MOD 1 - Turbine and infrastructure changes

this project is a blot on the landscape .ruining the beautiful coolah valley ,has any one taken the time to see what will happen to the community . the noise and traffic during construction will destroy local roads ,which have been stuffed allready by rains and floods access roads will not be able to handle the huge amount for trucks and machinery needed for such a project ,people will be force to put up constant traffic 24 hours a day for years .there is not a lot of rental in coolah available and this will push great numbers of vulnerable people who cannot afford to compete with the influx of construction workers
this project is a eyesore to beautiful views that is the coolah valley
the noise levels that is stated on environmental impact statement is a joke ,i have personally visited other wind farms and the constant noise is mind bending to all .
the loss of habitat to native animals and fauna will forever change the landscape ,access roads will ruin a vast rugged area over all the valley
the upsized wind turbines will need bigger bases and bigger equipment more concrete more steel more workers more traffic over vast areas of wilderness and the eyesore will never go away
how are these huge bigger wind turbines going to transported over local country roads that are not suitable for wide loads at anytime let alone constant other traffic associated will a project of this size
what about maintaonce the they are erected ? and the extra noise they make 24 hours a day
what about the bigger problem of desposale of worn out and damaged turbines and waste desposile of damaged blades bigger turbines bigger problems in the future

Not a viable source of energy. Ruins the environment in production, use and disposal of turbines. Cost to produce turbines will never be made back in the lifespan it’s in use.

It will ruin the look of our hills and reduce our tourism and impact our native animals this is usable land for farming and tourism. Why not put wind turbines in less populated areas

The entire project needs to be objected.

I believe there is many factory wrong with this project.
1. Endanged Bird life.
2. Visual impacts.
3. Noise impacts.
4. Tourism lose.
5. House value drops.
6. Health for animals an humans from low frequency noise.
I also believe we should be able to object the original project due to public opinion changing an also that many people didn't realise how close the would be to Coolah with a name like Liverpool range windfarm for many that is not anywhere near Coolah.

I object to the proposed wind farm.

The LRWF will destroy our local environment in the construction period with innumerable traffic movements of machinery, gravel, water and cement trucks - complete disruption of our local traffic conditions. The enormous turbines now projected will not be able to be transported on our one lane/one way local roads with causeways, cattle grids not built to sustain such loads or volume of traffic.
The lighting for aviation will compromise the Warrumbungle Shire Dark Sky for Siding Springs Observatory - the world class facility run by ANU of international importance.
Land values will plummet - we have already lost three of our good neighbours who have relocated because of the threat of windfarm disrupting the lifestyle. Our own "lifestyle" one hectare house block is unsaleable now for its true value and my husband of 52 years, aged 84, is desirous of relocating to retirement living and we cannot afford to give away the house - looking at how much relocating and living will cost somewhere else where there are better health facilities for the aged.
Yesterday I spoke to a "new" neighbour who was unaware of the proximity of the windfarm and batching plants when she bought in 2 years ago- can she sue the Real Estate agent for non disclosure? The unfenced road runs the length of the cattle property - 100 truck movements a day are "allowable".
The projected dual transmission towers will completely dissect other properties. With all the restrictions that are imposed near them, you are effectively losing 1hectare of prime agricultural land every 100m of transmission lines- 10,000 sq metres - every 100 metres!
No compensation can ever make up for that and the payment of compensation is totally untenable.
Since 2012 there have been planning "plans" for the protection of Strategic Agricultural land - LAW - unlikely. The NSW Agricultural Commissioner, Quinlivan, is supposed to releasing a paper shortly - he has been working on it for more than 3 years. By the time it comes out, the horse will have bolted for REZ.
In the years since 2009 when the LRWF was first proposed, at no time has there been any projection of water required to construct the cement bases. At one time, a proposal was made to truck it in from Burrendong Dam - totally unfeasible. One ton of cement requires 0.35t of water for the concrete - 40t X 220 turbines, up hill and down dale in this uncompromising locale where black soil erosion will be a given and rocks the size of beach balls will test the toughest tyres and machinery. The project should have allowed for a stone crusher in order to make all weather roads to service the project.
We have poor community health services - the Coolah MPS is an Aged persons facility. We have a revolving door of doctors when we are left without a doctor for periods of 3 to 4 weeks at good times. We have one person Police station who has to cover for Coonabarabran mostly - not often available in Coolah. No relief if on holidays.
Community Care bus, school buses and once a week service to Mudgee. Poor mobile phone service in the valleys, ditto TV, Satellite NBN.
But hey, we like it that way - quiet and non intrusive.
When the construction phase starts and projected to be for 36 months - we will have to navigate around the trucks on this road that only sees about 6 return movements a day, a few more if neighbour is shearing. How safe will it be for the school bus?

