Moss Vale Plastics Recycling Facility

I object to this project as it is so close to the residential areas and the will be major increases to trucks on residential streets even after the new road is built. I am also very concerned about the prevailing westerly winds which are very strong blowing pollution over Moss Vale and Bowral. I know the proposal say the pollution will be contained, any leakage would be terrible and affect a lot of people. Surely there is a better site further from residential areas that could be considered.

I am writing in objection to the proposed Plasrefine Recycling Facility which will be located at 74-76 Beaconsfield Rd, Moss Vale. I am concerned with regards to the visual impacts of this proposed property. Within the EIS Main Document, 16.4.2 Visual Impacts outlines the following:

“Table 16.8 and Figure 16.26 identify representative viewpoints for assessment of views from a range of sensitive visual receivers”.

When looking at Figure 16.26 it can be seen that there was no assessment undertaken west of the proposed building, specifically for properties located in and around Brookdale Rd. This area looks down upon the proposed site and thus this proposed building will have a visual impact to these residents. In my view, there will be a detrimental visual impact to these properties especially considering that this area is reserved for scenic protection. I would have thought that an assessment from this viewpoint is required in order to fully understand the impact to residents within this area.

Further, there is not enough detail with regards to the landscaping and how it will counteract the visual impacts of the building. It is my understanding that buildings will consume 6 hectares of this 7.7-hectare site and will be 18 meters in height. It is my view, this land will be overdeveloped and there is an imbalance between landscaped areas and buildings. The proposed buildings will ultimately impact the scenic quality of this area.

As local residents, within walking distance we have numerous concerns regarding this development proposal.
Please see attached letter detailing our objection to Moss Vale Plastics Recycling Facility development application SSD-9409987.
We thank you for your consideration of our view.
Many thanks in advance.

Please find attached submission on behalf of JD Constructions Australia Pty Ltd in objection to the
Moss Vale Plastics Recycling Facility.

It is with upmost outrage that I write this submission in refusal of the plastics factory project. It is firstly unbelievable that is has gone this far without fair consultation with the community and the state it is seriously going to impose on. The health risks that have been proven by environmental scientists, will not only affect 50,000 local lives that you seem willing to sacrifice, but everyone in Sydney. How? It is being built on the Wingecarribee river that supplies water to Sydney, whereby plastic waste will runoff into the waterways. This will be bigger than Erin Brockovich!
The ignorant assumption that recycling plastic is a green, environmentally friendly alternative, is absolute rubbish. Plastic has been proven to only break down into micro plastics that will get into the river and will be blown out of the factory into the air for everyone to breathe in beautiful, cancerous materials. You will have higher rates of cancer, infertility issues in future and mental/physical issues in children born post development. The only other plastics factory that is around is built hundreds of kilometres from nearing neighbourhoods, while this one will be 200 metres away from the nearest residential road. Absolutely absurd!
But yes, lets destroy the health and sacrifice the lives of the common people in order to make short term financial gain from a Chinaman! What a short sighted, ignorant idea! Again, Australia decides to so stupidly sell out their land and businesses, we see green dollar bills and we jump at the opportunity, even if it means we won't use that money because we will all be dead from cancer in a couple of years of the factory being built! This Chinese Business man who is actually a "chemical" factory owner, and a bad one at that because his business in his own country has been shut down, will be operating this factory with as much expertise as a toddler has in reading the encyclopedia of Human Rights. Yes, Human Rights. The RIGHT to breath fresh healthy air. The RIGHT to drink uncontaminated water. The RIGHT to have a say in what happens in our community before it hits State processing.
Wrong, wrong, wrong!
If you have any thought or compassion or sense, you will take the submission respectfully and with deep consideration.
Regards
and hope for a better future for all

Please find attached my personal objection submission in response to the proposal to construct and operate :
Moss Vale Plastics Recycling and Reprocessing facility at 74-76 Beaconsfield Road Moss Vale NSW 2577.

I have numerous concerns regarding the increased heavy vehicle traffic indicated to deliver and remove plastics materials from the Plasrefine Plastics Recycling Facility proposed site at 74 -76 Beaconsfield Rd , Moss Vale.

