gra

zed p

astu

res o

f th

e M

onaro

or

the S

hoalh

aven

are

a.

Unlik

ely

No

OzA

rk E

nviro

nmen

tal &

Her

itage

Man

agem

ent P

ty L

td

Eco

logi

cal A

sses

smen

t: P

ropo

sed

Pin

e H

ill Q

uarr

y

73

Sp

ecie

s C

lassif

icati

on

L

eg

isla

tive

Pro

tecti

on

O

ccu

rren

ce

Pre

vio

usly

R

eco

rde

d

Sp

ecie

s P

rofi

le

OzA

rk

Dete

rmin

ati

on

Cla

ss

Nam

e

Scie

nti

fic N

am

e

Co

mm

on

Nam

e

TSC Act

EPBC Act

OE

H

Do

E

Wit

hin

10

km

H

ab

it D

escri

pti

on

L

ikelih

oo

d

Affected

Plant>Herbs and

Forbs

Euphra

sia

arg

uta

E

uphra

sia

arg

uta



May occur

No

Th

e c

urr

ent know

n p

opula

tio

ns o

f E

uphra

sia

arg

uta

are

locate

d in t

he

Nundle

Sta

te F

ore

st in

eucaly

pt fo

rest

with a

mix

ed g

rass a

nd s

hru

b

unders

tore

y (

D B

inns p

ers

. com

m. F

ebru

ary

2009).

Th

is a

rea is

locate

d a

t th

e ju

nctio

n o

f th

e N

ew

Engla

nd T

able

land, N

SW

Nort

h

Coast, a

nd N

andew

ar

Bio

regio

ns. here

are

no k

now

n o

ccurr

ences o

f E

uphra

sia

arg

uta

in

a c

onserv

ation r

eserv

e.

Th

e m

ajo

rity

of E

. arg

uta

pla

nts

are

lo

cate

d in N

undle

Sta

te F

ore

st. A

sm

all

part

of th

e la

rgest

popula

tio

n o

f E

. arg

uta

is locate

d o

n p

riva

te la

nd that is

adja

cent to

the

Sta

te F

ore

st. T

he la

nd is c

urr

ently u

sed f

or

rough g

razin

g b

y s

heep o

r cattle

.

Unlik

ely

No

Plant>Herbs

and Forbs

Euphra

sia

scabra

R

ough E

yebrig

ht

Endangered

Known

No

Th

ere

are

thre

e e

xta

nt

popula

tio

ns o

f th

e R

ough E

yebrig

ht

in N

SW

: B

ondi S

tate

Fo

rest, S

outh

East

Fore

sts

Natio

nal P

ark

and n

ear

Nunnock S

wam

p. O

ccurs

in o

r at th

e m

arg

ins o

f sw

am

py g

rassla

nd o

r in

sphagnum

bogs,

often in w

et,

peaty

soil.

An a

nnual specie

s,

with

most

flo

werin

g c

olle

ctio

ns o

f th

e s

pecie

s h

ave b

een m

ade b

etw

een

January

and A

pril.

Unlik

ely

No

Plant>Herbs

and Forbs

Lepid

ium

hyssopifoliu

m

Aro

matic

Pepperc

ress

Endangered

Endangered

Known

Likely

No

In N

SW

, th

e A

rom

atic P

epperc

ress h

as a

sm

all

popula

tio

n n

ear

Bath

urs

t, o

ne p

opula

tio

ns a

t B

ungendore

, and o

ne n

ear

Cro

okw

ell.

T

he s

pecie

s o

ccurs

in a

varie

ty o

f habitats

inclu

din

g w

oodla

nd w

ith a

gra

ssy u

nders

tore

y a

nd g

rassla

nd. A

ppears

to r

espond to d

istu

rbance,

havin

g a

ppeare

d a

fter

soil

dis

turb

ance a

t one s

ite.

Unlik

ely

No

Plant>Herbs and

Forbs

Leucochry

sum

alb

icans

Hoary

Sunra

y

Endangered

Likely

No

Endem

ic to s

outh

-easte

rn A

ustr

alia

, w

here

it

is c

urr

ently k

now

n f

rom

th

ree g

eogra

phic

ally

separa

te a

reas in T

asm

ania

, V

icto

ria

and s

outh

-easte

rn N

SW

and A

CT

. In

NS

W it curr

ently o

ccurs

on the S

outh

ern

T

able

lands a

dja

cent are

as in

an a

rea r

oughly

bounded b

y A

lbury

, B

ega a

nd G

oulb

urn

, w

ith a

few

scatt

ere

d locatlitie

s k

now

fro

m b

eyond

this

regio

n.

Occurs

in

a w

ide v

arie

ty o

f gra

ssla

nd, w

oodla

nd a

nd f

ore

st

habitats

, genera

lly o

n r

ela

tively

heavy s

oils

. C

an o

ccur

in m

odifie

d

habitats

such a

s s

em

i-urb

an a

reas a

nd r

oadsid

es. H

ighly

dependent

on t

he p

resence o

f bare

gro

und for

germ

inatio

n. In

som

e a

reas,

dis

turb

ance is r

equired f

or

successfu

l esta

blis

hm

ent.

Unlik

ely

No

Plant>Herbs

and Forbs

Sw

ain

sona

sericea

Silk

y S

wain

son

-pea

Vulnerable

Known

No

Silk

y S

wain

son

-pea h

as b

een r

ecord

ed f

rom

the N

ort

hern

Ta

ble

lands

to t

he S

outh

ern

Ta

ble

lands a

nd furt

her

inla

nd o

n the s

lopes a

nd p

lain

s.

Th

ere

is o

ne isola

ted r

ecord

fro

m the f

ar

nort

h-w

est

of

NS

W. Its

str

onghold

is o

n t

he M

onaro

. A

lso found in

South

Austr

alia

, V

icto

ria

and Q

ueensla

nd. F

ound in N

atu

ral T

em

pera

te G

rassla

nd a

nd S

now

G

um

Eucaly

ptu

s p

auciflo

ra W

oodla

nd o

n t

he M

onaro

. F

ound in

Box-

Gum

Woodla

nd in t

he S

outh

ern

Table

lands a

nd S

outh

West S

lopes.

Unlik

ely

No

OzA

rk E

nviro

nmen

tal &

Her

itage

Man

agem

ent P

ty L

td

Eco

logi

cal A

sses

smen

t: P

ropo

sed

Pin

e H

ill Q

uarr

y

74

Sp

ecie

s C

lassif

icati

on

L

eg

isla

tive

Pro

tecti

on

O

ccu

rren

ce

Pre

vio

usly

R

eco

rde

d

Sp

ecie

s P

rofi

le

OzA

rk

Dete

rmin

ati

on

Cla

ss

Nam

e

Scie

nti

fic N

am

e

Co

mm

on

Nam

e

TSC Act

EPBC Act

OE

H

Do

E

Wit

hin

10

km

H

ab

it D

escri

pti

on

L

ikelih

oo

d

Affected

Plant>Herbs and

Forbs

Th

esiu

m

austr

ale

A

ustr

al T

oadfla

x

Vulnerable

Vulnerable

May occur

No

Austr

al T

oad

-fla

x is f

ound in

very

sm

all

popula

tio

ns s

cattere

d a

cro

ss

easte

rn N

SW

, alo

ng t

he c

oast, a

nd f

rom

the N

ort

hern

to S

outh

ern

T

able

lands. It is a

lso f

ound in

Tasm

ania

and Q

ueensla

nd a

nd in

easte

rn A

sia

. A

lthough o

rig

inally

describ

ed fro

m m

ate

ria

l colle

cte

d in

the S

W S

ydney a

rea,

popula

tio

ns h

ave n

ot

been s

een in

a lo

ng tim

e. It

may p

ers

ist in

som

e a

reas in

the b

roader

regio

n.

Occurs

in

gra

ssla

nd

on c

oasta

l headla

nds o

r gra

ssla

nd a

nd g

rassy w

oodla

nd a

wa

y f

rom

th

e c

oast.

Unlik

ely

No

Plant>Herbs and

Forbs

Tra

chym

ene

scapig

era

M

ounta

in

Tra

chym

ene

Endangered

Predicted

No

Th

e M

ounta

in T

rachym

ene T

he s

pecie

s o

ccurs

at aro

und f

our

genera

l lo

catio

ns b

etw

een J

enola

n c

aves a

nd G

urn

ang S

tate

Fo

rest on t

he

Centr

al T

able

lands s

outh

east of O

bero

n.

Am

ong t

hese locatio

ns,

the

specie

s o

ccurs

in

Kanangra

-Boyd N

atio

nal P

ark

. A

ssocia

ted

vegeta

tio

n a

cro

ss k

now

n s

ites v

aries fro

m r

iparia

n tea

-tre

e thic

kets

to

tall

fore

st,

to fro

st

hollo

ws a

nd in

clu

des t

he f

ollo

win

g s

pecie

s:

Lepto

sperm

um

obovatu

m, E

ucaly

ptu

s fastig

ata

, E

. dalrym

ple

ana,

Acacia

me

lanoxylo

n,

E. ste

llula

ta, E

. pauciflo

ra, E

. ru

bid

a.

