Mt Thorley Coal Mine Continuation

I would like to voice my support for the Mt Thorley continuation project
I believe with all the job losses in the hunter valley over the past 12 month and lack of new job opportunities without these new project my husband will find it hard to hold employment in the hunter valley and will be force to travel to further to work or even to wa

the continuation of mount thorley warkworth mine would help me support my family. the livelihood of my family and the many other families of fellow employees, contractors and businesses would also benefit from the continuation of this mine. all employees on site approach their jobs in a professional and responsible manner. the company and workforce is heavily focussed on the health of the employees, the safety of all people who enter site and the protection of the local and surrounding environment.
the closure of the mine would have a major detrimental affect on all areas of the hunter valley. businesses would close and people would have to move out of the area. my family and i are involved in local volunteer associations along with other employees and contractors. these volunteer associations would lose valuable members and resources if people have to move out of the area.

To secure the future for my job and family and also other young families and other residents in the communities surrounding the mine, I support the submission of the MTW extension.

my continued employment at mount thorley warkworth will help to support my family. most of my expenses are spent locally at businesses in the hunter valley. any loss of jobs at this mine will cause people to relocate to other areas for work and will be detrimental to the entire area.

my continued employment at mount thorley warkworth will help to support my family. all of my expenses are spent locally at businesses in the hunter valley. any loss of jobs at this mine will cause people to relocate to other areas for work and the valley will lose a large amount of skill and good people

my continued employment at mount thorley warkworth will help to support my family. all of my expenses are spent locally at businesses in the hunter valley. any loss of jobs at this mine will cause people to relocate to other areas for work and the valley will lose a large amount of skill and good people

I would like to continue working at mtw as it would be hard to find work further up the vally in the current climate.
Failing to find other work here I would be forced to move states for work in the mining industry.

i support the extension of mount thorley warkworth mine

I work for a supplier to Mt Thorley Warkworth and have several Mates/ Family working there. MTW has always been willing to adopt any measures I have put forward in regards to safety/ environment improvement.

I personally feel that this mine provides a substantial benefit to the community.

As a resident of Singleton i fully support the application for the approval of the Mt Thorley Warkworth extension and continuation.

As a resident of Singleton i fully support the application for the approval of the Mt Thorley Warkworth extension and continuation.

My reasons for objection to this application.
The Mt.Thorley extension just adds to the cumulative impact from coal mines on the village of Bulga.
The high overburden dumps will be in direct line of sight to most residents in Bulga.
Trucks dumping at the top of these dumps will add a considerable amount of noise from the mine which will increase the overall cumulative noise.
We are experiencing non-compliance now, this application if approved will make it more frequent.
The same goes with dust, just adding more to what we have too much of already.
Bulga village will have a 120 degree view of overburden if these two projects proceed.

The extension of this site will also put more pressure on the natural wetland on the property of Newport downstream of the mine.
Illegal water discharges have already killed off some of the ancient redgums in this wetland. Warkworth mine claims this wetland is man made but that is not correct, it was there well before white man arrived. Any leakage from Tailings dams can enter this wetland if control is lost as it has been in the past.
This application should be refused

I object to the Mount Thorley extension as it will increase noise and dust which is already having a big impact on our lives.
This mine is in direct view from the front of our house so the noise from elevated dump trucks has nothing in between to suppress it.
It will also be an eyesore as overburden will the biggest object when looking east.
We have a view of Bulga Mine, Mt Thorley Mine and Warkworth Mine and all their overburden dumps
Rehabilitation of these dumps is long overdue.
This application should be refused as enough is enough.
Helen Upward

We live in direct line of sight of the overburden dump which has visual, noise and dust impacts on us with the current consent. We cannot have windows and doors open due to the noise and dust caused by trucks driving on the dump carrying out mining activity. This will only increase with the proposed expansion.
I did not buy in a rural community to have to live behind closed doors and windows.

It is really disappointing to see such a small group of people, with a malicious agenda, destroy the lives of thousands of people who depend on this mine to support their family and to make a living.

