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We object to this project which plans to blast with ANFO in Pilliga Forest, with no geotechnical assessment upon which a reasoned assessment can be undertaken by the Department of Planning or Independent Planning Commission. We recommend that this Project requires referral to the IPC, where numerous matters can be assessed in the requisite detail, including the absent cumulative impact assessment with the Narrabri Stage 3 mine, the absence of details about low point drains and high point vents which would be required along the pipeline. The absence of any EIS references to these aspects of the infrastructure leave significant gaps in the ability of the decision makers to assess such matters as potential groundwater and surface water pollution, and climate change impacts. We also believe that the subject of compressor station should have been explicitly addressed. It is not sufficient to simply assert that there is no need for compression along the pipeline route, as there are numerous indications to the contrary eg the hilly terrain and the fact admitted by Santos that blasting is needed to clear obstructions. You can have no blasting and also no compression. The vulnerability of Bohena Creek and also Yellow Springs Dam is understated or not mentioned. We look forward to providing more detailed arguments and evidence against the Narrabri Lateral Pipeline at the Independent Planning Commission public hearing. Thank you.

I fully support the pragmatic and essential progress of renewable energy projects hand-in-hand with gas, both of which are required to support the transition away from coal.