The Tilt Newsletter boldly states "All construction emissions would be offset within the first year of operation " .

I would really like to know why the manufacture and transportation from overseas is not accountable and also the cost of the decommissioning process - if this is ever to happen.
Anyway, I know that no one will take the slightest notice of my comments or submissions so I may as well stop wasting my time in making them.
Goodnight Irene!

I really do not want my view to be wind turbines, I have family that live near them else where and They can hear them, see them and there animals hated them to being with.

I visit Coolah frequently and believe this will ruin Coolah’s amazing landscape. They do not create enough energy to justify this.

The sight of the turbines will ruin our beautiful country town and our property value we have worked so hard to invest in.
I have to drive past the ones near Wellington a lot and they are horrible.
They provide absolutely no benefits directly to the community that has to see them and put up with them.
They cause noise pollution and are a threat to our wildlife.
I do not support this and no one I have spoken to in the Warrumbungle community does.

The project is going to ruin every Outlook In the town right up into the national park.
House prices will drop.
Birds will die.
The views ruined.
Hazard for bush fire.

*I OBJECT TO TILT’s OUTRAGEOUS PLAGUE OF PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY RISKS FROM UNMONITORED, 88 DAY ROTATING, 600 x DISEASE RIDDEN, LIGHT FINGERED, IMMIGRANT WORK CAMP BODIES WITH UNMANAGEABLE FAECAL WASTE & NO ADEQUATE WATER.

*I OBJECT TO TILT’S BIODIVERSITY HAZARDOUS PLANS TO IRRESPONSIBLY & CARELESSLY INTRODUCE ALL MANNER OF BIOSECURITY RISKS - POTENTIALLY FMD THE NEXT PANDEMIC, FIRE ANTS & GOODNESS KNOWS WHAT ELSE!

*IN TYPICAL FASHION, THERE ARE NO PARAMETERS - NO MONITORING - NO REGULATION WHATSOEVER BY THE EVER NEGLECTFUL DPE WHO DO NOTHING BUT TRUST THE DEVELOPERS!

*I OBJECT TO TILT’S PERSONAL DISCOMFORT-CAUSING, UNHEALTHY ELECTRICAL FORCE & ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION.

*I OBJECT TO THE POISONING OF OUR LIFE SUSTAINING FOOD RESOURCE LAND & VITAL WATER SOURCES WITH TOXIC BISPHENOL A (LETHAL TO YOUNG CHILDREN - AS TOXIC AS BLUE ASBESTOS) SHEDDING 185 x WIND TURBINE LIVERPOOL RANGE ELECTRICITY GENERATING WORKS MODIFICATION 1 - AMENDED APPLICATION (SSD-6696-Mod-1.)

*I OBJECT TO TILT’S DIABOLICAL, RUINOUS, TOXIC TURBINE PLANS TO CONTAMINATE 514 square kilometers - 2.6% of the 20,000 square kilometre CENTRAL WEST RECKLESS RENEWABULL REZ!

