Monitoring Threatened Species and Ecological Communities

118 Monitoring Threatened Species and Ecological Communities

Table 8.4.

Monitoring of threatened ecological communities specified as condition

s for approval in selected development referrals under the EPBC Act.

Project

Approval date

Threatened ecological communities (TEC)

TEC monitoring conditions

Santos GLNG Gas Field Development Project (EPBC 2012/6615). QLD

2016

Weeping Myall Woodland, Semi-evergreen vine thickets of the Brigalow Belt (North and South) and Nandewar Bioregions, Brigalow (Acacia harpophylla

dominant and co-

dominant), Natural grasslands of the Queensland Central Highlands and the northern Fitzroy Basin, Coolibah-Black Box Woodlands of the Darling Riverine Plains and the Brigalow Belt South Bioregions ecological community

Clause 14f, g and h: Approval subject to TEC man

agement

measures in the project offset areas, which are to b

e monitored

and shown to be effective against performance an

d completion

criteria.

Cobbora Coal Project (EPBC2011/6158); NSW

2014

White Box-Yellow Box-Blakely’s Red Gum Grassy Woodland and Derived Native Grassland; Grey Box (

Eucalyptus

microcarpa

) Grassy Woodlands and

Derived Native Grasslands of South-eastern Australia

Clause 2g: Approval subject to biodiversity manage

ment plan that

has key milestones, monitoring performance indica

tors, corrective

actions and timeframes to protect TECs on develop

ment site. No

monitoring specified for offset areas.

Bushmead Residential Development, Hazelmere (EPBC 2015/7414) WA

2016

Shrublands and Woodlands of the Eastern Swan Coastal Plain Threatened Ecological

Clause 9. Approval subject to conservation manag

ement plan

which requires management of indirect impacts on a

djacent TEC,

and monitoring of associated rehabilitation

Stockmans Base Metal Mine, (EPBC 2010/3715) VIC

2014

Alpine Sphagnum Bogs and Associated Fens

Clause 7. Approval subject to surface and groundwa

ter quality

monitoring program to assess performance of mea

sures to

prevent seepage into TEC and other surrounding a

reas.

Katherine to Gove Gas Pipeline, (EPBC 2012/6605) NT

2013

Arnhem Plateau Sandstone Shrubland Complex

Approval subject to pipeline avoiding occurrences o

f TEC. No

monitoring contingency specified if TEC cannot b

e avoided.