NSW Roads and Maritime Services

WOOLGOOLGA TO BALLINA | PACIFIC HIGHWAY UPGRADE

SUBMISSIONS / PREFERRED INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT

Chapter 6

November 2013

RMS 13.299

ISBN 978-1-922245-47-2

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Contents 6. References...................................................................................................................... 6-1

6.1 Chapter 1 ......................................................................................................................... 6-1 6.2 Chapter 2 ......................................................................................................................... 6-1 6.3 Chapter 3 ......................................................................................................................... 6-3 6.4 Chapter 4 ......................................................................................................................... 6-4 6.5 Chapter 5 ......................................................................................................................... 6-5

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6. References 6.1 Chapter 1 Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) 2012, Woolgoolga to Ballina Environmental Impact Statement, Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) Sydney, Australia

6.2 Chapter 2 Ahern, C., Stone, T., and Blunden, B. 1998, Acid Sulfate Soils Assessment Guidelines. Acid Sulfate Soil Management Advisory Committee, Wollongbar, Australia.

Bali, R 2000, Discussion Paper- Compensating for Edge Effects, Biosis Research for the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority, Sydney, Australia.

Bali, R 2005, Discussion Paper- Compensating for Edge Effects, Ecosense Consulting for the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority, Sydney, Australia.

Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE), 2009, National road network intercity traffic projections to 2030, Work ing Paper 75, Department of Infrastructure and Transport, Australian Government, Canberra, Australia.

Bond, A and Jones, D 2008, Temporal trends in the use of fauna-friendly underpasses and overpasses, Wildlife Research, Vol. 35, pp 103-112.

Chase, M. and Gustafson, K. 2004, Economic impacts of highway bypass development on communities, Department of Transportation and Public Works Province, Nova Scotia.

Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) 2003, Key Habitats and Wildlife Corridors in North East New South Wales, NSW Department of Environment and Conservation, Accessed online at http://maps.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/keyhabs/default.htm

Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) 2004, Threatened Biodiversity Survey and Assessment: Guidelines for developments and activities (working draft), NSW Department of Environment and Conservation, Hurstville, Australia.

Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) 2005, Draft Guidelines for Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment and Community Consultation, NSW Government, Sydney, Australia.

Department of Environment and Conservation and Department of Primary Industries (DEC & DPI) 2005, Draft Guidelines for Threatened Species Assessment, NSW Department of Environment and Conservation, Hurstville, Australia.

Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC) 2007, Landscape selection process: key altitudinal, latitudinal and coastal corridors for response to climate change, Report prepared by the NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change for the Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority, Sydney, Australia.

Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC) 2009, Interim Construction Noise Guidelines, NSW Government, Sydney, Australia.

Department of Health and Ageing 2004, Technical Report No 2: Dioxins emissions from motor Vehicles in Australia, Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, Australia.

Department of Planning (DoP) 2009, Mid North Coast Regional Strategy, NSW Government, Sydney, Australia.

Department of Water and Energy (DWE) 2008, Guidelines for controlled activities: Watercourse crossings, NSW Government, Sydney, Australia.

Fairfull, S, and Witheridge, G, 2003, Why do Fish Need to Cross the Road? Fish Passage Requirements for Waterway Crossings, NSW Fisheries, Cronulla, Australia.

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Goldingay, R, Taylor, B, and Ball, T 2011, Wooden poles can provide habitat connectivity for a gliding mammal, Australian Mammalogy, Vol. 33, 36-43.

Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) 2011, Guide to investigating, assessing and reporting on Aboriginal Cultural Heritage in New South Wales, NSW Government, Sydney, Australia.

Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) 2011, New South Wales Road Noise Policy, NSW Government, Sydney, Australia.

Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) 2011, Principles for the use of biodiversity offsets in NSW, Hurstville, Australia, Accessed online at http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/biocertification/offsets.htm

Parolin, B. 2011, Economic evaluation of town bypasses: review of literature, Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) Sydney, Australia.

Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW (RTA) 2005, Wells Crossing to Iluka Road Route Options Development Report, Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW (RTA) Sydney, Australia.

Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW (RTA) 2005, Woodburn to Ballina Upgrade Preferred Route Report, Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW (RTA) Sydney, Australia

Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW (RTA) 2006, Wells Crossing to Iluka Road Preferred Route Report, Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW (RTA) Sydney, Australia.

Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW (RTA) 2008, Landscape guideline, Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW, Sydney, Australia.

Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) 2008, Tools for Roadside Air Quality (TRAQ): Manual, Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW, Sydney, Australia.

Roads and Traffic Authority 2011, RMS Biodiversity Guidelines, Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Roads and Traffic Authority 2011, Procedure for Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Consultation and Investigation (PACHCI), Roads and Maritime Services of NSW, Sydney, Australia.

Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) 2006, Wells Crossing to Iluka Road Work ing Paper – Biodiversity, Sinclair Knight Merz, St Leonards, Australia.

Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) 2012, Work ing Paper –Aboriginal Heritage, Sinclair Knight Merz, St Leonards, Sydney.

Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) 2012, Work ing Paper – Biodiversity, Sinclair Knight Merz, St Leonards, Australia.

Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) 2012, Work ing Paper – Land use and property, Sinclair Knight Merz, St Leonards, Australia.

Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) 2012, Work ing Paper – Hydrology and flooding, Sinclair Knight Merz, St Leonards, Australia.

Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) 2012, Work ing Paper – Social and economic, Sinclair Knight Merz, St Leonards, Australia.

Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) 2012, Work ing paper – Traffic and transport, Sinclair Knight Merz, St Leonards, Australia.

Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) 2013, Supplementary biodiversity assessment, Sinclair Knight Merz, St Leonards, Australia.

SEMC 2007, Review of mitigation measures used to deal with the issue of habitat fragmentation, Department of Environment and Water Resources, Symonston, Australia.

Stone, T., Ahern, C., and Blunden, B. 1998, Acid Sulfate Soil Manual 1998. Acid Sulfate Soil Management Advisory Committee, Wollongbar, Australia

WMAwater 2012, Woolgoolga to Ballina Pacific Highway Upgrade – Independent review of flood modelling – Final Report, WMA Water, Sydney, Australia.

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6.3 Chapter 3 Aquatic Science and Management 2013, Woolgoolga to Glenugie Pacific Highway Upgrade Aquatic Monitoring – Stage 2. Report prepared for the NSW Roads and Maritime Services

Australian and New Zealand Environment Conservation Council (ANZECC) and Agriculture and Resource Management Council of Australia and New Zealand (ARMCANZ), 2000a Australian Guidelines for Water Quality Monitoring and Reporting, ANZECC and ARMCANZ, Australia.

Australian and New Zealand Environment Conservation Council (ANZECC) and Agriculture and Resource Management Council of Australia and New Zealand (ARMCANZ) 2000b, Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Water Quality: Volume 1 – The Guidelines, ANZECC and ARMCANZ, Australia.

Australian ICOMOS 1999, The Burra Charter: The Australia ICOMOS charter for places of cultural significance, Accessed online at www.australia.icomos.org/publications/charters/.

Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) 2008, Richmond Valley Koala Atlas, Richmond Valley Council, NSW, Australia.

Biodiversity Assessment and Management 2012a, Ballina to Woodburn Pacific Highway Upgrade: Targeted Threatened Flora Study.

Clarence Valley Council, 2010, Comprehensive Koala plan of management, Clarence Valley Council, NSW, Australia.

Coffs Harbour City Council, 1999, Koala plan of management, Coffs Harbour City Council, NSW, Australia.

Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) 2003, Key Habitats and Wildlife Corridors in North East New South Wales. NSW Department of Environment and Conservation. Accessed online at http://maps.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/keyhabs/default.htm

Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) 2004, Threatened Biodiversity Survey and Assessment: Guidelines for developments and activities (working draft), NSW Department of Environment and Conservation, Hurstville, Australia.

Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC) 2008a, Recovery Plan for the Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW. Sydney.

Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC) 2008b, Waste Classification Guidelines Part 1: Classifying Waste, NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change, Sydney, Australia.

Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC) 2009, Interim Construction Noise Guideline, NSW Government, Sydney, Australia.

Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA) 2009, Matters of National Environmental Significance: significant impact guidelines 1.1 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, ACT, Barton.

Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (DSEWPaC) 2009, EBPC Act Protected Matters Search Tool, NSW Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Canberra, Australia, Accessed online at http://www.environment.gov.au/epbc/pmst/index.html

Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (DSEWPaC) 2012a, Interim koala referral advice for proponents, Australia

Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (DSEWPAC 2012b). Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, 1999: Environmental Offsets Policy.

Lewis Ecological Surveys 2013a, Pacific Highway Upgrade Woolgoolga to Halfway Creek: Targeted Frog Survey.

Lewis Ecological Surveys 2013b, Pacific Highway Upgrade Halfway Creek to Glenugie: Targeted Frog Survey.

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Lewis, B.D. and Rohweder, D.A. 2005, Distribution, habitat, and conservation status of the giant barred frog (Mixophyes iteratus) in the Bungawalbin Catchment. Pacific Conservation Biology 11(3): 189-197.

National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council (NRMMC) 2011, Australian Drink ing Water Guidelines, National Health and Medical Research Council, Canberra, Australia.

National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council (NRMMC) 2004, National Water Quality Management Strategy, National Health and Medical Research Council, Canberra, Australia.

Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) 2012a, BioMetric: Terrestrial Biodiversity Tool for the NSW Property Vegetation Planning System. Accessed online at http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/projects/biometrictool.htm

Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) 2012b, NSW Bionet: Atlas of NSW Wildlife, Hurstville, Australia, Accessed online at http://www.bionet.nsw.gov.au/

Phillips, S., and Callaghan, J., 2011, The Spot Assessment Technique: a tool for determining localised levels of habitat use by koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus), Australian Zoologist, Vol. 35, 774-780.

Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW (RTA) 2003, Guideline for Construction Water Quality Monitoring, Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW (RTA), Sydney, Australia.

Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW (RTA) 2006, Wells Crossing to Iluka Road Preferred Route Report, Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW (RTA) Sydney, Australia.

Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) 2012, Woolgoolga to Ballina Environmental Impact Statement, Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) Sydney, Australia.

Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) 2012a, Work ing Paper – Biodiversity Assessment, Sinclair Knight Merz, St Leonards, Sydney.

Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) 2012b, Work ing Paper – Groundwater, Sinclair Knight Merz, St Leonards, Australia.

Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) 2012c, Work ing Paper – Historical (non-Aboriginal) Heritage, Sinclair Knight Merz, St Leonards, Sydney.

Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) 2012d, Work ing Paper – Hydrology and flooding, Sinclair Knight Merz, St Leonards, Australia.

Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) 2012e, Work ing Paper – Water Quality, Sinclair Knight Merz, St Leonards, Australia.

Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) 2013, Work ing Paper – Groundwater: Addendum 1, Sinclair Knight Merz, St Leonards, Australia.

6.4 Chapter 4 Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC) 2008, Recovery Plan for the Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW. Sydney.

Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC) 2009, Interim Construction Noise Guideline, NSW Government, Sydney, Australia.

Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (DSEWPaC) 2012, Interim koala referral advice for proponents, Australia

Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) 1999, Roads and Maritime Services Land Acquisition Policy, Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW, Sydney, Australia.

Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW (RTA) 2010, Strategy for Major Heavy Vehicle Rest Areas on Key Freight Routes in Rural NSW, Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW (RTA), Sydney, Australia.

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Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) 2012, Woolgoolga to Ballina Environmental Impact Statement, Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) Sydney, Australia.

