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Sydney Catchment Authority

Type: Organization

Name: Sydney Catchment Authority

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Hazard reduction, north-west of Wangenderry and$ HighRange

The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Nattai Area and the Wingecarribee Rural Fire Service (RFS) will be conducting a strategic hazard reduction burn in theNattaiNational Parknorth westof Wangenderry andHighRangethis weekend (May 11-13).National ... [Published Southern Highland News - May 10 2013]

Entities: Sydney Catchment Authority, Risk Management Plan, Bushfires, National Parks

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Government quizzed over wastewater upgrade

COUNCILLOR Robin Saville has pressed the need for state government help in upgrading Goulburn’s wastewater treatment plant.Improvement of the near century old plant is on Council’s agenda.The Environmental Protection Authority has approved an augmentation ... [Published Goulburn Post - May 08 2013]

Entities: Wastewater Treatment, Sydney Catchment Authority, Infrastructure, Advisory Board

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 2 reports

4 agencies reject Gujarat mine expansion bid

Gujarat NRE's Russell Vale mine.Four major NSW government agencies have rejected Gujarat NRE's proposed Russell Vale mine expansion amid grave concerns over drinking water safety, air quality, subsidence under Cataract Dam and the financial state of the ... [Published Illawarra Mercury - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Cataract, Ross Young, Sydney Catchment Authority

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Julia Gillard

Too much rain an $8bn worry

A BIG wet similar to the 2011 Queensland floods could inundate the Hawkesbury Nepean Valley, throwing the lives of thousands into chaos.A report commissioned by NSW Infrastructure found more than 40,000 residents and 14,000 homes may face flooding in ... [Published Wollondilly Advertiser - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Sydney Catchment Authority, Flooding, Julia Gillard, Chaos

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 2 reports

University of Western Sydney

Dam link sought

Let’s put the town on the map: Wollondilly Council wants to look at ways to use the dam (overflowing in February) to revitalise the township of Warragamba. Right, these pictures of the Warragamba Dam construction, supplied by Terry Frazer, were taken ... [Published Wollondilly Advertiser - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Sydney Catchment Authority, University of Western Sydney, Construction

First reported Feb 07 2013 - Updated Feb 07 2013 - 1 reports

Barry O'Farrell

Conditions on mining projects: Burke

The risk of land subsidence under houses in western Sydney because of coal seam gas projects is a critical concern motivating his environmental planning showdown with the NSW Government, Environment Minister Tony Burke said yesterday.Mr Burke has rejected ... [Published Sydney Morning Herald - Feb 07 2013]

Entities: Sydney (Australia), Barry O'Farrell, Mining, Fairfax Media Ltd

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...NOPSEMA's view is that "duplication of assessment effort under the two pieces of legislation imposes an unnecessary regulatory burden on the Commonwealth and industry and does not afford any additional environmental protection" 10

Update on Regulatory Review of Australia's Mineral and Energy Resource Exploration Sector [Published K&L Gates - May 03 2013]

The committee's submission said a leak could form under the dam due to mining activities, which would result in a "significant loss of the available storage capacity of the reservoir"

4 agencies reject Gujarat mine expansion bid [Published Illawarra Mercury - Apr 19 2013]

"This is going for our third seam."

Coal expansion prompts dam concerns [Published ABC Online - Apr 19 2013]

Wollondilly Council executive services manager Janice Hardacre said: "Our primary concern is Warragamba and Silverdale and the possible negative effects it would have on those communities."

Too much rain an $8bn worry [Published Wollondilly Advertiser - Apr 18 2013]