DENHAM Court and Leppington residents have joined a Scenic Hills-led movement to oppose AGL’s plans to mine for coal seam gas on their shared boundary.
The Scenic Hills Association’s Jacqui Kirkby has been following the energy giant’s plans to expand the Camden Gas Project north to Denham Court Rd, which is the boundary of Camden and Liverpool councils.
The expansion, known as Stage 3, proposes to extend its coal seam gas mining into Scenic Hills and involves drilling more than 70 wells at 12 locations.
“We now have quite a few members from Denham Court and Leppington who have joined because they are concerned about the impact this could have on their land, their health and their suburbs,” Ms Kirkby said.
As a member of the Camden Gas Project community consultative committee, Ms Kirkby asked AGL if it could guarantee Stage 3 would not draw water or gas from coal seams beyond the mapped boundary at Denham Court and land in the Liverpool Council area, or have any related impact beyond the mapped boundary.
AGL said while it has no rights to drill outside the sub-surface project area, “coal is a complex geological reservoir, and ... it would be inappropriate for AGL to make a guarantee on the extent of the gas drainage area within the coal seam.”
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