Cases / Protected area / relocation · Australia · 2021
Snowy 2.0 paid AUD 1.65 million to dump spoil in Kosciuszko National Park
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
The Snowy 2.0 hydro scheme paid AUD 1.65 million to place about 7 million cubic metres of excavated spoil in Kosciuszko National Park, according to RenewEconomy. At stake for nature is the use of a national park as a disposal site for construction spoil.
What?
Snowy 2.0 paid AUD 1.65 million to dump about 7 million cubic metres of spoil in Kosciuszko National Park. RenewEconomy
Where?
Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales RenewEconomy
When?
2021 RenewEconomy
Who?
Gained
- Snowy 2.0 hydro scheme — obtained a disposal site for about 7 million cubic metres of spoil in Kosciuszko National Park, for AUD 1.65 million RenewEconomy
Lost
- Kosciuszko National Park — was the dumping site for about 7 million cubic metres of spoil RenewEconomy
Harmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Paid disposal of construction spoil in a national park RenewEconomy
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
RenewEconomy reported in July 2021 that the Snowy 2.0 hydro scheme paid AUD 1.65 million to dump about 7 million cubic metres of spoil in Kosciuszko National Park.
The same report gives the price as about 9 cents a tonne.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record Not stated in the sources reviewed: who received the AUD 1.65 million payment.
- None on record Not stated in the sources reviewed: any terms of the disposal arrangement beyond the volume and the payment.
- None on record Not stated in the sources reviewed: the effects of the spoil on the park.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts✓ Press and investigations— Communities and civil society— Researchers
Press and investigations
- Deal to use Kosciuszko park as a dumpRenewEconomy · 2021-07-06