Due to the increased heavy vehicle use and the ultimate deterioration of local roads and offset developer contributions via a Voluntary Planning Agreement for the sole purpose of building what essentially will become a private road to a single business therefore council / ratepayers will become responsible for upgrade and ongoing costs. This will impact numerous roads throughout the Shire along the "preferred haulage routes " - not just those directly adjacent to the actual site. Medway Rd , Taylor Ave , Collins Rd , Lackey Rd will all suffer major impacts . No where in the EIS has this been addressed even though Wingecarribee Shire council has stated they are in no position to rectify any damage from increased heavy vehicle movements and it would be the responsibility of Plasrefine . Whilst the GHD appears to promote any such road works as upgrades for the community’s benefit, these upgrades are necessitated purely for the private purpose of the proposal

There is no detail of the required construction for the proposed access road ( Braddon Rd East ) from Lackey Road - how can this have been costed and how can an adequate and educated decision be made on the environmental impacts of the construction of this road be made ?
The lack of detail would suggest that any negotiations with Garvan over the past 18 months have failed to reach a satisfactory result for either party.

The Traffic Impact Assessment undertaken in December 2020, during COVID lockdown within NSW and pre COVID migration / increased Sydney migration to the Southern Highlands. This deceptive behaviour needs to be addressed with a subsequent and substantial Traffic Impact Assessment before being considered as factual and relevant information.

There has been no adequate assessment of Lackey road or the substandard condition it is currently in following the recent rain events. Lackey Rd was closed over several days due to impassable flooding and the tarmac has sustained significant damage.
At a recent online meeting GHD proposed that Beaconsfield Rd be left open at the Braddon Rd junction - this has not been included in the EIS and goes directly against Wingecarribee Councils objection to the use of Beaconsfield Rd for either construction OR operation .
NOTE:
GHD have freely admitted that they have reached no agreement with council as to the required corridor for this road - despite the DPIE having issued their requirements in October 2020. That is 16 months and council have confirmed that very little contact
has been made by GHD. The alignment of a 20m wide corridor to connect to the paper Braddon Road has not been assessed by GHD (and therefore Garvan cannot be in a position to contemplate the potential impacts on their sensitive operations).
A traffic engineer has confirmed that there would be major cuts and retaining structures needed for the road construction - the proponent has indicated 1-2 months to construct the road and this is a massive underestimate and given no contour plans are included in the EIS it is impossible to make an educated assessment of this.

Even if the proposal complies with relevant traffic-related noise requirements, residents along the preferred haulage routes will still experience adverse noise impacts having regard to the current rural ambience and quiet that form the soundscape of the area. The highly concentrated traffic flows will adversely impact on this quiet soundscape, particularly for residents along the proposed construction and operational routes. The increase in traffic related noise
will compound the increase in noise from the facility’s 24/7 hour operations.

I do believe that the cumulative negative impacts that this proposal brings with it far out weigh any perceived benefits. This site and proximity to the local community ( and surrounding towns such as Berrima and New Berrima ) are not suitable for such a development and as such I lodge my ( and my families ) objection to this proposal.

The need for this factory in vital, however the location in Moss Vale is not the right one.
From what I read there are major health concerns with such a factory being so close to residents, schools and businesses along with access for hundreds of trucks each day forcing further stress on our already challenged local road systems.
I am strongly opposed to such a facility going forward in Moss Vale.

I object to the proposal by Plasrefine Recycling P/L to construct and operate a Plastics Recycling and reprocessing facility
at 74-76 Beaconsfield Road Moss Vale.
SSD-9409987