Pote

ntial

No

Plant>

Mallees

Eucaly

ptu

s

pulv

eru

lenta

S

ilver-

leafe

d G

um

Vulnerable

Vulnerable

Known

Likely

Yes

Th

e S

ilver-

leafe

d G

um

is f

ound in

tw

o q

uite s

epara

te a

reas, th

e

Lithgow

to B

ath

urs

t are

a a

nd t

he M

onaro

(B

redbo t

o B

om

bala

). G

row

s

in s

hallo

w s

oils

as a

n u

nders

tore

y p

lant

in o

pen f

ore

st, t

ypic

ally

dom

inate

d b

y B

rittle

Gum

(E

ucaly

ptu

s m

annifera

), R

ed S

trin

gybark

(E

. m

acro

rhynca),

Bro

ad

-le

afe

d P

epperm

int

(E. div

es),

Silv

ert

op A

sh (

E.

sie

beri)

and A

pple

Box (

E.

brid

gesia

na).

Pote

ntial

No

Plant>

Orchids

Cala

denia

att

enuata

D

ura

mana F

ingers

Critically

Endangered

Predicted

No

Cala

denia

att

enuata

is e

ndem

ic to N

SW

. It h

as a

hig

hly

restr

icte

d

dis

trib

utio

n, havin

g b

een r

ecord

ed fro

m 2

lo

calit

ies w

ithin

the B

ath

urs

t Ilfo

rd r

egio

n w

ith a

n a

rea o

f occupance e

stim

ate

d to b

e 8

square

kilo

metr

es.

Unlik

ely

No

Plant>Orchids

Pra

sophyllu

m

petilu

m

Ta

rengo L

eek

Orc

hid

Endangered

May occur

No

Natu

ral popula

tio

ns o

f th

e T

are

ngo L

eek O

rchid

are

know

n f

rom

a t

ota

l of

five s

ites in N

SW

. T

hese a

rea a

t B

ooro

wa,

Capta

ins F

lat, Ilford

, D

ele

gate

and a

new

ly r

ecognis

ed p

opula

tio

n c

.10 k

SE

of

Musw

ellb

rook.

It a

lso o

ccurs

at H

all

in the A

ustr

alia

n C

apital T

err

itory

. T

his

specie

s h

as a

lso b

een r

ecord

ed a

t B

ow

nin

g C

em

ete

ry w

here

it

was e

xperim

enta

lly in

troduced, th

ough it

is n

ot know

n w

heth

er

this

popula

tio

n h

as p

ers

iste

d.

Gro

ws in o

pen s

ites w

ithin

Natu

ral

Tem

pera

te G

rassla

nd a

t th

e B

ooro

wa a

nd D

ele

gate

sites. A

lso g

row

s

in g

rassy w

oodla

nd in

associa

tio

n w

ith R

iver

Tu

ssock P

oa la

bill

ard

ieri,

Bla

ck G

um

Eucaly

ptu

s a

ggre

ga

ta a

nd t

ea-t

rees L

epto

sperm

um

spp. at

Capta

ins F

lat and w

ithin

the g

rassy g

roundla

yer

dom

inate

d b

y

Kanagro

o G

rass u

nder

Box-G

um

Woodla

nd a

t Ilfo

rd (

and H

all,

AC

T).

Unlik

ely

No

OzA

rk E

nviro

nmen

tal &

Her

itage

Man

agem

ent P

ty L

td

Eco

logi

cal A

sses

smen

t: P

ropo

sed

Pin

e H

ill Q

uarr

y

75

Sp

ecie

s C

lassif

icati

on

L

eg

isla

tive

Pro

tecti

on

O

ccu

rren

ce

Pre

vio

usly

R

eco

rde

d

Sp

ecie

s P

rofi

le

OzA

rk

Dete

rmin

ati

on

Cla

ss

Nam

e

Scie

nti

fic N

am

e

Co

mm

on

Nam

e

TSC Act

EPBC Act

OE

H

Do

E

Wit

hin

10

km

H

ab

it D

escri

pti

on

L

ikelih

oo

d

Affected

Plant>

Orchids

Pra

sophyllu

m

sp.

A L

eek O

rchid

Critically

Endangered

May occur

No

When first

describ

ed in

1991,

the T

are

ngo L

eek O

rchid

was k

now

n

only

fro

m the H

all

Cem

ete

ry in t

he A

CT

. It h

as s

ince b

een found a

t fo

ur

sites in

New

South

Wale

s:

Capta

ins F

lat

Cem

ete

ry, Ilfo

rd C

em

ete

ry,

Ste

ves T

ravelli

ng S

tock R

oute

(T

SR

) at

Dele

gate

and t

he T

are

ngo

TS

R n

ear

Booro

wa.

Unlik

ely

No

Plant>Shrubs

Acacia

bynoeana

Bynoe's

Watt

le

Endangered

Vulnerable

May occur

No

Bynoe's

watt

le is f

ound in

centr

al easte

rn N

SW

, fr

om

the H

unte

r D

istr

ict (M

orisset)

south

to the S

outh

ern

Hig

hla

nds a

nd w

est to

the

Blu

e M

ounta

ins. T

he s

pecie

s is c

urr

ently k

now

n f

rom

about 30

locatio

ns in

heath

or

dry

scle

rophyll

fore

st on s

andy s

oils

. S

eem

s t

o

pre

fer

open, som

etim

es s

lightly d

istu

rbed s

ites s

uch a

s tra

il m

arg

ins,

edges o

f ro

adsid

e s

poil

mounds a

nd in

recently b

urn

t patc

hes.

Associa

ted o

vers

tore

y s

pecie

s inclu

de R

ed B

loodw

ood,

Scrib

bly

Gum

, P

arr

am

att

a R

ed G

um

, S

aw

Banksia

and N

arr

ow

-le

aved A

pple

.

Unlik

ely

No

Plant>

Shrubs

Gre

vill

ea

div

aricata

G

revill

ea

div

aricata

Endangered

Predicted

No

Gre

vill

ea d

ivaricata

is k

now

n o

nly

fro

m t

he type c

olle

ctio

n m

ade in

1823 b

y A

llan C

unnin

gham

, fr

om

"nort

h o

f B

ath

urs

t". S

pecim

en n

ote

s

describ

e the p

lant

as o

ccurr

ing fre

quently in

dry

open fore

st la

nds a

nd

as p

ossib

ly g

row

ing o

n r

ocky r

iver

marg

ins.

Pote

ntial

No

Plant>

Shrubs

Pers

oonia

m

arg

inata

C

landulla

G

eebung

Vulnerable

Known

N

o

Th

e C

landulla

Geebung o

ccurs

betw

een K

andos a

nd C

lare

nce in

the

weste

rn B

lue M

ounta

ins. P

opula

tions a

re la

rgely

dis

junct and inclu

de

Cla

ndulla

, B

en B

ulle

n a

nd S

unny C

orn

er

Sta

te F

ore

sts

; is

ola

ted

popula

tio

ns h

ave a

lso b

een r

ecord

ed f

rom

Tu

ron a

nd G

ard

ens o

f S

tone N

atio

nal P

ark

s. G

row

s in

dry

scle

rophyll

fore

st

and w

oodla

nd

com

munitie

s o

n s

andsto

ne.

Pote

ntial

No

Plant>

Shrubs

Vero

nic

a b

lakely

i V

ero

nic

a b

lakely

i

Vulnerable

Predicted

No

Vero

nic

a b

lakeyi is

restr

icte

d t

o t

he w

este

rn B

lue M

ounta

ins, near

Cla

rence,

near

Mt H

orr

ible

, on N

ullo

Mounta

in a

nd in t

he C

oricudgy

Range.

Occurs

in

eucaly

pt fo

rest, o

ften in m

ois

t and s

heltere

d a

reas.

Associa

ted c

anopy s

pecie

s inclu

de E

ucaly

ptu

s d

ives, E

. dalrym

ple

ana,

E.

rossii

and E

. pauciflo

ra.

Pote

ntial

No

OzA

rk E

nviro

nmen

tal &

Her

itage

Man

agem

ent P

ty L

td

Eco

logi

cal A

sses

smen

t: P

ropo

sed

Pin

e H

ill Q

uarr

y

76

Sp

ecie

s C

lassif

icati

on

L

eg

isla

tive

Pro

tecti

on

O

ccu

rren

ce

Pre

vio

usly

R

eco

rde

d

Sp

ecie

s P

rofi

le

OzA

rk

Dete

rmin

ati

on

Cla

ss

Nam

e

Scie

nti

fic N

am

e

Co

mm

on

Nam

e

TSC Act

EPBC Act

OE

H

Do

E

Wit

hin

10

km

H

ab

it D

escri

pti

on

L

ikelih

oo

d

Affected

Plant> Shrubs

Zie

ria

obcord

ata

Z

ieria

obcord

ata

Endangered

Known

No

Th

e Z

ieria

obcord

ata

occurs

at tw

o s

ites w

ith a

geogra

phic

range o

f 105 k

m. T

hese a

re in

the W

uulu

ma

n a

rea n

ear

Welli

ngto

n, com

prisin

g

of

a s

ingle

subpopula

tio

n o

ver

3 s

ites c

om

prisin

g 2

09 p

lants

and

Cra

ckerja

ck R

ock/R

ock F

ore

sts

are

a N

W o

f B

ath

urs

t. G

row

s in

eucaly

pt

woodla

nd o

r shru

bla

nd d

om

inate

d b

y s

pecie

s o

f A

cacia

on

rocky h

illsid

es. A

lso o

ccurs

in

Eucaly

ptu

s a

nd C

alli

tris

dom

inate

d

woodla

nd w

ith a

n o

pen,

low

shru

b u

nders

tore

y,

on m

odera

tely

ste

ep,

main

ly w

est to

nort

h-f

acin

g s

lopes in

sandy lo

am

am

ongst gra

nite

bould

ers

. T

he a

ltitude r

ange o

f sites is 5

00 t

o 8

30 m

etr

es. In

wild

popula

tio

ns, pla

nts

tend to g

row

in

cre

vic

es b

etw

een g

ranite b

ould

ers

. Z

ieria

obcord

ata

is e

xtr

em

ely

sensitiv

e t

o g

razin

g a

nd b

row

sin

g

dis

turb

ances b

y d

om

estic s

tock a

nd n

ative h

erb

ivore

s. H

eavily

bro

wsed p

lants

and v

igoro

us r

egro

wth

(fo

llow

ing s

evere

bro

wsin

g b

y

walla

bie

s)

have b

een r

ecord

ed a

t sites.

