I support this project and my reasons why are listed in the points below.
1. Covered coal wagons - an industry first.
2. More rail = less trucks.
3. Hume Coal will have the latest generation locos - less impacts on air quality and noise.
4. The use of rail will put less strain on the roads of the Wingecarribee Shire
5. It will create jobs
6. It may mean the improvement of rail lines from Moss Vale to Unanderra.

I fully support this project and believe the Department should approve this application.

This project should be approved and constructed in conjunction with development and construction of the associated coal mine.
It will provide jobs for the people of NSW and Australia and revenue for the respective governments.
Failure to approve this project would be a gross failure of our governments and a total lack of support for growth and wealth creation of the population.

I believe that the Berrima Rail project will have no adverse affects on the local community.

The EIS shows that the impact is negligible.

Therefore, I support the support the Berrima Rail project as it has negligible impact and will provide the best method to transport coal from the Hume Coal project.

I support the project as it has been designed to join the project with the existing rail, create jobs, allow the use of trains and their subsequent environmental benefits rather than trucks to transport the coal and invest in infrastructure that will benefit the local area and provide traffic improvements.

This project should be approved because:

1. It permits Hume Coal Project to transport coal by rail (not trucks) and that project should be approved

2. It facilitates greater use of existing, under-utilised rail infrastructure

3. It will get rid of level crossings that are dangerous

This is a great project. It will allow for improved utility of the Berrima Branch Line through the extension of the No 1 siding, and will allow grade separated access into the Boral works, eliminating the need for the local Council to spend millions of dollars of ratepayer money on the Berrima Road diversion project.

It will also enable the mine to rail coal rather than use trucks, with associated environmental and safety benefits.

There are also benefits to the state of NSW and the country, through improved utilisation of public rail assets such as the ARTC-owned railway lines, which are suffering significant underutilisation at present.

I fully support this project.

We are a family owned farming partnership running approximately 4000 breeding ewes across 800ha and represent the 5th generation of our family to be involved in agriculture in the Southern Tablelands of NSW.
We support the project for the following reasons:
* It will encourage young people to stay in regional Australia. A major issue for these areas s lack of viable, well paid jobs. If we want young people to be able to afford to get involved in agriculture, they will require an off farm income to get a start
* The work being done by the leasee of Hume Coal's land has done an amazing job of lifting productivity in an area that, while historically may have been a high producing agricultural region, is now dominated by unproductive `hobby farms' and lifestyle blocks'. Stock numbers, land management practices and weed control are all light years ahead of what they were under previous ownership. As has been demonstrated at other underground mines throughout Australia, underground mining and agriculture can coexisting (examples include the Rio Tinto Kestrel Mine and it's relationship with the North Australian Pastoral Co)
* Mining in areas like the Highlands will mean that really prime areas of and such as the Liverpool plains will not need to be mined. Let's have mined in already developed areas, not in real food bowls like the black soil country around Gunnedah
* We also are encouraged by the work being done by the mine to promote agriculture (we see that they are also a member of NSW farmers).

Overall, we hope to see the mine go ahead and provide a future for our kids.

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