I wish to object to the proposal to extend the deadline for building the
Queensland-Hunter Gas Pipeline. The company has had 10 years to build
a pipeline for which it has no social licence. The people in the ten
local government areas through which the pipeline is set to run have
made it clear that they don't want a pipeline through their area.
The pipeline route also crosses rivers and creeks multiple times. The
environmental cost of a pipeline breach should be enough to shut the
project down.
Finally, the land use and settlement patterns have changed since the
original environmental impact statement which is well out of step with
the current reality.
All in all, the deadline should stay where it is and the
ill-considered project should be considered dead.

Gas prices have made this pipeline uneconomical to date and the
application is made merely in hopes the gas prices rise again HOWEVER
The polluting potential of such a long pipeline has always been an
argument against allowing the project in the first place.
The people impacted by the construction and fumes are against the
pipeline going past their farms and homes and should not have their
anxiety prolonged for a project that is likely never to me more than
marginally viable.
Any advantage of Gas over Coal when burned is negated when methane is
released through leaks without being burned.

The landscape through which this pipeline proposes to run has changed
over the last decade and with it, so has the impact this pipeline will
inflict on people, the environment and local economies. It is not
acceptable for the Department of Planning to extend the deadline for
this consent by another five years.

These lapse deadlines are crucial protections against the interminable
anxiety and uncertainty of major resource projects that hang over
land, communities and local economies.

The company claims there are no changes to the environmental or
amenity impacts, but that ignores changes that happen over time. New
ecological communities have been listed as endangered, National Parks
have been extended, new towns have emerged and existing towns have
grown, new farming enterprises have been embarked upon, and the
justification for the project has dramatically changed.

Dear DPE
I object to this request to change the Eld-Hunter Gas pipeline (Mod 1)
approval to extend the life of this approval. Community people and
economies need to have natural justice- the anxiety and uncertainty
created by this extension is unacceptable. As I am aware the Hunter
gas pipeline was approved ten years ago and given a ten year deadline
to begin construction or the approval would lapse.

It is the case that the ten year deadline for the Hunter gas pipeline
is February 2019. This impacts 10 community and local govt areas. The
opinion in the Mod 1 that there are no changes to the environmental or
amenity impacts disregard both government and community changes that
have occurred in this areas since this first approval. New Endangered
ecological communities have been listed and small businesses have been
securing their farms and environment. Our climate is breaking down-
acknowledged within NSW, Australia and internationally.
We cannot live without a functioning environment or community- we can
live without a gas pipeline. I object to this Mod 1 imposing its
values and development across our landscape and It request that the
DPE find that it is not acceptable for the Department of Planning to
extend the deadline for this consent by another five years. Thank you
for the opportunity to object.

Coal-Seam gas extraction is a system fraught with inherent environmental
problems. Until a 100% save and clean method of extraction can be
devised, no further Coal-Seam gas expansion should be authorized. This
includes the construction of the Hunter CSG Pipeline.

When are we going to stop allowing the wrecking of this lovely country by
companies that are hell bent on making profits and taking the money
out of the country?
We don't need more gas fields or gas pipelines.
We don't need the potential earthquakes that fracking can cause as
proven by overseas experience.
What we do need is WATER pipelines to drought proof this great
country.

Knowing that climate change is accelerating, it is difficult to see that
the proposed extension can be permitted. It would be for csg, which is
toxic, and produced in an environmentally unfriendly way (as proven in
the Tara Qld region.
As a Knitting Nana, I have been to the Pilliga and seen the
destruction already caused. I have seen the impact on the 'dark sky'
telescopes nearby.
We need the NSW govt to show that it cares positively for the
environment, the agricultural producers and the regional communities
which would be negatively affected if this pipeline would possibly be
allowed following an extension.

Stop the Hunter CSG pipeline. The company claims there are no changes to
the environmental or amenity impacts, but that ignores changes that
happen over time. New ecological communities have been listed as
endangered, National Parks have been extended, new towns have emerged
and existing towns have grown, new farming enterprises have been
embarked upon, and the justification for the project has dramatically
changed.

The landscape through which this pipeline proposes to run has changed
over the last decade and with it, so has the impact this pipeline will
inflict on people, the environment and local economies. It is not
acceptable for the Department of Planning to extend the deadline for
this consent by another five years.

I believe that there have been changes in Australia since this pipeline
was initially approved. The availability and reduced price of
renewables has changed everything. While our government is still
debating climate change, the people are voting with their feet and
installing solar. Most of the large companies are moving away from
coal and gas and into renewables. in addition people are valuing our
good agricultural country more and more - this is our future for
Australia. This pipeline should not be approved - it has an
environmental cost which is not acceptable. The fact that it hasn't
been constructed already shows that the economic benefits are
marginal.

stop this CSG pipeline in its tracks by making a submission objecting to
the modification.
This pipeline traverses ten local government areas, crossing several
rivers and beautiful farmland and bushland between the Queensland
border and Newcastle.

It passes by the Pilliga, and the company behind the pipeline is eager
to transport CSG drilled from the Pilliga to Queensland or Newcastle.
It passes through rich cropping lands south of Moree and on the
Liverpool Plains
It crosses the Namoi River five times, and the Hunter River on the
outskirts of Aberdeen, Morpeth and Tomago, cutting the wetlands of Ash
Island to the North Arm of the Hunter River on Kooragang Island.
The company claims there are no changes to the environmental or
amenity impacts, but that ignores changes that happen over time. New
ecological communities have been listed as endangered, National Parks
have been extended, new towns have emerged and existing towns have
grown, new farming enterprises have been embarked upon, and the
justification for the project has dramatically changed.

The landscape through which this pipeline proposes to run has changed
over the last decade and with it, so has the impact this pipeline will
inflict on people, the environment and local economies. It is not
acceptable for the Department of Planning to extend the deadline for
this consent by another five years.