Hume Coal Mine

I strongly object to the mining in Sutton Forest NSW. Please see attached my submission.

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Please see attached submission

As the submission from the Berrima Residents Association (BRA) is quite long (31 pages), it has been uploaded here as a PDF file (attachment 1)

The attachments referred to in the BRA Submission are also uploaded here as attachments (2-5).

The submission from the Berrima Residents Association is lodged here as Attachment 1. Three attachments referred to in the Submission will be included here as Attachments 2, 3 and 4.

Other attachments referred to in the Submission will be lodged separately due to their file size.

One document accompanying this Submission will be lodged by Dropbox to the following email address: [email protected]; this document is entitled 01_FINAL Berrima Sutton Forest and Exeter Cultural Landscape Study June 2017.pdf

I am lodging this Submission from the Berrima Residents Association again as I did not receive a confirmation email and so I am concern that something may have gone astray. I apologise for any inconvenience caused.

The Submission is Attachment 1. Attachments referred tot in the Submission will be lodged separately due to their file size.

The files attached here are part of the Submission by the Berrima Residents Association. The documents are attachments to the Main Submission and are being lodged separately because of their file size.

One other document accompanying this submission will be lodged separately by Dropbox to the following email address [email protected]; this document is entitled 01_FINAL Berrima Sutton Forest and Exeter Cultural Landscape Study June 2017.pdf. This is due to the size of the document prepared by a Consultant to the Association. I apologise for the inconvenience caused.

Files attached here are part of the Submission by the Berrima Residents Association. The documents are attachments to the Main Submission and are being lodged separately because of their file size.

One other document accompanying this submission will be lodged separately by Dropbox to the following email address [email protected]; this document is entitled 01_FINAL Berrima Sutton Forest and Exeter Cultural Landscape Study June 2017.pdf. This is due to the size of the document prepared by a Consultant to the Association. I apologise for the inconvenience caused.
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As per as attached PDF file.

Please find attached submission against the Proposal, as prepared by Hawes & Swan Planning under instructions from Colin Biggers & Paisley on behalf of their clients, Richard and Lynne Crookes who are the owners of land at 180-182 Belanglo Road, Sutton Forest

As Convenor of the Southern Highlands Greens Sub-committee on coal, I am submitting this submission on behalf of the Southern Highlands Greens.

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Please find attached my submission in PDF format.

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This submission is written largely from a climate change perspective. Our primary concern is that the mining of additional thermal coal through the Hume Coal proposal, and its subsequent burning, would be inconsistent with the NSW Climate Change Policy Framework. While we know that the Federal Government currently has no effective policies to achieve its own 26-28% emissions reduction target, let alone a policy which would be consistent with the aim of keeping global warming below 2°C, we assert that this policy vacuum should not excuse the Government of New South Wales from taking the Paris goals seriously. Taking them seriously implies that we cannot embark on new fossil fuel projects, including the thermal coal component of the proposed Hume Coal mine.
The economic assessment provided in the EIS is partly based on forecasts for coal prices in the year 2040 which we assert are highly risky. We draw attention to the rapid shift away from coal consumption in Asia in the past few years, and we cite the head of Blackrock's observation that "anyone who's looking to take beyond a 10-year view on coal is gambling very significantly". We also cite the pledge of the new President of South Korea (Moon Jae In) to permanently close old coal-fired plants and to reassess plans to construct nine new plants.
Finally, we comment on the statement in the EIS that "the only long term subsidence risk [and the consequent risk to groundwater] relates to the integrity and stability of the remnant coal pillar system that is left behind after mining is complete". In the light of the "Robertson earthquake" of 22 May 1961, and the lesser earthquake of 11 December 2003, we submit that the "pillars of coal" that are designed to counter subsidence would be at serious risk of collapsing if a similar earthquake should occur again. The consequence of such an event would be major because of the potential impact on Sydney's water supply.

The full submission is provided in an attachment.

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