Australia signed the Paris Climate Change Agreement in December last year along with nearly 200 other countries. The agreement called for urgent reduction in green house gases known to be the prime cause of Global warming to keep the warming below 1.5C above the 2Oth century average. Since the Paris Climate Agreement many further studies have shown that unless we urgently curb Global Warming the world including Australia will suffer severely from extreme weather, drought, raised sea levels and climate change induced famine and civil unrest. There have been world wide calls to keep 90% of Australia's fossil fuel reserves in the ground as it would be dangerous to extract and sell them. CSG mining has been found around the world to endanger the health of locals living near its extraction; a serious danger to underground aquifers and a potential earth quake hazard. Polls show that the majority of people in NSW would like to see a total BAN on CSG mining in NSW. As an older Australia I can still remember a time when Australia's international environmental reputation was impeccable. At the moment it is rock bottom as the country is trapped in a cycle of greed to sell off as much of our fossil as possible regardless of who around the world suffers. We are collectively very poor international citizens. I do not support any further CSG mining and recommend a total BAN on all CSG mining for any purpose across the state.

I am concerned that all areas of environmental and community concerns may not have considered. What efforts have been made to assess the effects on the water table and other environmental damage that may occur as well as impacts on farming and on possible aboriginal cultural sites, I hope due diligence will be undertaken before this is allowed to proceed. Has the local community, local aboriginal elders, the farming community etc been consulted properly and given time to comment?

As a local resident I am concerned to learn of an intended increase of production at the Wilga Park Power station. I have learned it was intended to commence without the completion of an E.I.S.
I want to live in the area for many years to come and want due process to be taken to ensure the health of all aspects of our community.

To whom it may concern,
I'm writing to register my objection to the following:
I oppose Santos supplying gas from exploration as beneficial use of CSG to Wilga Park Power Station.
Santos should be required to submit an EIS and a PAC meeting should be held.
With all the evidence that this is a dangerous form of mining do not allow this project to go ahead.
The consequences outweigh any reason for this project to progress any further. I'm concerned about impact to the environment, Cultural sites, ground water impact, people health and wild life.
Regards,
Simona Angeli

A gasfield the size of PEL 238 should be subject to an EIS. Opening up the whole PEL to exploration to supply the power plant is in essence allowing full scale developement of the Gasfield under exploration.

This is not best practice in this dangerous industry.

Santos have already proved under exploration how dangerous this industry is when they contaminated an aquifer with Uranium.

This exploration license 238 should be cancelled now.

Yours sincerly
Melinda Wilson

The Gloucester Knitting Nannas object to the proposal that Santos be permitted to supply gas from exploration as "Beneficial Use of Coal Seam Gas".

It is our understanding that no EIS has ever been submitted for this potential coal seam gas field, and we are strongly of the opinion that one should be required.

A PAC meeting should also be held to allow the people to voice their opinion of this proposal.

Why are you people so determined to support Santos in this insanity? There is a mountain of evidence from around the world just a google click away that shows clearly that this industry is uneconomic, unsafe and destroys the biological systems of this planet. And if you don't believe what you see online, then spend a few days in the Queensland gas fields and see for yourself. It is madness allowing Santos to build a gas field in the main recharge zone of the Great Artesian Basin. It is the most destructive thing I can think of to try to keep this failing company afloat. And it won't work. Santos will only take down thousands of innocent Australians with them if they are allowed to do this. They will be fought every step of the way by people working without pay but with guts and a determination to survive against thugs and sellouts who only fighting to protect their bosses profits. Most of Australia supports the farmers. After all, they feed us everyday. Santos would be better off totally revising their company plan and investing in renewables to have any hope of surviving. And they need to provide stakeholders with a legitimate EIS before they embark on any project.
Katherine Marchment

I am writing to oppose this proposal as it does not follow any of the checks and balances that I would expect from any project that intends to extract unconventional gas to use as its source of energy.

