Mod 2 - Change LW Panel Orientation

We wish to register our serious concerns about the impacts of modification on our home.

During the flooding we experienced in 2007, we witnessed floodwaters rising to within an inch of the floor level of our house. We believe that should the Stage Three modification proceed, the consequent subsidence will cause our house to be inundated during the next major flood event.

We reserve the right to make supplementary submissions within the public submission period.

We wish to register our serious concerns about the impacts of the proposal on our home, and request that the proposal be modified to prevent such impacts. The proposal will increase the impact from Stage Three as previously approved, as our entire property, including our home, is now included within the subsidence envelope; whereas previously, the subsidence envelope cut across the front third of our property.

Our house floor level height was built to Council requirements. During the flooding we experienced here in 2007, we witnessed floodwaters rising to within an inch of the floor level of our house. We believe that should the Stage Three modification proceed, the consequent subsidence will cause our house to be inundated during the next major flood event.

We understand that such flooding is not eligible for any compensation or assistance from the Mine Subsidence Board, or indeed, by any home insurance policy as its direct cause will be the activities of Austar Mine. Consequently, we will suffer significant financial hardship when our home is inundated.

If subsidence is greater than the levels predicted in the Environmental Assessment, the impacts will be of even greater magnitude.

In addition, longwall extraction by the mine over the past year has caused ground tremors as the strata subsides and settles. These tremors, particularly at night, are disturbing and cause distress to our three young children. Tremors are expected to continue for years to come as the mine extracts coal throughout the Stage Three area. The intensity of the tremors we experience will only increase as extraction approaches our property.

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