We recently sought your help in opposing the matter presently before the Land and Environment Court. In that case, the landfill operator, Verde Terra Pty Ltd, applied to have its environment protection licence (EPL 11395), renewed on the 2 August 2018, to enable it to resume operations at the Mangrove Mountain Landfill site, and we had an overwhelming response from the community!
While that process is still underway, Verde Terra has launched action on a new front, with a Development Application (DA 55862/2018) being submitted to Central Coast Council to reopen the Mangrove Mountain landfill.
The submission is currently on public exhibition, and we are seeking your help, yet again, to oppose Verde Terra’s ongoing efforts to legitimise the environmental disaster they have created at Mangrove Mountain.
The considerable profit to be had from absorbing Sydney’s waste means that Verde Terra will almost certainly continue to it’s efforts to reopen the Mangrove Mountain Landfill by whatever means possible, and this new effort on their part shows that they’re not giving up any time soon!
On behalf of the community, Mountain Districts Association vigorously opposes this application, and …
We are seeking your help to oppose Verde Terra’s efforts by making a submission to the Central Coast Council with regard to this latest application.
The submission for a DA was lodged with Central Coast Council (CCC) on the 21st December 2018 as an Integrated Development. CCC subsequently determined that it was both a ‘Designated’ and ‘Integrated’ Development, and as such would require an Environmental Impact Statement(EIS) (Central Coast Express Advocate, 7 February 2019, p. 33).
CCC opposes expansion of the landfill due to concerns over potential impacts on groundwater and contamination of the water supply. Verde Terra is seeking to legitimise the current illegal operation and to greatly expand it. Please ensure your voice is heard by Council and by Verde Terra by taking the time to oppose this landfill.
Follow this link to see a guide to making a submission.
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Update on Previous Actions
For those who were good enough to help out with our last appeal, here’s a quick update.
The closing date for submissions to the Land & Environment Court has now passed and we thought you might be interested in reading some of those submissions (generously provided by their authors) to demonstrate a range of issues resulting from Verde Terra’s application to renew its licence (EPL 11395) for Mangrove Mountain Landfill.
The following six submissions detail a range of perspectives on why this licence should not be renewed by the EPA.
Follow this link to download any of the submissions
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Mangrove Mountain Landfill sits at the highest point of the Central Coast water catchment and threatens the safety of the water supply for the Central Coast, ancient aquifer, local community and water bottling industry. Both Central Coast Council and the EPA admit this fact.
The Mountain Districts community has been engaged for over ten years, opposing this threat to the regional water supply and the aquifer.
This should never happen. It is discussing to the eye when driving past. It is scary that the water can and is threatened. We are a farm and scary that we can not drink our water anymore.
Stop this landfill and stop it for ever
That’s for your support Owen, and don’t forget to make a submission!