HC Deb 17 June 2003 vol 407 cc187-8W
Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many breach of condition notices the Environment Agency has served on the waste disposal and landfill site operated by Harry Sanders Ltd at Ingram Works in Leeds in each year since the Environment Agency was established. [116204]

Mr. Morley

The Environment Agency has served no such notices on the site operated by Harry Sanders Ltd.

Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the distance is between the waste disposal and landfill site operated by Harry Sanders Ltd. at Ingram Works in Leeds and the closest domestic property. [116326]

Mr. Morley

The boundary of the waste transfer station referred to in this question is 60 metres from the nearest residential property (the actual waste transfer station building is 110 metres from the nearest residential property).

It is unclear from the question whether the landfill referred to is that covered by Waste Management Licence 113, as issued to Mr. P. H. Sanders, or the adjacent registered Paragraph 19 exemption site. In the former case, the distance to the nearest residential property is 60 metres. In the latter case, the distance to the nearest residential property is 25 metres.

Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the operator pollution risk appraisal score of the waste disposal and landfill site operated by Harry Sanders Ltd at Ingram Works in Leeds was in each year since 1990; and if she will make a statement. [116330]

Mr. Morley

OPRA scoring has been introduced relatively recently and so data is only available from 1999 until the present day.

The OPRA score for any one year is an aggregate of the site score (calculated with respect to the relative sensitivity of the site location and the nature of the waste handling activity being conducted at the site) plus the number of scores allocated to the operator throughout the year for recorded non-compliance with licence conditions.

The waste transfer station has a site score of 37. One addition five in 2002. To date, one additional point has been scored for non-compliance in 2003.

The landfill referred to (Waste Management Licence 113, as issued to Mr. P. H. Sanders) has a site score of 18. Nine additional points were added for non-compliance in 1999, one in 2000, one in 2001, and none in 2002. To date, no scores have been allocated for non-compliance in 2003.