Ringaskiddy Developements

cork | environment | other press Sunday November 28, 2004 14:00 by ppp

Environmental Protection Agency to grant a waste licence for the Ringaskiddy Incinerator

it was interesting what the guy from the Boyne Valley said at the Tara march yesterday about the granting of an licence in Meath for an incinerator because of government Policy not reason.

as well as the press release below from Chase, I crib from the papers that Indavour have already responded to their granting off the licence by saying its stil too restrictive!

The objection shows the licence to be inadequate, differing from the original planning application, and non-compliant in a number of areas with WHO guidelines and EC legislation. Points raised include:

More hazardous waste means higher risk plant
Increase in waste to be burned
Premature granting of licence for MUNICIPAL Incinerator
Inadequate bond will leave taxpayer to foot clean up bill
Flooding after issuing of licence invalidates data given

A spokesperson for CHASE said, “The original application for a waste licence was misleading and manipulative and should be declared null and void. We are seeing a licence issued for a higher risk plant, burning higher volumes of waste, and more hazardous waste than we were originally led to believe, underwritten by a lower clean-up bond than should be expected.