Request rejected ----- WHY

A request was made for the EIS consultation be extended to November 30, 2014 due to the 4000 plus pages.
However this was apparently rejected and one has to ask why.
Most people work, have families and trying to read this report in the time given is totally impossible so why won't the government extend the consultation time? why are they pushing this through as if there is no tomorrow and why hasn't any of the local pollies commented that there is possible risks factors with this major project considering it has been listed as a mega structure.
I urge the Co-Ordinator General to reconsider the request to extend the consultation time.

Here is a copy of the letter that was sent to the Co-Ordinator General:

Coordinator General

 
Dear Madam / Sir,

I would like to make a submission in response to the Aquis EIS.

I note that the period for public comment is open from 28 June to 05 August - just 5.5 weeks to analyse a document with 27 Chapters and 23 Appendices.

Are you serious?

I request that the period for Community Consultation be extended to 30 Nov 2014.

If Flanagan Consulting can take 9 months to construct the EIS, then the Community should be given at least 5 months to deconstruct it. 

While Pat Flanagan may be being paid $400 per hour to write the EIS, we are being paid nothing and also have jobs and families to attend to!

To get an electronic copy of the EIS you ask me to request it from Flanagan Consulting.

Although you have it on your website, it is broken up into 50 segments which would require me to download 50 separate documents.

I do not wish to go to Flanagan Consulting to obtain a copy. You are the government responsible for the Community Consultation process so it is your responsibility to make all relevant documents available on your website in a manageable form (ie both as a single document AND downloadable as Chapters).

Please make the entire EIS available in one or two documents on your website.

Sincerely,
Geoff Holland