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GLADSTONE Environmentalists have raised concerns proposed changes to the Santos Environmental Authority would be near impossible to hold to account.
Santos GLNG has applied to amend a condition which authorises five minutes of black smoke during any two-hour period for certain flaring events to allow for an additional 30 to 90 minutes of visible smoke to be produced during daylight hours per event, up to seven hours a year and 14 events per year.
Gladstone Conservation Council co-ordinator Anna Hitchcock claimed under the proposed change the only way to monitor Santos would be through expensive static film equipment.
"It's just not going to be possible for the community to work out whether they're complying," Ms Hitchcock claimed.