Pote

ntial

No

Plant>Trees

Eucaly

ptu

s

aggre

gata

B

lack G

um

Vulnerable

Vulnerable

Known

Likely

Yes

In N

SW

Bla

ck G

um

occurs

in

the S

outh

Easte

rn H

ighla

nds B

iore

gio

n

and o

n t

he w

este

rn frin

ge o

f th

e S

ydney B

asin

Bio

regio

n. B

lack G

um

has a

mo

dera

tely

narr

ow

dis

trib

ution,

occurr

ing m

ain

ly in

the w

ett

er,

coole

r and h

igher

part

s o

f th

e table

lands, fo

r exam

ple

in

the B

layney,

Cro

okw

ell,

Goulb

urn

, B

raid

wood a

nd B

ungendore

dis

tric

ts. G

row

s in

th

e lo

west

part

s o

f th

e la

ndscape, on a

lluvia

l soils

, on c

old

, poorly-

dra

ined f

lats

and h

ollo

ws a

dja

cent to

cre

eks a

nd s

mall

rivers

. A

lso

occurs

as isola

ted p

addock tre

es in m

odifie

d n

ative o

r exotic p

astu

res

and p

art

icula

rly in

TS

Rs.

Unlik

ely

-

Not

suitable

la

ndfo

rm

No

Plant>Trees

Eucaly

ptu

s

robert

sonii

subsp.

hem

isphaerica

Robert

son's

P

epperm

int

Vulnerable

Vulnerable

Predicted

May occur

No

Robert

son's

Pepperm

int is

know

n o

nly

fro

m the c

entr

al ta

ble

lands o

f N

SW

, at sm

all

dis

junct lo

calit

ies fro

m n

ort

h o

f O

range to B

urr

aga.

Locally

fre

quent in

gra

ssy o

r dry

scle

rophyll

woodla

nd o

r fo

rest, o

n

lighte

r soils

and o

ften o

n g

ranite. U

sually

found in

clo

sed g

rassy

woodla

nds in

lo

cally

sheltere

d s

ites. H

abitats

in

clu

de q

uart

zite r

idges,

upper

slo

pes a

nd a

slig

ht

rise o

f shallo

w c

lay o

ver

volc

anic

s.

Pote

ntial

No



Appendix C: EPBC Act assessment of significance



Appendix omitted from report as there is no impact to Commonwealth listed species.



Appendix D: TSC Act assessment of significance

OzA

rk E

nviro

nmen

tal &

Her

itage

Man

agem

ent P

ty L

td

Eco

logi

cal A

sses

smen

t: P

ropo

sed

Pin

e H

ill Q

uarr

y

80

1)

In t

he c

ase o

f a

th

reate

ne

d s

pecie

s, th

e P

roposa

l is

not

like

ly t

o h

ave

an

adve

rse

eff

ect

on th

e life

cycle

of

the s

pecie

s s

uch

th

at

a v

iable

lo

cal p

op

ula

tion

of

the s

pe

cie

s is lik

ely

to b

e p

laced

at risk o

f e

xtin

ction

. 2)

In th

e c

ase o

f a

n e

nd

ang

ere

d p

opu

lation

, th

e P

ropo

sal i

s n

ot lik

ely

to h

ave

an

adve

rse e

ffe

ct o

n th

e li

fe c

ycle

of th

e s

pecie

s th

at co

nstitu

tes

the e

nd

ang

ere

d p

op

ula

tio

n s

uch th

at

a v

iable

loca

l p

op

ula

tion

of

the s

pecie

s is lik

ely

to b

e p

laced a

t risk o

f e

xtin

ction

. 3)

In th

e c

ase

of

an e

nd

ang

ere

d e

colo

gic

al com

mu

nity o

r critica

lly e

nd

an

ge

red

eco

log

ica

l co

mm

unity:

i.

Th

e P

ropo

sal

is n

ot

like

ly t

o h

ave

an a

dve

rse e

ffe

ct

on t

he e

xte

nt

of

the e

colo

gic

al

com

mu

nity s

uch t

hat

its l

ocal

occu

rre

nce

is

like

ly t

o b

e p

laced a

t risk o

f e

xtin

ction

, or

ii.

Th

e P

ropo

sal

is n

ot

like

ly t

o s

ubsta

ntia

lly a

nd

ad

ve

rse

ly m

odify t

he c

om

po

sitio

n o

f th

e e

colo

gic

al co

mm

unity s

uch t

hat

its lo

ca

l o

ccurr

ence

is lik

ely

to

be p

laced

at risk o

f e

xtin

ctio

n.

4)

In r

ela

tion

to th

e h

ab

itat of

a t

hre

ate

ne

d s

pecie

s, p

op

ula

tion

or

eco

log

ica

l co

mm

unity:

i.

Th

e e

xte

nt to

wh

ich

ha

bita

t is

lik

ely

to

be r

em

ove

d o

r m

odifie

d a

s a

re

sult o

f th

e P

rop

osa

l, a

nd

ii.

T

hat

an a

rea o

f h

ab

itat

is n

ot lik

ely

to

beco

me fra

gm

en

ted o

r is

ola

ted

fro

m o

the

r a

rea

s o

f h

ab

itat

as a

re

sult o

f th

e P

roposa

l, a

nd

iii

. T

he im

port

ance

of th

e h

ab

ita

t to

be r

em

ove

d, m

odifie

d, fr

ag

me

nte

d o

r is

ola

ted to

th

e lo

ng

-te

rm s

urv

iva

l o

f th

e s

pecie

s, p

op

ula

tion

o

r e

colo

gic

al com

mu

nity in

th

e lo

calit

y.

5)

Th

at th

e P

ropo

sal is

not

like

ly t

o h

ave

an a

dve

rse

eff

ect

on c

ritica

l h

ab

ita

t (e

ith

er

directly o

r in

dire

ctly).

6)

Th

at th

e P

ropo

sal is

not co

nsis

tent w

ith

th

e o

bje

ctive

s o

r a

ctio

ns o

f a r

ecove

ry p

lan o

r th

reat a

ba

tem

ent p

lan.

7)

Th

at

the P

ropo

sal co

nstitu

tes o

r is

part

of

a k

ey t

hre

ate

nin

g p

rocess o

r is

lik

ely

to

re

sult in

th

e o

pera

tio

n o

f, o

r in

cre

ase

th

e im

pact

of, a

ke

y t

hre

ate

nin

g p

rocess.

Ke

y:

X =

Th

e d

eve

lopm

ent w

ill n

ot

imp

act critica

l h

ab

ita

t.

+ =

Th

e p

rop

osal is

not co

nsis

tent w

ith

ob

jective

s o

r a

ctio

ns o

f a r

ecove

ry p

lan o

r th

reat

abate

me

nt p

lan.

# =

Th

e p

ropo

sed

de

ve

lopm

ent co

nstitu

tes o

r is

pa

rt o

f a

ke

y th

reate

nin

g p

rocess:

Cle

arin

g o

f n

ative

ve

ge

tatio

n.

Bu

shro

ck r

em

ova

l.

Inva

sio

n o

f n

ative

pla

nt

co

mm

unitie

s b

y e

xo

tic p

ere

nn

ial g

rasse

s.

Re

mo

va

l o

f d

ea

d w

ood

an

d d

ea

d tre

es.

OzA

rk E

nviro

nmen

tal &

Her

itage

Man

agem

ent P

ty L

td

Eco

logi

cal A

sses

smen

t: P

ropo

sed

Pin

e H

ill Q

uarr

y

81

Sp

ec

ies

7-P

art

Te

st

Qu

es

tio

ns

Sc

ien

tifi

c

Nam

e

Co

mm

on

N

am

e

1

2/3

4

5

6

7

Bir

ds

of

Pre

y

Hie

raa

etu

s

mo

rph

no

ide

s

Little

Ea

gle

Of

the

se s

pe

cie

s, o

nly

th

e L

ittle

Ea

gle

has b

ee

n

pre

vio

usly

re

co

rde

d w

ith

in 1

0km

of

the

stu

dy a

rea

. T

he

Po

we

rfu

l O

wl a

nd

Ba

rkin

g O

wl’s

pre

ferr

ed

b

ree

din

g s

ite

is in

Eu

caly

ptu

s tre

es w

ith

la

rge

ho

llow

s.

