Wambo Coal AEMR 2010-2011 - Peabody Energy

aemcWambo Coal Mine, Rail Loop and Coal LoaderIndependent Environmental Audit – Minister’s Condition of Approvalthrough the assessment of landscape function, vegetationdynamics and habitat complexity; and(b) a program to monitor the effectiveness of offset strategy inaccordance with the description in Table 17.Monitoring Monitoring DescriptionComponentFloraA number of permanent flora survey quadrats (ofvarying sizes to survey tree, shrubs and groundcover) should be established in woodlandenhancement areas to obtain quantitative dataon plant species diversity and abundance.Program – Section 6.0 Floraand Fauna Monitoring, Mar2006 Flora and FaunaManagement Plan – Section4.0 Flora and FaunaMonitoring Program, Jan2010(a)Yes(b)Yesin section 4 of the Flora and Fauna Management Plan revisionJanuary 2011:(a) Section 4.1 Monitoring of Revegetation of DisturbedAreas - 4.1.1 Visual Monitoring and 4.1.2 EcosystemFunction Analysis(b) Section 4.2 Monitoring program for RWEP:4.2.1 Flora4.2.3 Habitat Complexity4.2.2 Terrestrial Fauna4.2.4 Specific Enhancement InitiativesHabitat complexity should be monitored using anumber of permanent transects establishedwithin woodland enhancement areas. Habitatcomplexity parameters such as canopy cover,shrub cover, ground vegetation cover, theamount of litter, fallen logs and rocks should besurveyed.HabitatComplexityTerrestrial fauna surveys should be conducted tomonitor the usage of enhancement areas byvertebrate fauna. Monitoring may include faunaspecies diversity and abundance or,alternatively, the use of indicator species tomeasure the effectiveness of enhancementmeasures.Freshwater macro-invertebrate monitoring,including an assessment of SIGNAL A valuesand water quality (e.g. temperature, pH, andsalinity).Monitoring of specific enhancement initiatives(e.g. the provision of nesting/ roosting boxes,weed control or feral animal control).Table 17: Flora & Fauna Monitoring ProgramAnnual Review4/49 The Applicant shall:(a) review the performance of the Flora and Fauna ManagementPlan annually, in consultation with the Hunter Coalfield Flora &Fauna Advisory Committee; and(b) revise the document as necessary to take into account anyrecommendations from the annual review.YesNoted(a) The Flora and Fauna Management Plan was reviewed inAugust 2005, October 2008 and January 2010.The Hunter Coalfield Flora and Fauna Advisory Committee hasnot yet been established ) see comment on MCoA section 3.3 )trevor brown & associates 69applied environmental management consultants