As many submissions as possible should be sent. planningNSW will count submissions for and against the plant and consider comments made. Both the counts and the quality of comments are important. If you don't want to make detailed comments then at least consider putting in a simple submission objecting to the plant. Detailed information to help with your submissions is available below.

Send your submission(s) to planningNSW at the address below. Form letters are not appropriate - individual letters need to be written. Submissions do not need to be long or detailed, for example, you could simply register your objection to the proposed placement of the plant (click here for other examples) - but any objection must include reason(s). If you do not want your submission to be made available to the applicant (Australian Silicon Pty Ltd), please state this in your submission.

Note: A letter from Roger Wilkins, Director General of the Cabinet Office NSW, 15/1/02 stated that The Premier has requested that Minister Refshauge treat our petitions as EIS submissions.

It would be appreciated it if you would send the Charcoalition a copy of your submission.

Also consider sending your submission to the media

Guidelines for Making a Submission (from the EIS document)
Submissions should include:

• the nature of the interest in the project;
• opinions on the project;
• suggestions about alternatives, or improvements to the project;
• additional measures considered necessary to adequately protect the environment;
• errors or omissions in the information presented in the documents;
• additional factual information (and its source); and
• other aspects that are relevant to this project and its determination.

So that the matters raised in submissions can be analysed and properly considered it
is preferable to:

• list points wherever possible;
• refer each point to the relevant section (or sub-section) of this document;
• include details – name, address and date;
• state whether an acknowledgment is required (all submissions received with details of a return address would be acknowledged however); and
• make the submission as legible as possible.

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Note: It states in Appendix B, Statutory Requirements for the Preparation of an EIS -

"Attention is also drawn to clause 283 of the Regulation [Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000] regarding false and misleading statements in the EIS".

 

In your submissions, make specific reference to any statement in the EIS that you feel is false or misleading in an important respect.

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All information in representations received may be published in subsequent assessment documents. Where the supplier indicates at the time of supply of information that it should be kept confidential, planningNSW will attempt to keep it confidential but there may be legislative or legal justification for the release of the information. For example, under the Freedom of information Act 1989 or under subpoena or statutory instrument.

Scott Jeffries
Development and Infrastructure Assessment
planningNSW
GPO Box 3927
Sydney NSW 2001

Henry Deane Building
20 Lee Street
Sydney 2000

Or by e-mail to information@planning.nsw.gov.au