MOD 1 - Infrastructure Lapse Date Extension

The proposed Marulan Gas Fired Power Stations will have the following negative impacts for local residents and the region:
The destruction of green space rural landscape which is surrounded by properties zoned Rural Residential.
Adverse visual, noise and air pollution to nearby properties, including wine and olive growing regions downwind.
These gas fired power stations contribute to increases in greenhouse gas emissions.
The world is at a critical point in terms of global warming, these proposed power plants only contribute to the degradation of our environment.
The destruction of local wildlife and their habitat including endangered species such as the swift parrot and regent honeyeater.
Inadequate public consultation and advertising of the proposed development extension.
Inadequate period of time to make submissions.
Inadequate links on NSW planning portal website to the Major Projects page.
Typing 'marulan' in the search field of the planning portal yields no results.
There are many new residents to Brayton, Marulan and subdivisions along Canyonleigh Road in Wingecarribe shire whom are unaware of the proposed plants.
Impact of year long heavy vehicle traffic along Brayton Road and Canyonleigh Road.
Possible contamination of the Wollondilly River, which feeds Sydney's water supply.

The proposed Marulan Gas Fired Power Stations will have the following negative impacts for local residents and the region. The destruction of green space rural landscape which is surrounded by properties zoned Rural Residential. Adverse visual, noise and air pollution to nearby properties, including wine and olive growing regions downwind. These power stations contribute to increases in greenhouse gas emissions. The world is at a critical point in terms of global warming, these proposed power plants only contribute to the degradation of our environment. The destruction of local wildlife and their habitat including endangered species such as the swift parrot and regent honeyeater.
Inadequate public consultation and advertising of the proposed development extension. Inadequate period of time to make submissions. Inadequate links on NSW planning portal website to the Major Projects page. Typing 'marulan' in the search field of the planning portal yields no results.
There are many new residents to Brayton, Marulan and subdivisions along Canyonleigh Road in Wingecarribe Shire whom are unaware of the proposed plants.
Impact of year long heavy vehicle traffic along Brayton Road and Canyonleigh Road.
Possible contamination of the Wollondilly River, which feeds Sydney's water supply.

The proposed Marulan Gas Fired Power Stations will have the following negative impacts for local residents and the region. The destruction of green space rural landscape which is surrounded by properties zoned Rural Residential. Adverse visual, noise and air pollution to nearby properties, including wine and olive growing regions downwind. These power stations contribute to increases in greenhouse gas emissions. The world is at a critical point in terms of global warming, these proposed power plants only contribute to the degradation of our environment. The destruction of local wildlife and their habitat including endangered species such as the swift parrot and regent honeyeater.

Inadequate public consultation and advertising of the proposed development extension. Inadequate period of time to make submissions. Inadequate links on NSW planning portal website to the Major Projects page. Typing 'marulan' in the search field of the planning portal yields no results.

There are many new residents to Brayton, Marulan and subdivisions along Canyonleigh Road in Wingecarribe shire whom are unaware of the proposed plants.

Impact of year long heavy vehicle traffic along Brayton Road and Canyonleigh Road.

Possible contamination of the Wollondilly River, which feeds Sydney's water supply.

The proposed Marulan Gas Fired Power Stations will have the following negative impacts for local residents and the region. The destruction of green space rural landscape which is surrounded by properties zoned Rural Residential. Adverse visual, noise and air pollution to nearby properties, including wine and olive growing regions downwind. These power stations contribute to increases in greenhouse gas emissions. The world is at a critical point in terms of global warming, these proposed power plants only contribute to the degradation of our environment. The destruction of local wildlife and their habitat including endangered species such as the swift parrot and regent honeyeater.
Inadequate public consultation and advertising of the proposed development extension. Inadequate period of time to make submissions. Inadequate links on NSW planning portal website to the Major Projects page. Typing 'marulan' in the search field of the planning portal yields no results.
There are many new residents to Brayton, Marulan and subdivisions along Canyonleigh Road in Wingecarribe shire whom are unaware of the proposed plants.
Impact of year long heavy vehicle traffic along Brayton Road and Canyonleigh Road.
Possible contamination of the Wollondilly River, which feeds Sydney's water supply.

