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Forrestfield-Airport Link

After all avoidance and minimisation actions have occurred, the following significant residual impacts remain:
- clearing of 1.6 ha of Threatened Ecological Community Swan Coastal Plain 20a; and
- clearing of 25 Conospermum undulatum plants

7-1 The proponent shall undertake an offset with the objective of counterbalancing the significant residual impact to 1.6 hectares of Threatened Ecological Community SCP 20a, ‘Banksia attenuata woodland over species rich dense shrublands’ and 25 plants of the threatened species Conospermum undulatum as a result of implementation of the proposal.

7-2 Within twelve months of the publication of this Statement, the proponent shall prepare and submit an Offsets Strategy to the CEO. The Offsets Strategy shall:
(1) identify an area or areas to be protected, managed and/or rehabilitated for conservation or enhancement of the Threatened Ecological Community and threatened species values identified in condition 7-1;
(2) complete and include the WA Offsets Template, as described in the WA Environmental Offsets Guidelines 2014, as well as the Commonwealth’s Offset Assessment Guide, to demonstrate how the proposed offset counterbalances the significant residual impact;
(3) identify the environmental attributes of the offset area(s);
(4) commit to a protection mechanism for any areas of land acquisition, being either the area is ceded to the Crown for the purpose of conservation, or the area is managed under a Conservation Covenant in perpetuity;
(5) if any land is to be ceded to the Crown for the purpose of conservation, the proponent will identify:
(a) the quantum of, and provide funds for, the upfront works associated with establishing the conservation area;
(b) the quantum of, and provide a contribution of funds for, the management of this area for the first twenty years; and
(c) an appropriate management body for the ceded land.
(6) state the management and/or rehabilitation actions to be undertaken including:
(a) the objectives and targets to be achieved, including completion criteria;
(b) management and/or rehabilitation actions and a timeframe for the actions to be undertaken;
(c) funding arrangements and timing of funding for conservation activities; and
(d) monitoring requirements for activities.
(7) define the role of the proponent and/or any third parties.

7-3 After receiving notice in writing from the CEO that the Offset Strategy satisfies the requirements of condition 7-2, the proponent shall:
(1) implement the actions in accordance with the requirements of the approved Offsets Strategy; and
(2) continue to implement the approved Offsets Strategy until the CEO has confirmed by notice in writing that it has been demonstrated that the completion criteria in the Offsets Strategy have been met and therefore the implementation of the actions is no longer required.

7-4 The proponent shall review and revise the Offsets Strategy as and when directed by the CEO.

7-5 The proponent shall implement the latest revision of the Offsets Strategy, which the CEO has confirmed by notice in writing, satisfies the requirements of condition 7-2.