Gas Watch 88 - AGL Energy - Noise Complaints
Date: 05-Jul-10
Author: Hunter Valley Protection Alliance
The noise from the generators used by AGL on their property next to the Broke village is now affecting the village of Broke.
And this is only exploration.
Many residents of Nelson Street, Broke, which is adjacent to the first well in what AGL would hope to be a methane gas field, are being affected by noise from AGL Generators, inside their own homes, to the extent that the noise at night is able to be heard over the television.
Representations are being made to the Government and complaints are being made to AGL.
The Government has given AGL Energy the green light to conduct this flow test, using the noisy generators, without a current Environmental Assessment as to the impacts of their activities on the community.
Can you imagine what it would be like with hundreds of wells, maybe only a couple of hundred metres apart.
As a community we must demand that the Government initiates a full Environmental Assessment of not only the impacts of AGL Energy on this part of the Hunter Valley, but the impacts of all other intrusive industries including power stations' emissions, coal mines, hot rock drilling and Army activities.
We have seen, or are arranging to see, Government Ministers and Shadow Ministers with a view to obtaining commitment from them well prior to the next election to protect the environment, the air, the agriculture and the people of the Hunter Valley.
There is also the real possibility of AGL Energy constructing their gas plant right next to Broke Village.
When their local representative, Siobhan Barry, was asked what we could assume from the statement "AGL has no intention of placing a restrictive covenant over any freehold land owned by AGL, nor do we have any intention to do so voluntarily either now or in the future." other than they were keeping their options to build the plant there, Siobhan Barry opened her mouth to say something, however nothing came out. She looked for help from her boss David Kelly, but no answer was forthcoming.
This pretty much confirms that they'll build it there if they want to, and the Broke village can go to hell in the interests of corporate greed.
PO Box 120 Broke NSW 2330
www.huntervalleyprotectionalliance.com
July, 2010.
Tel: 0408 234 773
