I oppose plans to build an Energy from Waste plant at Eastern Creek.

There are still significant information shortfalls in the EIS, including the source of the waste and the inability of the applicant to guarantee procedures and processes that satisfactorily demonstrate how all industrial waste will be appropriately sorted.

They are still to guarantee that their predictions of low emissions are valid and achievable.

The incinerator proposal fails to comply with the area's zoning requirements and is therefore prohibited.

It will have a significant impact on critically endangered ecological communities.

Furthermore the location and design of the Energy from Waste plant fails to encourage a high standard of development.

I object to this incinerator being placed in Western Sydney. I do not live far from the proposed location and I will not have my family and I be used as guinea pigs. We know its effects will be upto 30km of the surrounding area, with greater fumes to those nearby. Find a spot that has not been nor will be developed or one that has residential properties. We don't want our health to suffer because of your mistakes!!!

Dear Government
I am a year 4 student at Wollemi College and I am very sad about the incinerator that will be built. If the incinerator is going to be built then I will sadly have to leave Wollemi and all my friends. My family will probably have to move homes more further away from the toxic fumes.
The incinerator emissions are a major source of toxic metals such as arsenic, mercury and cadmium and heaps more deadly things. If people breathe this stuff in then they will get very sick and could even get lung disease!!! That is surely not what you want, is it? Imagine families and little children getting very sick because of the incinerator!!
Please don't let it happen
Kind Regards
Noah Doyle

I would like to register my objection to the building of the Next Generation Energy from Waste Facility at Eastern Creek.

My primary concern is the placing of the incinerator that will emit pollutants and toxins, as indicated in the EIS, in close proximity to Minchinbury, where it is approx. 800 metres from homes, adjacent to workplaces in Eastern Creek and a little more than a kilometre from homes in Erskine Park along with the impact in can potentially have on people's health (physical and psychological) who live and work in this area.

My further concerns are as follows:

The applicant's previous environmental breaches in relationship to his Dial-a-Dump business and other land holdings.

The selective and misleading nature of Appendix H of the EIS about visual impact that does not cover area where there will be visual impact and instead selected sites with no visual impact. Page 34 indicates a viewpoint on Minchin Drive that is on the downside of the crest of a hill and indicates a sight line with the plant essentially obscured. If the view point was about 100 metres back on the crest of the hill the plant would be visible. Page 35 indicates a viewpoint on McFarlane Drive that is below the crest of a hill and indicates a sight line with the plant also essentially obscured. If the view point was on the crest of the hill and down the other side of the hill the plant would be visible. Other locations much closer to the plant were not included.
This increases my concern about the suitability of the proposed owner of the facility and indicates the potential for misleading information to be submitted as part of the EIS and subsequent consideration for approval of the facility.

Researching of this form of power generation has revealed a number of serious environmental incidents with leaks of toxins and non-compliance with operating conditions. e.g. Edmonton incinerator in England, Wainwright incinerator in Alberta, Canada

Incineration is simply old technology and doesn't promote recycling or reuse of materials particularly if a profit can be made from incinerating the material over the cost of recycling.

The number of truck movements, particularly when the on/off ramps to the M4 are constructed at Archbold Road

The questions I would like answered are:

How are statements and information in an EIS verified?

How are probity checks undertaken for operators/constructors of facilities of this kind?

Should the facility be approved, how will the consultation about any proposed conditions be conducted with the public?

What is the approval process for operators of the incinerator and the power generation process?

How does public consultation occur about potential operators?

What happens if the output of pollution and toxins is greater than the modelling indicated in EIS?

What is the mechanism for monitoring and publishing the outputs?

Is there consideration for a condition that the residents of Minchinbury receive free electricity from the plant? (worth a try!)

Finally, I would like to state the distress that this proposal has caused to my family having made our home in Minchinbury for the past 16 years.

Thank you for considering my submission.

Peter

This incinerator should be placed well away from residential areas where the health of our children, families and elderly will be placed at risk.
The air quality in the Penrith area is already affected due to the mountains and placing the incinerator here too will only increase our health concerns.
Warragamba Dam and Prospect reservoir being so close by will see our water quality effected.

This incinerator should be placed well away from residential areas where the health of our children, families and elderly will be placed at risk.
The air quality in the Penrith area is already affected due to the mountains and placing the incinerator here too will only increase our health concerns.
Warragamba Dam and Prospect reservoir being so close by will see our water quality effected.

This incinerator should be placed well away from residential areas where the health of our children, families and elderly will be placed at risk.
The air quality in the Penrith area is already affected due to the mountains and placing the incinerator here too will only increase our health concerns.
Warragamba Dam and Prospect reservoir being so close by will see our water quality effected.

This will be unsafe and dangerous to our health and to our children.

I object to the 'Energy from waste facility' being developed, which is basically a waste incinerator being marketed as a 'Green energy facility', for the following reasons:
1). "The proposed Facility may release substances to atmosphere which have the potential to harm human health."
We have so much open space in our country, why does it have to be placed so close to residential areas? (ONLY 1KM FROM RESIDENTIAL AREAS)!! But these "are low density residential housing areas, characterised by single and two(2) storey dwelling houses with private open space. Combined with local public recreation and open space areas" so less people to poison I guess?? This is appalling! Our children shouldn't have to be locked up inside their house to protect them from harmful emissions. We already have a waste facility close to area that emits aweful odours, and have increased pollution from increased trucks in the area from the business parK development. (GIVE US A BREAK!!).
2). "Treated flue gases will be emitted to the atmosphere via two (2) separate twin-flue standalone stacks, located to the south of the Flue Gas Treatment Areas. The proposed stacks are 100 metres high. The potential effect of the stacks on visual amenity is considered to be negligible for most locations".
This is approximately the height of a 30 storey building, and this is considered to have a low visual effect?? How many other 30 storey buildings are in the area, or are allowed to be built in the area?? This will be an eyesore.
This facility should definitely not be built in our area.

I object to the 'Energy from waste facility' being developed, which is basically a waste incinerator being marketed as a 'Green energy facility', for the following reasons:
1). "The proposed Facility may release substances to atmosphere which have the potential to harm human health."
We have so much open space in our country, why does it have to be placed so close to residential areas? (ONLY 1KM FROM RESIDENTIAL AREAS)!! But these "are low density residential housing areas, characterised by single and two(2) storey dwelling houses with private open space. Combined with local public recreation and open space areas" so less people to poison I guess?? This is appalling! Our children shouldn't have to be locked up inside their house to protect them from harmful emissions. We already have a waste facility close to area that emits aweful odours, and have increased pollution from increased trucks in the area from the business park development. (GIVE US A BREAK!!).
2). "Treated flue gases will be emitted to the atmosphere via two (2) separate twin-flue standalone stacks, located to the south of the Flue Gas Treatment Areas. The proposed stacks are 100 metres high. The potential effect of the stacks on visual amenity is considered to be negligible for most locations".
This is approximately the height of a 30 storey building, and this is considered to have a low visual effect?? How many other 30 storey buildings are in the area, or are allowed to be built in the area?? This will be an eyesore.

This facility should definitely not be built in our area.