I am totally against this proposal as the impact on the local environment and water catchment areas will be devastating not to mentioned transporting all that coal by truck to Port Kembla will negatively impact on the health of everyone living in the vicinity of memorial drive

I oppose the approval of the Longwall Mining of Panel 6. There are significant risks to the area on the surface under the area to be longwalled, including- by the Companies own admission- likely draining of upland swamps and loss of flow in the Cataract Creek catchment.
Upland swamps in the area are valuable ecosystems that are largely unique in the world and as such are irreplaceble. They provide filtration of water into the catchment as well as habitat for many species.
I am concerned that there will be the loss of water flows in the catchment- more than ever we should be concerned about impacts on water catchment and it's subsequent effects on water supply for the whole Sydney Catchment area.
The company is aware that it faces significant issues with an overall expansion approval because of these impacts (and others), this peicemeal approach needs to be halted and a single overall decision made about the totality of the plansd for the project.
This application is approval by stealth of the overall plans.

Dear Sir/Madam,

Russel Vale Colliery - Preliminary Works Project Mod 2 - Longwall 6 (MP 10_0046 MOD 2)

This is a submission as an objection to this proposed longwall panel. The proposed longwall should not proceed as proposed for the following reason:

Longwall mining over old workings will set a bad precedent as the predicted levels of valley closure, tensile and compressive strains are unacceptably high. Catastrophic cracking damage to the area above the longwall, including important upland swamps is a mathematical certainty.

Approval of this proposal will help to establish totally unacceptable standards for mining in the drinking water supply catchment.

The consideration of past damage to swamps is rubbish, as no pre-mining data exists. The catchment and its swamps will be severely damaged.

Thank you for the opportunity to object to this unacceptable proposal.

Yours sincerely,

Keith Muir
Director
The Colong Foundation for Wilderness Ltd

I believe this proposal to be thorough and with excellent environmental considerations. The long history of this mine, its current restructuring, new management and dedication to environmental impacts is impressive. So far as the compnay works closely with environmental bodies at each stage of advancement, I do not see any valid reasoning to not grant approval for longwall 6. The future economic stability of the Wollongong region and the vast number of people this mine employs both directlly and indirectly calls for a swfit resopnse.

Submission is attached as pdf document. I communicated earlier that this submission would be a little late.

see attached

Please see my attached submission. I am concerned about Noise, Dust, Trucks and the negative environmental impacts caused by this modification.
I object to the manner in which the proponent has conducted itself and I fear that the numerous appliactions (and underhanded subsidence management application to obtain longwall approval) mean that the proponent is ruthlessly burying local residents in a sea of submissions and consultations, to effectively conduct a war of attrition in pushing their own agenda and gaining the approvals that they seek in the long term.