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Rivers SOS Inc. v. Minister of Planning

Geography
🇦🇺 Australia / New South Wales
Year
2009
Document Type
Litigation

About this case

Filing year
2009
Status
Decided
Geography
🇦🇺 Australia → New South Wales
Court/admin entity
Australia → New South Wales → Land and Environment Court
Case category
Suits against governments (Global) → Environmental assessment and permitting (Global) → Natural resource extraction (Global)
Principal law
Australia → Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW)
At issue
Challenge to the Minister’s decision approving a coal mine expansion
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Documents

Filing Date
Document
Type
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12/16/2009
Decision

Summary

In June 2009, New South Wales Planning Minister approved a $50 million expansion of the Metropolitan coal mine, allowing longwall mining to take place underneath the Woronora Reservoir. The Minister approved a substantially revised version of the project at a late stage in the assessment process, without providing any further opportunities for public participation and agency involvement. Rivers SOS, a community group, challenged the legality of the mining approval process. On December 16, 2009, the Land and Environment Court upheld the decision of the Minister.

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Policy instrument
Risk
Impacted group
Fossil fuel
Economic sector
Adaptation/resilience
Finance