Steel River East Battery Energy Storage System

The proximity to Hazardous Materials is extremely dangerous for this stupid plan!
We’re all totally sick of Australia being littered with this incapable toxic junk!
Shared access with a recycling facility (Benedict Recycling) heightens the risk of fire spreading from battery storage to flammable or reactive waste materials.

There is a Lack of Knowledge and Firefighting Capacity about RUIN-A-BULLS - ensuring local firefighting infrastructure will be ill-equipped to contain this BESS fire and toxic smoke - threatening workers’ lives and putting nearby facilities in danger.

This is an extremely Hazardous Toxic Fire Risk in an Industrial Zone!
Installing a massive lithium-ion BESS in a general industrial zone near recycling operations increases the chance of catastrophic thermal runaway fires, especially given past incidents globally.

I'm concerned about the people..
What buffer zones or emission controls are in place to mitigate risk to these neighbouring residential suburbs?
Newcastle is home to over 320,000 people, with thousands living within 3 km of the BESS site.
Have these residents been notified in the planning stage?

PFAS are persistent “forever chemicals” that can leach into nearby waterways, including the Hunter River.
What containment systems will prevent contaminated water from reaching the river ecosystem?

Has a full soil and groundwater assessment been done to confirm it’s safe for high-energy infrastructure?

Airborne emissions from fires or thermal events could impact thousands nearby due to prevailing winds from the west, was this address in the Planning process for this project.

What coordination plans are in place with surrounding landowners in case of an incident?
The BESS is being developed on low-lying, un disturbed land, this project risks of contamination , what plans in the planing process address this?.

What coordination plans are in place with surrounding businesses in case of an incident re fire and chemical spill?
The BESS is being developed on low-lying, previously disturbed industrial land, increasing risks of contamination leaching, how will this be planned for?

How will emergency vehicles access the site quickly if there’s a fire or chemical leak?
Adjacent land includes small businesses, warehouses, and light industrial users, many with minimal chemical hazard controls.

Steel River East Battery, Newcastle, Halt All Further processing of Immediately, nsw.gov.au, gov.au.
You people Disgust Me. You Hypocrits Selling Our Coal.
You Hypocrits. You Hypocrits. You Hypocrits, nsw.gov.au, gov.au.
I Demand an Immediate Moratorium on BESS in NSW and Australia, Immediately. Why don't you know why yet, nsw.gov.au, gov.au? Surely you do by now.
ALL this RE transition BESS PHES rubbish costs us, the Australian People us, far Too Much at a High Cost to All On Country Lands Waterways and Communities Australian and World's nb and World's, and World's, Australian Government must Stop Harming and Causing Loss to for No reason but Scam after Scam after Scam ! With all the subsidies for RE transition where is the Safe Reliable Energy Future We, as Australians, Must Have, Must Have, Must Have to Save Australia from Multinational Take Over.
Open and Read the link :
https://www.thegwpf.org/content/uploads/2021/12/Adams-Chinas-Energy-Dream.pdf
Read it to the end. Thanks. View p21. 75. .....23 Feb 2019 at https://www.businessinsider.com/map-explains-china-crackdown-on-uighur-muslims-in-xinjiang-2019-2.
Need a Comment.
Is the NSW Government and Australian Government breaching slave labour laws ? Hmmm.
Some say the Generators and Networks are using BESS to manipulate the market, increasing Our, Australians Ours, electricity costs. Are they running Renewables? Answer me!
Well, need a Comment, somebody in there, in the offices nsw.gov.au, breaching Slave Labour laws and Paris Agreements too. Hmmm. Dear oh dear. Who are you people as nsw.gov.au is a Question, using unethical Asian labour forces, increasing cost of electricity to Their Fellow Australians, threatening the Australian People's Energy Security as well as National Security??

For Gods Sake, Stop Wasting Our, Australians Ours, Money, you there as nsw.gov.au, or you Are Going to Pay for the Mistakes you, as nsw.gov.au, are making Affecting Every Australian, did you know.

Go away, all the way to AsiaChina Lands, you there a Threat to us All - your Fellow Australians.
Go and live in China and don't come back! We don't want you, nsw.gov.au, wasting Our, Australians Ours, money any more whilst AsiaChina use Our Coal, Ours, in manufacturing Unnecessary products then sold Globally NB. What a Scam Net Zero Is !
Cease and Desist "Clean Energy " Scam, a Scam, costing who But Your Fellow Australians, You, and Future Generations who will be paying back the Debt you Have Caused, you, in nsw.gov.au, just because You people are Not able to be Honest and Outrightly Outraged at everything You are Allowing We Are Paying For - did you know, you there, hiding away from your Fellow Australians as you destroy Our, Australians Ours, Rural regions, you are Destroying and Are, nsw.gov.au.

