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'Ghost ships' in limbo as Able UK awaits approval for recycling.
(From Lloyds List)
THE four 'ghost ships' from the US Reserve Fleet still await dismantling and recycling, and Able UK's other plans for its facilities near Hartlepool also remain in limbo, as the company's proposals work their way through the UK planning system.
New planning applications were submitted by Able early last year for its Teesside Environmental Reclamation and Recycling Centre at Graythorp but these have since been modified and still await consideration by Hartlepool Borough Council.
The Environment Agency says it was consulted by the council over Able's modified application and supporting environmental impact statement in November, and it objected to the application on the grounds that new information provided showed that dredging associated with the development would adversely affect the Seal Sands site of special scientific interest.
According to the Environment Agency, Able's EIS indicates that dredging will result in a loss of about 1.7 ha of intertidal habitat in an area 'internationally important for birds'.
'We consider that the proposed work should be modified to prevent habitat loss or, if that is not practical, then plans for mitigating the loss or providing other habitat in compensation should be detailed in the EIS,' the agency says.
Able's original planning application was submitted to the council in January 2005.
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