* The scale of this enterprise is colossal.
* It is entirely inappropriate for a small town like Moss Vale.
* Beaconsfield Road is a basic residential road that is unmarked in places, is directly accessed by hundreds of residents, is narrow and barely allows two lanes of ordinary, household-sized vehicles, above Bulwer Rd, Beaconsfield Road is generally a 4.5m wide sealed surface, which is below minimum standards for roads that are to be used for anything other than residential purposes.
* While the proponent is now proposing access to the site during operation will no longer be via Beaconsfield Road, the road will still be used during construction phase, which is entirely inappropriate.
* There has been confusing information supplied to the community regarding route and truck movements, truck types and load quantities.
* There is scant information about the noise impacts of the facility, that would allow proper consideration or analysis, the design is yet to be finalised and machinery has not been nominated - essentially the request is to approve a concept of unknown impacts, and is near impossible to assess with out adequate design of the facility and details of machinery being used.
* The issues of air quality similarly can not be adequately assessed given the lack of details regarding the output of the machinery being used.
* The proposed use of high speed roller doors is also questionable in terms of truck movements, the EIS notes that trucks can drive in or reverse in to the facility, if reversing the trucks will take more time to get inside of the facility, allowing both smell and plastics to potentially escape into the environment.
* The EIS fails to address how they will manage operations, logistics and to ensure no processed flakes or pellets escape the facility, operational management plan is not included in the EIS.
* The promise of employment is questionable, insufficient information is given, and the Director of Plasrefine has publicly stated that specialist services will be recruited from out side Australia to operate the facility, coupled with the automated nature of the plant (also stated by the Director) there is insufficient information regarding actual local employment opportunities.
* Most of the community have had less than positive interactions with GHD and minimal if any interaction with Plasrefine Recycling Pty Ltd.
the community engagement has been distinctly lacking and anything but positive.
* Given the negative impacts that are to be borne by the community, there appears to be no public benefit to this proposal, the community has no confidence in the proponent and their capabilities of running a plant of this size and scale.
* The Environmental constraints of the site, must be considered, specifically the Sydney Water Catchment and the impacts in a worst case situation.
* This proposal is entirely wrong for the chosen location, and believe it should be rejected.

I strongly object to the Moss Vale Plastics Recycling Facility.
The risk to the health and wellbeing of the community is unacceptable. The increase in heavy truck traffic, pollution and risk of contamination of air and water will negatively impact the amenity of this area. This facility will cause irreparable damage to the environment of the Southern Highlands, an area of significant natural beauty.

I Object to the proposed Plastics factory - citing the following reasons.

Location of proposed site, there are residential properties / houses within 200-300 metres, it is within 1 to 2 kilometres of the suburbs and CBD of the township of Moss Vale. Far too close for any factory of this type. Why - The rural surroundings will be irreversibly damaged to an unlimited degree regarding Air pollution / run off / unacceptable noise levels due to an estimated 200 trucks per day transiting the area and township of Moss Vale.

The Dynamics of Moss Vale, its residents / sense of community / Rural outlook / it's Tourism and growth potential all will be damaged beyond repair if this Plastics Factory is established. It will then open up to further factory / industrial development of the area - thereby destroying rural / cultural / natural / Aboriginal Historical features of the landscape of Moss Vale.

I refute the diligence of the EIS Statement that was presented. I have absolutely no confidence or assurance that all health concerns have been addressed, regarding Pollution (Air - escaping from the factory wind conditions towards residents / risk mitigation - suppression etc.) (200 Trucks producing Air / Noise / Road Damage / increased CO2 Diesel fumes pollution spreading through out Moss Vale residences.

No plans listed for the safety of surrounding residences in any major emergency event. One very real issue is a Factory Fire (Highest risk as per recent events with other recycling factories, such as :
"Capital Valley Plastics in Blaenavon, Torfaen WALES UK. 04 Sept 2021"
Results of this fire are best described in an article from "The Fire Protection E Newswire"
I pharaphrase the following. "While there were no reported injuries in the blaze, the impact on the local community and environment was significant with local road closures, residents being forced to close windows and doors due to harmful smoke, and a number of measures employed to minimise the impact of pollution to the local environment. One month later, what remained of the roughly 3,000m2 building was demolished and will be disposed of. The event developed high volumes of smoke and contained harmful contaminants. Furthermore, fire water run-off needed to be monitored by the relevant agency and there is the environmental impact of disposing of the damaged properties and the costs, resources and materials required to repair and rebuild them."

There are No listed Communication Methods or Evacuation plans for Moss Vale residents in the event of a major emergency. ?? No plans listed - no WHS plan for outside of the Factory.

I also have National Security concerns about the Foreign Company Ownership due to Current Geo Political Issues, and the Local Un-Invested Integrity issue of both the Company / Owner and Australian based PR Representation Company. There is no local vested interest i.e. all involved live no where near this region. Therefore no personal impact for them - as a result they have No local interest or care / regard for the area at all.

No specifics mentioned of where the work force will come from, no local involvement therefore little or no Local Financial & Employment benefit at all.

