see attached letter.

Need more community consultation Assurance
Assurance of NO more contamination in the air, water or GROUND WATER
Noise pollution from vehicles working 24/7 on and travelling to the site

I do not support MOD 16.
I am a concerned fourth generation farmer in the Cadia Valley district. I share a 1 km boundary fence line with the mine. The new haulage road is about 800m away. I believe that this new tailings dam is being pushed through without any serious consultation. Many of my questions have not been answered which causes a huge amount of frustration for me.
Some of my points are as follows:
1. noise and dust and the visual impact is huge
2. there have plenty of meetings but the mine doesn't get back to me on issues that are important to me
3. possibly more good agricultural land will be made into pine forests
4. the so called independent consultants (hired by the mine) don't listen to me and their reports are not accurate
5. the last tailings dam burst so now Cadia propose building a new dam bigger and higher. Only other tailings dam like it is in South America.
I am happy to discuss these issues face to face with you.

Please find attached CCSN comments on Mod 16

I have two objections to this proposal. The first is there was a major lack of local consultation by Cadia Valley Operations - the first I knew of it was a passing comment from a neighbor. There hasn't been a thorough or fair discussion and awareness meeting available.

More seriously though I am very concerned about the long term air quality implications of using the hydrocloned sand to build external walls. I feel the air quality impact assessment has been rushed and lacks independent review. Claims made in the Air Quality Impact Assessment are biased and lack credibility due to Cadia Valley's vested interest. The local air quality is already seriously degraded and the subject a major point in the current class action law suit.

I can't see how this proposal should go ahead seeing as it is very possible the presence of the mine is already having a seriously negative on the effect on the local air, water and soil quality. Further works such as Mod 16 will expand this issue

We are opposing this modification because long association with this mine has proven that consultation is token, environmental damage is pervasive and ongoing and community degradation is real.

Please see attached submission