Well well well, the Firmus plot thickens, in Tasmania they got a local council level approval then sought variations which would have needed an EPA (higher level) approval… treating Tasmanians like idiots: “EPA likely to have assessed project if proposed use was higher.” The EPA has now joined the appeals against:
“In its October 7 submission, seen by the ABC, the [EPA] board said it was originally told the generators would be used "just for emergency use in the event of a power failure", [not] during normal operation other than for scheduled weekly exercise runs of less than two hours, annual load tests, and utility outage events.
“The board said Firmus's recent appeal showed it planned on using the generators in more circumstances than it thought.
“That variation, if part of the original proposal, would likely have resulted in the Board making a different decision in relation to whether to assess the proposal," the board said.
"Seeking to enlarge the use of the diesel generators post-approval undermines the Board's determination and changes the environmental risk profile posed by the activity."
“It pointed out that if Firmus's appeal against the condition around generator use is upheld, it could allow it to subvert EPA processes it likely would have been subjected to "if the proposal had been accurately presented".”
Firmus also now changing its story on building additional power generation in Tassie.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-10/firmus-generators-epa-appeal-watchdog/107247476
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