State Significant Development
Eastern Creek Energy from Waste Facility
Blacktown
Current Status: Determination
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The Applicant has appealed the IPC's refusal of the proposal in the L&E Court. The Court has allowed the applicant to amend its application and ordered it be exhibited on the Major Projects planning portal. The exhibition concluded on 21 June 2022.
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Notice of Exhibition (1)
Request for SEARs (1)
SEARS (1)
EIS (62)
Engagements (1)
Response to Submissions (139)
Agency Advice (8)
Assessment (7)
Amendments (7)
Recommendation (2)
Determination (3)
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Submissions
Deidre Turner
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Ankush Chauhan
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Jim Sarkis
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1 - The application states (Page vi DECLARATION-URBIS EIS) "The Proposed facility may release substance to atmosphere, which have the potential to harm human health" confirming this incinerator is dangerous to health.
2 - The Incinerator is proposed to burn 1.3 million tonnes of garbage each year on completion. (Stage 1 & 2)
3 - The incinerator would emit dangerous emissions such as; Particulate matter (PM), arsenic, cadmium, chromium, nickel, mercury, dioxin, furans, Hydrogen Chloride, Hydrogen Fluoride, Carbon Monoxide, Sulphur Dioxide, Nitrogen Dioxide, POPs, PAHs, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for the next 30+ years.
4 - There will be two incinerator stacks per stage, on completion this incinerator will have four stacks pumping out emissions.
5 - A study completed in November 2017 has found that living near a waste to energy incinerator carries the same health risks as second hand cigarette smoke. Source: https://www.cbf.org/document-library/cbf-reports/thurston-wheelabrator-health-impacts-2017.pdf
6 - Family homes are only 800 meters from the incinerator site.
7 - Three schools are within 1.8km of the site.
8 - Sydney's basin shape means it traps pollution. Adding an incinerator to Western Sydney, where the air quality is already poor, is a human right issue. Families already affected with respiratory issues such as asthma, will be severely impacted by an incinerator, putting an additional impact on the health system.
9 - Prospect Reservoir is 5km from the incinerator site, which forms part of the drinking water for 6 million people in Greater Sydney. Putting our drinking water under threat of contamination.
10 - The Incinerator will use the bioretention basin to filter waste water, silt and sediment from the incinerator, the EIS states "An outlet from the basin will discharge into the existing Ropes Creek tributary to the south of the site". This practice would put the Hawkesbury-Nepean river system, an important natural asset and one of the largest coastal river catchments along the NSW coastline at risk. Its waters support agricultural and horticultural industries that generate more than $1 billion annually, including $259 million of irrigated agriculture which supplies much of Sydney's fresh food.
11 - The incinerator would produce 450,000 tonnes of toxic ash every year that still needs to be landfilled.
Furthermore, the history of the proprietor proves that he cannot be trusted to adhere to health emission levels or guidelines as he has proven to be highly untrustworthy while stockpiling massive amounts of asbestos, placing a pollution pipeline into Alexandria Waters and more. This facility will not only be taking in waste from Sydney but, it will go further to pollute the whole of the state (air, soil and water) by bringing in waste from other cities and states. Even considering opening the door to such a facility is abuse of power, utterly inconsiderate of human and animal health and life and putting monetary value above human life. This is an outrageously dangerous concept to even consider, especially in the middle of a highly populated city and so close to everything highly populated area. The suburbs nearby are already suffering from the sewage stench that is emanating throughout their homes every night. If anyone were to think of considering approval of this facility one must consider this question: Would I like to live right next door to such a facility?
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The Incinerator is proposed to burn 1.3 million tonnes of garbage each year on completion. (Stage 1 & 2)
The incinerator would emit dangerous emissions such as; Particulate matter (PM), arsenic, cadmium, chromium, nickel, mercury, dioxin, furans, Hydrogen Chloride, Hydrogen Fluoride, Carbon Monoxide, Sulphur Dioxide, Nitrogen Dioxide, POPs, PAHs, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for the next 30+ years.
There are further nanoparticles which these stacks will emit into the air. Currently, the technology to assess or detect these nanoparticles or the compounds does not exist.
There will be two incinerator stacks per stage, on completion this incinerator will have four stacks pumping out emissions.
A study completed in November 2017 has found that living near a waste to energy incinerator carries the same health risks as second hand cigarette smoke. Source: https://www.cbf.org/document-library/cbf-reports/thurston-wheelabrator-health-impacts-2017.pdf
Family homes are only 800 metres from the incinerator site.
Three schools are within 1.8km of the site.
Sydney's basin shape means it traps pollution. Adding an incinerator to Western Sydney, where the air quality is already poor, is a human right issue. Families already affected with respiratory issues such as asthma, will be severely impacted by an incinerator, putting an additional impact on the health system.
Prospect Reservoir is 5km from the incinerator site, which forms part of the drinking water for 6 million people in Greater Sydney. Putting our drinking water under threat of contamination.
The Incinerator will use the bioretention basin to filter waste water, silt and sediment from the incinerator, the EIS states "An outlet from the basin will discharge into the existing Ropes Creek tributary to the south of the site". This practice would put the Hawkesbury-Nepean river system, an important natural asset and one of the largest coastal river catchments along the NSW coastline at risk. Its waters support agricultural and horticultural industries that generate more than $1 billion annually, including $259 million of irrigated agriculture which supplies much of Sydney's fresh food.
The incinerator would produce 450,000 tonnes of toxic ash every year that still needs to be landfilled.
The proprietor has a proven history of being untrustworthy. We do not believe that the proprietor will adhere to health emission levels or guidelines. Even considering opening the door to such a facility is abuse of power, utterly inconsiderate of human and animal health and life and putting monetary value above human life. The suburbs nearby are already suffering from the sewage stench that is emanating throughout their homes every night. Think before you approve: "Would I like to live right next door to this facility?"
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Bill Choi
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1. incinerators will emit more toxins and pollutants that harm local air quality. It makes a more significant negative contribution to local air quality than landfill.
2. Incineration Is Harmful to human:
Air pollutants such as particulate matter, which cause lung and heart diseases.
Heavy metals such as lead and mercury, which cause neurological diseases.
3. Need is not demonstrated and the plant is too big: it is designed to burn more than 1500 tonnes of waste a day – it might be much more than we currently produces. There is no evidence provided that the facility needs to be the worlds biggest in scale.
4. It will have big climate change impacts: Incineration is one of the worst performing methods for waste disposal when carbon dioxide costs are calculated.