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Rockingham Industrial Zone (Strategic Environmental Assessment)

Following the implementation of all mitigation measures, the proposal would have significant residual impacts:
- Clearing of up to 14 hectares of a Threatened Ecological Community (Woodlands over Sedgelands in Holocene Dune Swales) and groundwater dependent wetlands.
- Loss of up to 17 conservation category wetlands (damplands and sumplands), mostly less than 1 hectare in size.

Conservation Area

5-1 Within 6 months of the date of this statement the proponent shall fence the Conservation Area, as delineated by Figure 1 and Table 2, to assist in preventing unauthorised access, and shall maintain the fencing until such time as the land is ceded to the Conservation Commission of Western Australia.

5-2 Within 6 months of the date of this statement the proponent shall remove all dumped rubbish from the Conservation Area and thereafter the proponent shall maintain the Conservation Area free of rubbish until such time as the land is ceded to the Conservation Commission of Western Australia.

5-3 Within two years of the date of this statement the proponent shall prepare an Initial Conservation Area Management Plan for the Conservation Area to the satisfaction of the Chief Executive Officer of the Office of the Environmental Protection Authority on advice from the Department of Environment and Conservation. The objective of this Initial Conservation Area Management Plan is to improve the condition of the Conservation Area to a level suitable for incorporation into the Conservation Estate. The Initial Conservation Area Management Plan will address:
1. Protecting and rehabilitating the threatened ecological community Sedgelands in Holocene dune swales of the Southern Swan Coastal Plain]
2. Maintenance of fencing of the area to control access to designated areas within the Conservation Area;
3. Design and implementation of appropriate monitoring of the vegetation within the Conservation Area, including the threatened ecological community Sedgelands in Holocene dune swales of the Southern Swan Coastal Plain;
4. Design and implementation of appropriate monitoring of hydrology including groundwater levels and quality and contingencies in the event of unacceptable hydrological impacts;
5. Maintaining the Conservation Area free of dumped rubbish;
6. Rehabilitation of degraded areas within the Conservation Area including tracks not required for strategic access;
7. The control of feral animal populations in the Conservation Area;
8. Weed control in the Conservation Area;
9. Fire prevention and response;
10.Enhancement of the fauna habitat in the area by providing harvested and artificial breeding infrastructure for significant fauna;
11. Using artificial polishing drainage basins outside of the Conservation Area, for the re-infiltration of stormwater into the Conservation Area; and
12.Completion criteria for handover to another management authority.

5-4 The proponent shall implement the Initial Conservation Area Management Plan required by Condition 5-3 until the Conservation Area is ceded to the Conservation Commission of Western Australia

5-5 When the completion criteria of Condition 5-3-12 are met, or within two years of a written request from the Department of Environment and Conservation, the proponent will arrange to cede the Conservation Area to the Conservation Commission of Western Australia.

5-6 Within one year of ceding land (pursuant to Condition 5-5) the proponent shall prepare a Conservation Area Management Plan to the satisfaction of the Chief Executive Officer of the Office of the Environmental Protection Authority on advice from the Department of Environment and Conservation. The objective of this Conservation Area Management Plan is to guide continued management of the conservation values of the area. The Conservation Area Management Plan will address:

1. Protecting and rehabilitating the threatened ecological community Sedgelands in Holocene dune swales of the Southern Swan Coastal Plain]
2. Maintenance of fencing of the area to control access to designated areas within the Conservation Area;
3. Ongoing vegetation monitoring of the threatened ecological community Sedgelands in Holocene dune swales of the Southern Swan Coastal Plain;
4. Ongoing monitoring of hydrology including groundwater levels and quality and implementation of contingencies in the event of unacceptable hydrological impacts;
5. Management of rehabilitated areas within the Conservation Area
6. The control of feral animal populations in the Conservation Area;
7. Weed control in the Conservation Area;
8. Fire prevention and response;
9. Enhancement of the fauna habitat in the area by providing harvested and artificial breeding infrastructure for Carnaby's Cockatoos; and
10.Using artificial polishing drainage basins outside of the Conservation Area for the re-infiltration of stormwater into the Conservation Area.

Offset
7-1 Within two years of the date of this statement the proponent shall prepare an Offsets Package to the requirements of the Chief Executive Officer of the Office of the Environmental Protection Authority on advice from the Department of Environment and Conservation that will ensure the rehabilitation of at least 9 hectares of threatened ecological community Sedgelands in Holocene dune swales of the Southern Swan Coastal Plain, outside of the Strategic Environmental Assessment boundary, that requires active management in land managed by the Department of Environment and Conservation and at other high priority sites in the Rockingham region.

7-2 The proponent shall implement the Offsets Package required by Condition 7-1 within three years of the date of this statement.