In Summary - The location for this type of Factory is completely wrong, it is not suited to the pristine Southern Highlands region / Landscape / rural location. Too high a risk of damaging Health issues as a result of this type of plastic fibres and resin recycling process. There are far better and safer locations with excellent access well away from populated locations, greatly reducing environmental and human health. I therefore submit my objection to the Plasrefine Plastic recycling factory being built in this area.

Submitted 21/03/2022

The concept of the major used plastics processing facility is good, HOWEVER, the chosen site appears significantly UNSUITABLE due to the following factors:
a. Road access to the processing facility via suburban roads like Beaconsfield Rd is totally unsuitable for 120,000 tonnes of waste plastic per year, plus a similar weight of the products exported from the facility. Until the local access road replacing the currently unformed Braddon rd (and extensions) is completed, any construction traffic would use existing overloaded or residential roads . Also, until the separately proposed Moss Vale bypass road is constructed, many local roads will be used, including the already overloaded Berrima Road.
b. Atmospheric pollution from the stage 2 processing plant, in particular VOC and other chemicals from treating various plastics being blown into residential and other commercial cavities in the vicinity, including the sensitive Garvan facility immediately adjacent to the plastics processing site.
c. The potential for pollution of the local water table and streams noting the number of dams in the vicinity and the Sydney water collection basin.

Surely a more suitable site for such a facility would be much closer to the Hume Freeway where there are suitable exits and entries for the size of trucks involved and the volumes of such B2 vehicles each day, as well as much larger distances to residential and child minding/educational facilities.

Please find attached the document created by a group of people in response to the major community concerns expressed in the Southern Highlands.
We believe the only outcome is a refusal of the application. This is NOT THE RIGHT SITE.

See attached letter objecting to proposed Plasrefine facility in Moss Vale.

The PlasRefine project proposed for Moss Vale is a service NSW and Australia needs, but the proposed location is wrong.
The project proposes to place a major chemical waste transformation plant on the same land division as environmental open space, and adjacent to living areas, as well as a pre-school on Beaconsfield Road.

1. The latest population forecast for the Southern Highlands indicates that from 51,000 occupants today, population will rise to 65,000 by 2045, a 25% increase. The existing infrastructure of the Highlands overall, and Moss Vale-Berrima in particular, is ill-suited to the possible addition of high volumes of articulated trucks 24 hours a day. Some estimates have stated that primary delivery traffic movements could exceed 120 a day. Given the current condition of multiple single carrageway low volume roads in the area which trucks would be required to use from the Hume motorway, already in poor condition and involving multiple roundabouts, significant infrastructure risk would fall to ratepayers and council which cannot even maintain roads already.

2. More than 100,000 tonnes of waste from Sydney, Canberra and Wollongong will be trucked to this proposed plastic recycling plant in Moss Vale. Because Australia has reportedly accumulated a stockpile of 1.3million tonnes of plastic since Asian companies stopped taking our plastic waste, demand for processing services will rise rapidly and force expansion that has not, to date, been publicly detailed in sufficient degree to quantify further ingress on local resources and infrastructure. If the reported movements are indeed 60 semi-trailers a day and the plant processes 100,000 tonnes annually, that suggests truck loads of just 5.35 tonnes per truck. Either there will be only 15 trucks a day carrying the more likely 25 tonnes, or there is actually a plan to process 400,000 to 500,000 tonnes per annum, with the consequential increased emissions well beyond the public scope so far revealed.

3. The project is a "state significant" project removing Wingecarribee Shire Council from the decision process, despite its objection to the chosen site for reasons of concern about stormwater, road infrastructure and impact on traffic delays in Moss Vale, adjacency to residential areas and emissions across the shire into residential and agricultural and horticultural land. Indeed, in the plan for Shire population expansion the location of this plant could well fit a dormitory expansion of Moss Vale residential sites, not immediately likely to be part of the flood plain or river overflow area.

4. The plant will run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It is located south west of the residential areas of much of Moss Vale, Burradoo and Bowral directly, and on the days when easterly winds are blowing, Berrima and New Berrima. Without stringent environmental emissions controls and filtering (currently not specified as being required because it is not classed as a chemical plant (which it is!) significant risk of gases and toxic emissions of mixed plastics is possible, without, seemingly any public reporting obligations or control mechanisms in the event of pollution control breakdown. As regards risk assessment of the initial and mooted expanded facility, in failure conditions or chemical fire, there has been no public disclosure by the company PlasRefine of worst-case outcomes, let alone day-to-day operations. Such omission is reprehensible.

