Our submission has been provided as a letter of support for the Hume Coal Project.

All Tailing ponds are going underground under the Hawkesbury sandstone membrane which sits under the pristine Sydney water aquifer .
3.5 million tons of washed coal per year produces 2.0 million tons of sulphuric acid tailings over 19 years as 3% is waste Tailings. These tailings will destroy the surface water catchment around the coal site and the pristine water Aquifer underground ,its a designated development with industrial capacity to destroy the national park , flora and fauna and our pristine water as it is within 100 metes of these natural ecosystems .The Public interest of our Nation and surrounding people of the southern highlands must be held privileged above coal and industrial development .

My family have been saving and planning to move from Sydney to the Southern Highlands for 10 years. We have 5 kids and we desperately wanted to move them to a cleaner, quieter country lifestyle. 10 years of planning and hard work is now under threat by the news of this Coal mine. We have put a deposit on our land and were due to start building in January 2018. We are very seriously considering cancelling our purchase , and ruining our future dreams to avoid living in a toxic environment. We will lose everything.
The Highlands is an oasis of rich, unique, historical and beautiful landscape unlike any other area in NSW. There is so much of this country that is unused desert , yet you keep choosing our fertile farmland to rape and destroy in the name of the almighty dollar. It is so dissapointing, that yet again our land and our health are sold out to greed. This is NO place for a coal mine.
Coal is a dying energy, everyone knows it. A 5 year old could look at the facts and figure it out. The world en mass are moving away from coal to renewable , sustainable CLEAN Energy, and this not only makes you look uneducated and backward but makes your greed even more transparent. You are meant to be our protectors not our pimps.
I am not going to bother attaching any documetation to support the widely proven scientific conclusions condemning coal mining, as I'm sure your quite aware of the facts , even though you choose to cover them up . Just as Im not going to bother reading the EIS , as I am quite aware its full of lies and propaganda. . I will however attach the findings relating to the Hunter Valley coal mine tragedy. Have you not learned anything ? Coal mines and farm land do not mix. "Annual costs for health impacts in the region are $600 million annually" " 300 deaths a year " . Just the dust travels 30 kms and kills off everything , also filling rainwater tanks with yellow sludge , as reported in the Hunter. You made this mistake once, but I will ve damned if we will let you do it again
My family and I are vehemently AGAINST the proposal and object. This will ruin our future and change the destiny of our family and many others for generations to come. It will kill one of the most beautiful rural areas in our country . Take your "experimental mining project" back to Korea . Hang your heads in shame for even considering this descimation.
We beg you to be our Protectors and refuse this proposal.