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Communities rejoice and whales sing as TGS seismic blasting plan scrapped

Seismic blasting multinational TGS announced this morning that they have decided not to proceed with the Otway blasting plan, withdrawing from NOPSEMA assessment.

Under the proposal, TGS were to blast the Otway Basin off the west coast of Victoria with 250 decibels of noise - louder than an atomic bomb - every 10 seconds, 24 hours a day for months on end to search for new oil and gas reserves. When they first submitted their proposal to the Government Management Authority their plan was for the largest seismic blasting proposal in the world covering a footprint of 7.7 million hectares. Over two and a half years of community pressure the scope of the project was reduced to cover a shrinking area until finally today they have withdrawn their application.

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