Let Penarth Town Council voice opposition to Hinkley mud dumping

Friends of the Earth Barry&Vale, Penarth section    

Let Penarth Town Council voice local opposition !                5^th October 2018

Okay that Penarth Labour is now ready to say** the dumping should be stopped, but why play party politics – when the Tory-Plaid motion (below) at the Senedd next Wednesday already says this?

The issue is that the Town Council as a whole – across the parties – should have been allowed to voice the concerns of Penarth people. We are the closest to the dumping and arguably the most strongly affected by the contaminated mud.

It’s six months late to echo the call from the Petitions Committee for further testing of the mud.  Why not proceed from the finding from the High Court that there has been no EIA and therefore demand an EIA including the essential  consultation with the community?

Penarth people deserve a fully-informed debate and cross-party agreement to push the Welsh Government to suspend or revoke the dumping license forthwith.  

-------------  Contact our AMs – email direct or via www.writetothem.com/  ---------

….. Vaughan Gething, Jane Hutt, Andrew RT Davies, David Melding , Gareth Bennett, Neil McEvoy

Tell them to include the key reason from the High Court - no EIA – making the license unlawful.
-------------  Rally pre-debate at the Senedd, from 4pm on Wednesday 10th ---------

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** Penarth Labour Party plus Councillors (Town + Vale) statement  5th October 2018

Penarth Labour recognise the strong public concern and strength of feeling by Penarth residents over the safety of the sediment being dredged and transported from Hinkley Nuclear power station, which is being dumped at Cardiff grounds, just off Penarth Beach in the Severn Estuary.
Echoing the motion put forward by Penarth Labour Party in September that condemned the mud transferral until further tests are carried out, we ask the Welsh Government to halt this work, to allow for full independent assessment by a recognised international body. The full assessment results should clarify and inform a clear statement, then be the subject of an engagement and consultation exercise with local communities and stakeholders. Only after this process should a decision regarding moving of the sediment be made.

Therefore we welcome the debate at the Senedd on October 10th and we urge anyone with concerns to write to your Assembly Members and encourage them to vote to stop the dredging and seek more information.

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Senedd Debate in Plenary session on Wed 10 Oct.

Motion sponsored by the Conservative and Plaid groups:

that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Notes the widespread public concerns in relation to the disposal of dredged materials from the Bristol Channel to locations off the coast of south Wales, relating to the construction of a new power station at Hinkley.

2. Calls upon the Welsh Government to:

a) publish more detailed evidence in response to concerns regarding risks to public health and the environment, including allowing for further testing in order to provide greater transparency; and

b) instruct Natural Resources Wales to suspend the marine licence that enables the disposal activity and undertake a wide-ranging programme of engagement and consultation with local communities and stakeholders across south Wales