Warrawee Substation - Review of Environmental Factors

Assessment of the environmental impacts and risksClause 228 Factor(d) any reduction of the aesthetic, recreational, scientific orother environmental quality or value of a locality,The site is within the railway corridor and does not have anyrecreational, scientific or other environmental values or qualities.As such, the proposal would not adversely impact on any of thesevalues or qualities.(e) any effect on a locality, place or building having aesthetic,anthropological, archaeological, architectural, cultural,historical, scientific or social significance or other specialvalue for present or future generations,The proposal would not adversely impact on any place or buildinghaving aesthetic, anthropological, archaeological, architectural,cultural, historical, scientific or social significance or other specialvalue for present or future generations.(f) any impact on the habitat of protected fauna (within themeaning of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974),There are unlikely to be impacts on the habitat of protected fauna.(g) any endangering of any species of animal, plant or otherform of life, whether living on land, in water or in the air,The site is of negligible ecological significance and the proposal isunlikely to endanger any threatened species of plant, animal orother life form.(h) any long-term effects on the environment,Long term impacts would be restricted to visual impacts, and thoseassociated with operation of the proposal. As it would not result inany impacts such as noise or air emissions that would significantlyaffect the environment, these impacts are considered to be ofminor significance. Furthermore, operation of RailCorp’s existingsubstations are not generally considered to have an adverseimpact on the environment.(i) any degradation of the quality of the environment,The site is highly degraded as a result of the construction andmaintenance of the rail corridor. The site is dominated by weedspecies. Implementation of the recommended control measureswould ensure that potential impacts are managed appropriately.ImpactNilNilNilNilNegativeNilWarrawee Substation Project/Review of Environmental FactorsPage 50 of 64