The proposed Marulan Gas Fired Power Stations will have the following negative impacts for local residents and the region. The destruction of green space rural landscape which is surrounded by properties zoned Rural Residential. Adverse visual, noise and air pollution to nearby properties, including wine and olive growing regions downwind. These power stations contribute to increases in greenhouse gas emissions. The world is at a critical point in terms of global warming, these proposed power plants only contribute to the degradation of our environment. The destruction of local wildlife and their habitat including endangered species such as the swift parrot and regent honeyeater.

Inadequate public consultation and advertising of the proposed development extension. Inadequate period of time to make submissions. Inadequate links on NSW planning portal website to the Major Projects page. Typing 'marulan' in the search field of the planning portal yields no results.

There are many new residents to Brayton, Marulan and subdivisions along Canyonleigh Road in Wingecarribe shire whom are unaware of the proposed plants.

Impact of year long heavy vehicle traffic along Brayton Road and Canyonleigh Road.

Possible contamination of the Wollondilly River, which feeds Sydney's water supply.

The building of the Power station will have a detrimental impact on the enjoyment of my property, which lies in the vicinity.

The Environment planning & assessment act EPAA states in regard to development applications matters to be considered in the assessment include - environmental impact on natural & built environment & social & economic impact.
The pollution, gases, smoke from stacks and noise will definitely have a negative impact on my property. It will affect my enjoyment of the property, which is currently undisturbed by noise and pollution, which is why friends and family enjoy visiting. The Examples would be effect on enjoyment of land, pollution, gases, smoke from stacks.

Value of properties will definitely be affected.

Being part of a quiet community was the reason we bought our property in this area and to enjoy it with family & friends. This will take that away with increased noise and traffic etc.

The proposed Marulan Gas Fired Power Stations will have the following negative impacts for local residents and the region. The destruction of green space rural landscape which is surrounded by properties zoned Rural Residential. Adverse visual, noise and air pollution to nearby properties, including wine and olive growing regions downwind. These power stations contribute to increases in greenhouse gas emissions. The world is at a critical point in terms of global warming, these proposed power plants only contribute to the degradation of our environment. The destruction of local wildlife and their habitat including endangered species such as the swift parrot and regent honeyeater.

Inadequate public consultation and advertising of the proposed development extension. Inadequate period of time to make submissions. Inadequate links on NSW planning portal website to the Major Projects page. Typing 'marulan' in the search field of the planning portal yields no results.

There are many new residents to Brayton, Marulan and subdivisions along Canyonleigh Road in Wingecarribe shire whom are unaware of the proposed plants.

Impact of year long heavy vehicle traffic along Brayton Road and Canyonleigh Road.

Possible contamination of the Wollondilly River, which feeds Sydney's water supply.

The proposed Marulan Gas Fired Power Stations will have the following negative impacts for local residents and the region. The destruction of green space rural landscape which is surrounded by properties zoned Rural Residential. Adverse visual, noise and air pollution to nearby properties, including wine and olive growing regions downwind. These power stations contribute to increases in greenhouse gas emissions. The world is at a critical point in terms of global warming, these proposed power plants only contribute to the degradation of our environment. The destruction of local wildlife and their habitat including endangered species such as the swift parrot and regent honeyeater.

Inadequate public consultation and advertising of the proposed development extension. Inadequate period of time to make submissions. Inadequate links on NSW planning portal website to the Major Projects page. Typing 'marulan' in the search field of the planning portal yields no results.

There are many new residents to Brayton, Marulan and subdivisions along Canyonleigh Road in Wingecarribe shire whom are unaware of the proposed plants.

Impact of year long heavy vehicle traffic along Brayton Road and Canyonleigh Road.

Possible contamination of the Wollondilly River, which feeds Sydney's water supply.

