Waste incinerator plans face new hurdle (From Oxford Mail)

Waste incinerator plans face new hurdle

8:16pm Wednesday 24th February 2010

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THE company behind a £100m waste incinerator planned for the county faces another hurdle before it can build the plant.

Viridor, the firm behind the incinerator, is already facing a public inquiry later this year over its plans for a waste facility at Ardley, near Bicester.

Now the Environment Agency has told the company it must supply further information about the impact on air quality and human health before it will consider issuing a crucial environmental permit to enable it to go ahead. It must also provide details about the potential impact on wildlife and drainage.

The move comes a year after Viridor applied for the permit.

Environment Agency area manager Simon Hughes said: “We have asked the applicant to submit further information as the application was lacking in detail in a number of areas.

“Some of these areas had been raised by local communities through the meetings we have held with them, and in representations made during consultation.

“Local people have an important role to play in these proposals and we will continue to involve them. We will make sure that if any plant is built, it will meet high environmental standards and will be operated safely.”

Viridor’s project manager Robert Ryan said the extra information was needed as a result of changes in Environment Agency guidance and that the requests were standard procedure.

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