HC Deb 17 June 2003 vol 407 cc174-7W
Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) if she will list for each licensed waste disposal site in West Yorkshire with management conditions for holding bonded asbestos the distance between the site and the nearest residential property; [116197]

(2) if she will list the sites licensed by the Environment Agency to hold bonded asbestos in (a) Leeds and (b) West Yorkshire; [116196]

(3) what the Environment Agency's agreed tonnage of bonded waste asbestos held at licensed waste disposal sites is in (a) West Yorkshire and (b) Leeds Metropolitan District. [116210]

Mr. Morley

The following list provides details of sites licensed to either store or dispose of bonded asbestos within West Yorkshire, the distances between each site and the nearest residential property. The listing also distinguishes between those siteslicensed to store or dispose of bonded asbestos in the Leeds Metropolitan District area and similar sites elsewhere in West Yorkshire, and provides information on the Agency's agreed tonnage of bonded asbestos held at waste disposal sites in a) West Yorkshire and b) in the Leeds Metropolitan District. The list is broken down by local authority area to allow the comparisons requested.

The maximum waste quantity for bonded asbestos that can be stored at any one time is listed for each waste transfer station, together with the maximum quantity that can be disposed of in any one day for each landfill.

  • Leeds
    • Caird Bardon Ltd, Ridge Road, Micklefield.
    • Landfill Site.
    • The nearest residential property is 20–25 metres from the site boundary.
    • The site is permitted to accept up to 200 tonnes of asbestos per day.
    • Biffa Waste Services Ltd, Pontefract Lane, Rothwell.
    • Landfill Site.
    • The nearest residential property is within 50 metres of the site boundary.
    • The site is permitted to accept up to 250 tonnes of asbestos per day.
    • John Aldersons Ltd, Richardshaw Lane, Pudsey.
    • Waste Transfer Station.
    • The nearest residential property is within 50 metres of the site.
    • The site is permitted to store up 35 cubic yards of asbestos at any one time in a lockable skip.
    • Rhodar Ltd, Beza Road, Hunslet.
    • Waste Transfer Station.
    • The nearest residential property is within 20 metres of the site.
    • The site is permitted to store up 35 cubic yards of asbestos at any one time in a lockable skip.
    • Hinchliffe Ltd, Weaver Street, Kirkstall.
    • Waste Transfer Station.
    • The nearest residential property is 300 metres from the site.
    • The site is permitted to store up to 10 tonnes of asbestos at any one time in a lockable skip.
    • Leeds City Council, Evanston Avenue, Kirkstall.
    • Waste Transfer Station and Household Waste Site.
    • The nearest residential property is within 75 metres from the site.
    • The site is permitted to store up to 30 tonnes of asbestos at any one time in a lockable skip.
    • J S Miller Ltd, 383 Meanwood Road, Leeds.
    • Waste Transfer Station.
    • The nearest residential property is 50 metres from the site.
    • The site is permitted to store up to 35 cubic yards of asbestos at any one time in a lockable skip.
    • Leeds Environmental Organisation Ltd, Carr Crofts, Armley.
    • Waste Transfer Station.
    • The nearest residential property is 100 metres from the site.
    • The site is permitted to store up to 10 tonnes of bonded asbestos in a secure container.
  • Bradford
    • Gill Demolition, Progress Works, Hall Lane, Bradford.
    • Waste Transfer Station.
    • The nearest residential property is within 100 metres of the site.
    • The maximum quantity of bonded asbestos that can be stored on site is limited to the contents of a single lockable skip.
    • Bradmet Asbestos Unit, Shearbridge Depot, Bradford, BDI.
    • Waste Transfer Station.
    • The nearest residential property is within 100 metres of the site.
    • The maximum quantity of bonded asbestos that can be stored on site is 42 cubic metres.
    • Yorwaste Ltd. Skibeden Landfill, Harrogate Road, Skipton.
    • Landfill Site.
    • There is one residential property within 50 metres of the site.
    • The site is allowed to dispose of up to 20 tonnes of bonded asbestos in any one day and up to 600 tonnes in any one year.
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  • Calderdale
    • T H Holroyd, Phoebe Mills, Siddal, Halifax.
    • Waste Transfer Station.
    • The nearest residential property is 100 metres from the site.
    • The maximum quantity of bonded asbestos that can be stored on site is 640 tonnes.
    • P Casey Enviro Ltd, Former Atlas Works, South Lane, Blackley, Elland.
    • Landfill Site.
    • The nearest residential property is within 50 metres of the site boundary.
    • The site is permitted to accept up to 5,000 tonnes of bonded asbestos in a year although, in reality, the site does not currently accept this waste.
  • Kirklees
    • Demex Limited, Thornhill Quarry, Ravensthorpe Rd, Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury.
    • Landfill Site.
    • The nearest residential properties are within 50–250 metres of the site boundary.
    • The site is permitted to accept up to 25,000 tonnes in a year.
    • SITA UK Limited. Hollins Hey, Blackley, Elland.
    • Landfill Site.
    • The nearest residential property is more than 500 metres from the site boundary.
    • The site is permitted to accept up 100 tonnes of asbestos in a day and up to 75,000 tonnes in a year.
    • Kirklees Building Services, Coombs Depot, Thornhill, Dewsbury.
    • Waste Transfer Station.
    • The nearest residential property is within 50 metres of the site.
    • The site is permitted to hold up to 30 tonnes at any one time.
    • SITA UK Limited, Hollins Hey, Blackley, Elland.
    • Landfill Site.
    • The nearest residential property is more than 500 metres from the site boundary.
    • The site is permitted to accept up 100 tonnes of asbestos in a day and up to 75,000 tonnes in a year.
    • C & J Blackburns, Westgate Mills, Watergate Road, Dewsbury.
    • Waste Transfer Station.
    • The nearest residential properties are within 50–250 metres of the site.
    • The site is permitted to hold up to 200 tonnes at any one time.
    • Readymix Huddersfield Limited, Off Leeds Road, Huddersfield.
    • Waste Transfer Station.
    • The nearest residential properties are within 50–250 metres of the site.
    • The site is permitted to hold up to 30 cubic metres at any one time.
  • Wakefield
    • Biffa Waste Services, Calder Vale Road, Wakefield.
    • Waste Transfer and Chemical Treatment Site.
    • The nearest residential property is approximately 300 metres from the site.
    • The site is permitted to accept Fibrous Asbestos in laboratory quantities (<5kg) and unspecified quantities of non-fibrous asbestos although in reality the site does not accept such wastes.
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    • Welbeck Landfill Site, Off Boundary Road, Normanton, Wakefield.
    • Landfill Site.
    • The nearest residential property is approximately 300 metres from the site boundary.
    • The site is permitted to accept up 200 tonnes of resin or cement bonded white asbestos in a day.
    • Grace Brothers, 9–11 Baghill Lane, Pontefract, WF8 2HA.
    • Waste Transfer Station.
    • The nearest residential property is 100 metres from the site.
    • The site is licensed to hold up to 10 tonnes of bonded white asbestos at any one time.
    • Wakefield MBC, Denbydale Road, Wakefield.
    • EAWML65091.
    • The nearest residential property is approximately 500 metres away
    • The site is licensed to hold up to 10 tonnes of bonded white asbestos at any one time.

Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs under what conditions bonded asbestos may be held at licensed waste disposal sites; and if she will make a statement. [116198]

Mr. Morley

There is no standard condition for holding asbestos as each application is assessed on a risk basis. I am placing in the House Library a copy of the Environment Agency's Regulatory Guidance Note (RON 11) and an extract from the shell licence for Civic Amenity sites which show what action is to be taken.