I have read and understand the amendments proposed. It is my opinion the amendments that have been proposed by Bowden Silver Pty Limited are positive and constructive in their content in further protecting the land and the environment.This action displays an attitude by Borden’s Silver Pty.Limited in seriously endeavouring to work with the NSW government and the Mudgee district in both protecting the land whilst creating badly needed employment in the district which in turn will stimulate and benefit the economy in both the Mudgee area and as revenue provider for NSW. I support these proposals as a plan that if approved will be meritorious for all concerned.

I strongly object to the project all all counts.
The water amendments do not satisfactorily address the issues and the effects on local agriculture will be damaging.
Nothing about this project is beneficial to those living around the mine only detrimental to their lifestyle and health.
Christine Cooney

I object to this latest version of SVL's proposal to mine lead, silver and zinc at Lue. These are some of my reasons.


We have a registered bore with a current 50 megalitre irrigation licence which is an important part of my family's plans for the future. The company has claimed there will be no impacts on this asset. This confidence seems misplaced as there has been no monitoring of this bore since KCN inexplicably ceased the practice in 2012 and SVL holds no other information about it that they will disclose to me.



The description of a wide range of potential adverse health, well-being, environmental and economic impacts that are worrying to the community as "minimal" or "acceptable" is unscientific, imprecise and deceptive. Clearly "no health impacts of concern" means in fact the opposite of "no health impacts".

The large numbers of heavy lead trucks travelling through Mudgee and other towns will have a huge adverse effect on communities that have been kept completely unaware of the impacts of this project.

Widespread concerns about the impact of this development on its neighbours' property values are dismissed with no evidence whatsoever. Indeed an examination of the effects of other mining projects in the area on properties not purchased by a mining company would lead to a different conclusion.

Water sources and water impacts are a major component of mining developments. This is a significantly different project to the one described in the original EIS that community members, organisations and government bodies spent so much time, effort and money responding to. Now these same people and groups have only 2 weeks to examine this new proposal and respond yet again.

This latest proposal, and the fact that significant changes have been proposed at this late stage, raise further questions around the company's integrity and competence. That they could be allowed to mine lead so close to a village and school and in the catchment of Lawson Creek and the Cudgegong River defies belief.

I strongly object to the development of the above mentioned mine on all grounds including the noise issue, traffic, lead pollution , value of the properties and the water issue.
Even though the proposal has amended the water issue, the other issues as far as I am concerned are still prevalent and have not been addressed satisfactorily.
What the government is proposing to allow with this mine development is totally unacceptable on all grounds including environmental.
The latest amendments re: water are totally unacceptable and false.
At the moment La Niña exists but when there are droughts (and they occur frequently), there will be no additional water .
This issue of water supply is insurmountable as far as this project is concerned.

Regards
Suzana Chandler

Wellington Valley Wiradjuri Aboriginal Corporation and the Traditional Owners it Represents Strongly Object to this Project

As a resident on the down stream area of the proposed project ,my concern on removing the pipeline from the project is that this indicates that they will use more of the natural resources from Lawson creek ,which in turn effects everyone down stream . Also with recent rain events that we have witnessed of late ,is what they are proposing to put in place adequate enough (tailings Dam) if we have such an event and all the holes line up,it will be detrimental to not only us ,but areas such as Mudgee , lake Burrendong , Macquarie marsh’s . It will be too late once the horse has bolted, please consider everything ,before giving a green light to a very big disaster.

Impact on the local water supply / usage
Impact on local business (dust etc from mining )
Impact on views of the local mountains
Impact on resale values on land .
Impact on local wildlife .
Visually unattractive to see and hear .

Not fully realising the importance of silver as a commodity. It's certainly not worth much.
1. The impact on the environment is the worst thing of course.
2. To disrupt such a beautiful place as Lue and It's relatively small amount of residents. Never to return to normality within a generation, is unforgivable. Just for commercial gain. As usual.

I continue to object to the proposal on aesthetic ands environmental grounds. Asn a regular visitor to the area I am appalled by the proposed desecration of a beautiful area through noise, dirt and pollution.
The project has been amended to remove the requirement for piping water from Ulan, how convenient. Such a large volume of water to run the mine is now supposedly coming from on-site storage and re-use as well as groundwater. if this is feasible why did Bowdens say so in the beginning. the volume of ground water is very large and as time passes such water will be in high demand from better on-going uses including agriculture. The current La Nina weather pattern is illusory going forward, the return to predicted drought conditions will mean the mine is left relying on ever increasing demands (probably to be granted by government) which are not feasible in the longterm. The water problem is insurmountable in that location.
The project still has not addressed the very significant real and potential downstream pollution issues of the tailings dam.
The project still has a smell of kite flying about it with a view to on sale to other entities who may not have the same "claimed" adherence to the environmental sensitivity requirements.

Accordingly, given the propensity of NSW Planning to support and approve such projects I urge that a change be made to the approval making Bowdens pay upfront sufficient dollars of Escrow to cover the full cost of eventual mine rehabilitation. There are too many examples of such mines flipping ownership near the end of productive life to companies that then default leaving the State to fix it and/or the community to suffer the blight of the stranded assets, piles, holes, roads and tailings dams. There are too many such examples to list here.