AQW 25415/17-22

Mr John Blair
Alliance Party
South Antrim

Tabled Date: 08/11/2021
Answered On Date: 18/11/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the local environmental impact of West Cumbria Mining's plans to mine coal under the Irish Sea.

Answer:

The statutory Environmental Impact Assessment undertaken for the proposed West Cumbria Mining project at the port of Whitehaven in Cumbria has not identified any transboundary effects.

My Department has concluded that there will be negligible local environmental impact of this project.