Yes you are.

Yes you are. Are. Are. Shame on you.
One day you will be responsible and fully accountable to the Australian People you have caused Harm and Loss to yet seem not to know that. Know it.
I do wonder how you get away with it, nsw.gov.au. I do. Every day I wonder how you get away with it, nsw.gov.au.
You, nsw.gov.au.
You, gov.au.
You, gov.au-multinationals-global you, Harming and Causing Loss all Over the World aren't you, eh.
Shame on you All.
I Demand Coal Be Kept Onshore Australia From Now.
I find you Hypocrits, yes Hypocrits, yes Hypocrits, who Cost Us All and Our, Australians Ours, environments I Demand be Clean Clean Clean by 2024. Clean and Green was never to have been associated with energy. There's no such thing as "clean energy, nor "green energy ". Ohhhh How do you Get Away with it, hm, nsw.gov.au, gov.au, gov.au-multinationals-global!! Money Money Money, Money Money Money we don't have and you know it, don't you. Shame on you All.
Cease and Desist All BESS projects in NSW and Australia Immediately Immediately Immediately.
Bring Erin Brockovich here Immediately to Save Australia from Risk of Bush Fires no one wants to put out, plus Toxic Environments noone wants near them. Here's why:
https://sfstandard.com/2025/02/06/erin-brockovich-lawsuit-moss-landing-power-plant-fire/
Please open the link and read it to the End thanks. I've sent this link many times in my submissions Against BESS. So I'll say You Have Been Informed And Have Chosen To Ignore The Advice in my Submissions Against BESS - Toxic To The Environment.
How Dare You Destroy Destroy Destroy Our , Australians Ours, Lands Waterways and Communities when Alternatives exist being Coal Fired Power Stations, Brand New and Low Emissions, built adjacent to current power stations, now from now, to offer All in NSW a Reliable Source of Energy where we can become Independent of AsiaChina as soon as possible Note.
Wake Up. Hurry Up. Wake Up. Quick. Hurry Up. This will:-
https://www.thegwpf.org/content/uploads/2021/12/Adams-Chinas-Energy-Dream.pdf
You lot are getting us into trouble and I Hold you Fully Responsible and Accountable I do because unless we are Billionaires we don't get a Say hey hey hey.
I want you All to Go To China and Never Come Back. Never. Never. Go away.
I don't know What you're doing. But why are you is a Question.
Why are you threatening Our, Australians Ours, Futures? Well ? Why ?

Plastic and chemical debris can linger after closure.
How will you ensure full site cleanup and microplastic removal after battery dismantling? Where will the recycling happen?

There’s no financial security for decommissioning or cleanup.
Will both developer and the landholder deposit equal amounts into an escrow fund, managed by a neutral third party, before commissioning begins?

The submission systematically demonstrates that the Steel River East BESS fails to meet NSW legislative requirements under planning, environmental protection, and modern slavery obligations. It critically examines the project's misleading carbon accounting, the absence of transparent supply chain ethics, and the inadequate planning for decommissioning and site remediation. Furthermore, it outlines how the project jeopardises property values, disrupts local business continuity, and imposes long-term liabilities on councils and taxpayers.

Contamination and Waste Management are issues that are being swept under the carpet. It’s time government stop putting renewable targets ahead of the nation’s public health and food security. Please see attached for further details.

The site could be abandoned post-operation, leaving toxic waste behind at the end of use.
Will you provide a legally binding decommissioning plan including full land rehabilitation and timelines?

Battery breakdown during storms or fire could release heavy metals well be a health hazard.
How will you secure and weatherproof battery modules to prevent accidental environmental contamination?

Cleaning operations risk discharging PFAS and plastic waste into drains and on the soil.
What procedures will prevent harmful substances from leaving the site during normal operations?

Microplastics from battery and cable casings can persist in soil and water for decades,
What filtration or material containment systems are in place to prevent leaching of microplastics into farmland?
When leached onto food producing farmland, how will this be cleaned up?

PFAS has been linked to health issues and groundwater contamination.
Will commit to a PFAS-free site, including fire suppression foam, coating materials, and construction chemicals?