Th

e L

ittle E

agle

ne

sts

in t

all

livin

g t

ree

s w

ith

in a

re

mn

an

t pa

tch

, w

he

re p

air

s b

uild

a la

rge

stick n

est.

Th

e p

rop

osa

l m

ay c

lea

r u

p to

10

.31h

a (

1.2

%)

of

a

mix

ture

of

native

ve

ge

tation

and

Mo

nte

rey P

ine

re

gro

wth

with

in a

94

0ha

ve

ge

tate

d p

atc

h.

Th

e

pro

posa

l w

ill n

ot im

pa

ct a

ny h

ollo

w b

ea

rin

g t

ree

s.

Bir

ds a

re h

ighly

mo

bile

cre

atu

res a

nd

ha

ve

th

e a

bili

ty

to r

elo

ca

te t

o o

the

r a

rea

s o

f suita

ble

hab

itat

if n

eed

ed

. T

he

pro

posa

l is

no

t co

nsid

ere

d t

o p

ose a

sig

nific

an

t im

pact

to t

he

life

cycle

of

these b

ird

sp

ecie

s.

N/A

Op

en

wo

od

land

s a

nd

cle

are

d a

gri

cu

ltura

l la

nd is im

po

rta

nt

hu

ntin

g g

rou

nd

s fo

r th

ese

bir

ds.

Th

e P

ow

erf

ul O

wl in

p

art

icu

lar

requ

ires larg

e e

xp

an

se

s o

f w

oo

dla

nd

to

occup

y.

Th

e p

rop

osa

l m

ay c

lea

r u

p to

10

.31h

a (

1.1

%)

of

a m

ixtu

re

of

na

tive

ve

ge

tatio

n a

nd

Mo

nte

rey P

ine

re

gro

wth

with

in a

9

40

ha v

eg

eta

ted

pa

tch

. R

em

ova

l o

f th

is v

ege

tatio

n w

ill

no

t fr

ag

men

t o

r is

ola

te t

he

ve

ge

tatio

n a

s t

he

re w

ill s

till

be

co

ntin

uou

s c

onn

ectivity.

A lo

ss o

f 1

.1%

of ve

ge

tatio

n is

no

t co

nsid

ere

d a

sig

nific

an

t im

pa

ct to

the

se

bird

s h

ab

ita

t.

Th

ere

fore

the

pro

posa

l w

ill n

ot re

mo

ve

, m

odify,

frag

men

t o

r is

ola

te h

ab

itat

su

itab

le fo

r th

ese

bir

d s

pecie

s,

to t

he

e

xte

nt

tha

t a

lo

ca

l p

op

ula

tio

n b

ecom

es e

xtin

ct.

X

+

#

Nin

ox

co

nniv

en

s

Ba

rkin

g O

wl

Nin

ox s

tren

ua

Po

we

rfu

l O

wl

Co

ck

ato

os

Callo

ce

pha

lon

fim

bri

atu

m

Ga

ng

-ga

ng

C

ockato

o

Th

e G

an

g-G

an

g C

ocka

too

fa

vo

urs

old

gro

wth

fo

rest

an

d w

oo

dla

nd

att

ribu

tes f

or

nesting

and

ro

ostin

g.

Nests

are

lo

ca

ted

in

ho

llow

s t

ha

t a

re 1

0 c

m in

d

iam

ete

r o

r la

rge

r an

d a

t le

ast 9

m a

bo

ve

the

gro

un

d

in e

uca

lyp

ts.

Th

e p

rop

osa

l m

ay c

lea

r u

p to

10

.31h

a (

1.1

%)

of

a

mix

ture

of

native

ve

ge

tation

and

Mo

nte

rey P

ine

re

gro

wth

with

in a

94

0ha

ve

ge

tate

d p

atc

h.

As t

he a

rea

to b

e c

lea

red

is m

ain

ly r

eg

row

th,

no

ho

llow

s w

ill b

e

imp

acte

d.

Th

ere

fore

the

pro

posa

l is

no

t co

nsid

ere

d to

p

ose a

sig

nific

an

t im

pact

to the

life

cycle

of th

ese

bir

d

sp

ecie

s.

N/A

In s

prin

g a

nd

sum

me

r, t

he

Gan

g-G

an

g C

ocka

too is

ge

ne

rally

fou

nd

in

tall

mo

un

tain

fo

rests

an

d w

oo

dla

nds,

pa

rtic

ula

rly in

he

avily

tim

be

red a

nd

ma

ture

we

t scle

rop

hyll

fore

sts

. In

autu

mn

and

win

ter,

th

e s

pe

cie

s o

fte

n m

ove

s to

lo

we

r a

ltitud

es in

dri

er

mo

re o

pe

n e

ucaly

pt

fore

sts

and

w

oo

dla

nd

s,

pa

rtic

ula

rly b

ox-g

um

and

bo

x-i

ron

ba

rk

asse

mbla

ge

s, o

r in

dry

fo

rest in

coa

sta

l a

rea

s a

nd o

ften

fo

un

d in

urb

an a

reas.

Th

e p

rop

osa

l m

ay c

lea

r u

p to

10

.31h

a (

1.1

%)

of

a m

ixtu

re

of

na

tive

ve

ge

tatio

n a

nd

Mo

nte

rey P

ine

re

gro

wth

with

in a

9

40

ha v

eg

eta

ted

pa

tch

. R

em

ova

l o

f th

is v

ege

tatio

n w

ill

no

t fr

ag

men

t o

r is

ola

te t

he

ve

ge

tatio

n a

s t

he

re w

ill s

till

be

co

ntin

uou

s c

onn

ectivity.

A lo

ss o

f 1

.1%

of ve

ge

tatio

n is

no

t co

nsid

ere

d a

sig

nific

an

t im

pa

ct to

the

se

bird

s h

ab

ita

t.

Th

ere

fore

the

pro

posa

l w

ill n

ot re

mo

ve

, m

odify,

frag

men

t o

r is

ola

te h

ab

itat

su

itab

le fo

r th

ese

bir

d s

pecie

s,

to t

he

e

xte

nt

tha

t a

lo

ca

l p

op

ula

tio

n b

ecom

es e

xtin

ct.

X

+

#

OzA

rk E

nviro

nmen

tal &

Her

itage

Man

agem

ent P

ty L

td

Eco

logi

cal A

sses

smen

t: P

ropo

sed

Pin

e H

ill Q

uarr

y

82

Sp

ec

ies

7-P

art

Te

st

Qu

es

tio

ns

Sc

ien

tifi

c

Nam

e

Co

mm

on

N

am

e

1

2/3

4

5

6

7

Sm

all

Wo

od

lan

d B

ird

s

Dap

ho

en

ositta

ch

ryso

pte

ra

Va

rie

d S

itte

lla

Non

e o

f th

ese

bir

d s

pecie

s h

ave

be

en

pre

vio

usly

re

co

rde

d w

ith

in 1

0km

of

the

stu

dy a

rea

. T

he

Va

ried

b

ree

ds in n

ests

in

an

up

righ

t tr

ee

fo

rk h

igh

in

the

liv

ing

tr

ee

ca

nop

y,

an

d o

ften

re

-uses t

he

sa

me

fo

rk o

r tr

ee

in

su

ccessiv

e y

ea

rs.

Th

e S

ca

rle

t R

ob

in b

ree

ds o

n r

idg

es,

hill

s a

nd

foo

thill

s,

with

a n

est pla

ced

in t

he f

ork

of a

tr

ee

mo

re th

an

2m

ta

ll. T

he

Fla

me

Rob

in b

reed

s in

u

pla

nd

tall

mo

ist

eu

ca

lyp

t fo

rests

an

d w

oo

dla

nds,

oft

en

on

rid

ges a

nd

slo

pe

s,

with

nests

lo

ca

ted n

ear

the

gro

un

d in

sh

elte

red

sites s

uch a

s s

ha

llow

ca

vitie

s in

tr

ee

s, stu

mps o

r b

anks.

Th

e p

rop

osa

l m

ay r

em

ove

tre

es b

ein

g u

sed

by t

hese

b

ird

sp

ecie

s f

or

bre

ed

ing

. B

irds a

re h

igh

ly m

ob

ile

cre

atu

res a

nd h

ave

the

abili

ty t

o r

elo

ca

te t

o o

the

r a

rea

s o

f su

ita

ble

hab

itat

if n

eed

ed

. A

s t

he

pro

po

sa

l w

ill

invo

lve

cle

arin

g o

f u

p t

o 1

0.3

1h

a o

f ve

ge

tatio

n, w

hic

h

is e

qu

iva

len

t to

a 1

.1%

loss o

f ve

ge

tatio

n in

the

940

ha

p

atc

h.

Th

e p

rop

osa

l is

no

t co

nsid

ere

d to

pose

a

sig

nific

an

t im

pact

to th

e lifecycle

of th

ese

bir

d s

pecie

s.

N/A

Th

e V

ari

ed

Sitte

lla In

hab

its e

uca

lyp

t fo

rests

an

d

wo

od

lan

ds,

ma

llee

and

Aca

cia

wo

od

lan

d.

