NSW Legislative Council Hansard Full Day Transcript

NSW Legislative Council Hansard Full Day Transcript Proof Extract from NSW Legislative Council Hansard and Papers Thursday, 6 April 2006 (Proof). LAKE COWAL GOLDMINE CYANIDE TRANSPORTATION On 8 March 2006 Ms Lee Rhiannon asked the Minister for Mineral Resources a question without notice regarding Lake Cowal Goldmine cyanide transportation. The Minister for Planning provided the following response:

I am advised by the Department of Planning that Cyanide for the Cowal Gold Project will be railed from Gladstone to Chullora in Sydney. It will then be trucked from Chullora to Camellia before it is railed to Dubbo. From Dubbo it will be trucked to the mine.

Along this route, the cyanide will be trucked through the Bankstown, Auburn, Parramatta, Dubbo, Parkes, Forbes and Bland local government areas, and along the border of the Weddin local government area.

I am advised by the Department of Planning that the transport of cyanide occurs on a regular basis in Australia, and is subject to strict Commonwealth and State statutory standards designed to ensure that such material is transported safely.

I am further advised that the conditions of consent for the mine project required the mine operator to prepare detailed management plans for the safe transportation of hazardous material. These plans have now been prepared and were recently endorsed by the Director General of the Department of Planning.