ENVIROSERV will appeal the department of environmental affairs’ (DEA) suspension of its licence.
This follows the issuing of a notice of suspension of EnviroServ’s waste management licence by the DEA.
EnviroServ Group CEO, Dean Thompson said the company’s legal experts are perusing the notice and will act in due course.
“The provisional advice is that an appeal will be filed against this directive as we believe that not all relevant information has been properly considered,” he said.
EnviroServ provided the DEA with records from three air quality monitors recently installed in areas around the site.
“These monitors revealed the presence of high levels of sulphur dioxide (a harmful gas with a pungent odour), a gas typically produced by combustion processes, and which does not emanate from landfill sites. This, to our knowledge, has yet to be followed up by the authorities.
We will continue engaging and sharing information with the Upper Highway NPC and their appointed experts WSP. Our remediation plans as agreed upon with the DEA remain on track to mitigate our diminishing contribution to the existing odour problem in the coming months.”
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