Th

e S

ca

rle

t R

ob

in in

hab

its d

ry e

uca

lyp

t fo

rests

an

d w

oo

dla

nds w

ith

a

bu

nda

nt lo

gs a

nd

falle

n t

imb

er

in b

oth

ma

ture

and

re

gro

wth

ve

ge

tatio

n. T

he

Fla

me

Ro

bin

bre

ed

s in

up

lan

d

tall

mo

ist e

uca

lyp

t fo

rests

an

d w

oo

dla

nd

s,

In w

inte

r it w

ill

mig

rate

to

dry

fo

rests

, o

pe

n w

oo

dla

nds a

nd

in p

astu

res

an

d n

ative

gra

ssla

nd

s, w

ith

or

with

ou

t sca

tte

red

tre

es.

Th

e p

rop

osa

l m

ay c

lea

r u

p to

10

.31h

a (

1.1

%)

of

a m

ixtu

re

of

na

tive

ve

ge

tatio

n a

nd

Mo

nte

rey P

ine

re

gro

wth

with

in a

9

40

ha v

eg

eta

ted

pa

tch

. R

em

ova

l o

f th

is v

ege

tatio

n w

ill

no

t fr

ag

men

t o

r is

ola

te t

he

ve

ge

tatio

n a

s t

he

re w

ill s

till

be

co

ntin

uou

s c

onn

ectivity.

A lo

ss o

f 1

.1%

of ve

ge

tatio

n is

no

t co

nsid

ere

d a

sig

nific

an

t im

pa

ct to

the

se

bird

s h

ab

ita

t.

Th

ere

fore

the

pro

posa

l w

ill n

ot re

mo

ve

, m

odify,

frag

men

t o

r is

ola

te h

ab

itat

su

itab

le fo

r th

ese

bir

d s

pecie

s,

to t

he

e

xte

nt

tha

t a

lo

ca

l p

op

ula

tio

n b

ecom

es e

xtin

ct.

X

+

#

Pe

tro

ica

b

oo

dan

g

Sca

rlet

Rob

in

Pe

tro

ica

p

ho

enic

ea

Fla

me

Ro

bin

Wo

od

lan

d B

ird

s

Po

ma

tosto

mus

tem

po

ralis

te

mp

ora

lis

Gre

y-c

row

ne

d

Ba

bb

ler

(ea

ste

rn

su

bsp

ecie

s)

Neith

er

of

the

se b

ird

sp

ecie

s h

ave

be

en p

revio

usly

re

co

rde

d w

ith

in 1

0km

of

the

stu

dy a

rea

. T

he

Bro

wn

T

ree

cre

ep

er

nests

in

sta

nd

ing

de

ad

or

live

tre

es a

nd

tr

ee

stu

mp

s.

Th

e G

rey-c

row

ne

d B

ab

ble

r m

ain

tain

s

mu

ltip

le s

ticks n

ests

fo

r ro

osting

bu

t w

ill o

nly

use

on

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Ground water dependant ecosystems (Source: BoM)



Important bird habitat near the study area (blue)



Primary Industries (Fishing and Aquaculture)



Search results from NSW OEH Threatened Species Database (Central West – Oberon and

Lithgow sub-regions)

Scientific name Common name Type NSW status Occurrence

Litoria aurea Green and Golden Bell Frog Animal>Amphibians Endangered Known

Litoria booroolongensis Booroolong Frog Animal>Amphibians Endangered Known

Litoria castanea Yellow-spotted Tree frog Animal>Amphibians Critically

Endangered Known

Litoria raniformis Southern Bell Frog Animal>Amphibians Endangered Known

Chalinolobus dwyeri Large-eared Pied Bat Animal>Bats Vulnerable Predicted

Falsistrellus tasmaniensis Eastern False Pipistrelle Animal>Bats Vulnerable Known

Miniopterus schreibersii oceanensis

Eastern Bentwing-bat Animal>Bats Vulnerable Known

Pteropus poliocephalus Grey-headed Flying-fox Animal>Bats Vulnerable Known

Saccolaimus flaviventris Yellow-bellied Sheathtail-bat Animal>Bats Vulnerable Predicted

Scoteanax rueppellii Greater Broad-nosed Bat Animal>Bats Vulnerable Predicted

Anseranas semipalmata Magpie Goose Animal>Birds Vulnerable Known

Anthochaera phrygia Regent Honeyeater Animal>Birds Critically

Endangered Known

Botaurus poiciloptilus Australasian Bittern Animal>Birds Endangered Known

Burhinus grallarius Bush Stone-curlew Animal>Birds Endangered Predicted

Calidris ferruginea Curlew Sandpiper Animal>Birds Endangered Known

Callocephalon fimbriatum Gang-gang Cockatoo Animal>Birds Vulnerable Known

Calyptorhynchus lathami Glossy Black-Cockatoo Animal>Birds Vulnerable Predicted

Chthonicola sagittata Speckled Warbler Animal>Birds Vulnerable Known

Circus assimilis Spotted Harrier Animal>Birds Vulnerable Known

Climacteris picumnus victoriae Brown Treecreeper (eastern

subspecies) Animal>Birds Vulnerable Known

Daphoenositta chrysoptera Varied Sittella Animal>Birds Vulnerable Known

Epthianura albifrons White-fronted Chat Animal>Birds Vulnerable Known

Falco subniger Black Falcon Animal>Birds Vulnerable Known

Grantiella picta Painted Honeyeater Animal>Birds Vulnerable Known

Grus rubicunda Brolga Animal>Birds Vulnerable Predicted

Hieraaetus morphnoides Little Eagle Animal>Birds Vulnerable Known

Lathamus discolor Swift Parrot Animal>Birds Endangered Predicted

Limosa limosa Black-tailed Godwit Animal>Birds Vulnerable Predicted

Lophoictinia isura Square-tailed Kite Animal>Birds Vulnerable Known




Melanodryas cucullata cucullata Hooded Robin (south-eastern

form) Animal>Birds Vulnerable Known

Melithreptus gularis gularis Black-chinned Honeyeater

(eastern subspecies) Animal>Birds Vulnerable Known

Ninox connivens Barking Owl Animal>Birds Vulnerable Known

Ninox strenua Powerful Owl Animal>Birds Vulnerable Known

Oxyura australis Blue-billed Duck Animal>Birds Vulnerable Predicted

Petroica boodang Scarlet Robin Animal>Birds Vulnerable Known

Petroica phoenicea Flame Robin Animal>Birds Vulnerable Known

Phaethon rubricauda Red-tailed Tropicbird Animal>Birds Vulnerable Known

Polytelis swainsonii Superb Parrot Animal>Birds Vulnerable Known



Animal>Birds Vulnerable Known

Rostratula australis Australian Painted Snipe Animal>Birds Endangered Known

Stagonopleura guttata Diamond Firetail Animal>Birds Vulnerable Known

Stictonetta naevosa Freckled Duck Animal>Birds Vulnerable Predicted

Tyto novaehollandiae Masked Owl Animal>Birds Vulnerable Known

Paralucia spinifera Purple Copper Butterfly,

Bathurst Copper Butterfly Animal>Invertebrates Endangered Known

Cercartetus nanus Eastern Pygmy-possum Animal>Marsupials Vulnerable Predicted

Dasyurus maculatus Spotted-tailed Quoll Animal>Marsupials Vulnerable Known

Petaurus australis Yellow-bellied Glider Animal>Marsupials Vulnerable Predicted

Petaurus norfolcensis Squirrel Glider Animal>Marsupials Vulnerable Predicted

Petrogale penicillata Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby Animal>Marsupials Endangered Known

Phascogale tapoatafa Brush-tailed Phascogale Animal>Marsupials Vulnerable Predicted

Phascolarctos cinereus Koala Animal>Marsupials Vulnerable Known

Aprasia parapulchella Pink-tailed Legless Lizard Animal>Reptiles Vulnerable Predicted

Suta flagellum Little Whip Snake Animal>Reptiles Vulnerable Known

Varanus rosenbergi Rosenberg's Goanna Animal>Reptiles Vulnerable Predicted

Tableland Basalt Forest in the Sydney Basin and South

Eastern Highlands Bioregions

Tableland Basalt Forest in the Sydney Basin and South

Eastern Highlands Bioregions

Community> Threatened Ecological Communities


Known

Tablelands Snow Gum, Black Sallee, Candlebark and Ribbon Gum Grassy Woodland in the

South Eastern Highlands, Sydney Basin, South East

Corner and NSW South Western Slopes Bioregions

Tablelands Snow Gum, Black Sallee, Candlebark and

Ribbon Gum Grassy Woodland in the South

Eastern Highlands, Sydney Basin, South East Corner and NSW South Western Slopes

Bioregions



Predicted

White Box Yellow Box Blakely's Red Gum Woodland

White Box Yellow Box Blakely's Red Gum Woodland



Known

Calotis glandulosa Mauve Burr-daisy Plant>Herbs and Forbs Vulnerable Known

Euphrasia scabra Rough Eyebright Plant>Herbs and Forbs Endangered Known

Lepidium hyssopifolium Aromatic Peppercress Plant>Herbs and Forbs Endangered Known

Swainsona sericea Silky Swainson-pea Plant>Herbs and Forbs Vulnerable Known

Trachymene scapigera Mountain Trachymene Plant>Herbs and Forbs Endangered Predicted

