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State Significant Development

Determination

Bowdens Silver

Mid-Western Regional

Current Status: Determination

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  1. SEARs
  2. Prepare EIS
  3. Exhibition
  4. Collate Submissions
  5. Response to Submissions
  6. Assessment
  7. Recommendation
  8. Determination

Development of an open cut silver mine and associated infrastructure. Link to Independent Planning Commission's page for the Project https://www.ipcn.nsw.gov.au/cases/2022/12/bowdens-silver

Attachments & Resources

Notice of Exhibition (2)

Request for SEARs (2)

SEARs (3)

EIS (25)

Response to Submissions (14)

Agency Advice (42)

Amendments (18)

Additional Information (32)

Recommendation (2)

Determination (3)

Approved Documents

There are no post approval documents available

Note: Only documents approved by the Department after November 2019 will be published above. Any documents approved before this time can be viewed on the Applicant's website.

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Enforcements

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Inspections

22/08/2023

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Submissions

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Name Withheld
Support
NEWPORT , Queensland
Message
This project will bring 300+ jobs to the area. This will greatly help the local community in these tough times but also bring new workers and their families to the area which will benefit the local economy.

I am in support of this project and see great benefit for family and friends in the area.
Ben Mahoney
Support
AROONA , Queensland
Message
I support this project and in my opinion this mine will create jobs in the area and further support the community as a result of funds moving through the small businesses directly and indirectly benefiting from the project
Henk Roest
Object
BURRUNDULLA , New South Wales
Message
Please consider the submission attached.
Attachments
Saskia Van Schie
Object
FRESHWATER , New South Wales
Message
Please see my concerns within the attached file.
Attachments
Name Withheld
Support
FITZROY NORTH , Victoria
Message
I think the project is very important for local industry and an important development for Australian exports at a time when the country needs it most.
Craig Maggs
Support
CRONULLA , New South Wales
Message
I support the project because of the very material positive economic outcomes for this regional community. With the world and in particular the Asian region suffering severe economic uncertainty because of the Covid 19 pandemic plus geo-political tensions between Aust and China, it is important to support domestic projects which can support the future of our population for years to come. This project has also addressed all the potential environmental and indigenous heritage issues in a very thorough and adequate way in the EIS.
Shaun Kim
Support
DIANELLA , Western Australia
Message
The project will deliver significant job opportunities for NSW and Australia during the tough economic situation. I fully support this development and urge the decision makers to favorably consider this application.
Sleiman Majdoub
Support
BANKSTOWN , New South Wales
Message
The project is great for NSW Job creation especially following recovery from COVID-19. It also brings in solid royalty revenue to the government which can be used to government spending on the state.
Hassan Majdoub
Support
ORCHARD HILLS , New South Wales
Message
Not only does this project create jobs through mining operations, it also benefits local businesses in the area who benefit from workers coming and staying in the Greater Mudgee area as a result of mining operations. I also support the mining operations to ensure that NSW stays a valuable partner in Australian resource and mineral exports.
Tically Superannuation
Support
Thornton , New South Wales
Message
I support the project
Ali Majdoub
Support
GREENACRE , New South Wales
Message
Royalty Revenue that the government collects will be a good source of revenue for the state especially during such uncertain times. Mining locally also adds to Australia's self-sustainability in a period where global times are being restricted.
Gareth Sutch
Support
PALM BEACH , Queensland
Message
Firstly in these current times the jobs created for local population would be great.
Bowdens Silver is a Australian company.
Silver is a valuable resource used in medical and renewable applications.
Susan Hellyer
Object
DUDLEY , New South Wales
Message
I appreciate the opportunity to comment on this mining proposal, & wish to support the Lue action group in requesting that it be rejected. We have friends who are landholders 2 kms from the proposed mine site, who despair that their efforts to produce in this valley will become worthless if the mine proceeds.
The village of Lue is 2 kms from the proposed mine site, & it’s Aboriginal meaning of “chain of waterholes” describes the presence of groundwater in this long-standing farming area.