*WITH FESTERING RABBIT WARRENS OF 74 ACCESS ROADS PLANNED TO BE CHOCKERS FULL OF RANDOM BACKPACKERS, THERE ARE GLARING OMISSIONS OF SANITATION, WATER AQUIFER PROTECTION & TRAGIC, TOXIC FIRE RISK TRAPS.

*THERE IS NO WAY THAT 4,100 WORKERS IN TOTAL - HOUSED IN TEMPORARY CAMPS IS HEALTHY OR SAFE WITHIN LESS THAN 40 KM FROM BEAUTIFUL COOLAH.

*GIVEN THE DELUSIONAL CLAIMS OF TILT & THE DPE WITH THEIR FAKE GREEN RENEWABULL WIND/SOLAR ENERGY POVERTY GRIFT & PONZI SCHEME/SCAM - IT IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL THAT THEY LIVE OUT THEIR NET ZERO EMISSIONS -FOSSIL FUEL FREE IN ACTION - DURING THEIR NON-SENSICAL SWINDLE - CONFINED AS FAR AWAY FROM THE REAL WORLD & PRETTY COOLAH THE BETTER!

THERE IS NO CONSENT, NO SOCIAL LICENCE FOR TILT’S RENEWABULL JUNK!

With the proposed workers sites and at least an extra 4100 workers, this brings significant biosecurity risks to the area. How many of these workers will be on visas? International workers bring the risk of FMD to not only Australia, but our region. We as a nation and community cannot risk this. International workers will be slack on their bio security measures, and as such, expose our communities to risks. They simply will not understand the importance of such measures. Who will be held responsible and accountable for such bio security issues?

The CWREZ covers 20,000 square kilometres and this project is 514 square kilometres. 2.6% of our REZ will be a workers accommodation site, with 74 access roads. How is this acceptable? This will leave significant detrimental impacts in the local community.

The extra 4100+ workers will bring a significant strain on local emergency services. The regional towns are not equipped to handle such an amount. Locals currently wait several weeks to see their own GP; some people new to town cannot even get in to se a dr due to lack of capacity from the clinic. TILT should supply their own medical and hospital services to cater for their staff.

Will TILT provide their own fire fighting departments specifically for both project sites and accommodation sites? This cannot he expected if local communities.

How many of these workers will have a clearance to work and live around families with children and schools? Will any of these workers have prior assault and child SA offences? How will TILT guarantee safety for the rural/regional communities?

I reserve the right to add to this objection.

TILT is requesting that BDAR requirements need to be waived for the TWA. The location of the TWA is necessitating road and intersection upgrades, these 'upgrades' will undoubtedly require extensive land clearing. TILT already have approval to clear large tracts of land.E.g. Approval to clear approx 260hs of the critically endangered Swift Parrot habitat, and 250ha of the Regent Honeyeaters habitat. The DPE should not waive the need for a BDAR given the extensive land clearing required for roads. Too much land has already been sacrificed, threatening vulnerable, endangered, & critically endangered wildlife.

This temporary workers camp will present incredible problems for the town of Coolah and surrounds. You plan to ship in what amounts to a small town. Firstly, do you intend to build and run this camp using solely "renewable" energy? If not, why not?
This camp will be surrounded by non-consenting neighbours, whose quiet, rural lifestyle will be destroyed by having a large community of strangers dumped in their midst, with all the accompanying noise, traffic and 24/7 lighting. How will you compensate them for the destruction of their lifestyle and, even more importantly, what security will you provide for them and their families?
Coolah has a waste collection and recycling facility just big enough for its current ratepayers usage. To what licensed landfill will the TWA waste be sent? Where will your wastewater facility be located? You surely don't expect Coolah to add more than half as much again to what they collect from ratepayers. That would be too ridiculous an expectation even for you people.
Coolah has very limited temporary accommodation, not to mention health and emergency services. Where will you house the workers who are building your TWA? Will you take what little is available for anyone else? Will you expect Coolah to provide your health and emergency services?
Those are just a few of my objections. Mostly I object to a bunch of obscenely wealthy foreign companies being allowed to overrun and destroy our country.

