Media Release - Blacktown City Council Takes Torch To Incerator......

The Incinerator that  has been proposed and discussed in community forums of recent, that has provided a complete  rubber stamp in black, ' No' from Blacktown City Council, which is taking of its community members and workers of future Healthy and Safety, in relation to emission fumes being released into the air we breathe.

Refer to there new Media Release, issued today:

MEDIA RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
16 February, 2017

Blacktown City Council has repeated its call on the State Government to block plans to build one of the world’s largest incinerators at Eastern Creek.

At last night’s council meeting, it was decided the Council would lodge a second submission to the State Government, objecting to the proposal and is calling on others to follow suit.

“We call upon the Health Department, all doctors, all health care companies, as well as the residents of Western Sydney to voice their opinion about the project,” the Mayor of Blacktown City, Councillor Stephen Bali said.

“This is their second go, and the company wanting to burn more than a million tonnes of garbage a year still hasn’t come up with a plan that provides maximum protection for the millions of people living around it.

“There are several schools within reach of its emission plume, and the parents have rightly told us they are worried about the future of their children,” he said.

According to the proposal, the cooling system used at the plant cuts out when the temperature gets above 37 degrees, causing the entire plant to “trip” or shut down. 

“If the plant had been operating this year, it would have shut down on at least 11 days,” Mayor Bali said.

Another of our major concerns is monitoring, Mayor Bali said.

“The EPA is short staffed and none of them have experience with plants of this size,” he said.

“The proposal to place one of the world’s largest waste incinerators in the middle of a highly populated area makes no sense,” he said.

TNG plans to generate electricity by burning some 1.105 million tonnes of waste a year.

The proposed plant would be located near the Light Horse interchange of the M4 and M7 motorways near Eastern Creek, just across the M4 from the suburbs of Minchinbury, Colyton and Erskine Park.

“This is the second time TNG has submitted an Environmental Impact Statement for the project, and once again it looks like more of a Project Justification Statement,” Mayor Bali said.

“There are still significant information shortfalls in the EIS, including the source of the waste and the inability of the applicant to guarantee procedures and processes that satisfactorily demonstrate how all waste will be satisfactorily sorted.

“They are still to guarantee that their predictions of low emissions are valid and achievable.

“The incinerator proposal fails to comply with the area’s zoning requirements and is therefore prohibited.

“It will have a significant impact on critically endangered ecological communities. Furthermore the location and design of the EFW plant fails to encourage a high standard of development.”

Background

Council and the public have until 1 March 2017 to make a submission to the Department of Planning and Environment in response to the latest application by TNG for the proposed EFW plant.

The Minister for Planning will make the final decision.

The EFW proposal, if approved, will generate electricity from the thermal treatment of unsalvageable and uneconomic residue waste that would otherwise be used for landfill.

Blacktown City Council’s full report and a European Commission report into the Energy from Waste process are attached.

Click Here For Blacktown City Council's full report

Click here on European Commission Report into The Energy from Waste process

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