Eucalyptus pulverulenta Silver-leafed Gum Plant>Mallees Vulnerable Known




Caladenia attenuata Duramana Fingers Plant>Orchids Critically

Endangered Predicted

Grevillea divaricata Grevillea divaricata Plant>Shrubs Endangered Predicted

Persoonia marginata Clandulla Geebung Plant>Shrubs Vulnerable Known

Veronica blakelyi Veronica blakelyi Plant>Shrubs Vulnerable Predicted

Zieria obcordata Zieria obcordata Plant>Shrubs Endangered Known

Eucalyptus aggregata Black Gum Plant>Trees Vulnerable Known

Eucalyptus robertsonii subsp. hemisphaerica

Robertson's Peppermint Plant>Trees Vulnerable Predicted

Infection by Psittacine Circoviral (beak and feather) Disease

affecting endangered psittacine species and populations

Infection by Psittacine circoviral (beak and feather)

disease affecting endangered psittacine species

Threat>Disease Key

Threatening Process

Predicted

Infection of frogs by amphibian chytrid causing the disease

chytridiomycosis

Infection of frogs by amphibian chytrid causing the disease

chytridiomycosis Threat>Disease

Key Threatening

Process Predicted

Infection of native plants by Phytophthora cinnamomi

Infection of native plants by Phytophthora cinnamomi

Threat>Disease Key

Threatening Process

Predicted

Alteration of habitat following subsidence due to longwall

mining

Alteration of habitat following subsidence due to longwall

mining

Threat>Habitat Loss/Change

Key Threatening

Process Predicted

Alteration to the natural flow regimes of rivers and streams

and their floodplains and wetlands

Alteration to the natural flow regimes of rivers, streams,

floodplains & wetlands.


Key Threatening

Process Predicted

Anthropogenic Climate Change Human-caused Climate

Change Threat>Habitat Loss/Change

Key Threatening

Process Predicted

Bushrock removal Bushrock Removal Threat>Habitat Loss/Change

Key Threatening

Process Predicted

Clearing of native vegetation Clearing of native vegetation Threat>Habitat Loss/Change

Key Threatening

Process Predicted

High frequency fire resulting in the disruption of life cycle

processes in plants and animals and loss of vegetation structure

and composition

Ecological consequences of high frequency fires


Key Threatening

Process Predicted

Loss of Hollow-bearing Trees Loss of Hollow-bearing Trees Threat>Habitat Loss/Change

Key Threatening

Process Predicted

Loss or degradation (or both) of sites used for hill-topping by

butterflies

Loss and/or degradation of sites used for hill-topping by

butterflies


Key Threatening

Process Predicted

Removal of dead wood and dead trees

Removal of dead wood and dead trees


Key Threatening

Process Predicted

Forest eucalypt dieback associated with over-abundant

psyllids and Bell Miners

Forest eucalypt dieback associated with over-abundant

psyllids and Bell Miners Threat>Other Threat

Key Threatening

Process Predicted

Aggressive exclusion of birds from woodland and forest habitat

by abundant Noisy Miners Manorina melanocephala

Aggressive exclusion of birds from woodland and forest habitat by abundant Noisy

Miners Manorina melanocephala

Threat>Pest Animal Key

Threatening Process

Predicted




Competition and grazing by the feral European Rabbit,

Oryctolagus cuniculus (L.)

Competition and grazing by the feral European rabbit


Threatening Process

Predicted

Competition and habitat degradation by Feral Goats, Capra hircus Linnaeus 1758

Competition and habitat degradation by Feral Goats, Capra hircus Linnaeus 1758


Threatening Process

Predicted

Competition from feral honey bees, Apis mellifera L.

Competition from feral honeybees


Threatening Process

Predicted

Herbivory and environmental degradation caused by feral

deer

Herbivory and environmental degradation caused by feral

deer Threat>Pest Animal

Key Threatening

Process Predicted

Importation of Red Imported Fire Ants Solenopsis invicta Buren

1972

Importation of red imported fire ants into NSW


Threatening Process

Predicted

Introduction of the Large Earth Bumblebee Bombus terrestris

(L.)

Introduction of the large earth bumblebee (Bombus

terrestris) Threat>Pest Animal

Key Threatening

Process Predicted

Invasion and establishment of the Cane Toad (Bufo marinus)

Invasion and establishment of the Cane Toad


Threatening Process

Predicted

Invasion of the Yellow Crazy Ant, Anoplolepis gracilipes (Fr.

Smith) into NSW

Invasion of the yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes)

into NSW Threat>Pest Animal

Key Threatening

Process Predicted

Predation and hybridisation by Feral Dogs, Canis lupus

familiaris

Predation and hybridisation by Feral Dogs, Canis lupus

familiaris Threat>Pest Animal

Key Threatening

Process Predicted

Predation by Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859 (Plague

Minnow or Mosquito Fish)

Predation by the Plague Minnow (Gambusia holbrooki)


Threatening Process

Predicted

Predation by the European Red Fox Vulpes Vulpes (Linnaeus,

1758)

Predation by the European Red Fox


Threatening Process

Predicted

Predation by the Feral Cat Felis catus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Predation by feral cats Threat>Pest Animal Key

Threatening Process

Predicted

Predation, habitat degradation, competition and disease

transmission by Feral Pigs, Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758

Predation, habitat degradation, competition and disease

transmission by Feral Pigs (Sus scrofa )


Threatening Process

Predicted



Threat>Weed Key

Threatening Process

Predicted

Invasion and establishment of Scotch Broom (Cytisus

scoparius)

Invasion and establishment of Scotch Broom Cytisus

scoparius Threat>Weed

Key Threatening

Process Predicted

Invasion of native plant communities by African Olive

Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata (Wall. ex G. Don) Cif.

Invasion of native plant communities by African Olive

Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata (Wall. ex G. Don)

Cif.

Threat>Weed Key

Threatening Process

Predicted

Invasion of native plant communities by

Chrysanthemoides monilifera

Invasion of native plant communities by bitou bush

& boneseed Threat>Weed

Key Threatening

Process Predicted

Invasion of native plant communities by exotic perennial

grasses

Invasion of native plant communities by exotic

perennial grasses Threat>Weed

Key Threatening

Process Predicted

Invasion, establishment and spread of Lantana (Lantana

camara L. sens. Lat)

Invasion, establishment and spread of Lantana (Lantana

camara L. sens. Lat) Threat>Weed

Key Threatening

Process Predicted




Loss and degradation of native plant and animal habitat by invasion of escaped garden

plants, including aquatic plants

Loss and degradation of native plant and animal habitat by invasion of escaped garden

