Between Friday 6 June from 8:00PM to Saturday 7 June 2025, 6:00AM this website will be undergoing scheduled maintenance and intermittent downtime could be experienced.

Home

Committees

Inquiries

Public Works Committee

Costs for remediation of sites containing coal ash repositories

This inquiry was established on 1 October 2019 to inquire into and report on the costs for remediation of coal ash repositories in New South Wales.

Terms of Reference
Timeline
Submissions
Hearings and Transcripts
Reports and Government Responses
Other Documents
Contact us

This inquiry was self-referred on 1 October 2019.

Terms of Reference - Coal ash

Date	Milestone
01 Oct 2019	Self-referred
16 Feb 2020	Submissions closed
01 Sep 2020	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
06 Oct 2020	Hearing - Lake Macquarie Council City Chambers, Speers Point
16 Oct 2020	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
22 Mar 2021	Final Report
17 Sep 2021	Government Response to Final Report due
17 Sep 2021	Government Response to Final Report

No. 1 Mr Thomas Cutler
No. 2 Name suppressed
No. 3 Name suppressed
No. 4 Coal-ash Community Alliance Inc.
No. 5 Beyond Zero Emissions
No. 6 Name suppressed
No. 7 Mr stephen crawford
No. 8 Dr John Shiel
No. 9 Lake Macquarie City Council
No. 10 Warners Bay Areas Sustainable Neighbourhood Group
No. 11 Vecor Australia Pty Limited
No. 12 Ms Paula Morrow
No. 13 Delta Electricity
No. 14 Name suppressed
No. 15 Mr Greg Piper MP
No. 16 Blue Mountains Unions Council Inc
No. 17 Name suppressed
No. 18 Jo Lane
No. 19 Mr daniel endicott
No. 20 Mr Joseph Tamas
No. 21 Name suppressed
No. 22 Dr Peter Sainsbury
No. 23 Ash Development Association of Australia
No. 24 Mr Graeme Batterbury
No. 25 Mr Gilbert Walker
No. 26 Dr James Whelan
No. 27 Bruce Derkenne
No. 28 Keep Lake Macquarie Clean
No. 28a Keep Lake Macquarie Clean
No. 29 Mr Derek Robertson
No. 30 Ms Marion Giles
No. 31 Mr Graeme Tychsen
No. 32 Mrs Jan Mitchell
No. 33 Name suppressed
No. 34 Name suppressed
No. 35 Ms Sandra Kirby
No. 36 Lake Macquarie Sustainable Neighbourhood Alliance Inc.
No. 37 Name suppressed
No. 38 Mr Ron McLaren
No. 39 Hunter Community Environment Centre
No. 39a Hunter Community Environment Centre
No. 40 Name suppressed
No. 41 Mr Michael Collins
No. 42 Ramboll Australia
No. 43 Australian Energy Council
No. 44 Lithgow Environment Group Inc.
No. 45 Bathurst Community Climate Action Network (BCCAN)
No. 46 Cooranbong Sustainable Neighbourhood
No. 47 Doctors for the Environment Australia
No. 48 Coal Point Progress Association
No. 48a Coal Point Progress Association
No. 49 Mannering Park Progress
No. 50 Ms Joan McCarthy
No. 51 Mr Michael Campbell OAM
No. 52 Mr Adrian Spicer
No. 53 Mr Peter O'Shannessy
No. 54 Lynn Benn
No. 55 Name suppressed
No. 56 Mrs Leah Stevens
No. 57 Central Coast Community Energy Association Inc (CCCE)
No. 58 Ms Renee McLean
No. 59 Professor Howard Dick
No. 60 Dr Kevin McDonnell
No. 61 Mr Damian Rake
No. 62 Ms Maxine Pearson
No. 63 Mr Neil Wynn
No. 64 Name suppressed
No. 65 Ms Cherylyn Fenton
No. 66 Ms Kathryn Hines
No. 67 Name suppressed
No. 68 Name suppressed
No. 69 Name suppressed
No. 70 Ms Julia Lee
No. 71 Mrs Keelah Lam
No. 72 Ms Tonia Gardiner
No. 73 Dr Stephen O’Brien
No. 74 Name suppressed
No. 75 Wollongong City Council
No. 76 CEN (Community Environment Network), Central Coast & Lake Macquarie
No. 77 Australian Manufacturing Workers Union New South Wales Branch
No. 78 Origin
No. 79 Nature Conservation Council of NSW
No. 80 AGL Energy Limited
No. 81 Environmental Justice Australia
No. 82 Climate Action Newcastle
No. 83 NSW Government
No. 84 Polyagg Pty Ltd

Date	Venue Details
01/09/2020	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
06/10/2020	Lake Macquarie Council City Chambers, Speers Point	Schedule	Transcript
16/10/2020	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript

DateSort	Report Name	Tabled Date	Government Response
	Government response - Report No 4 - Public Works Committee - Costs for remediation of sites containing coal ash repositories (PDF)	17/09/2021
	Report No 4 - Public Works Committee - Costs for remediation of sites containing coal ash repositories (PDF)	22/03/2021	Due 17/09/2021

DateSort	Date	Type	Title
2021-03-22	22/03/2021	Media Release	Report tabled - 22 March 2021
2021-02-19	19/02/2021	Correspondence	From Ms Hasti Kalarostaghi, Partner, Sydney, Hunt & Hunt Lawyers, seeking to correct the transcript of evidence of Delta Electricity from 1 September 2020
2020-12-17	17/12/2020	Correspondence	Report entitled 'Re-using coal-ash in New South Wales: Economic considerations' and a summary page by Dr Ingrid Schraner, Lilli Pilli Consulting
2020-11-16	16/11/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	NSW Treasury
2020-11-16	16/11/2020	Correspondence	From Mr Michael Pratt AM, Secretary, NSW Treasury - clarifying evidence provided at the public hearing held on 16 October 2020
2020-11-12	12/11/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	NSW Environment Protection Authority
2020-11-12	12/11/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	NSW Environment Protection Authority - Attachments to QON1 relating to Environment Protection Licences
2020-11-12	12/11/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	Dams Safety NSW
2020-11-11	11/11/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	Transport for NSW
2020-11-11	11/11/2020	Correspondence	From Mr Chris Salkovic, Chief Executive Officer, Dams Safety NSW- clarifying evidence provided at the public hearing held on 16 October 2020
2020-11-06	06/11/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	Vecor Australia Pty Ltd
2020-11-02	02/11/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	Lake Macquarie City Council
2020-10-20	20/10/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	Ash Development Association of Australia
2020-10-16	16/10/2020	Tabled Document	Documents from SO52 in relation to the Sale of the Vales Point Power Station and Eraring Energy - Bayswater Power Station
2020-10-16	16/10/2020	Tabled Document	Documents from SO52 in relation to the Sale of the Vales Point Power Station and Eraring Energy - Eraring Power Station
2020-10-16	16/10/2020	Tabled Document	Documents from SO52 in relation to the Sale of the Vales Point Power Station and Eraring Energy - Liddell Power Station
2020-10-16	16/10/2020	Tabled Document	Documents from SO52 in relation to the Sale of the Vales Point Power Station and Eraring Energy - Liddell and Bayswater Power Stations
2020-10-16	16/10/2020	Tabled Document	Documents from SO52 in relation to the Sale of the Vales Point Power Station and Eraring Energy - Mt Piper Power Station
2020-10-16	16/10/2020	Tabled Document	Documents from SO52 in relation to the Sale of the Vales Point Power Station and Eraring Energy - Vales Point Power Station
2020-10-06	06/10/2020	Tabled Document	Document entitled 'What testing exactly do we want?' - tendered by Mr David Tait
2020-10-06	06/10/2020	Tabled Document	Media article entitled 'Crabs in Lake Macquarie contaminated with 'unhealthy' levels of cadmium', Ben Millington, ABC News, dated 11 March 2019, - tendered by Mr David Tait
2020-10-02	02/10/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	Environmental Justice Australia
2020-10-01	01/10/2020	Media Release	Hearing in Lake Macquarie - 6 October 2020
2020-09-28	28/09/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	AGL
2020-09-28	28/09/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	Origin Energy
2020-09-08	08/09/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	Delta Electricity
2020-09-07	07/09/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	Hunter Community Environment Centre
2020-09-01	01/09/2020	Tabled Document	Video link - Drone footage of five operating coal ash dams and Wallerawang - tendered by Mr Paul Winn, Hunter Community Environment Centre
2020-09-01	01/09/2020	Tabled Document	Additional comments - tendered by Mr Gary Blaschke OAM, Coal-Ash Community Alliance Inc
2020-09-01	01/09/2020	Tabled Document	Opening statement - tendered by Mr Gary Blaschke OAM, Coal-Ash Community Alliance Inc
2020-03-03	03/03/2020	Media Release	Lake Macquarie Public Hearing - 27 March 2020
2019-10-02	02/10/2019	Media Release	Inquiry into the costs for remediation of sites containing coal ash repositories established

Costs for remediation of sites containing coal ash repositories

Legislative Assembly

Legislative Council

Members

Bills

Committees

Hansard & House Papers

Research Papers

About Parliament

Visit

Name	Role	Phone	Email
Taylah Cauchi	Principal Council Officer-Exec Officer	9230 2331	Public.Works@parliament.nsw.gov.au
Stewart Smith	Director - Procedure	9230 3750	Public.Works@parliament.nsw.gov.au
Emma Rogerson	Director Committees	9230 2898	Public.Works@parliament.nsw.gov.au

Inquiry Details // <![CDATA[ _spBodyOnLoadFunctionNames.push("setupPageDescriptionCallout"); // ]]>

Costs for remediation of sites containing coal ash repositories

​

Inquiry Details