Please refer to the attachment.

I hope that the Department of Planning, Industry and the Environment will take the time needed to look thoroughly at the matter of water management and sediment traps associated with this modification, in the light of the lived experience of the recent period of heavy rainfall. In a changing climate that includes more extreme rainfall events, sediment traps and coal wash storage require additional care in relation to capacity, monitoring and plans to ensure that bushland, waterways, and residential areas are not further impacted after periods of extreme rainfall. This is even more critical in the case of water management, coal wash storage and sediment traps that are within the water catchment.