The Pori Explosive Factory can be built without an environmental impact assessment procedure
Surroundings|The TNT factory, which is built in Pori Noormarkku, does not require the environmental impact assessment by the ELY Center, the center decided.
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Explosive manufacturer Forcit can build TNT factory in Pori Noormarkku without an environmental impact assessment procedure.
The Southwest Finland ELY Center decided that no evaluation was needed.
However, a factory project of over EUR 200 million needs an environmental permit that Forcit intends to apply for in the fall.
Pori No environmental impact assessment procedure is required for the construction of the Noormarkku Explosive Factory, the ELY Center in Southwest Finland outlined.
Explosive manufacturer Forcit plans to build a factory manufacturing TNT explosive in Noormarkku. The substance involves environmental and health risks, which in the past only very little has been mapped in Finland.
Typically, the ELY Center’s evaluation procedure is underway when the project is likely to cause significant harmful environmental impacts. Such projects may be, for example, motorways, landfills or power plants, at the environmental administration online service are told.
On the other hand, the environmental impact of the Explosive Factory project does not need to be assessed by the EIA procedure, the ELY Center has decided.
« This is a special case, » says Head of the Environmental Protection Unit of the ELY Center in Southwest Finland Anu Lillunen.
Reported earlier General.
Linen According to both the decision of the ELY Center and Forcit’s proposal are confidential.
« I cannot open up the reasoning of the decision. The project responsible for the project himself has stated that the EIA procedure would not have to be done, and in its decision, the ELY Center agreed on the EIA law. »
According to him, the encryption of documents is based on the Publicity Act. It states that the authority may, for example, encrypt documents concerning the equipping of the Defense Forces or the defense of national defense.
Why does Forcit themselves estimate that the EIA procedure is not needed? The company did not receive an interview on Thursday night by telephone, but the communication will be answered by email as follows:
« In accordance with the authority decision, the plant does not require an environmental impact assessment procedure when the project is related to defense and military security of supply. »
One of the aims of the EIA procedure is to increase the ability to influence project planning. For example, residents, organizations and authorities in the area can participate in the EIA procedure. The results of the procedure must be taken into account in project planning and permit consideration.
Explosion factory However, it will require an environmental permit processed by the Regional Administration of Southern Finland (AVI).
« The application has not yet been initiated and we have no information on its schedule, » says Avi’s environmental permits responsible for the environmental permits Teemu Lehikoinen.
Forcit plans to apply for an environmental permit in the fall.
Forcit announced on Mondaythat the permit process of the Pori Noormarku Department is progressing. Forcit plans to spend over € 200 million to build a new TNT production plant.
According to the announcement, a preliminary agreement on the purchase of the land area of the production plant has been signed from A. Ahlström real estate. According to Forcit, the selected plot allows sufficient safety distances.
Forcit Promises in the bulletin that the design of the plant takes into account the environment, settlement and the special features of nature. According to it, the plant has no water effects.
TNT is toxic to aquatic organisms and can cause long -term adverse effects in water bodies, a substance On an international chemical card is noted.
If a person is exposed to the substance without proper protection, it may have serious health effects.
Tnt That is, Trinitrotolune is a military explosive. In Europe is shortage of TNT manufacturersbecause its consumption is great because of the Ukrainian war.
TNT has been manufactured in Finland before. Forcit has manufactured TNT in Hanko from 1957 to 2005.
