Newstan’s coal handling and preparation plant is set to expand to handle coal from Mandalong (2 million tonnes/year) and Awaba (800,000 tonnes/year) and a reopened Newstan, totaling 4 million tonnes/year.
To accommodate the expansion, requests to Dept. Environment Climate Change & Water (DECCW) have been made to expand the pollution control dam from 16 to 50 Megalitres, relocate the discharge point and increase the volume of the discharge from 7 to 11Megalitres/day and 14ML during prolonged and intense rain events.
There are community concerns that the washery waters from the coal handling will end up in LT Creek with peak flood events utilised to pump the holding ponds out dispersing the holding waters further into the lake than just Fennell Edmonds Bay.
Centennial has refused to make a copy of the Water Management Plan available for review by the community. There has been no mention of any hydrological study or its purpose to the Community Consultative Committee (CCC).
If you are concerned about the proposed increase in discharge levels into LT Creek and lack of community consultation urge the Dept. Environment Climate Change & Water to contain pollution into LT Creek to a level no greater than the existing permitted level by installing and utilising established technologies for the removal of oil and grease as well as total suspended solids from water.
For more info contact Paul Moors moors@aapt.net.au the CCC community representative on the CCC.
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