5. As mentioned in the opening to this submission, the proposed site in the Industrial Park is 250 metres from residential properties, with further approved housing opposite the Preschool about to be constructed in March 2022. The prevailing winds in this area are south westerly. In winter average wind speeds for over more than 45 days exceed 45-50km steady winds, with peak winds now frequently exceeding 85kms/hour from June to October. The rate of contamination in such conditions, across some 35,000 shire residents' homes, is unspecified in any public document and would need to be addressed fully to ensure adequate understanding of air quality changes to which residents and livestock would be exposed.

6. The scoping report estimates that 80 to 90% of water used at the plant for washing incoming plastics would be recycled on site in a waste-water treatment plant. There is no detailed data on the contents of holding pools, dam and water pipe construction for holding areas, filtration, risk assessment of water contamination or mitigation or the effect on groundwater and bores in the location.

7. 20,000 litres of water will be pumped from the Moss Vale water main each day, with 10-20% of that wastewater going back into the Moss Vale sewerage plant. NSW has, quite rightly, strict water particulate and chemical emissions concentrate regulations. PlasRefine has not publicly stated what emission levels could be under possible failure conditions, nor the mitigation and prevention steps they propose, nor the various chemical compositions of such outputs and parts per million.

8. The plant proposes the use of Braddon Road, which does not physically exist yet but appears on the 2019 sub-division plan. The connection to the Hume Motorway for Northbound and Southbound truck movements uses small narrow connection roads ill-suited to what will likely be over 94,900 total movements annually, involving semi-trailer trucks of 20 tonnes or more, many of which are likely to be articulated with noisy air brakes, turning into a plant proposed to be located just 250 metres from residences.

9. During operations there will reportedly be 260 traffic movements a day, including 60 return trips by semi-trailers. That's over 40,000 semi-trailers truck movements, using single carriageway connections not suited to the weights these semi-trailers will be carrying coming in and out.

10. The plant is reported to be beneficial to the local economy through employment opportunity. However, at public meetings, no guarantee of significant employment is quantified, given that many of the plant processes will be fully automated.

11. The classification of this factory has, it is understood, allowed the proposal to advance without the requirement for it to be regulated and monitored by the EPA. No development of this kind so close to residences and schools should be enabled without total oversight and monitoring by the EPA.

There is no doubt Australia desperately needs to improve its ability to recycle plastic. It also needs government policy to massively reduce plastic waste at source and introduce suitable environmental plastics-minimisation policy to reduce need in future years from the current almost logarithmic growth in plastic waste. The proposed plant risks emissions of microplastics which are known carcinogens and destructive of quality agricultural and horticultural land in proximity to source, as well as damaging to cattle and other livestock. With a Council which has declined to support this proposal for many of the reasons stated above, and a community of thousands of concerned Citizens already submitting several thousand signatories, it is unconscionable abdication of environmental responsibility to place this plant in a rural environment close to housing. The nature of what will go on in this plant means its definition as light industrial process rather than a chemical transformation factory (which it is) is flawed and the plant should be located where there is infrastructure, logistics and safety mitigation to deal with the inevitable breakdowns that could occur in emissions of gases, smell, noise and water contamination. With so many coal plants due to retire, locations where all these risks have been mitigated for decades, why are such sites not a much better candidate location for this chemical repurposing site, some of the waste products of which could be used as energy stores to complement the battery, wind and solar energy sources suggested for some of those sites.

It is the strongly-held view of this Wingecarribee ratepayer that PlasRefine and its associates should not be granted approval for this facility with the lack of adequate infrastructure, emission controls and risk mitigation currently submitted. It's the right idea for environmental waste management in a very wrong semi-rural location.

Sincerely,
John Swainston.

Moss Vale Plastics Recycling Facility , Project ID SSD-9409987

Access to and site safety during and after construction with the use of local roads:
Beaconsfield Rd and Lytton Road are narrow and have no pedestrian footpaths Therefore residents need to walk on the roads.

