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Mine Rehabilitation Public Hearings

Public Hearings into Mine Rehabilitation in the Latrobe Valley (Terms of Reference 8, 9 and 10) in will be conducted on:

8 – 11 December 2015
14-15 December 2015
18 December 2015

The hearings will be held at the Latrobe Performing Arts Centre, Corner Grey and Breed Streets, Traralgon.

A list of witnesses is as follows

8 December

Transcript of 8 December proceedings

Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry Mine Rehab Day 1 Transcript
Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry Mine Rehab Day 1 Transcript – accessible version

  • David Langmore, community member
  • Sara Rhodes-Ward, Latrobe City Council
  • Craig Lapsley, Emergency Management Commissioner
  • Ross McGowan, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources
  • Luke Wilson, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources

9 December

Transcript of 9 December proceedings

Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry Mine Rehab Day 2 Transcript
 Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry Mine Rehab Day 2 Transcript – accessible version

  • Dr Sharon Davis, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
  • Clinton Rodda, Southern Rural Water
  • David Mawer, Gippsland Water
  • Ron Mether, Energy Australia
  • James Faithful, GDF Suez
  • Stephen Rieniets, AGL

10 December

Transcript of Day 3 proceedings

Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry Mine Rehab Day 3 Transcript
Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry Mine Rehab Day 3 Transcript – accessible version

  • Greg Hoxley, Jacobs Group (Australia)
  • Charlie Speirs, Jacobs Group (Australia)
  • Professor Jim Galvin, Technical Review Board
  • Professor Rae Mackay, Federation University
  • Professor Tim Sullivan
  • Dr Christopher Haberfield
  • Dr Clint McCullough
  • Dr Friedrich von Bismarck, Joint-Governmental-Agency for Coal Mine Rehabilitation

11 December

Transcript of Day 4 proceedings

Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry Mine Rehab Day 4 Transcript
Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry Mine Rehab Day 4 Transcript – accessible version

  • Corinne Unger, Technical Review Board
  • Carolyn Cameron, Jacobs Group (Australia)

14 December

Transcript of Day 5 proceedings

Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry Mine Rehab Day 5 Transcript
Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry Mine Rehab Day 5 Transcript – accessible version

  • Ron Mether, Energy Australia
  • James Faithful, GDF Suez
  • Stephen Rieniets, AGL
  • Luke Wilson, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources
  • Ross McGowan, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources
  • Duncan Pendrigh, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources

15 December

Transcript of Day 6 proceedings

Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry Mine Rehab Day 6 Transcript
 Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry Mine Rehab Day 6 Transcript – accessible version

  • Christopher Webb, EPA
  • Dr Adrian Bowden, AECOM
  • Geoffrey Byrne, AECOM
  • Bryan Chadwick, AECOM
  • Dr Joel Byrnes, Accent Environmental
  • Michael Cramer, Accent Environmental
  • Dr Robert Gillespie, Golder Associates

18 December

Transcript of Day 7 proceedings

Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry Day 7 Transcript
 Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry Day 7 Transcript – accessible version

Lists of witnesses to appear at the hearings will be posted in the days prior to the hearings.

Term of Reference 8, 9 and 10 Practice Direction
Term of Reference 8, 9 and 10 Practice Direction – accessible version

