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Written question asked by Baroness Hoey (Labour) on Wednesday, 10 December 1997, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 19 December 1997. It was answered by Lord Murphy of Torfaen (Labour) on Friday, 19 December 1997 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.


Northern Ireland Office;Planning Service

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what are the implications of phase 2 of the Cottonmount landfill site for re-cycling measures in Northern Ireland; if an environmental impact study was carried out on phase 1; if an environmental impact study will be carried out before any decision is taken on phase 2; to what extent she will take the draft EC Directive on the Landfill of Waste into account before a decision on phase 2 is made; if the minimum separation distance from site boundaries to residential and recreational areas of phase 2 of Cottonmount landfill site is less than the draft EC Directive's general requirements; and what assessment she has made of the Newtonabbey Borough Council independent environmental study into the effects of phase 1 on local residents. - Text of letter from T W Stewart of Northern Ireland Planning Service.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
303 c378-9W; 20783;20782;20788;20786;20784;20787
Session
1997-98
Subjects
EU law Environmental impact assessment Landfill Recreation spaces Waste disposal Newtownabbey