We object to the Coal Seam Gas going through, its not good for the environment, it pollutes the soil, the water and we are putting peoples lives at risk by going ahead with it.

I am a Grandmother of small children they deserve clean water and air and locally grown food.

My Name is Richard Darby, i work as an aged care worker. I would like to know what enviromental studys have been done in relation to the long term affects of coal seam gas mining. I believe australian farms to be one of our countries biggest assets, and all water and land needs to be used sustainably.
I require you to answer the following:

1) What will the impact of the construction of the gas gathering systems at Bibblewindi and Bohena CSG Pilots be? Please include affects on the water tables, the flora and fauna impacted, the aquifers and the bushland.
2) What environmental studies have been undertaken to assess this impact?
3) What will the hazard of bushfire be in the presence of these constructions and the materials the transport? What has been undertaken to mitigate the possible outcomes of this new hazard?
4) What chemicals will be present? How will these affect the air and the chemistry of the air and the water and its level of quality? Please outline all the process planned to mitigate or recover an area if contaminated and how do you plan to prevent this?
5) What will the impact of the construction of the gas compression at Bibblewindi and Bohena CSG Pilots be? Please include affects on the water tables, the flora and fauna impacted, the aquifers and the bushland.
6) What environmental studies have been undertaken to assess this impact?
7) What will the hazard of bushfire be in the presence of these constructions and the materials the transport? What has been undertaken to mitigate the possible outcomes of this new hazard?
?? What chemicals will be present? How will these affect the air and the chemistry of the air and the water and its level of quality? Please outline all the process planned to mitigate or recover an area if contaminated and how do you plan to prevent this?
9) What happens if these facilities fail? Will an explosion occur and what are the likely outcomes? Please show me an Act of Legislation that allows for such a risk? And how does SANTOS plan to mitigate?
10) How close are the nearest residents to these facilities? How will their lives be impacted?
11) Is SANTOS aware that the Pilliga is a highly flammable forest populated largely with cypress pines?
12) How will the 32 kilometre buried gas flow line between the Bibblewindi and Bohena Pilot and the Wilga Park Power Station be maintained? What are the consequences of a leakage? How will this be mitigated?
13) What underwater ground streams/aquifiers will this construction be affecting? How will it affect them? What chemicals will leak into the water? How is this likely to affect the water-please include detailed studies showing potential affects and mitigations. Please also include other studies taken on by the companies in the times that their systems have failed and water has been polluted. Full comprehensive studies will be required in the response to this submission.
14)Please also include other studies taken on by the companies in the times that their systems have failed and the air quality has been polluted. Full comprehensive studies will be required in the response to this submission
15) Please also include other studies taken on by the companies in the times that their systems have failed and the land has been polluted, i.e through salt scarification due to drilling. Full comprehensive studies will be required in the response to this submission
16) Please also include full comprehensive studies of the increase in CO2 that the gas-fired power station expansion from the capacity of 12 megawatts to 40 megawatts will have, periodically, for a time frame of the next 100 years, so that my children and your children know what to expect.
17) Please outline the DA for this expansion
18) Please include any environmental studies this expansion may or may not have
19) Where is this gas going to?
20) How much of the gas mined by SANTOS is sold domestically and how much is sold overseas?
21) How much does SANTOS expect to profiteer off this expansion?
22) What local and non-local political members have approved/donated to SANTOS in the past/present.
23) Overall, what are the accumulative effects of a CSG mine in the Pilliga over the next 100 years? Will the air quality still be breathable? Will the water quality still be drinkable? Please outline when both of these will be beyond a human consumptive quality.
24) Overall how much CO2 does the entire SANTOS project intend to leak into the air?
25) How does SANTOS plan to mitigate methane in waterways?
26) What EPBC listed species will be threatened by this expansion? How does SANTOS plan to mitigate for these flora/fauna listed?
27) Have you watched GASLANDS?