Supplementary Practice Direction Term of Reference 8, 9 & 10

No: 1
Submission of David Langmore, 11 November
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No: 2
Statement of Sara Rhodes-Ward, 2 December 2015
Index of files
No: 3
Letter to editor, Latrobe Valley Express
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No: 4
Statement of Craig Lapsley, 1 December 2015
Index of files
No: 5A
Statement of Luke Wilson, 20 November 2015; Department of Natural Resources and Environment – Discussion Paper; Rehabilitation Bonds for the Mining and Extractive Industries; Inquiry into greenfields mineral exploration and projection development in Victoria; Options for Financial Assurance for Rehabilitation of Mine and Quarry Sites in Victoria
Index of files
No: 5B
Supplementary Statement of Luke Wilson, 30 November 2015
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No: 5C
Further Supplementary Statement of Luke Wilson
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No: 6
Statement of Ross McGowan, 4 November 2015
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No: 7A
Statement of Sharon Davis, 2 November 2015
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No: 7B
Supplementary Statement of Dr Sharon Davis, 4 December 2015
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No: 9
Outline of evidence from David Mawer
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No: 8B
Letter from Southern Rural Water dated 24 August 2015
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No: 10
Emails from DELWP to Southern Rural Water dated 30 July 2015 and 21 August 2015
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No: 11
Gippsland Region Sustainable Water Strategy
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No: 12A
Statement of Stephen Rieniets, 30 October 2015
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No: 8A
Statement of Clinton Rodda, 4 December 2015
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No: 12B
Supplementary Statement of Stephen Rieniets, 3 December 2015; Loy Yang Work Plan Variation 2015
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No: 12C
Second Supplementary Statement of Stephen Rieniets, 4 December 2015; Email from AGL to DEDJTR 22 June 2015
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No: 12D
AGL Submission
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No: 13
Statement of James Faithful, 13 November 2015; Draft Work Plan Variation
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No: 14
Statement of Ronald Mether, 16 November 2015
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No: 15
Plan of the Yallourn Mine with Jacobs report options superimposed (together with indicative cross sections)
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No: 16
GDFSAE community briefings slides 24 October 2014, 17 February 2015, October 2015
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No: 17
Statement of Professor Jim Galvin, 24 November 2015
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No: 18
Joint expert report, 3 December 2015
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No: 19
Statement of Rae Mackay, 27 November 2015
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No: 20
Technical Review Board Chart
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No: 21
Report of Dr Chris Haberfield, 27 November 2015
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No: 22
Report of Dr Clint McCullough, 28 November 2015
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No: 23
Report of Timothy Sullivan, November 2015
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No: 24A
Report of Jacobs Group (Australia), 16 November 2015
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No: 24C
CV of Charlie Speirs
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No: 24B
CV of Greg Hoxley
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No: 25
Statement of Friedrich Von Bismarck dated 1 December 2015
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No: 26
Project Approval Section 75J of the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act 1979 re Maules Creek Coal Project 23 October 2012
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No: 27
Report of Jacobs Group (Australia), 26 October 2015 and CV of Carolyn Cameron
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No: 28A and 28B
Statement and CV of Corinne Unger, 26 November 2015
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No: 28 C
The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust of Australia – Report by Corinne Unger
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No: 29
WA Department of Mines and Petroleum and Environmental Protection Authority, Guidelines for preparing mine closure plans, May 2015
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No: 30
Report of Meredith Fletcher, 28 December 2015
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No: 31A
Schedule 19 Annual Activity and Expenditure Report 2013/2014 Hazelwood
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No: 31B
Schedule 19 Annual Activity and Expenditure Report 2013/2014 Loy Yang
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No: 31C
Schedule 19 Annual Activity and Expenditure Report 18.8.14 Loy Yang
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No: 31D
Schedule 19 Annual Activity and Expenditure Report 2014/2015 Loy Yang
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No: 31E
Schedule 19 Annual Activity and Expenditure Report 2014/2015 Yallourn – (redacted)
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No: 31F
Schedule 19 Annual Activity and Expenditure Report 2014/2015 Yallourn – (redacted)
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No: 31G
Letter from GDF Suez to DEDJTR
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No: 32
Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry Implementation Monitor – Annual Report October 2015
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No: 33
Letter from GDFSAE to DEDJTR dated 7.12.15 attaching bundle of emails
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No: 34
Email chain DEDJTR and AGL dated 14.10.15
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No: 35
Annexure to Kylie White, 6 June 2014 (paragraph 4)
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No: 36
CV of Duncan Pendrigh
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No: 37
Earth Resources Regulation 2015-16 Action Plan
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No: 38
Letter from VGSO to HMFI dated 14 December 2015
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No: 39A
Statement of Chris Webb, 17 November 2015
Index of files
No: 39B
Supplementary Statement of Chris Webb, 27 November 2015
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No: 40
Email from D Guy (EPA) to D Addis (GDFSAE) dated 14 August 2013; EPA Inspection Report dated 29 May 2015
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No: 41A
Statement of Bryan Chadwick, 7 December 2015
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No: 41B
AECOM Report – Yallourn mine 13 November 2015
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No: 41C
AECOM Report – Hazelwood mine 13 November 2015
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No: 41D
AECOM Report – Loy Yang mine 13 November 2015
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No: 41E
AECOM Report – Loy Yang mine 7 December 2015
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No: 42
Risk Assessment and Management Plan, Department of Resources Energy and Tourism
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No: 43
Email from Ashurst to VGSO dated 12.12.15
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No: 44
Report of Accent Environmental; CV of Michael Cramer; CV of Joel Byrnes
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No: 45
Statement of Robert Gillespie, 11 December 2014
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No: 24D
Letter from Jacobs to HMFI dated 16 November 2015; Jacobs note dated 16 November 2015
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No: 47
AGL Mining Licence 1996
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