§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has received on the two odour pollution incidents at the Global Environmental plant in Leeds in August; and what steps have been taken to avoid future discharge from wet air oxidation waste processing plants.
§ Mr. AtkinsThe global environmental waste disposal site in Leeds is subject to waste management licensing under part II of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Enforcement of environmental regulations at the site is therefore a matter for the West Yorkshire waste regulation authority. The authority is investigating the incidents referred to and will decide what action, if any, should be taken.
408WOn the general question of the control of discharges from wet oxidation plants, a waste regulation authority can, under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, impose such conditions as it considers appropriate in a waste management licence in order to minimise the risk of pollution of the environment or harm to human health, including conditions relating to the control of odour release.