6.5 Chapter 5 Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC) 2008a, Managing Urban Stormwater: Soils and Construction, Volume 2D Main Road Construction, NSW Government, Sydney, Australia.

Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC) 2008b, Waste Classification Guidelines Part 4: Acid Sulfate Soils, NSW Government, Sydney, Australia.

Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECC) 2009, Waste Classification Guidelines Part 1: Classifying waste, NSW Government, Sydney, Australia.

Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) 2008, Excavated Natural Material Exemption 2008, NSW Environmental Protection Authority, Sydney, Australia

Environment Protection Authority (EPA) 2008, Raw Mulch Exemption 2008, NSW Environmental Protection Authority, Sydney, Australia.

Environment Protection Authority (EPA) 2008, Stormwater Exemption 2008, NSW Environmental Protection Authority, Sydney, Australia.

Environment Protection Authority (EPA) 2010, Recovered Aggregate Exemption 2010, NSW Environmental Protection Authority, Sydney, Australia.

Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) 2012, Excavated Public Road Material Exemption 2012, NSW Environmental Protection Authority, Sydney, Australia.

Environment Protection Authority (EPA) 2012, Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Exemption 2012, NSW Environmental Protection Authority, Sydney, Australia.

Fairfull, S, and Witheridge, G, 2003, Why do Fish Need to Cross the Road? Fish Passage Requirements for Waterway Crossings, NSW Fisheries, Cronulla, Australia.

Landcom 2004, Managing Urban Stormwater: Soils and Construction Volume 1, Landcom, Parramatta, Australia.

NSW Government 1998, Environmental Management Systems – Guidelines, NSW Department of Public Works and Services, Sydney, Australia.

NSW Heritage Office 1998, How to prepare archival records of heritage items, NSW Government, Sydney, Australia.

Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) 2011, Procedure for Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Consultation and Investigation (PACHCI), Roads and Maritime Services of NSW, Sydney, Australia.

Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) 2011a, Stockpile Management Guidelines, Roads and Maritime Services (RMS), Sydney, Australia.

Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) 2011b, Technical Guideline: Environmental Management of Construction Site Dewatering, Roads and Maritime Services (RMS), Sydney, Australia.

Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) 2011c, Technical Guideline: Temporary Stormwater Drainage for Road Construction, Roads and Maritime Services (RMS), Sydney, Australia.

Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) 2012, Bridge Aesthetic Guidelines, Centre for Urban Design, Sydney, Australia.

Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) 2012, Environmental Direction – Management of Tannins from Vegetation Mulch, Roads and Maritime Services, Sydney, Australia.

Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) 2012, Quality Assurance Specification G36 Environment Protection (Management System), Roads and Maritime Services, Sydney, Australia.

Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) 2012, Standard Management Procedures: Unexpected Archaeological Finds, Roads and Maritime Services, Sydney, Australia.

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Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) 2012, Roads and Maritime Services Climate Change Plan, Roads and Maritime Services, Sydney, Australia, Accessed online at http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/environment/greenhouse/index.html

Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) 2013, Woolgoolga to Ballina Submissions and Preferred Infrastructure Report, Roads and Maritime Services, Sydney, Australia.

Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW (RTA) 2003, Guideline for Construction Water Quality Monitoring, Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW (RTA), Sydney, Australia

Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW (RTA) 2005 Pacific Highway Urban Design Framework , Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW, Sydney, Australia.

Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) 2005a, RMS Contaminated Land Management Guideline, Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW, Sydney, Australia.

Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW (RTA) 2008, Landscape guideline, Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW, Sydney, Australia.

Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW (RTA) 2009a Beyond the Pavement: RTA urban regional design policy, procedures and design principles, Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW, Sydney, Australia

Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) 2011a, RMS Biodiversity Guidelines, Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Standards Australia 2001, AS 2601-2001 The Demolition of Structures, Standards Australia, Sydney, Australia.

Workcover 2005, Storage and Handling of Dangerous Goods Code of Practice, Workcover NSW, Sydney, Australia.

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