KNMIS EPG Audits

• Document No.

• Audit Title

• Client / Site

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

• Location
  Address

• Personnel

• Auditors

Auditor

• Add signature

  Sign

General

• No refueling within 50 m of a watercourse

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• No spillage of fuels, oils or other haz. Substances into water evident?

  yes

  no

  N/A

• Areas identified as environmentally significant or designated operation prescription zones are clearly marked?

  yes

  no

  N/A

• Provide detail why area is not delineated

• Has machinery entered boggy areas suitable for green and gold frogs or giant freshwater crayfish?

  yes

  no

  N/A

• Add details of infringement

• Add media

  Media

• Add details and description of photograph

• Disturbance within 5 m of any identified MNES avoided

  yes

  no

  N/A

• Provide explanation of breach

• Add media

  Media

Protection of Flora

• Clearing felled into construction corridor?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Epacris taped off?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• No machinery, cars or materials under drip lines of trees?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Topsoil not stored against trees or under drip lines?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Protection of fauna

• Toolbox meeting held to outline potential habitat requirements for GGF, quoll, Tasmanian devil, wedge tailed eagle, masked owl, burrowing crayfish and giant freshwater crayfish.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Select date

  Date
Employees attending

• Add signature

  Sign

• Animal proof fences installed when operations not in progress?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Add media

  Media

• Cleared weeds, when removed are piled to provide temporary shelter for bandicoots?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Add media

  Media

• Wedge tailed eagle nest survey required?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Date survey completed

  Date

• Explanation

• Masked owl habitat present?

  Yes

  No

  N/A
• Add location
  Address

• Add media

  Media

• Protective no-go marked?

• Creek crossings not impeding flow by placement of barriers, changing water velocity or removal of habitat

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Select date

  Date
• Add location
  Address

• Add media

  Media

• Crayfish removal completed

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Date survey completed

  Date

• Completed by:

  Todd Walsh

  Other

Sediment management

• Sealed bins used for waste?

• Silt traps effective?

  Yes

  No

  N/A
• Add location
  Address

• Add media

  Media

• Revegetation healthy and site regenerating?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Site number

• Date of audit

  Date
• Add location
  Address

Auditor summary

Target: minimal environmental impact to existing waterways, drainages and water bodies.

• Pipeline construction parallel to drains and waterways.

  Yes

  No

  N/A
• Add location
  Address

• Select date

  Date

• Add media

  Media

• Pipeline crosses waterway at perpendicular?

  Yes

  No

  N/A
• Add location
  Address

• Select date

  Date

• Add media

  Media

• Has soil been stockpiled or machinery entered within 2 m from the edge of drains or waterways?

  yes

  no

  N/A

• Provide information.

• Add media

  Media

• Have trees or trees or shrubs been cleared from adjacent waterways during construction?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details of clearing, authority provided and remediation works to be undertaken.

• Collect photographs of clearing

  Media

• Is an incident report required?

  yes

  no

  N/A

• Incident report to be completed by:

• Date to be completed by:

  Date

• Construction is undertaken during dry conditions?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details of impacts if any and attach photo.

• Add media

  Media

• Is sediment netting being used?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Add media

  Media

Crossing monitoring

• Machinery are only crossing at designated points?

  Yes

  No

  N/A
• Add location
  Address

• Add media

  Media

• Waterway and drainage crossings and pipeline construction in close proximity to waterways, drainages or dams are to be inspected weekly and immediately following any significant storm events.

• Select date

  Date
• Add location
  Address

• Add media

  Media

• Observation notes

• Add drawing

  Drawing

Erosion and sediment control methods audit weekly observations

Objective: minimize potential for erosion within the pipeline corridors and avoidance of sedimentation of adjoining properties, dams and drains.

• Site erosion and sediment audit

Site

• Sediment control method

  Select sediment fence roll over mound riparian vegetation rip rap cur vegetation cut off drain straw bales sediment pond

  • sediment fence
  • roll over mound
  • riparian vegetation
  • rip rap
  • cur vegetation
  • cut off drain
  • straw bales
  • sediment pond
• Location
  Address

• Select date

  Date

• Site traffic is not causing erosion

• Soil is not been lost due to wind and water erosion

• River banks are stable

• Add media

  Media

• Comments

Emergency response required?

• Dam or waterway at immediate threat?

• Is an emergency response required?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Reinstate erosion and sediment contrls

• Additional control measures required?

• Detail responses to be undertaken

• Detail additional controls to be applied

• Action to be implemented by

  Date

• Actions assigned to

  Sign

• Supervisor notified?

• Provide details of notification and requests

• Select date

  Date

General observations and notes

• General observations of activities being undertaken.

• Add media

  Media

• Add drawing

  Drawing

Objective: to protect Aboriginal cultural heritage values both are tracts and a landscape values that may be encountered during construction of the pipeline.

• Contractor has undiscovered artifact plan available on site and staff are familiar with it.

• Known sites are protected with appropriate buffers and protective fencing?

• Buffer zones have not been impacted?

• Provide explanation of impact on buffer zones.

• Enter location of impact
  Address

• Photograph impact

  Media

• Sketch of impact

  Drawing

Unanticipated discovery

• New site identified

• Date of find

  Date
• Location of find
  Address

• Add media

  Media

• Enter description and actions proposed or taken

• Drawing of I site features and approximate location.

  Drawing

• Acknowledgement of site location.

A

• Signed

  Sign

Objective: minimize the transfer of weeds infectious plant diseases and fungal infestation within and between sites.

• Target : no spread of noxious weeds, infectious plant disease and fungal infestation within the site or from one site to another or to adjoining land.
  
  No importation of infectious plant diseases from another geographic region.

Known weeds

• Weeds noted to be on site

  Select crack willow ragwort blackberry canary broom Spanish Heath gorse slender thistle Elisha's tears tuts an swamp grass

  • crack willow
  • ragwort
  • blackberry
  • canary broom
  • Spanish Heath
  • gorse
  • slender thistle
  • Elisha's tears
  • tuts an
  • swamp grass

Control methods

• Vehicle wash down site
• Add location
  Address

• Add media

  Media

• Notes

• Restricted site?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have site restrictions been adhered to?

• Add media

  Media

• Provide explanation of breach

• Vehicles being washed down prior to exit from sites identified as containing introduced flora species? And in accordance with Tasmanian field hygiene manual to prevent the spread of freshwater pests and pathogens?

Monitoring

• Monitoring sites

Site:

• Select date

  Date
• Location
  Address

• Compliance with infectious plant disease controls?

• Evidence of weeds and foreign plant material in stockpiles

• Note weeds present in the stockpile

• Add media

  Media

• Provide explanation as to why hygiene protocols are not being applied.

• Spot inspection of machinery

Machine

• Machine

• Add location
  Address

• Select date

  Date

• Add media

  Media