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| Santos Office in Narabri NSW |
The Office of Coal Seam Gas, recently quoted as the Office of Free flowing BullS*%T, is an ineffective government agency. Recently it changed its own rules to give an approval to AGL to fracc in suburbia near Gloucester NSW.
RULES CHANGE FOR AGL
AGL is the energy company recently given approval to fracc for gas outside Gloucester NSW. This project is just 300 metres from homes in the housing estate, Forbesdale.
Gloucester is also at the head of the Manning River, which supplies drinking water for 75,000 people.
WHERES THE WATER DATA SANTOS?
Santos have been mining in the North West of NSW at Narrabri. Out west it appears this self regulating industry really gets to flaunt the rules in true style.
Property owners near the mines have complained since 2012 about the availability of crucial water testing data. The lack of information from Santos and the refusal to make this information available to the public points to a Mining Company in trouble. The submission to the appropriate departments of the water data by Santos has also been ignored and the data is overdue.
It seems Santos has been caught flaunting the rules and changing them if necessary. A deadline of the 30th October 2014 has been handed to Santos to submit the water data. Santos say there isn't a problem. Santos employ highly paid spin doctors to tell you black is white and its usual for them to make a statement there isn't a problem, its what they usually do.
WESTERN SYDNEY GOES BOOM
As recent as last Sunday night in the Western Suburbs of Sydney residents were alerted there was a problem with the Gas Project. An extremely loud bang and then noisy hissing was heard coming from the direction of AGL's controversial Camden Gas Project well site.
The safety valve failed and the well uncapped itself and leaked into the atmosphere of the suburb that is densely populated. People reported a terrible smell, headaches, sore eyes and a feeling of sickness. All of those symptoms are in line with Methane exposure.
Another resident who moved to the area into her new home just six months ago has made numerous calls to the EPA (Environmental Protection Authority) because she has had a so many problems. These complaints are squared at AGL and the CSG Extraction wells that are just 400 meters from her home.
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| AGL's Camden Gas Project |
TREMORS FELT REGULARLY
"There was this terrible smell," said Danielle Hodges, a resident living about 400 metres from the well who has complained publicly about headaches and other health problems since moving into a new house six months ago. "There were no workers around at the time."Ms Hodges complaints are similar to those of the Queensland families at Tara, Jandowie and Wandoan outside of Toowoomba. The Queensland government have also turned a blind eye, refuting independent data collected. The data is in and the residents were correct to believe it is Gas Related.
Ms Hodges said her family, including four children, have also felt regular tremors which they blame on the CSG mining and have reported them to the EPA.
"It can happen around 7am, when there are no trucks around," Ms Hodges said. "What else can it be?"
SNOUTS IN THE TROUGH
We all know and our mind boggles that there are so many snouts in the trough. The spin doctors would say Arsenic was safe to ingest if it meant the difference to the greed monger politicians, lobbyists and CEO's losing out on their corrupt investments in both mining and infrastructure.
ICAC has uncovered a web of deceit against the people of NSW surrounding mining, money, contracts and under the table payments.
I cannot understand why the Gloucester Gas Project was approved. I cannot understand how a government changes the rules to allow this to happen. These rules are their rules and they changed these in a rushed special meeting to suit the situation and to benefit themselves.
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| AGL - Gloucester Activism Hot Spot against CSG Mining. |