Liverpool Range Wind Farm Modificaton 1 – Amended Application (SSD-6696-Mod-1) Cease. Cease and Desist Immediately. Cease and Desist Immediately. Cease and Desist Immediately.



Cease and Desist all Wind Projects in the Liverpool Ranges, Coolah area, Hunter area, and do it now, and Save the Environment, Save the Environment, yes, Save the Environment.



If the idea is to minimise Impacts to Critically Endangered Birds, The Most Rare In Australia, NB.



If the idea is the suggestion to minimise Impacts to Critically Endangered species in Australia by Increasing Native Vegetation Clearing limits, I Do Demand an Inquiry into this issue I feel will Impact Critically Endangered Species, being two of the Rarest Species in Australia, do you know ? Do you know that ? Then how are you getting away with it, my government - State, Federal, local, and mayors.



I have a need to know you all in my government accepting proposals that will Endanger Critically Endangered Species you need to know about, but don’t – Why ? What is going on please ? I Demand a Royal Commission into Renewables and Transmission Lines that must Cease.



Place Renewable Infrastructure On Rooftops and Cease and Desist Renewables and Transmission Lines on Country. Being Cleared why ? Why? Why ? Why ? Put Renewables On Rooftops and All will Benefit, they will, including Critically Endangered Wildlife, NB Critically Endangered. Critically Endangered.



I will be naming you all for my reasons.



It will be my list of names of government employees undertaking the transition to Renewables whilst Harming and Causing Loss to Native Veetation and Critically Endangered species, Noted as Critically Endangered. Ignored by our government, all departments, all departments, all departments. How Dare You all in government.



Protect Our Endangered Species, my government. Protect Endangered Species, my government.



Protect Critically Endangered Australian Native Species, my government. Do so From Now. Do So From Now. Place All Renewables On Rooftops From Now. Use Bladeless technology re Wind generation. Replace massive infrastructure of Wind turbines delivered Inappropriately to regions Far from major centres. Ban 3 Bladed Wind turbines Now. Replace with 100 % recycleable Bladeless Wind Turbines on All Rooftops in Australia. Lessen Impacts to Native Species. And Lessen impacts to farmers and Wildlife and Native Vegetation On Country.



Cease and Desist the Renewables Agenda Now.



Demand a Royal Commission into Renewables and overhead Transmission Lines Immediately. Transmission Lines must be Underground from this Moment, This Moment.



Transmission Lines are in the Field of Humanity and are a serious issue to Life Forms with Nervous Systems.



Transmission Lines position underground as a Benefit to All concerned.



Ban Renewables in Habitat areas where Critically Endangered Species are. This is a Need, isn’t it ? Isn’t it ? There is no way to Protect Critically Endangered Species if you intend to offer larger Wind Turbines with Blades that are longer and are then responsible for Increase in Habitat Loss. Roadsides are Vital Seed Bank areas for our Future Forests. Leave them as they are. They are Vital for Future reforestation. How Dare You offer Increase in Habitat Loss in an area where at least two Critically Endangered Birds exist. These species are Migratory. Due to Habitat Loss. How Dare You Endanger Critically Endangered Species. How Dare You.



Regent Honeyeater is on the verge of Extinction. The Dry Drought in 2019 into 2021 brought their status to Brink of Extinction. Cease and Desist All Wind Farms of 3 Bladed type in the NSW area. Replace with 100% recycleable stainless steel bladeless Wind turbines On all Rooftops in Australia from now. Transition Renewables to Rooftops and Cease and Desist Renewables On Country, where clearing of Native Vegetation occurs For No Reason in areas where Critically Endangered Birds exist.



