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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 />
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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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