Dear Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Unconventional Gas Development and Large Coal Mining Development (IESC),

The Condamine River is a tributary of the Darling River. Water from the Condamine River is used for town water supply and for irrigation.

In 2012 methane gas was observed bubbling from the water of the Condamine River. This has been the subject of wide media coverage and the subject of press releases issued by the company holding the petroleum & coal seam gas extraction leases of the surrounding area.

I therefore request the following Government Information:

a) Documents held, produced or considered by the IESC relating to any physical or chemical testing on or around the Condamine river and surrounding banks in Queensland in the period 2012 to 2022; and

b) Documents held, produced or considered by the IESC relating to any testing of water quality, including testing for any dissolved methane, hydrogen sulfide, heavy metals or other materials that would be present in coal seam gas seams on or around the Condamine river in Queensland in the period 2012 to 2022; and

c) Documents held, produced or considered by the IESC relating to any modelling or assessment of the impacts of coal seam gas extraction to the Condamine river in Queensland in the period 2012 to 2022; and

d) Documents held, produced or considered by the IESC relating to any records of natural gas seeps in any watercourse in Australia.

If this can be answered as informal request, please do so.

Otherwise, please proceed with this as a formal request under the Freedom of Information principles & framework, i.e. the Freedom of Information Act 1982 & other associated guidelines and regulations.

Yours faithfully,

Richard Smith