Yandin Wind Farm

RPS completed baseline ecological assessments to underpin the submission of a Development Application to the Shire of Dandaragan, Section 38 referral to the state Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) under the Environmental Protection Act 1986, and later to the (then) Commonwealth Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

With Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo habitat near to the wind farm site—a species with a conservation status of ‘endangered’ under state and federal environmental protection legislation, it was vital that ecological impacts were well understood and carefully managed.

Our environmental team completed a range of ecological surveys to inform assessments by authorities and subsequent environmental approvals, including:

• Targeted Level 1 Flora and Vegetation Survey
• Targeted Flora and Vegetation Environmental Impact Assessment
• Avifauna Assessment
• Terrestrial Fauna Assessment

With ecological research underpinning the wind farm’s development approach and a design geared towards impact avoidance and minimisation, state and Commonwealth environmental agencies were confident that the proposal would not result in significant impacts to the receiving environment and determined that formal assessment would not be warranted.