The proposed semi trailer route for the proposed Plasrefine site has a childcare centre on Beaconsfield Road and is within vicinity of 2 schools.

If the Plasrefine application is approved the deterioration of local roads because of increased use along with the offset developer contributions would make Wingecarribee council ratepayers responsible for upgrades and ongoing costs.

The proposed site for the Plasrefine buildings is only a matter of metres from Australian Bio Resources (the Garvan Institute). The Garvan Institute's valuable work may be greatly impacted by the noise and vibration from very heavy vehicles entering and exiting Plasrefine if their application is approved.

• The Unsuitability of Beaconsfield Rd for heavy vehicles will ensure further problems for a narrow and not very well surfaced road with no safe pedestrian areas to crumble into a extremely bad state.

There's also the aspect of local residents using Beaconsfield Road being placed in dangerous situations with trucks that are by far too large to be on such a narrow road. Beaconsfield Rd, whether used only during the construction period or always, will put local residents, including school students relying on school buses, at far greater risk of being involved in a motor vehicle accident than is currently the situation.

• The fact that proposed factory site is located within 150 metres to 200 metres from homes off Beaconsfield Road is extremely concerning considering the unacceptable noise generated from traffic for and the proposed operation of the recycling and production plant if it is approved. The impacts it would have on nearby sensitive residential occupied spaces would be life changing in a very negative way.

Noise and vibration from an industry operating 24 hours per day, 7 days per week for 44 weeks each year will have dreadful consequences on the health of residents closest to the Plasrefine plant if approved.

The above along with the known toxicity of plastic recycling and plastic re-purposing factories through their daily operations on the lives and the health of nearby residents is well documented by various scientific groups and individuals in multiple types of publications.

A plastic recycling and plastics manufacturing plant is an extremely poor choice to have close to residential areas.

Furthermore, the proposed Plasrefine complex if approved would be situated less than 3 kilometres from the Moss Vale CBD and denser housing areas. There's massive potential for so much plastics pollution, particularly micro plastics and plastic pellets, to invade every aspect of the population of Moss Vale's residents lives including the interior of their homes and businesses.

• The proposed site Plasrefine have purchased has two zones which are not compatible with each other, Conservation (C4) and  General Industrial (IN1) which is 7.7 hectares of the land.

The type of industry Plasrefine are wanting to build on the site appears to be at odds with the Conservation (C4) zone. With C4 zoning aimed at being for very specific usage, which appears to exclude industrial usage, the size of the buildings and the type of industry such as Plasrefine are considering on the land are at odds with C4 Environmental Living standards thereby cancelling any protection of specific environmental qualities of the land zoned C4 if the Plasrefine plant is application is approved.
Sensitive natural environments such as riparian land would at high risk of becoming polluted by plastic pellets and plastic dust.

• Moss Vale lacks of much of the infrastructure required to support an extremely large operation such as that as proposed by Plasrefine.

Our roads are already under far too much pressure from the growing local traffic from new residential properties. The strain is seen not only in the quantity of traffic but from the effects that traffic increases are having on our local roads with numerous pot holes and the rapid increase of road edges breaking due to the often narrow roads within Moss Vale. A huge influx of semi trailers using these streets will cause far more damage.

In the advent of a fire in the proposed Plasrefine complex it would require units from Campbelltown and Camden, which are a minimum of 55 minutes and 58 minutes away from the site in Beaconsfield Rd, Moss Vale.

In the advent of a chemical spill into a nearby water course which is part of Sydney's water supply the nearest large facilities to deal with chemical spills would also be from Campbelltown or Camden.


The size of the proposed Plasrefine complex buildings being at 38,638 square metres of buildings and over 5 storeys (18 m) in height is not within the visual context of the area zoned industrial nor the very close by residential area, as well as any other part of Moss Vale.

The proposal does not give  a reasonable balance between landscaped areas and buildings thereby failing to
minimise the visual aspect of the size of the buildings on the surrounding landscape. There's no contour plan available in the Plasrefine proposal either. It is extremely difficult to gauge a decent idea from much of the proposal but nevertheless the bulk size of the buildings is inappropriate for the proposed site.

If approved the Plasrefine plant will be by far the largest building and therefore becoming a visual blight on the landscape.

