The Environment Department delivers the environmental impact report to the waste plant located in an inadequate location
- The Environmental Department of the Basque Government has already issued the environmental impact report of the "non-hazardous waste management plant" to the company Larke 360, and has subsequently authorised the City of Azkoitia to amend the subsidiary rules. Therefore, when the Environmental Department gave the green light to the company, the soil was not suitable for the implementation of the waste plant. How is authorisation possible under these conditions?
The Environmental Department delivered the "environmental impact report of the non-hazardous waste management plant" to Larke 360 on 11 March. At that time, the NNSS of Azkoitia did not authorize the establishment of this waste plant in Azkarate, as these lands "are not urbanizable". In fact, the Subsidiary Rules indicate which activities can be carried out and which cannot be carried out in each area. How is it possible for the Environment Department to approve the environmental impact report of an activity if the project is located in an area not authorised for that activity?
For its part, the Azkoitia City Council issued on 1 April the "strategic environmental declaration" for the modification of the subsidiary rules of the town. Why have they been solved the other way in time?
How is it possible for the Environment Department to give its approval to a project that does not comply with subsidiary rules?
There are several questions to be clarified. Did the Department of the Environment see that the project was compatible with the subsidiary rules? Did the Azkoitia City Council inform you that the Subsidiary Rules did not authorise the establishment of a waste facility in Azkarate?
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