PERMITTED pollution
Rather than operating under one recently renewed permit, the steelworks is governed by a regulatory framework built around a site-wide permit granted by the Province of North Holland on 16 January 2007. This permit replaced earlier environmental operating permits and has since been altered and expanded through numerous separate decisions and permits for specific installations and changes. Together, these documents contain hundreds of pages of technical requirements governing emissions, waste, environmental risks and production processes.
“The penalty orders imposed on Tata Steel’s coke plants are not a toothless tiger,” he says.
“We mean it. If the factory fails to comply, the permits can ultimately be revoked.”
“We mean it. If the factory fails to comply, the permits can ultimately be revoked.”
Jeroen Olthof, deputy Province of North Holland on Tata Steel Netherlands.
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Province of North Holland, 2007. A revised environmental permit for Tata Steel IJmuiden (then Corus Steel).