plants, including aquatic plants

Threat>Weed Key

Threatening Process

Predicted



Oberon Council Noxious Weeds

Scientific Name Common Name Class

Ailanthus altissima Tree-of-heaven 4

Alternanthera philoxeroides Alligator weed 2

Ambrosia artemisiifolia Annual ragweed 5

Ambrosia confertiflora Burr ragweed 5

Amelichloa brachychaeta Espartillo - narrow kernel 5

Amelichloa caudata Espartillo - broad kernel 5

Andropogon gayanus Gamba grass 5

Annona glabra Pond apple 1

Argemone mexicana Mexican poppy 5

Arundo donax Giant reed 4

Asparagus aethiopicus Asparagus - ground asparagus 4

Asparagus asparagoides Bridal creeper 4

Asparagus declinatus Bridal veil creeper 1

Asparagus plumosus Asparagus - climbing asparagus fern 4

Asparagus species Asparagus weeds 4

Asystasia gangetica subsp. micrantha Chinese violet 1

Bassia scoparia Kochia 1

Brassica barrelieri subsp. oxyrrhina Smooth-stemmed turnip 5

Bryophyllum species Mother-of-millions 4

Cabomba caroliniana Cabomba 5

Carduus nutans subsp. nutans Nodding thistle 4

Carthamus leucocaulos Glaucous starthistle 5

Cenchrus biflorus Gallon's curse 5

Cenchrus brownii Fine-bristled burr grass 5

Cenchrus echinatus Mossman River grass 5

Cenchrus longispinus Spiny burrgrass - longispinus 4

Cenchrus macrourus African feather grass 5

Cenchrus setaceus Fountain grass 5

Cenchrus spinifex Spiny burrgrass - spinifex 4

Centaurea calcitrapa Star thistle 4

Centaurea stoebe subsp. micranthos Spotted knapweed 1

Centaurea X moncktonii Black knapweed 1

Cestrum parqui Green cestrum 3

Chromolaena odorata Siam weed 1

Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. monilifera Boneseed 1

Clidemia hirta Koster's curse 1

Cortaderia species Pampas grass 4

Cryptostegia grandiflora Rubber vine 1

Cuscuta campestris Golden dodder 4

Cuscuta species Dodder 5

Cylindropuntia rosea Prickly pear - Hudson pear 4

Cynara cardunculus Artichoke thistle 5

Cyperus esculentus Yellow nutgrass 5

Cytisus scoparius subsp. scoparius Scotch broom 4

Dolichandra unguis-cati Cat's claw creeper 2

Egeria densa Leafy elodea 4

Eichhornia azurea Anchored water hyacinth 1

Eichhornia crassipes Water hyacinth 2

Equisetum species Horsetails 1

Eragrostis curvula African lovegrass 4

Festuca gautieri Bear-skin fescue 5

Genista linifolia Flax-leaf broom 4

Genista monspessulana Cape broom 3

Gymnocoronis spilanthoides Senegal tea plant 1

Harrisia species Harrisia cactus 4

Helianthus ciliaris Texas blueweed 5

Heteranthera reniformis Kidney-leaf mud plantain 1




Hieracium species Hawkweeds 1

Hydrocotyle ranunculoides Hydrocotyl 1

Hymenachne amplexicaulis and hybrids Hymenachne 1

Hypericum perforatum St. John's wort 4

Lagarosiphon major Lagarosiphon 1

Ligustrum lucidum Privet - broad-leaf 4

Ligustrum sinense Privet - narrow-leaf 4

Limnobium laevigatum Frogbit 1

Limnobium spongia Spongeplant 1

Limnocharis flava Yellow burrhead 1

Ludwigia longifolia Long-leaf willow primrose 3

Lycium ferocissimum African boxthorn 4

Miconia species Miconia 1

Mikania micrantha Mikania vine 1

Mimosa pigra Mimosa 1

Myriophyllum spicatum Eurasian water milfoil 1

Nassella neesiana Chilean needle grass 4

Nassella tenuissima Mexican feather grass 1

Nassella trichotoma Serrated tussock 4

Oenothera curtiflora Clockweed 5

Onopordum acanthium Scotch thistle 4

Onopordum illyricum Illyrian thistle 4

Onopurdum acaulon Stemless thistle 4

Onopurdum tauricum Taurian thistle 4

Opuntia aurantiaca Prickly pear - tiger pear 4

Opuntia monacantha Prickly pear - smooth tree pear 4

Opuntia stricta Prickly pear - common pear 4

Opuntia tomentosa Prickly pear - velvety tree pear 4

Orobanche species Broomrapes 1

Oryza rufipogon Red rice 5

Parkinsonia aculeata Parkinsonia 2

Parthenium hysterophorus Parthenium weed 1

Phyla canescens Lippia 4

Picnomon acarna Soldier thistle 5

Pistia stratiotes Water lettuce 1

Prosopis species Mesquite 2

Raphanus raphanistrum Wild radish 4

Rosa rubiginosa Sweet briar 4

Rubus fruticosus species aggregate Blackberry 4

Sagittaria calycina var. calycina Arrowhead 4

Sagittaria platyphylla Sagittaria 4

Salix cinerea Grey sallow 2

Salix nigra Black willow 2

Salix species Willows 4

Salvinia molesta Salvinia 2

Scolymus hispanicus Golden thistle 5

Senecio madagascariensis Fireweed 4

Sisymbrium runcinatum African turnip weed - western 5

Sisymbrium thellungii African turnip weed - eastern 5

Solanum elaeagnifolium Silverleaf nightshade 4

Solanum viarum Tropical soda apple 1

Sonchus arvensis Corn sowthistle 5

Sorghum halepense Johnson grass 4

Sorghum x almum Columbus grass 4

Stachytarpheta cayennensis Cayenne snakeweed 5

Stratiotes aloides Water soldier 1

Striga species Witchweeds 1

Tamarix aphylla Athel pine 5

Toxicodendron succedaneum Rhus tree 4




Trapa species Water caltrop 1

Ulex europaeus Gorse 3

Vachellia karroo Karroo thorn 1

Vachellia nilotica Prickly acacia 1

Xanthium cavanillesii Burr - South American burr 4

Xanthium italicum Burr - Italian cockleburr 4

Xanthium occidentale Burr - Noogoora burr 4

Xanthium orientale Burr - Californian burr 4

Xanthium spinosum Burr - Bathurst burr 4

Class Type Management

1 State Prohibited Weed The plant must be eradicated from the land and that land must be kept free of the plant

2 Regionally Prohibited Weed

The plant must be eradicated from the land and that land must be kept free of the plant

3 Regionally Controlled Weed

he plant must be fully and continuously suppressed and destroyed and the plant must not be sold, propagated or knowingly distributed

4 Locally Controlled Weed The growth of the plant must be managed in a manner that continuously inhibits the ability of the plant to spread and the plant must not be sold, propagated or knowingly distributed

5 Restricted Plant The requirements in the Noxious Weeds Act 1993 for a notifiable weed must be complied with



EPBC Protected matters report



Appendix F: Terms and abbreviations



Terms and abbreviations used in this report

Abbreviation Terminology Description

Assessment of significance

The Assessment of Significance refers to the factors that must be considered by decision makers to assess whether a proposal is likely to have a significant effect on threatened biodiversity. These mechanisms are contained in s5A of the EP&A Act and s94 of the TSC

Act.

BoM Australian Bureau of Meteorology

The Bureau of Meteorology is Australia's national weather, climate and water agency.

CAMBA China-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement

A bilateral migratory bird agreement with China entered into in 1986. It provides an important mechanism for pursuing conservation outcomes for migratory birds, including migratory waterbirds.

CMA Catchment Management Authority

Bodies established across New South Wales to ensure regional communities have a say in how natural resources are managed in their catchments. CMA’s have now been replaced with LLS’s.

Consent authority

in relation to a development application or an application for a complying development certificate, means:

The council having the function to determine the application, or

If a provision of this Act, the regulations or an environmental planning instrument specifies a Minister, the Planning Assessment Commission, a joint regional planning panel or public authority (other than a council) as having the function to determine the application-that Minister, Commission, panel or authority, as the case may be.

Critical habitat

Critical habitat is defined as an area crucial to the survival of an endangered species, population or ecological community. The declaration of critical habitat provides greater protection and stricter controls over activities in the area.

Cumulative impacts

Impacts, when considered together, lead to a stronger impact than any impact in isolation.

Direct impacts

Directly affect the habitat and individuals. They include, but are not limited to, death through predation, trampling, poisoning of the animal/plant itself and the removal of suitable habitat. When applying each factor, consideration must be given to all of the likely direct impacts of the proposed activity or development.

DoE

Australian Government Department of Environment.

The Department of the Environment designs and implements the Australian Government’s policies and programmes to protect and conserve the environment, water and heritage and promote climate action.

DP Deposited Plan A plan of land deposited in Land and Property Information (part of the Land Management Authority) and used for legal identification purposes. They most commonly depict a subdivision of a parcel of land.

EEC Endangered Ecological Community

An ecological community identified by relevant legislation likely to become extinct or is in immediate danger of extinction.

Edge effects

A change in species composition, physical conditions or other ecological factors at the boundary between two ecosystems or the ecological changes carried out at the boundaries of ecosystems (including changes in species composition, gradients of moisture, sunlight, soil and air temperature, wind speed and other factors).

Environment The environment includes all aspects of the surroundings of humans, whether affecting any human as an individual or in his or her social groupings.

EPA Environment Protection Authority

Their purpose is to improve environmental performance and waste management for NSW. The EPA works with community, business, industry and government to maintain a balance between protecting the environment, managing competing demands on the environment and supporting sustainable growth.




EP&A Act

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW).

Provides the legislative framework for land use planning and development assessment in NSW.

EPBC Act

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Commonwealth).

Provides for the protection of the environment, especially matters of national environmental significance, and provides a national assessment and approvals process.

EPI Environmental Planning Instrument

Environmental planning instruments are fundamental documents governing development of land in NSW. They are made under Part 3 of the EP&A Act for the purposes of achieving any of the objects under that Act.

ESD Ecologically sustainable development.

Development which uses, conserves and enhances the resources of the community so ecological processes on which life depends, are maintained and the total quality of life, now and in the future, can be increased.

FM Act

Fisheries Management Act 1994 (NSW)

The objects of this Act are to conserve, develop and share the fishery resources of the State for the benefit of present and future generations. This Act protects aquatic habitats and species which are not protected under the TSC Act.

GDA Geocentric Datum of Australia

The Geocentric Datum of Australia (GDA) is the latest Australian coordinate system, replacing the Australian Geodetic Datum (AGD). The GDA is a part of a global coordinate reference frame and is directly compatible with the Global Navigation Satellite Systems.

GDE Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems

Six types of groundwater dependent ecosystems are conventionally recognised in Australia:

Terrestrial vegetation relies the availability of shallow groundwater.

Wetlands such as paperbark swamp forests and mound springs ecosystems.

River base flow systems where a groundwater discharge provides a base flow component to the river's discharge.

Aquifer and cave ecosystems where life exists independent of sunlight

Terrestrial fauna, both native and introduced, dependant on groundwater as a source of drinking water.

Estuarine and near shore marine systems, such as some coastal mangroves, salt marshes and sea grass beds, which rely on the submarine discharge of groundwater.

GIS Geographic Information System

A geographic information system (GIS) is a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyse, manage, and present all types of spatial or geographical data.

GPS Global Positioning System

A hand held device capable of applying location coordinates to digital objects such as photographs and GIS data such as lines or points.

Habitat

The area occupied, or periodically or occasionally occupied, by any threatened species, population or ecological community and includes all the different aspects (both biotic and abiotic) used by species during the different stages of their life cycles.

IBRA

Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia

The Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) is a biogeographic regionalisation of Australia developed by the Australian Government's Department of the Environment. Each region is a land area made up of a group of interacting ecosystems repeated in similar form across the landscape.

