Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-03-30-Speech-2-313"
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"Mr President, I wish to begin, like everyone else, by thanking the rapporteur for his report. He has done a good job over a relatively short period of time. This is a much-needed report and, for obvious reasons, the accidents in Romania and Spain, but also other incidents that have taken place around the Union over time, have demonstrated quite clearly that this kind of material poses a real danger to human health and to the environment if it is mismanaged. This proposal deals with those environmental industrial problems.
Many of us were somewhat surprised by the number of amendments initially tabled on the proposal, but in many ways that simply reflects the importance and the seriousness of the nature of this proposal.
Sadly, we in the UK have long been aware of the dangers of mining waste since the terrible disaster of Aberfan in 1966 and the terrible deaths that occurred there. Consequently, our national legislation has been particularly strict and strong with regard to mining waste.
However, there were parts of this new legislation that were new, innovative and worthy of adoption. There were some, though – particularly the extension of the scope to inert waste – which I felt were misguided. Nevertheless, I felt that the need for a registry of closed sites and previously occupied new sites was particularly important if we were really to establish the full extent of the problem across Europe.
In the end, we have a good result. I commend the proposal to the House. It will fit neatly alongside the complementary legislation – IPPC, Seveso, and landfill – and make a positive contribution to the protection of the environment, human health and sustainable development."@en1
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