Saturday, Oct 01, 2016 at 21:08
Hi again Paul.
My understanding of the public review process is that documents (such as MRL's PER) are not released for 'statutory' public comment until the EPA says that they can can go to the public. I believe that this is to help proponents avoid sending out inadequate documentation on an unsuspecting public, but I am happy to be corrected.
It's a fine point as me being massively biased re process... I agree the proponent has a right to due process under legislation.
My expressed concern was that the mining lobby, with its high level access to Government, was able to pressure a Minister to not follow the EPA's advice. I wish punters like me could have 10% of the lobby's priviledged access...
Anyway, I definitely am biased agaist all these small, often spectacular, ranges, with their unique, restricted, and in a number of cases endangered species mixes, being progressively and permanently ruined for both short term jobs and short term profits. There! I've said it. :-(.
All over the Midwest and the Yilgarn; below is what the grandkids are going to see. I'll bet they'll give us a fulsome rounds of applause.
More likely, they'll be saying: 'what on earth were they thinking'.
I've only got pics of Tallering Peak and the
Karara ops. I invite other ExOz'ers to post more...
Karara Operations
Tallering Peak minesite.
Cheers.
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