This mine is critical to the life of the community. Hunter Valley relies on mining to bring money into the local economy. Mining is the lifeblood of the Australian economy and to the local Hunter Valley economy.

I am concerned that if this mine extension is not approved, then I will lose my job and I will not be able to support my family. It will be devastating to both my career and my family's livelihood.

Please don't refuse this application.

I believe this is a very important to myself and other workers at the mine. I have 1st hand knowledge of the effort and compliance measures put in place with mitigating environmental and community concerns. This modification will have limited on no negative effort on the community and environment. I have been with several large mining companies for over 20 years and believe this company goes to extreme measures to comply with regulators and has done for a long period of time.

This is a submission against both the Warkworth (SSD 6464) and Mt Thorley (SSD 6465) Continuation Projects.

It is about time that the department and the government realise that extending existing mines across pre-agreed protection areas is unacceptable to the broader community and to the citizens living in the lower Hunter Valley. Good grief - there are too many mines now; too much dust; too much focus on mining as against viticulture, tourism and agriculture in our area. Enough is enough!

The NSW Land and Environment Court ruled in April 2013 that expanding the Warkworth coal mine would do the NSW public more harm than good. Judge Preston found that the information used by Rio Tinto and NSW Planning in support of the project was wrong, and he overturned the approval.

When Rio Tinto and the NSW Government appealed that decision to the NSW Supreme Court (Court of Appeal), they lost. Two superior NSW courts have now ruled that Rio's plan to expand the Warkworth coal mine fails on merit.

The Bulga people and their many supporters justly assumed that this would be the end of the project. Instead, Rio Tinto have simply resubmitted their mining application. It has been split in two, and the name updated, but these two projects (SSD 6464 and SSD 6465) are effectively the same project that has been rejected by two NSW courts (MP 09_0202).

That the Planning Department has even accepted Rio Tinto's application is a failure of procedural fairness, and makes a farce of the very process you are now asking us, the public, to participate in. We are being asked to make submissions on a project that has already been through this very same assessment process and failed - only to be resubmitted. We are being asked to submit to a process overseen by a Department that is clearly working closely with the proponent to get the project approved, and which got the decision wrong the first time around. There can be no faith in this process.

The Department must respect the decisions of the NSW Land and Environment Court, and the NSW Supreme Court (Court of Appeal), and reject these applications.

This is a submission against both the Warkworth (SSD 6464) and Mt Thorley (SSD 6465) Continuation Projects.

The NSW Land and Environment Court ruled in April 2013 that expanding the Warkworth coal mine would do the NSW public more harm than good. Judge Preston found that the information used by Rio Tinto and NSW Planning in support of the project was wrong, and he overturned the approval.

When Rio Tinto and the NSW Government appealed that decision to the NSW Supreme Court (Court of Appeal), they lost. Two superior NSW courts have now ruled that Rio's plan to expand the Warkworth coal mine fails on merit.

The Bulga people and their many supporters justly assumed that this would be the end of the project. Instead, Rio Tinto have simply resubmitted their mining application. It has been split in two, and the name updated, but these two projects (SSD 6464 and SSD 6465) are effectively the same project that has been rejected by two NSW courts (MP 09_0202).

That the Planning Department has even accepted Rio Tinto's application is a failure of procedural fairness, and makes a farce of the very process you are now asking us, the public, to participate in. We are being asked to make submissions on a project that has already been through this very same assessment process and failed - only to be resubmitted. We are being asked to submit to a process overseen by a Department that is clearly working closely with the proponent to get the project approved, and which got the decision wrong the first time around. There can be no faith in this process.

The Department must respect the decisions of the NSW Land and Environment Court, and the NSW Supreme Court (Court of Appeal), and reject these applications.

My partner and I work in the mining industry and rely on this project for our jobs. We believe the project and the community can co-exist.

I strongly oppose the Mount Thorley mine it will have excessive local impacts on water reserves and air quality. Destroy local habitat and have an impact on global carbon dioxide which also impacts on ocean acidification.