For the 2nd year in a row community has been asked to respond at the busiest time of year to over 1,000 pages of documentation for the Narrabri Lateral Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). This timing seems a deliberate tactic by Santos to decrease meaningful engagement and evade thorough scrutiny. Quite frankly, after fifteen+ years of … Read more
Santos’ contractors, Anderson Environmental & Planning (AEP) of Newcastle, have been conducting “scouting, sampling and survey” work inside the Pilliga Forest under a Forest Permit issued by NSW Forestry Corporation for the Narrabri Lateral Pipeline Survey. The permit—clearly visible on a contractor’s vehicle parked at Smithers Gate, the eastern entry to the forest—appears linked to … Read more
The NSW Department of Planning and Environment has rejected a bid by Santos to avoid cumulative impact assessment of its planned Narrabri Lateral Pipeline. In its Secretary’s Environmental Assessment Requirements (“SEARs”) issued on 9th February 2023, the Department called on Santos to consider “the potential cumulative impacts due to other developments in the vicinity (completed, … Read more