EU MINING WASTE PLAN
October 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLEnvironment ministers of the 25 EU countries have reached "political agreement" on a directive aimed at minimising the environmental effects of waste from mining and quarrying which the EU said could constitute "a serious and long-lasting threat to the environment and human health if not properly managed." The legislation sets tough standards for the planning, licensing, operation, closure and after-care of waste facilities and provides for a major-accident policy for high-risk facilities. EU officials said the directive was likely to be formally ...
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