Act Now IUCN, Birdlife, World Wildlife Fund, ACF, Federal Government, State Government. Ban 3 Bladed Wind Turbines in Australia Now. Now. Right Now.



Use 100 % recycelable stainless steel Bladeless Wind turbines on All Rooftops in Australia From Now, and Cease and Desist 3 Bladed Wind turbines Immediately, here and worldwide, here and worldwide, here and worldwide.



Liverpool Ranges are Sacred and I hold NSW Government, Australian Government responsible for Harm and Loss to Environment, Sacred, and Critically Endangered Species I say are Brink of Extinction. The issue is Renewables On Country Australia, a Dry Continent, under Threats Increasing, Not Decreasing, in a so-called Climate Emergency, ignored by members of Government, All departments, Australian, State, Local, and Mayors Include.



My dire need is a Royal Commission into Renewables Now, Right Now, Thank you, Thank you.



The issue is proposing Wind generation - using 3 Bladed Wind turbines - in the areas that Water west Catchments of Australia of a region Dry Continent, Dry Continent, Dependent on Rainfall, Rainfall, Rainfall, R a i n f a l l. What does Rain come from, do you know, my government ? You do not know do you, my government, but you can decide it’s Future, yet cannot ever know the Harm and Loss you cause to the Environment Dry Continent, Dry Continent, driest it has Ever been, Correct. You don’t know that do you, my government. Therefore you are Unable to Decide it’s Future, I say, I do, I do, I do, a researcher of Vital Upper Tributary Catchments on the Top of the Range of the Drainage Divide of the Great Divide of the Northern Tablelands of the Eastern Seaboard of NSW, under Threats, Cumulative, Cumulative, Increasing, Increasing, Increasing.



If the issue is a Better Future then please use Rooftops for Renewables. The infrastructure is Very available Australia wide. Implement Renewables On Rooftops from Now. Save Our Species in Australia from Renewables On Country by placing Renewables On Rooftops, On Rooftops, on Rooftops. Many Jobs and for Locals.



I have to have the government under investigation for Harm and Loss to Environment from Renewables I need On Rooftops, I need On Rooftops. Alter Wind Farms that Harm the Environment, Proven to do so, Proven, Proven.



Alter 3 Bladed Wind turbines into Bladeless Stainless Steel 100 % Recycleable Wind Turbines for Rooftops, All.



From Now, Cease and Desist 3 Bladed Wind Farms On Country Australia, On Country Australia, Sacred to Southern Hemisphere it is, Is, Is, Is. Proven.



Proven.



Proven.



But ignored by a government offering the Voice that now has No Voice, does it Labor Government, I need under Investigation for Unable Activity on Sacred Lands, Australia, Southern Hemisphere.

Please find attached submission.

I object to the project as a whole however this objection is specifically relating to the workers camp.
I’m concerned about the extra amount of traffic specifically between the intersections of Coolah Creek Road and Rotherwood Road which will increase the potential for traffic accidents. As locals, we are used to the risks of kangaroos, pigs, deer and livestock on our roads however are these workers? I feel those who aren’t familiar with our area will be at greater risk of accidents. A shuttle bus service provided by TILT is a necessity.. plus wouldn’t reducing the amount of vehicles used be environmentally friendly!!!?

I find it hilarious that the workers camp requires an upgrade to the electrical infrastructure to use grid electricity!! This is a prime opportunity for our renewable lovers to demonstrate how they can run their camp on solar power and batteries!

Regarding the ground water at the site which TILT state is ‘generally’ plentiful. What does this mean??
Is there or isn’t there enough ground water? What about during drought or exceptionally dry periods?

What waste collection and recycling facility will they use? Where is the licensed landfill facility that will be utilised by the camp?

One of the most important issues is- how are our already overrun understaffed hospitals/GP’s going to cope with the influx of 600 workers??
Our small town hospital simply will not cope… our ONE local GP is already booked out approx 3 weeks in advance without 100’s of extra workers in the area.
We can only hope that in this workers camp, TILT have their own GP & RN for the safety of their workers and so that our towns services are not impacted by the medical issues these workers may have/develop.

