Environmental groups are planning fresh legal action against the New Acland Coal mine, arguing a permit obtained by the mine is 'a licence to take or interfere with water'.
Extracting groundwater to mine coal is often contentious because it has the potential to affect groundwater levels in the area beyond the mine, such as nearby bores.
"They will take out up to 1 billion litres of groundwater every year, that will no longer be available to the farmers,' he said. "So, we'll move ahead and keep going with that and any action that occur or any other objectives they have now is between them and the government."Dave O'Dwyer is the general manager of the mine.
"It's just about some clarity that we're seeking on some of the constraints that we have in there to make sure that we can achieve everything under all our all our various approval."Sean Ryan, a lawyer from the Environmental Defence Office, represented Lock the Gate and Oakey Coal Action Alliance. "Our understanding is because the coal seam's in an aquifer that would prevent the miner from accessing the coal."
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