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Maendy Quarry

Volume 868: debated on Friday 8 February 1974

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asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he has considered the efficacy of the treatment plant proposed to be installed at Maendy Quarry; and if he is satisfied that the subsequent discharge into the streams will be free of toxicity.

No proposals have been put to me. It is for the river authority to give its consent to discharges to watercourses. It may impose such conditions as it considers appropriate. The treatment plant, I understand, will be designed to meet its conditions.