February 2012
Information received from NSW Government Officials states :“there is a Statute of Limitations on prosecutions for offences carried out under the Petroleum Onshore act of 1991, and any offence committed prior to 2009 cannot be prosecuted, but goes only to show a Companies chronological record of non compliance”.
You really have to wonder how much political prostitution has and is occurring to assist the Coal Seam Gas Industry.
Eastern Star Gas (ESG) and its ex-employees will escape any prosecution , and so will Santos, if it comes clean about all the discharges committed before they (Santos) took over ESG, even though they are Legally responsible due to the taking over of Eastern Star Gas ,its assets and liabilities, for any Damages caused to the Environment committed and not reported or rehabilitated prior to the take-over, because ESG hid events and refused to rehabilitate, and as Santos is supposedly only now only finding out about these events, they will have the sympathy of favourable Governments and the public on their side.
THERE IS A LESSON FOR EVERYONE HERE. TRUST NO ONE BUT YOURSELF AND IF YOU HAVE EVIDENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE OR ANY ACT OF WHAT YOU CONSIDER TO BE NON COMPLIANCE OF ANY LAW OR REGULATION COMMITTED BY THE COAL SEAM GAS COMPANY IN YOUR AREA REPORT IT AT ONCE TO THE REGULATORY BODIES. AT LEAST THEN, THERE IS A CHANCE SOMETHING WILL BE DONE AND AT WORST A COMPANY INVOLVED IN A TAKE-OVER HAS NO EXCUSE REGARDING NOT KNOWING OF PREVIOUS OFFENCES. SOMETHING IT APPEARS SANTOS DID NOT DO.
SANTOS, SURELY WITH PASSING EVERY DAY, YOU MUST BE REALISING THAT THE PILLIGA STATE FOREST OF NSW AND PEL238 IS YOUR INDONESIA IN AUSTRALIA