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Explosion in waste incineration plant in Leverkusen, Germany leaves 7 dead, 31 injured.
A chemical reaction probably caused a deadly explosion at a waste treatment plant in Germany, a provisional report has found. Seven people were killed in the blast in the Chempark industrial area of Leverkusen on July 27, and a further 31 were injured. Storage tanks containing chlorinated solvents caught fire in the waste processing centre of the Currenta company, sending
Councils actions labelled “an abuse of power” by SIRRL director.
After having their resource consent application returned for a second time due to a lack of information including a site specific CIA, company director Paul Taylor spits the dummy and labels ECan and Waimate DC’s actions as “unlawful” and an “abuse of power.” In a letter to both councils dated 23 December, SIRRL director Paul Taylor said the Resource Management
Incinerator proposal resource consent application returned a second time due to lack of cultural impact assessment.
ECan spokesperson Hayleigh Brereton said the council believed a site-specific cultural impact assessment with or by Te Runuanga O Waihao was required. “This is a very large proposal and the first of its kind in New Zealand, and it would have some wide-reaching potential effects, including many unknown effects on Mana whenua,” Brereton said. SIRRL director Paul Taylor said the