please find attached my submission with regards to the VI component of this proposal

Cloustons and the consultant used on this project appear to have no demonstrated expertise relevant to assessing the peculiar visual impact of wind farms in rural areas.

Unless the Department has received evidence specifically validating demonstrated ability by the consultant to accurately evaluate wind farm visual impact on residents, under a range of
circumstances and at distances relevant to 173m turbines, the Department must disregard the whole of the submitted VI Assessment.

Failure to do so would suggest the Department is also happy to hire podiatrists to do brain surgery.

If the Department has received such validated evidence of demonstrated specific competence in accurately assessing wind farm visual impact, it should release that evidence to the community through the relevant project section on its web site.

The Department also needs to carefully consider whether the statement that "This LCVIA is consistent with the NAF and Draft NSW Planning Guidelines Wind Farms methodologies" is in fact a breach of the relevant sections of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 and the NSW Crimes Act 1900 in relation to false or misleading statements, either alone or as part of a pattern throughout the EIS.

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Please find attached my submission: "Is Jupiter in the public interest"