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SW: →EPA approves the project: add EV response
EPA CEO John Merritt stated in a media release that the second proposed 300MW generating unit would be "reviewed when the proponent was able to demonstrate the successful operation of the first phase of the demonstration project." He also stated that the approval for the first unit was "conditional on HRL Dual Gas Pty Ltd submitting details on how it will meet all conditions prior to construction, including additional measures to reduce sulphur dioxide emissions."<ref name="EPAGo"/>
In a media release Environment Victoria CEO Kelly O’Shanassy stated that "there is no way the HRL Dual Gas project can be considered to be best practice electricity generation given that it is twice as polluting as an efficient gas power station and many times more polluting that renewable energy or energy efficiency projects."<ref name="EVGo">[http://www.environmentvictoria.org.au/media/victorian-environment-protection-authority-approves-big-pollution-hike "Victorian Environment Protection Authority approves big pollution hike"], Environment Victoria, May 20, 2011.</ref>
"Even with this part-approval the new plant will pump millions of tonnes of pollution into our environment every year. How is this protecting the environment or Victorians?," she said.<ref name="EVGo">
==Citizens groups campaigning against the project==
