A CHINESE mining company's application to explore for coal on the Darling Downs has been heralded as a challenge to the Queensland Government's commitment to protect the state's best agricultural land.
Friends of Felton spokesman Rob McCreath said the government would have to respond decisively to a submission by Shenhuo International Group for a coal exploration permit over an area of the Condamine River floodplain between Felton South and Tummaville.
He said the EPC 2706 application covered about 5000 hectares of deep rich alluvial black soil, including stretches of the Condamine River and Thanes Creek.
Toowoomba Chronicle
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