GWPF Report 36 - 'Green Killing Machines' - Andrew Montford
"Executive summary
Renewable energy has developed itself a reputation as being environmentally friendly. This report will show that this reputation is entirely undeserved. Far from improving the world around us, wind, solar, biomass and even hydropower can be highly damaging. A renewables revolution on the scale envisaged by global warming activists will see our landscapes desecrated, our fields industrialised or turned to monocultures, and our wildlife slaughtered.
Far from making the world a better place, renewable energy will destroy all we hold dear.
Is this really what environmentalism has come to mean?"

Submission:- My profession is project management in the construction industry. In the first year of my degree course, one of the subjects was the History of Building. It emphasised the importance of preserving the heritage of the built environment, but also recognised that the built environment and the natural environment should be complementary.

The natural environment at the proposed site of the Mod 1 - Turbine and infrastructure project has developed over hundreds of thousands of years. It is the home to some of Australia’s unique flora and fauna. We are the custodians of that environment, and in the same way we have a responsibility to preserve our built heritage, we must understand that we also have a responsibility for our environmental heritage. We must speak for the creatures that can’t speak for themselves.

“NSW has one of the world’s most diverse and beautiful natural environments, including its plants and animals. Yet despite our natural wealth, NSW has nearly 1000 species on the verge of extinction.”
- Former Department of NSW Environment and Heritage

Do we then condemn the unique creatures of the proposed wind project site to the same fate as one of Tasmania’s unique creatures, the thylacine, which was driven to extinction because of the failure of people to understand that it had more right to exist in the natural environment that those who came after it.
If this project is approved, the estimated bird kill, over the proposed twenty years of the project’s life using two separate studies would be:
- Report on bird and avifauna mortality commissioned by AGL Energy for its Macarthur Wind Farm found that 10.19 birds were killed by each turbine in a 12-month period. (Section 5.4 - 2015 Senate Select Committee on Turbines Report) – 37,729 birds.

- #Smallwood (2013) undertook a detailed assessment of correction factors based on data from 60 different reports and estimated an average mortality of 11 birds per MW per year, implying 22 birds per turbine for a 2 MW turbine. – 244,367 birds.

The carcasses of the dead birds attract feral animals, such as foxes and cats. The surrounding bushland then becomes a killing ground for these feral animals and the decimation of small mammals, snakes, lizards, frogs and nesting birds becomes inevitable.

My objections to the Liverpool Range Wind factory include:

1. A workers' camp of 600 people is too much of an imposition on the townspeople of the eastern part of the CWO-REZ. Together, with the already announced multiple workers' camps near the towns of Gulgong, Dunedoo, and Coolah, the potential total, according the MWRC, is 7500 workers. This is far greater than the populations of the towns mentioned. This is unsustainable.

2. The claim that the camp is expected to reduce environmental, social and cultural impacts is just ridiculous. The addition of "as far as practical" sounds loud alarm bells. How can a local population socially integrate a bigger population than their own without negative consequences? How can they cope with more rubbish, sewage, traffic than is currently the case, which will be created by 50% to many times more than their current population? How can hundreds to thousands of outsiders, probably from cultures quite different to our own, fit in?

3. The claim that the project will provide affordable energy is obviously false. It will only produce electricity annually about 30% of the time on average. That means it must recover all of its enormous upfront costs, ongoing operating costs, decommissioning/rehabilitation/ disposal costs and profit from the 30% of output it produces. This can only mean higher kwh costs to consumers.

4. A concern that the Proponent claims the camp is temporary for 4 years, but the door has left open to permanently leave/repurpose the facility. Just as likely as it is for the wind turbines, is it really intended to not remove all the camp infrastructure at life's end?
Regards
A very concerned citizen