Section 3.

1 Supplementary information

As tables are not accepted in the online submission form. supplementary information for question 3.1
is provided below.

Table 1 lists the Plant Community Types within the proposal area.

Table 1 PCT within the project area

Plant Community Type BC Act EPBC Act FM Act Extent in Extent in

(PCT) status status status disturbanc study area
e footprint (ha)
(ha)
PCT 1528 - Jackwood - Lilly EEC CEEC - 0.18 1.11
Pilly - Sassafras riparian
warm temperate rainforest
of the Central Coast.
PCT 1568 - Blackbutt - Not listed Not listed - 0.22 1.33
Turpentine - Sydney Blue
Gum mesic tall open forest
on ranges of the Central
Coast
PCT 1590- Spotted Gum - Not listed Not listed - 0.04 1.67
Broad-leaved Mahogany -
Red Ironbark shrubby open
forest
PCT 1598- Forest Red Gum EEC Not listed - 0.76 3.47
grassy open forest on
floodplains of the lower
Hunter
PCT 1619- Smooth-barked Not listed Not listed - 0.00 0.09
Apple - Red Bloodwood -
Brown Stringybark - Hairpin
Banksia heathy open forest
of coastal lowlands
PCT 1718- Swamp EEC Not listed - 0.41 4.83
Mahogany - Flax-leaved
Paperbark swamp forest on
coastal lowlands of the
Central Coast
PCT 1727 - Swamp Oak - EEC EEC - 0.60 9.86
Sea Rush - Baumea juncea
swamp forest on coastal
lowlands of the Central
Coast and Lower North
Coast
PCT 1747- Grey Mangrove Not listed Not listed Protected 0.24 8.50
low closed forest marine
vegetation
(Key Fish
Habitat)
PCT 1746- Saltmarsh EEC VEC Protected 0.02 0.62
Estuarine Complex marine
vegetation
(Key Fish
Habitat)
PCT 1737- Typha Rushland EEC Not listed - 0.85 45.34
PCT 1808- Common Reed EEC Not listed - 0.01 29.21
on the margins of estuaries
 Plant Community Type BC Act EPBC Act FM Act Extent in Extent in
(PCT) status status status disturbanc study area
e footprint (ha)
(ha)
and brackish lagoons along
the New South Wales
coastline
Planted vegetation n/a n/a n/a 0.12 1.79
Exotic grassland n/a n/a n/a 26.33 68.59
Juncus acutus reedland n/a n/a n/a 0.00 0.90
TOTAL AREA (hectares) 29.8 177.3

Table 2 lists threatened fauna recorded within the project area and their conservation status.

Table 2 Threatened fauna (BC Act and EPBC Act) recorded within the
project area

Scientific name Common name BC Act EPBC

Act
Birds
Apus pacificus Forked-tailed Swift Mi
Calidris acuminata Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Mi
Climacteris picumnus victoriae Brown Treecreeper V
Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus Black-necked Stork E
Epthianura albifrons White-fronted Chat V
Haliaeetus leucogaster White-bellied Sea-Eagle V
Hieraaetus morphnoides Little Eagle V
Hydroprogne caspia Caspian Tern Mi
Ninox connivens Barking Owl V
Tringa nebularia Common Greenshank Mi
Mammals - bats
Chalinolobus dwyeri Large-eared Pied Bat V V
Miniopterus australis Little Bentwing-bat V
Miniopterus schreibersii Eastern Bentwing-bat V
oceanensis
Mormopterus norfolkensis Eastern Freetail-bat V
Myotis macropus Southern Myotis V
Saccolaimus flaviventris Yellow-bellied Sheathtail-bat V

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