With no detailed plans, architectural drawings or diagrams of the proposed complex available one can only use the basic concept plans that do not even have a reference of scale on them to try to evaluate exactly how Plasrefine are planning to lay out the various floors and what types of precautionary measures will be in place to reduce the risk of micro plastics and chemicals escaping during the entry of vehicles and people or through vents, etc. It's very disconcerting not knowing  where, if at all, any precautionary measures would be placed. Having been told at a local community meeting that the complex would a have fast opening and closing roller door hasn't been sufficient information in regards to safety measures along with the lack of information in the basic complex plans.

The lack of information regarding emissions from the proposal on how noxious gases from chemicals to be used on-site by Plasrefine if the application is approved is also disconcerting. There has been almost no information available to the residents of Moss Vale as to how it is envisaged that Plasrefine will not be creating unnecessary air pollution as well as water pollution.

Thank you for your time reading my submission.

Whilst I understand that the DA submitted by MIKSHAM PTY LTD ( Application number 19/1525 ) for 74 – 76 Beaconsfield Rd , Moss Vale was for a substantially less impactful application I feel it important to highlight the reasons for refusal as these conditions do not seem to be able to be met by the current proposal by Plasrefine Pty Ltd for the same site.
If this proposal had been submitted to Wingecarribee Shire Council rather than it being a SSD it would not have been able to meet these criteria and been refused on the same grounds as it simply is not as suitable site for such a development.

In regards to DA submitted for this site by MISKSHAM PTY LTD to subdivide 74-76 Beaconsfield Rd for subdivision into 2 lots (refusal sent 9/7/2019 on the following grounds):

SCHEDULE 1 REASONS FOR REFUSAL
1. Lot 11 DP 1084421 is not connected to Council's sewer infrastructure. Council is not satisfied that the development can effectively and safely dispose of wastewater to meet the demands generated by the proposed development. Accordingly, Council is not satisfied that the development can comply with the Moss Vale Enterprise Corridor Development Control Plan 2012 which seeks to ensure the orderly development of the Enterprise Corridor.

2. The lot 11 DP 1084421 is not connected to stormwater infrastructure. Lot 11 DP 1084421 is flood prone 9 in part ) , traversed by watercourses and is degraded. The Council is not satisfied that the development can effectively manage stormwater and achieve a neutral or beneficial effect on water quality in accordance with :
a) State Environmental Planning Policy (Sydney Drinking Water Catchment) 2011
b) Clause 1 .2 of the Wingecarribee Local Environmental Plan 2010 to " protect and enhance waterways, riparian land and water quality in the drinking water catchments of Wingecarribee".
c) Clause 7.5 of the Wingecarribee Local Environmental Plan 2010 which has the objectives to " maintain the hydrological functions of riparian land waterways and aquifers, including: (a) protecting water quality, and (b) protecting natural water flows, and (c) protecting stability of the bed and banks of waterways, and (d) protecting groundwater systems. "
d) The aims of Moss Vale Enterprise Corridor Development Control Plan 2012 to which seeks to ensure the orderly and proper development of the Enterprise Corridor;
e) The controls set out at Section 3.2 of the Moss Vale Enterprise Corridor Development Control Plan 2012 to comply with Council's engineering specifications
3. The controls set out in Part 4 'Flood prone land and stormwater management' of the Moss Vale Enterprise Corridor Development Control Plan 2012

3. Braddon Road is nominated as the point of vehicular access for both of the proposed lots. Access from Braddon Road to the land zoned lNl 'General Industrial;' would generate, by reason of future vehicle movements, a significant adverse impact on the residential amenity and safety of Moss Vale residents living to the south of the application site. The proposal therefore does not accord with the Wingecarribee Local Environmental Plan with regard to :
a) It’s aim to "provide opportunities for development and land use activities that...make an effective contribution towards the economic wellbeing of the community in a socially and environmentally responsible manner'
b) the objective of the lN 1 'General lndustrial' zone "to minimise any adverse effect of industry on other land uses"

I ask that these reasons be taken into account by the DPIE and thorough investigation be done as to the inadequacies, discrepancies and the vast amounts assumed information due to lack of detail in the EIS presented by GHD on behalf of Plasrefine be thoroughly examined .

