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Land Holders and Wind IndustryForum Ecological Assessments

Dr Paul Frazier

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ELA

Environmental consulting firm Surveys

Approvals Mapping

Environmental assessments for 5 wind

industry as well as other largeinfrastructure projects

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Process Initial Layout/Design

Potential Site Identified

Desktop Study

Mapping

DatabasesReports/Studies

Site ReconnaissancePreliminary

LayoutKey ConstraintsRevise Layout

Approvals Pathway/s

Offsets

Key show stoppersidentified and avoided at

all stages

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Process Firm Layout

Detailed Field Survey

Key Species

Key Seasons

LayoutConsult Govt Agencies

(State/Federal) PreliminaryLayout

Layout Refinement Final Layout

Impact Assessment Offsets

Public Display Process

Key show stoppersidentified and avoided at

all stages

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Other issues

Simplified process shown hereIn proponents interest to minimise

environmental impactManagement Plans (Construction,Operation, Environment) audited safe

guards to minimise environmentalissues (erosion, pollution etc)

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Example Layout

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Example Vegetation Mapping

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Surveys Southern Bent-

wing Bat

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Surveys Small Snake-orchid

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Surveys Powerful Owl

Bird watchersrecords

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Key points

Approvals process many safe guardsand checks

We work with proponents to minimiseimpact and keep viable layout