It appears that many submissions lodged through the NSW DoP online web page have not been received.

If you used the online web form to lodge an objection letter, may we ask you email your submission again to felicity.greenway@planning.nsw.gov.au

Submission date has now been extended until the 3rd September  by NSW DoP.

Download a short document containing 'Key Points' and lodgement details for your objection letter. Please send it to as many concerned or interested friends as possible.

Download 'key points' document

For a more detailed submission outlining reasons for our objection please download the below document.

Download GVEPA's Submission document

It is vital that everyone who is concerned about the environmental and economic implications of this proposed development make submissions to the NSW Department of Planning (DoP) outlining their concerns.

Their website and details are linked below.

http://majorprojects.planning.nsw.gov.au/index.pl?action=view_job&job_id=81

Recently GVEPA members Geoff Fox, Geoff Siems and Ron Piddington meet with Richard Torbay and Tony Windsor to seek their support and to present them with the GVEPA submission that will be sent to the NSW Dep't of Planning..

Below is an image extracted from Richard Torbay's website.

Other recent points of interest

1.    Commonwealth Government has grave concerns

Despite rumours to the effect that opponents of this proposal are misinformed ‘Not-In-My-Backyard’ (NIMBY) near-neighbours to the site, in 2007 the Commonwealth’s peak Environment ‘Watchdog’, the Environment Protection & Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Committee, judged that the then proposal ‘is likely to have a significant impact on’ World Heritage properties.

The Council apparently does not want its ratepayers to be aware of this decision because its website entry on the landfill makes no mention of it.  You can see this decision AND the reasoning behind it at http://www.worldheritagedump.com.au/EPBCdecision.asp.

Council's  interpretation of the documented decision by the Federal Government (EPBC) that clearly states:-

'The Project is likely to have a significant impact on

    - World Heritage Properties (Sections 12 and 15A)

    - National heritage Places (Section 15B and 15C)'

gains scant mention in Council's Newsletter  No. 7 ( although no web acknowledgement) and is paraphrased most alarmingly on page 2 of the newsletter as :-

Let us make clear that the Oxley Wild Rivers National Parks forms part of the World Heritage listed Gondwana rainforests of Australia and that the proposal was deemed 'likely to have significant impact' not 'potential to impact, unless ...' on this pristine wilderness area.

Unfortunately Council continue to pursue a community 'misinformation' or 'no information ' policy on the proposed Regional 'Mega - Dump' .

2.  All Landfills Leak, sooner or later

A major reason for the EPBC’s ruling is that landfill technology is now widely understood within the international scientific community to be seriously flawed simply because both clay and clay/plastic liners ultimately deteriorate through interaction with the toxic chemical cocktail that develops inside the landfill.  The consequence is that these toxic fluids finally escape into the wider environment’s water system thereby polluting streams and rivers below the landfill.  You can see some detail about these claims at:

http://www.worldheritagedump.com.au/GVEPA%20Briefing%20Document%20080624.asp

and even more detail at:

http://www.worldheritagedump.com.au/Briefing/GVEPA%20Submission%202008%20proofed.pdf

3.  World Heritage Property will be at Risk

If this landfill were to be built, then the ADC community will would be guilty of wilfully acting in way that most likely will increasingly pollute the Oxley Wild Rivers National Park, which is part of the World Heritage Gondwana Rainforests of Australia.  As a signatory to the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, Australia has undertaken to NOT act in any way that would threaten the environment of its World Heritage properties.  You can check up on this undertaking at:

http://www.worldheritagedump.com.au/Briefing/World%20Heritage%20Values%20080625.pdf

4.  Ratepayers’ Obligations

As Australian Citizens, it is clear that we must not approve of the proposal to build this landfill on this site because of the high potential for environmental damage from toxic fluid loss from the landfill.  We argue that if a new landfill is needed, then it should be built in a location other than in the catchment of the World Heritage Gondwana Rainforests of Australia.

It is every citizen’s duty to oppose this proposed landfill on this site.  You can do this by submitting a written protest to the DoP any time within the 60 day public exhibition period.