NWRWMG asksfor waste views

GREEN MLA Stephen Agnew has asked Mark H. Durkan what assessment his Department has made of Brickkiln as “an appropriate company to operate the proposed gasification plant in Londonderry.”
People attending a recent Zero Waste North West public meeting in the City Hotel. (DER3813PG040)People attending a recent Zero Waste North West public meeting in the City Hotel. (DER3813PG040)
People attending a recent Zero Waste North West public meeting in the City Hotel. (DER3813PG040)

The Environment Minister said the procurement of the operator of the new super incinerator in Strathfoyle was a matter for the North West Region Waste Management Group (NWRWMG), the council coalition behind the plant.

Mr Durkan said NWRWMG conducted its procurement in accordance with all the requisite legislative guidance.

He stated: “The Preferred Bidder chosen by the councils of the NWRWMG to deliver the new waste infrastructure is a consortium, the SBS Partnership, comprising Sisk, an Irish based international construction firm, Shanks Group PLC, a UK-based international waste management firm with operations in Northern Europe and Canada, and Brickkiln, a Derry-based firm engaged in Waste Management and Civil Engineering.

“The record and history of individual members of the preferred bidder consortium in relation to other planning sites was not considered a material planning matter in the determination of the planning application for the proposed gasification plant in Maydown. Each planning application is assessed on its own merits in accordance with the relevant planning policy, guidance and advice.”

He said the facility will require a permit under the Pollution Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) Regulations (NI) 2012 issued NIEA.

“No permit application for the proposal has as yet been received by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency. If and when an application is received, it will have to demonstrate that the installation will be designed, constructed and operated in accordance with Best Available Techniques (BAT) – in particular in line with the requirements of Chapter IV and Annex VI of the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED),” he said.

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