A PLAN to drill four coal seam gas pilot wells at Fullerton Cove has been lodged with the Federal Government seeking the green light.
The proposed sites for the pilot wells are within two private land holdings along Fullerton Cove Road and Cabbage Tree Road.
DART energy applied to the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities in October for approval of its self-prepared environmental assessment.
If given the okay DART will still need development approval from the NSW Government.
But Fullerton Cove resident and architect Justin Hamilton said he wanted to see the federal and state governments ask DART and all coal seam gas and mining companies for independent environmental assessments, citing concerns about the objectiveness of self-reports as the reason.
A DART Energy spokesman told the Examiner the company had gone to the federal government in a bid to be environmentally responsible.
Port Stephens Examiner
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