I am writing to object to the project of the Moss Vale Plastics Recycling Facility. My first objection to this project is to the use of Beaconsfield Rd Moss Vale by a number of trucks Monday to Friday, 7 am to 6 pm. At the moment Heavy Vehicles only make up 0.9% of the use in the street. The increase in a quiet suburban street of trucks will limit the quality of life and environment for those living in Beaconsfield Rd. It will also make it dangerous for the young families that live in this area, plus there will be a substantial increase in noise and dust from this many trucks driving up and down the road. Beaconsfield Rd has not been built for heavy vehicles and does not have curb and guttering for most of the street, this street will deteriorate very quickly. Technical report 6 refers to the plastic recycling facility using Braddon Road. The thought that they will be using a road that is not even began, "paper road" Braddon Road is a problem, how many years before this road will be in use. There seems to be a lot of this development dependant on roads that are in the planning stage only, that will take a number of years before being built eg the Moss Vale by pass and Braddon Road.
I also have a concern about a company from another country that has no track record for care of the environment, country and business, especially when the plastics recycling facility close to an important water way the Wingecarribee River and ponds. There is also an increase risk of sedimentation and runoff into waterways not including risk of waste water from the facility.
During construction the traffic and noise and dust will have a large impact upon the community around Beaconsfield Rd quality of life and closer to the site. There is a child care centre in this are that will be very much impacted, not to mention the primary schools that are the end of the road with traffic, plus the quality of life for those living in the area will be impacted.
I also have concerns about the air pollution and smell coming from this facility as it is being built in a residential area. Only the very end of the street has agriculture.
I object very strongly to this project being built on Beaconsfield Rd Moss Vale because of the negative impact it will have on residents.

I have family living in Moss Vale, and on my numerous visits to the town I have come to really appreciate the beauty and tranquility of the area. I have recently been made aware of the proposed plastic recycling development by the community group "Moss Vale Matters" which has deep concerns about the project, and I am moved to add my voice to their objections against it. In particular: the proposed plant appears to be excessively large, although I have not been able to view a layout, and unsuitable for its location in a predominantly residential area: I believe the number of trucks visiting the plant daily through the neighbourhood will be intolerable and unsafe for Residents, especially as I cannot see any details about planned infrastructure; and I am concerned about the likely noise, air and particle pollution that will result and impact Residents. I fully endorse the more detailed objections voiced by "Moss Vale Matters"!

I moved to Moss Vale approximately 6 years ago with intention to raise my young family in what I understood to be a quiet residential / rural area. I vehemently oppose this facility, or any similar development going ahead in this area. This proposal seems ill conceived and is totally out of sync with the current socioecological landscape of the area and absolutely unsuitable for this area, so close to long term residents!

This proposal will pollute what is otherwise a ‘green space’ immediately adjacent to residents! It will compromise the air quality, have huge volumes of air and light pollution with the facility proposed to operate 24 hours a day, severely reduce property values and the livelihoods of residents. The proposed site is also prone to flooding which has been evident with recent rainfall and sits in a riparian basin which flows directly in to the Wingecarribee river to the East, and is within Sydney’s drinking water catchment area.

The surrounding residential roads are frequented by families riding bikes, walking their dogs, exercising and otherwise enjoying a quiet residential lifestyle in a quiet country area. The surrounding roads do not have adequate footpaths, guttering or road engineering to support such a proposal. This proposal will threaten the physical safety of residents and destroy the local amenity that thousands of locals currently enjoy!

I trust that the inappropriate and incomplete EIS from GHD / Plasrefine is assessed for what it is. A gamble that cannot take place in such an area without devastating outcomes for the local residents and broader environment in general, and should be considered for relocation to a more suitable site!

I cannot see a realistic development of this scale being suitable without gross negligence being a primary factor in the decision making process. The proponent and their representatives have shown little concern for the community or environment, do not have acceptable answers to some crucial concerns from the community, have undermined and disrespected residents throughout a despicable ‘community engagement’ process and failed to complete the recommended Social Impact Assessment. This is not in line with what I would imagine local Council had intended for the SHIP at what is a very early, and developmental stage of the planning process. This proposal, once denied should be the example for due consideration and potentially a revision of the zoning and development allowances for any proposal on the South side of Douglas Road, so close to our residential community!