Chain Valley Colliery Submission Template

Chain Valley Bay Colliery Consolidation Project Submission

I object to State Significant Development 17017460 Chain Valley Colliery Consolidation

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TO: NSW Independent Planning Commission

SUBJECT: I object to State Significant Development 17017460 Chain Valley Colliery Consolidation

1. SSD 17017460 the Chain Valley Colliery Consolidation Project should not be approved as it is not in the public interest(Required)

[REWRITE THE FOLLOWING POINTS IN YOUR OWN WORDS AND/OR ADD YOUR OWN THOUGHTS:] Coal mining, transportation and burning coal to generate power, all cause harm and as such, is not in the public interest. Coal mining not only causes environmental harm but damages the health and safety of the community
•	Delta intends to mine a total of 5.6 million addition tonnes of coal between 2027 and 2029. This will produce up to 16 million tonnes of additional CO2  emissions and release thousands of tonnes of hazardous air pollutants into the atmosphere.
•	There is no evidence that Delta intends to invest in technology to reduce its emissions . Delta has been found guilty of breaching its Environmental Protection Licence that caused two unprecedented fish kills in Lake Macquarie. Sentencing is set in the Land & Environment Court for 6 February 2026. On that basis the Independent Planning Commission must conclude that Delta is not a fit and proper entity to continue to operate its colliery or power station beyond the scheduled closure date,  preferably before.
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2. The approval of SSD 17017460 by the IPC will cause direct harm to human health and safety(Required)

[REWRITE THE FOLLOWING POINTS IN YOUR OWN WORDS AND/OR ADD YOUR OWN THOUGHTS]: Health Costs: In Australia alone, the health impacts from coal-fired power stations cost taxpayers roughly $2.4 billion annually due to increased rates of childhood asthma and cardiovascular diseases.
•	Fly ash and bottom ash: burning coal produces massive quantities of solid waste containing heavy metals which can be blown on the wind and leach into groundwater.
•	Methane (CH₄) & Nitrous Oxide (N₂O): While smaller in volume, these potent greenhouse gases are also released during the combustion process.
•	Toxic Heavy Metals: Burning coal releases mercury, lead, arsenic, and cadmium into the atmosphere. For context, burning even 1 million tons of coal can release over 40 tonnes of lead and thousands of tonnes of arsenic.
•	Burning this volume of coal also releases significant amounts of localized pollutants that impact human health and the environment: 
o	Sulfur Dioxide (SO₂): Contributes to acid rain and respiratory illnesses. Nitrogen Oxides (NOₓ): A major component of smog and ground-level ozone. Particulate Matter (PM): Includes fine (PM2.5) and coarse (PM10) particles that can lead to lung disease, asthma, and heart problems.
•	The residents living around the Chain Valley Colliery and the Vales Point Power Station have elevated rates of asthma, cardiovascular disease and multiple cancers according to government statistics. Recently conducted ghost wipes of homes found extremely high levels of toxins that were known human carcinogens directly linked to the combustion of coal.
•	Adding more coal from Delta’s Chain Valley mines will increase the health hazards already facing the community.
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3. Delta has failed to address the community’s concerns about air pollution and, as such, its proposal must be rejected by the IPC(Required)

[REWRITE THE FOLLOWING POINTS IN YOUR OWN WORDS AND/OR ADD YOUR OWN THOUGHTS:] The most significant issue raised by stakeholders in the 2022 public exhibition of the Environmental Impact Statement for this project was AIR POLLUTION and yet Delta and the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI) have taken no additional measures to address those concerns.
•	Additional research has been undertaken on other important issues, such as subsidence and noise but Delta and DPHI have both ignored the overwhelming community concerns over air pollution, concluding that existing measures set out in the EIS are sufficient. 
•	It is up to the IPC to reject this proposal on the basis that it would be an abrogation of the NSW Government’s duty of care to protect the health of its citizens to permit the project to go ahead.
•	The DPHI’s suggested conditions of consent including  in certain circumstances, permission to haul coal between the colliery and the power station by public road, will create additional public exposure to coal dust.

4. As a local resident I have witnessed the negative impacts of coal mining and burning coal on public health(Required)

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PLEASE, ON THE BASIS OF THIS PLEDGE, REJECT THIS PROPOSAL

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