The government office issued the environmental use permit for the construction of the battery factory in Debrecen under stricter conditions than ever before, the Hajdú-Bihar County Government Office announced. They wrote that the combined environmental impact assessment and unified environmental use licensing procedure conducted by the Hajdú-Bihar County Government Office is one of the most thorough official licensing procedures, which guarantees that the investment must meet the strictest possible environmental protection conditions.
In the issued permit, the environmental elements, such as for example
FOR THE PROTECTION OF SOIL, AIR, NATURE, WATER AND NOISE PROTECTION, THE GOVERNMENT OFFICE PRESCRIBES NUMEROUS OBLIGATIONS FOR INVESTORS.
In addition, in several cases, the authority prescribed stricter limit values and more frequent inspections than those specified in the legislation in its decision, they wrote.
Based on CATL's application submitted on November 28, 2022, the Hajdú-Bihar County Government Office completed the combined environmental impact assessment and unified environmental use licensing procedure.
The procedure was completed on February 13, the battery production plant planned for Debrecen South Industrial Park
IT HAS RECEIVED A UNIFORM ENVIRONMENTAL USE PERMIT UNDER MORE STRICTER CONDITIONS THAN BEFORE. THE DECISION IS NOT YET FINAL - the announcement states.
The government office will also publish the decision on its website at the time and with the content according to the legal regulations: the extract of the decision is already available, and it will be possible to publish it in its entirety when the decision becomes final, on February 18, the announcement states.
It is worth noting that most of the Debrecen factory's water consumption, roughly 70-80 percent, will be met with so-called gray water, which means purified wastewater, so it does not use the city's water supply.
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