Broga incinerator project stays

Date : 301104
Source : 2surf (The Sun Online)
Title : Broga incinerator project stays

KUALA LUMPUR: Offer letters to build a multi-billion ringgit incinerator in Broga, Selangor, which has a capacity to treat 1,500 tonnes of solid waste a day, have been issued to interested parties.

Housing and Local Government Ministry Secretary-General Datuk Lokman Hakim Mohamed Jasan said today the letters were issued on Oct 24 and the the parties have until year-end to decide whether to undertake the project."There are conditions laid down to contractors on whether they agree to implement the project based on the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report and other related conditions," he told reporters.

Lokman said this when asked on the status of the controversial project following media reports that it would be reviewed after considering objections from local residents.
He said the project would be implemented next year if the developers agreed to the terms and conditions before the year-end.

"As of now, I can't say the project has been postponed as I have issued the offer letters, unless the contractors are unable to comply with the stipulated terms and conditions," he said.
However, he declined to name the developers who had been issued the offer letters.
DOE had conditionally approved the Detailed Environment Impact Assessment for the incinerator project on May 31.

It had set strict conditions for the project -- the main condition being a buffer zone of 1,500m radius around the project site, ruling out any buildings in the area.
The others are the plant's minimum chimney height to be set at 150m and the technology to be used should be "gastification (fluidised-bed type)" and "ash-melting" with air pollution control and energy recovery systems in place.

Written approvals from DOE were required before any construction work could begin.
The DOE also required sampling and analysis of gas emissions and particulate matter through the chimney (including for doxin and heavy metals) be done according to the scheduled frequency and adhere to agreed effluent limits. The other conditions imposed were the requirement for sewage, including waste water to be treated according to parameters set by the Environmental Quality Regulations (Waste water and Industrial Effluents) 1979 before it could be released into any land-based water body.