Category: Flora and Vegetation, Technical guidance
The purpose of this technical guidance is to ensure adequate flora and vegetation data of an appropriate standard are obtained and used in environmental impact assessment (EIA). The technical information provided within this guidance is applicable to flora and vegetation only and should be applied...
Category: Marine Environmental Quality, Technical guidance
The purpose of this technical guidance is to:
assist proponents to design fit-for-purpose modelling and monitoring programs to spatially define, assess and manage potential impacts of their proposal on marine environmental quality, and
ensure proposals that have the potential to...
Category: Benthic Communities and Habitats, Technical guidance
The EPA’s objective for the Factor Benthic Communities and Habitats is “to protect benthic communities and habitats so that biological diversity and ecological integrity are maintained”. The purpose of this Guidance is to explain how impacts on benthic communities and habitats (BCH) are considered...
Category: Technical guidance, Terrestrial Fauna
The content of this guidance has not yet been updated to reflect the EPA’s framework for environmental considerations in environmental impact assessment.
This Guidance provides information on the standards and methods of survey required to assist in collecting the appropriate data on SREs for...
Category: Subterranean Fauna, Technical guidance
The content of this Guidance has been updated to reflect the EPA’s framework for environmental considerations in environmental impact assessment.
This guidance replaces two former Technical Guidance documents: ‘Technical Guidance – Subterranean fauna surveys’ and ‘Technical Guidance –...
Category: Technical guidance
The content of this Guidance has been updated to reflect the EPA’s framework for environmental considerations in environmental impact assessment.
This guidance replaces two former Technical Guidance documents: ‘Technical Guidance – Sampling methods for terrestrial vertebrate fauna’ and ‘...
Category: Other advice
The EPA will, as required under the Environmental Protection Act 1986, continue to consider proposed developments for this area on an individual basis, however, the EPA recognises the significance of the natural values of the Whicher Scarp across a range of biodiversity...