State Significant Development
Bowdens Silver
Mid-Western Regional
Current Status: Assessment
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Development of an open cut silver mine and associated infrastructure.
The NSW Court of Appeal declared that the development consent is void and of no effect. The decision about the application must therefore be re-made following further assessment
EPBC
This project is a controlled action under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and will be assessed under the bilateral agreement between the NSW and Commonwealth Governments, or an accredited assessment process. For more information, refer to the Australian Government's website.
Attachments & Resources
Notice of Exhibition (2)
Request for SEARs (2)
SEARs (3)
EIS (26)
Response to Submissions (14)
Agency Advice (42)
Amendments (18)
Additional Information (36)
Recommendation (2)
Determination (3)
Submissions
Craig Roberts
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Craig Roberts
Xiao Super Pty Ltd
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Xiao Super Pty Ltd
Asoka Kuroppu
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Asoka Kuroppu
Name Withheld
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Thi Phuong Nga Tran
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Thi Phuong Nga Tran
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Name Withheld
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Christopher John Becker
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Christopher John Becker
G.R. Losder
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G.R. Losder
George Juhasz
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George Juhasz
Shane Maguire
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Shane Maguire
Mark Martucci
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Mark Martucci
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Name Withheld
Name Withheld
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Name Withheld
Belle Brown
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Belle Brown
Benton Harris
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Benton Harris
Jody Darcy
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Jody Darcy
Dexter McKechnie
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Dexter McKechnie
The Hair Spot
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The Hair Spot
LUE ACTION GROUP
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LUE ACTION GROUP
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Lue is located in a very unique area. With abundant wildlife, magnificent cliffs and unusual landforms, rocky outcrops, Elephant Mountain, springs and little waterways, wonderful views from surrounding hills, koalas, endangered grassy woodland and other beautiful old trees, thick bushland and wildflowers, very special Aboriginal carvings and paintings, little farms and very popular tourist accommodation and Lawsons Creek. The farmland is very productive with creek flats gently sloping up to the surrounding hills. There are many businesses hidden away in Lue that will suffer if there is any mining at Lue. Its a very beautiful place.
The mine will not have an external water source. Without an external water source there is no secure reliable water supply so the mine will be reliant on rainfall and runoff and groundwater. A mine cannot operate without a reliable and secure water source. This mine plans to take water that would otherwise flow into Lawsons Creek and into the Cudgegong River. They will take far more than their fair share of water and most likely will take more than they should. This will leave Lawsons Creek dry and prevent access to the water in bores. Lue does not have town water and all 95 landowners are reliant on either rainwater tanks or bores. Some landowners pump water from the creek . Bowdens will take most of this water.
There is no power supply at the mine site so even though there are plans to process on site this wont be possible without an external power source and presumably Bowdens will truck the ore to a processing plant elsewhere.
This is not a coal mine. This is a lead mine with just 1% of silver being mined. The main product that uses silver is solar panels but as the price of silver rises the makers of solar panels are moving to cheaper and more readily available copper.
There is no reliable water source - no power source - 2 kilometres is too close to Lue - operating 24/7 - open cut - dusty - located in a very sensitive area - too close to important Aboriginal Cultural Sites - too close to Koala habitat - too close to springs and waterways - over a faultline - in an Earthquake Hazard Zone - they must relocate the 60m high 500kV Bayswater to Mt Piper Transmission line - they must relocate Maloneys Road - the Lue Road will have to take a lot of additional trucks, wide loads and traffic - it will be very very noisy - operating 24/7 - too light - too ugly and it will pollute the beautiful and unique Lawsons Creek Valley forever.
It is irresponsible and greedy of this company to plan to mine at Lue.
Attachments
- ATTACHMENT 6 - Review Engeny Shields Combined
- ATTACHMENT 5 - FDP Review Combined
- ATTACHMENT 4 - Aquifer Connectivity AWE Combined
- ATTACHMENT 3 - FDP queries combined
- ATTACHMENT 2 - Baguley Review Mar 22 Combined
- ATTACHMENT 1 - MSW comments March 2022 combined
- Lag Submission 3 - Apr 22 bdw
- ATTACHMENT 2 - Baguley Review Mar 22 UPDATED MAY
- LAG - Comments - Power Line Response v4 Combined