Indirect impacts

Occur when project-related activities affect species, populations or ecological communities in a manner other than direct loss. Indirect impacts can include loss of individuals through starvation, exposure, predation by domestic and/or feral animals, loss of breeding opportunities, loss of shade/shelter, deleterious hydrological changes, increased soil salinity, erosion, inhibition of nitrogen fixation, weed invasion, fertiliser




drift, or increased human activity within or directly adjacent to sensitive habitat areas. As with direct impacts, consideration must be given, when applying each factor, to all of the likely indirect impacts of the proposed activity or development.

JAMBA Japan-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement

A bilateral migratory bird agreement with Japan entered into in 1974. It provides an important mechanism for pursuing conservation outcomes for migratory birds, including migratory waterbirds.

KTP Key Threatening Process

A key threatening process is defined as a process that threatens, or may have the capability to threaten, the survival or evolutionary development of species, populations or ecological communities. A requirement of their listing on the TSC Act is that the process adversely affects two or more threatened species, populations or ecological communities, or may cause species, populations or ecological communities not threatened to become threatened.

LEP Local Environmental Plan

A type of planning instrument made under Part 3 of the EP&A Act.

Life cycle The series or stages of reproduction, growth, development, ageing and death of an organism.

LG Act Local Government Act 1993

The purposes of this Act are as follows:

to provide the legal framework for an effective, efficient, environmentally responsible and open system of local government in New South Wales,

to regulate the relationships between the people and bodies comprising the system of local government in New South Wales,

to encourage and assist the effective participation of local communities in the affairs of local government,

to give councils:

the ability to provide goods, services and facilities, and to carry out activities, appropriate to the current and future needs of local communities and of the wider public

the responsibility for administering some regulatory systems under this Act

a role in the management, improvement and development of the resources of their areas,

to require councils, councillors and council employees to have regard to the principles of ecologically sustainable development in carrying out their responsibilities.

LGA Local Government Area

The relevant LGA is Governed by Council who are the determining authority for this development application.

LLS Local Land Services

Launched in January 2014. Each LLS delivers services to farmers, landholders and the community across rural and regional New South Wales. LLS bring together agricultural production advice, biosecurity, natural resource management and emergency management into a single organisation.

Local population

The population occurs in the study area. The assessment of the local population may be extended to include individuals beyond the study area if it can be clearly demonstrated contiguous or interconnecting parts of the population continue beyond the study area.

The local population of a threatened plant species comprises those individuals occurring in the study area or the cluster of individuals extend into habitat adjoining and contiguous with the study area could reasonably be expected to be cross-pollinating with those in the study area.

The local population of resident fauna species comprises those individuals known or likely to occur in the study area, as well as any individuals occurring in adjoining areas (contiguous or otherwise) are known or likely to utilise habitats in the study area.

The local population of migratory or nomadic fauna species comprises those individuals likely to occur in the study area from time to time.




Local population (EEC)

The ecological community present within the study area. However, the local occurrence may include adjacent areas if the ecological community on the study area forms part of a larger contiguous area of the ecological community and the movement of individuals and exchange of genetic material across the boundary of the study area can be clearly demonstrated.

Locality The area within a 50 kilometre radius of the subject site.

MNES Matters of national environmental significance.

Refers to the seven matters of national environmental significance outlined under the EPBC Act.

NOW NSW Office of Water

The NSW Office of Water in the Department of Primary Industries is responsible for the management of the state's surface water and groundwater resources. The Department of Primary Industries is a division within NSW Trade and Investment.

The Office of Water reports to the NSW Government for water policy and the administration of key water management legislation, including the Water Management Act 2000 and Water Act 1912.

Noxious Weeds Act

Noxious Weeds Act 1993 (NSW)

The objects of this Act are as follows:

to reduce the negative impact of weeds on the economy, community and environment of this State by establishing control mechanisms to:

prevent the establishment in this state of significant new weeds, and

prevent, eliminate or restrict the spread in this state of particular significant weeds, and

effectively manage widespread significant weeds in this state,

to provide for the monitoring of and reporting on the effectiveness of the management of weeds in this state.

NPW Act National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 (NSW)


The conservation of nature, including, but not limited to, the conservation of:

habitat, ecosystems and ecosystem processes, and

biological diversity at the community, species and genetic levels, and

landforms of significance, including geological features and processes, and

landscapes and natural features of significance including wilderness and wild rivers,

The conservation of objects, places or features (including biological diversity) of cultural value within the landscape, including, but not limited to:

places, objects and features of significance to Aboriginal people, and

places of social value to the people of New South Wales, and

places of historic, architectural or scientific significance,

Fostering public appreciation, understanding and enjoyment of nature and cultural heritage and their conservation,

Providing for the management of land reserved under this Act in accordance with the management principles applicable for each type of reservation.

The objects of this Act are to be achieved by applying the principles of ecologically sustainable development.

NV Act Native Vegetation Act 2003

The objects of this Act are:

to provide for, encourage and promote the management of native vegetation on a regional basis in the social, economic and environmental interests of the State, and

to prevent broad scale clearing unless it improves or maintains environmental outcomes, and




to protect native vegetation of high conservation value having regard to its contribution to such matters as water quality, biodiversity, or the prevention of salinity or land degradation, and

to improve the condition of existing native vegetation, particularly where it has high conservation value, and

to encourage the revegetation of land, and the rehabilitation of land, with appropriate native vegetation,

In accordance with the principles of ecologically sustainable development.

OEH Office of Environment and Heritage

The Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) is a separate agency within the Planning and Environment cluster. OEH was formed on 4 April 2011 and works to protect and conserve the NSW environment, including the natural environment, Aboriginal country, culture and heritage and our built heritage, and manages NSW national parks and reserves.

PoEO Act

Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997


to protect, restore and enhance the quality of the environment in New South Wales, having regard to the need to maintain ecologically sustainable development,

to provide increased opportunities for public involvement and participation in environment protection,

to ensure the community has access to relevant and meaningful information about pollution,

to reduce risks to human health and prevent the degradation of the environment by the use of mechanisms promoting:

pollution prevention and cleaner production,

the reduction to harmless levels of the discharge of substances likely to cause harm to the environment,

the elimination of harmful wastes,

the reduction in the use of materials and the re-use, recovery or recycling of materials,

the making of progressive environmental improvements, including the reduction of pollution at source,

the monitoring and reporting of environmental quality on a regular basis,

to rationalise, simplify and strengthen the regulatory framework for environment protection,

to improve the efficiency of administration of the environment protection legislation,

to assist in the achievement of the objectives of the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2001.

RAMSAR

Convention on Wetlands of International Importance

The Ramsar Convention's broad aims are to halt the worldwide loss of wetlands and to conserve, through wise use and management, those remaining. This requires international cooperation, policy making, capacity building and technology transfer.

Risk of extinction The likelihood that the local population will become extinct either in the short-term or in the long-term as a result of direct or indirect impacts on the viability of that population.

ROKAMBA Republic of Korea-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement

A bilateral migratory bird agreement with the Republic of Korea entered into in 2007. It provides an important mechanism for pursuing conservation outcomes for migratory birds, including migratory waterbirds.

RF Act Rural Fires Act 1997

The objects of this Act are to provide:

for the prevention, mitigation and suppression of bush and other fires in local government areas (or parts of areas) and other parts of the State constituted as rural fire districts, and

for the co-ordination of bush firefighting and bush fire prevention throughout the State, and

for the protection of persons from injury or death, and property from damage, arising from fires, and

for the protection of infrastructure and environmental, economic, cultural, agricultural and community assets from damage arising from fires, and




for the protection of the environment by requiring certain activities referred to in paragraphs (a)-(c1) to be carried out having regard to the principles of ecologically sustainable development described in section 6 (2) of the Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991.

SEPP 44

State Environmental Planning Policy No.44 – Koala Habitat

This Policy aims to encourage the proper conservation and management of areas of natural vegetation with habitat for koalas to ensure a permanent free-living population over their present range and reverse the current trend of koala population decline:

by requiring the preparation of plans of management before development consent can be granted in relation to areas of core koala habitat, and

by encouraging the identification of areas of core koala habitat, and

by encouraging the inclusion of areas of core koala habitat in environment protection zones.

Significant impact

A ‘significant impact’ is an impact which is important, notable, or of consequence, having regard to its context or intensity.

SIS Species Impact Statement

A document included with an Environmental Impact Statement which details a full description of the action proposed, including its nature, extent, location, timing and layout and, to the fullest extent reasonably practicable, the information referred to in this section.

The requirements as to the contents of an SIS for different categories of protected species are given in section 110 of the TSC Act.

study area

Study area means the subject site and any additional areas which are likely to be affected by the proposal, either directly or indirectly. The study area should extend as far as is necessary to take all potential impacts into account.

Strahler stream order

Strahler stream order and are used to define stream size based on a hierarchy of tributaries.

subject site Encompasses all land which the Development Consent with apply to. This is the area to be impacted by the development and is the focus of this report.

Subject Species

Threatened species known to, or have the potential to utilise habitat within the subject site.

TSC Act

Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 (NSW)

This Act provides for the protection of all threatened plants and animals native to NSW and their habitats (including endangered populations and ecological communities, and their habitats). Threatened ‘fish’ and marine vegetation are specifically excluded as these are covered by the Fisheries Management Act 1994.

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