I object to the extension of the lapse date of the proposed Marulan power station and related infrastructure because of a number of negative impacts that the development will have on local communities, the local environment, as well as the global impact of increased carbon emissions that will result from the burning of fossil fuels.
These harmful impacts have not changed since the initial project proposal, however the global context of global heating and climate breakdown has shifted dramatically in the decade since the project was initially approved.
Australia cannot continue to construct new gas turbines, and energy sources other than the combustion of fossil fuels must be constructed. A gas turbine is not the only method through which reliable and variable energy can be provided to meet NSW electricity demand, and available technologies have substantially developed since the initial approval date ten years ago. Fossil fuel based technologies that may have seemed acceptable in 2009 are no longer viable if we are to accept the genuine cost/benefit trade-off, and sincerely consider the externalities of carbon emissions.
In addition to the rapidly changing climate, other local factors have substantially changed since the original development, and some remain unchanged. They include:
- The destruction of green space rural landscape which is surrounded by properties zoned Rural Residential.
- Adverse visual, noise and air pollution to nearby properties, including wine and olive growing regions downwind.
- The destruction of local wildlife and their habitat including endangered species such as the regent honeyeater and the brush tailed rock wallaby. 25 endangered animal species, and 63 vulnerable animal species are located in the region of the development. 36 endangered plant species and 50 vulnerable plant species are found in the region. More details regarding biodiversity of the region is available here. (https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/bioregions/SouthEasternHighlands-Biodiversity.htm).
- Inadequate public consultation and advertising of the proposed development extension. Inadequate period of time to make submissions.
- Inadequate links on NSW planning portal website to the Major Projects page. Typing 'marulan' in the search field of the planning portal yields no results.
- There are many new residents to Brayton, Marulan and subdivisions along Canyonleigh Road in Wingecarribe shire whom are unaware of the proposed plants.
- Impact of year long heavy vehicle traffic along Brayton Road and Canyonleigh Road.
- Possible contamination of the Wollondilly River, which feeds Sydney's water supply.

With the trajectory of the world, technology, and climate change, this project will either be obsolete (and a waste of money, resources, and environment) in the next 5 years, or we will have learned nothing over the coming years, this project will go ahead, and our world (and all of us who live on it) will be facing a deadly and bleak future.
Just a reminder: you live on this planet too. While it doesn't affect you like it will affect me - living right next door to this proposed abomination - it will affect the planet that you rely on for your air, water, food, and everything you enjoy. Think, for a moment, beyond your role, your income, your career, and whatever else motivates you to approve such projects or support their creation, and be a human being for a moment. Be a living human being. Alive, right now, in this pivotal time in human history. Do the right thing for you, your family, your friends, and the world.

The proposed Marulan Gas Fired Power Stations will have the following negative impacts for residents and the region:
• The destruction of rural landscape for the power station (10-12 hectare per pad) and pipeline construction, both of which are surrounded by properties zoned ‘rural residential.’
• The visual impact of the construction of 8 x 40-metre-high exhaust stacks.
• A potential decrease in value of surrounding properties.
• The unreliability of similar plants, such as the existing Tallawarra plant, which has been known to break down in heatwaves, a common occurence in the proposed area during Summer.
• Adverse visual, noise, and air pollution to nearby properties, including wine and olive growing regions downwind.
• The unconfirmed use of 52.5 ML of water from the Highlands Source Water Pipeline which was intended to be used as an emergency water source for Goulburn in times of drought. The alternative, trucking water into the site is another point of contention in regards to pollution and traffic.
• Despite being marketed as an environmentally friendly option for energy supply, these power stations still contribute around 50 % of the greenhouse gas emitted by a coal fired plant. The world is at a critical point in terms of climate change and these proposed power plants only contribute to its acceleration and degradation of our environment and air quality.
• The destruction of local wildlife and their habitat including endangered species such as the Swift Parrot and Regent Honeyeater.
• Impact of year-long heavy vehicle traffic along Brayton Road and Canyonleigh Road, with uncertainty around who will be responsible for repairing and maintaining nearby existing roads that may be damaged in the process.
• Possible contamination of the Wollondilly River whilst releasing waste water. Wollondilly River feeds Lake Burragorang, Sydney's major water supply.
• The Energy Australia spokespersons have mentioned needing community support to go ahead with the project, yet we - the local community - are not in support.

Of further concern is the inadequate public consultation and advertising of the proposed development extension, an inadequate period of time and complicated process to make submissions, as well as insufficient links on NSW planning portal website to the Major Projects page. Typing 'Marulan' in the search field of the planning portal currently yields no results. Communication from Energy Australia to the local community has been misleading in nature, including images of renewables, and stating their intention to “look into” various greener alternatives (despite their proposal being identical to the original).
There are many new residents to Brayton, Marulan, and subdivisions along Canyonleigh Road in Wingecarribee Shire, who are currently unaware of the proposed power plants.

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