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WILPINJONG ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
RESPONSES TO SUBMISSIONS
No. Issue Response
1 Concerns were raised in regard to Landcare projects,
including:
• Disturbance of existing Landcare
revegetation/regeneration areas.
• Adequacy of the Enhancement and Conservation
Area (ECAs) and regeneration areas in
compensating for the disturbance of Landcare
revegetation/regeneration areas.
• Removal of Landcare groundwater monitoring
bores.
• Adequacy/accuracy of descriptions of Landcare
projects in the area.
• Recognition that Federal and State Government
funding has been utilised in the Landcare projects.
• Recognition of time and effort invested by
community members in the establishment of
Landcare projects.
The development of the Project would result in the disturbance of some areas of land that have previously
been the subject of works undertaken by the Wilpinjong Landcare Group (Landcare). These works have
included input from community volunteers. As stated in Section 1.5.1, Volume 1 of the Wilpinjong Coal
Project Environmental Impact Statement (EIS):
“WCPL is a member of the Wilpinjong Landcare Group. WCPL would co-operate with Landcare in
regard to land management initiatives within the Project area.”
Co-operation with Landcare would comprise consulting with Landcare representatives in regard to the
implementation of land management initiatives associated with the Project. This may extend to the funding
of Landcare to participate in Project-related activities such as seed collection, tubestock germination and
tree planting.
As stated in Section 5, Volume 1 of the EIS, the Project includes significant land management initiatives,
including:
• “the establishment of some 350 ha of woodland vegetation in areas proximal to the Project
disturbance area in regeneration areas (Section 5.3);
• the enhancement and conservation of some 295 ha of existing remnant vegetation within the
[Enhancement and Conservation Areas] ECAs, including greater than 80 ha of the WBYBBRG
[White Box, Yellow Box, Blakely’s Red Gum Woodland] EEC [Endangered Ecological
Community] (Section 5.4);
• the establishment of some 185 ha of woodland vegetation in the ECAs, including some 50 ha of
the WBYBBRG EEC (Section 5.4); and
• improved connectivity of woodland vegetation between existing remnants (e.g. Goulburn River
National Park and Munghorn Gap Nature Reserve) (Sections 5.2 to 5.4).”
As stated in Section 5.1.2.7, Volume 1 of the EIS, land management works within the ECAs would include
activities such as:
• “appropriate fencing to prevent the uncontrolled entry of livestock and to encourage natural
regeneration … ;
• control measures to minimise the occurrence of weeds;
• control measures to minimise the occurrence of animal pests;
• limiting vehicular traffic; and
• selective planting of native vegetation (e.g. along Wilpinjong and Cumbo Creeks).”
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