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Download the Wallarah 2 Coal Project Environmental Assessment as well as find out the latest information on the project.

Details of the Wallarah 2 Coal Project plans, objectives, construction and proposed operation of the mine are presented.

Preliminary findings of the detailed assessments on potential impacts associated with the W2CP construction and operation on environmental issues such as water catchments and supply, subsidence, flooding, groundwater, flora and fauna, noise, air quality, land use, visual impact, greenhouse gases, and traffic and transportation are available.

The Project will be subject to a comprehensive environmental assessment process.
Final Report released by the Independent Expert Panel.

WACJV and their consultants will continue the proactive community consultation program which is both systematic and outcomes based.

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The Wyong Areas Coal Joint Venture (WACJV) has been exploring the Wyong Coal Development Areas under licence of the NSW Government since 1995.

Planning for the Wallarah 2 Coal Project (W2CP) has continued in earnest following the Independent Strategic Inquiry into coal mining in the Wyong Local Government Area.  Environmental studies are now nearing completion and it is anticipated that the formal Environmental Assessment (EA) documents will be lodged with the NSW Department of Planning in early 2010.

On the 17 December 2008 the final report on the Inquiry by the Independent Expert Panel into Impacts of Potential Coal Mining in the Wyong Local Government Area was publicly released.  The WACJV welcomes the following conclusions from the Strategic Inquiry:

  1. there are no significant reasons why coal mining should not be permitted in the Wyong Local Government Area;
  2. that there is a valuable coal resource in the Wyong Local Government Area worth several billion dollars;
  3. mining this resource is unlikely to compromise in any significant way the water supply of the Central Coast; and
  4. any new mining proposals in the Wyong Local Government Area should be examined carefully on their individual merits, using technical experts to strengthen the rigour of the assessment.

 

 
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