Bowdens propose using 2050 megalitres of water each year, 780 to be taken from the Lawson creek valley, equivilant to more than 1 Olympic swimming pool per day. They admit they will reduce the water table by 25 metres on site, apparently scrapping ideas for water storage. Farmers are rightly concerned that with increasing droughts water will dry up.
There are already recent examples of this happening in the Werris creek area, & the Hunter valley, where the Hunter river water supply has diminished dramatically from the high water usage of coal mines & power stations upstream.
My major concern is that mining & agriculture cannot co- exist.
The Hunter valley also experiences fine dust pollution, now known to damage lungs. The Bowdens mine will produce 83,000 tons of lead, only 2 kms from Lue school. The risk of lead contamination of water sources in the surrounding area is not worth the risk, when there are known examples of environmental damage in the Boolaroo area of Lake Macquarie where the Pasminco Sulphide lead smelter contaminated land which is still being remediated & lead to unacceptable lead levels in children.
The Lue community cannot be confident that Bowdens will be responsible in managing the environment. There are no plans for rejuvenation of the site, the main pit & tailings dam will remain forever & pollution will be ongoing. There are too many examples of irreversible damage to the environment from mining companies such as Ok Tedi in New Guinea.
In the Mudgee area, residents are acutely aware of the impact of existing & proposed mining ventures on established communities like Wollar & Bylong, where mining companies bought up most of the properties, destroying the fabric of those communities & the productivity of the land.
In February 1919, the Independent Planning Commission rejected the Rocky Hill mine application on the basis of proposed Greenhouse emissions. It found “the environmental impacts , particularly on groundwater & productive agricultural land, would last long after the mine is decommissioned.” It has become urgent that we take action on climate change & the costs to future generations.
This is mining proposal is dangerous, with long term risks far outweighing any short term employment benefits. We ask you to seriously reject it.
Name Withheld
Support
NUBBA , New South Wales
Message
I support the project because major employers like this help keep country towns alive. We need more investment into regional areas and this project is the perfect example of something that will stimulate parts of regional NSW
Name Withheld
Support
NUBBA , New South Wales
Message
Country towns need jobs, and large projects like this are so critical for providing employment opportunities for our young people. The flow-on effects of increased employment are extremely important, not just economically, but also socially and for health reasons
Gallanggabang Aboriginal Corporation
Object
ORANGE , New South Wales
Message
Gallanggabang Aboriginal Corporation at a Meeting of it's Directors, Field Officers, members and other interested community have assessed the EIS for this project and formally Strongly Object. See attached for further details.
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Wellington Valley Wiradjuri Aboriginal Corporation
Object
ORANGE , New South Wales
Message
Wellington Valley Wiradjuri Aboriginal Corporation at a Meeting of it's Directors, Field Officers, members and other interested community have assessed the EIS for this project and formally Strongly Object. See attached for further details.
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Bradley Bliss
Object
ORANGE , New South Wales
Message
See attached for further details.
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Grahame Hellyer
Object
DUDLEY , New South Wales
Message
I attach a note indicating considerable reservations which I have about the development of this mine in a dominantly grazing area . The mine will have a finite life and my concern is that after it has been abandoned , it will render the are occupied by it and surrounding land useless for any further agriculture .
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Rosalind Manley
Object
SOLDIERS POINT , New South Wales
Message
As a retired school principal who has educated many students and teachers about the fragile Murray Darling Basin area that stretches across, and impacts, 5 Australian states and territories (Queensland, NSW, Victoria, ACT and SA), I would like to strongly suggest that this mine does not go ahead so that the people of the area - and the already endangered flora and fauna - are not compromised further.
We New South Welshmen (and Australians) have an obligation to ensure that our children and their children have a positive future in a land that is managed skilfully, bearing in mind that we have low rainfall and are the driest continent on Earth. I cannot support, and therefore strongly object to, the Bowden Silver Mine proposal. It must NOT go ahead.
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Project Details

Application Number
SSD-5765
EPBC ID Number
2018/8372
Assessment Type
State Significant Development
Development Type
Minerals Mining
Local Government Areas
Mid-Western Regional
Decision
Approved
Determination Date
Decider
IPC-N

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