Another Client obtains an integrated permit through cooperation with Andersen in Poland
The permit was issued to a company operating in the waste management sector and applies to an RDF-based waste treatment plant for non-hazardous waste. The annual throughput of the new plant is 129,600 tons.
The environment will undoubtedly benefit from the permit, as the RDF-fraction waste generated from municipal waste treatment plants will be processed to refuse derived fuel (RDF). The possibility to use waste (which is a redundant material) as an alternative fuel (i.e. a material releasing energy and heat) also offers an economic value and is important in the situation of the ongoing energy crisis.
The application for the permit was filed by the Client in June 2021. Due to protracted proceedings, in July 2022, the Company approached Andersen in Poland for legal support. After Andersen joined the proceedings, the decision awarding the integrated permit was issued in December 2022. A participant of the proceedings – an environmental organisation – appealed against the decision, but the Minister of Climate and Environment did not admit the complaints and maintained the Province Marshal’s decision in force. Therefore, the environmental permit decision has become final.
An integrated permit is a document which sets out the rules for the use of the environment. It is required to operate plants that may cause substantial contamination of the environmental components or the environment as a whole; operation of this type of plants is not possible without an integrated permit. An integrated permit is a single document which combines the conditions for the use of all components of the environment in correlation with the size of the plant.
The case was conducted by Dawid Mielcarski, Senior Manager in charge of the Katowice Environment Protection Practice in Andersen Poland.