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Engie plans to fill Hazelwood coal mine with water in billion-dollar rehabilitation project

David McGavin is on Engie's environmental team working on Hazelwood's rehabilitation.  (ABC News: Natasha Schapova )

The owner of the former Hazelwood coal mine in Victoria's Latrobe Valley expects to spend about $1 billion filling it with water, but a conservation group says it has serious concerns about the plan.

The Hazelwood mine and adjacent power station ceased operating in 2017 and its owner — French energy giant Engie — wants to rehabilitate the site by turning the mine into a lake.

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