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SELWYN TIMES Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />

Wednesday <strong>June</strong> <strong>10</strong> <strong>2020</strong> 3<br />

News<br />

ECan receives over<br />

600 mine expansion submissions<br />

• By Devon Bolger<br />

OPPOSITION continues to<br />

mount against the proposed<br />

expansion of a coal mine in the<br />

Malvern Hills.<br />

Bathurst Coal Ltd has applied<br />

to expand its opencast coal<br />

mine, known as Canterbury<br />

Coal Mine, at Bush Gully Rd,<br />

near Coalgate,<br />

by 18ha.<br />

An Environment<br />

Canterbury<br />

spokeswoman<br />

said<br />

they are not yet<br />

Siana Fitzjohn<br />

able to confirm<br />

exact numbers<br />

of submissions<br />

COMMUNITY: The number of public submissions on the<br />

Canterbury Coal Mine expansion plan has now reached about<br />

630 with a hearing date yet to be set. ​<br />

they have received but it is about<br />

630.<br />

The majority of the submissions<br />

are opposing the expansion.<br />

The ECan spokeswoman said<br />

a date for a hearing is yet to be<br />

set but it is required to be held<br />

within 75 days of the close of<br />

submissions meaning it will be<br />

no later than September 2.<br />

Siana Fitzjohn, a member of<br />

the climate group Extinction<br />

Rebellion, who is against the<br />

expansion, said the high number<br />

of submissions is encouraging.<br />

“It is awesome because it<br />

shows that people are actively<br />

wanting to participate in democracy<br />

and have a say in<br />

what happens to the land and<br />

climate,” she said.<br />

Ms Fitzjohn said it shows how<br />

many people oppose the expansion<br />

of the coal mine.<br />

A fortnight ago, <strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong><br />

comedy night<br />

reported that the number of<br />

submissions was about 500.<br />

ECan and the district council<br />

received an application to<br />

increase the opencast coal mine<br />

earlier this year.<br />

The site is currently 52ha, of<br />

which 38ha is mined, and owner<br />

Bathurst Coal is seeking retrospective<br />

land use consent for<br />

existing and future earthworks.<br />

Production at the site is currently<br />

95,000 tonnes of coal per<br />

annum, which is sold for industrial<br />

and commercial use.<br />

Forest and Bird is one of the<br />

organisations opposing the<br />

expansion.<br />

A spokeswoman said it was<br />

concerned about the ecological<br />

and environmental impacts.<br />

“Our concerns are around<br />

freshwater contamination in<br />

the already stressed <strong>Selwyn</strong><br />

Waikirikiri catchment, and the<br />

loss of native species and habitat,<br />

especially wetlands.<br />

“We are not surprised at the<br />

number of submissions. We<br />

have had concerns about the<br />

expansion of Bathurst’s Malvern<br />

Hills coal mine for some time,’’<br />

she said.<br />

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BUILDING SITE THEFT<br />

A dehumidifier and water heater<br />

were taken from a house under<br />

construction in Rolleston over<br />

the weekend. Senior Sergeant<br />

Dean Harker said the burglary<br />

happened sometime between<br />

Sunday afternoon and Monday<br />

morning at the house on Billy<br />

T Lane. Police are investigating<br />

and will undertake scene<br />

examinations. It follows warnings<br />

from police that burglars may<br />

target building sites in the district<br />

as work begins again following<br />

the Covid-19 lockdown.<br />

DELIBERATIONS THIS WEEK<br />

The district council will<br />

be deliberating the public<br />

submissions on the Annual Plan<br />

this week. A total of 233 formal<br />

submissions were received with<br />

60 submitters speaking at the<br />

hearings held last week. Thursday<br />

and Friday have been marked<br />

down as they days for deliberation<br />

before the district council will<br />

formally adopt the Annual<br />

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topics being discussed in the<br />

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