The OM started three years ago an investigation in response to the mass declaration And then also visited the Tata Steel site. Now that a lot of news about polluting activities of Tata Steel came out in one week, fresh wind wants more clarity about the status of that research.
It turned out that the outdated and polluting cooking factories on the Tata Steel site in even worse Then it was already thought. This is stated in a letter from the Environment Service, which supervises the IJmuiden steel company on behalf of the province.
According to the Environment Service, there is also no insight into improvement of the factories. It could just lead to the cooking factories closing. Trade union FNV previously said in a fire letter that the consequences of such a closure disastrous For the company.
A day later, new RIVM research showed that there structurally too many carcinogenic substances Round Tata Steel.
‘Not possible to communicate in terms of content’
The OM came with this morning immediately a reaction To the request of Frissewind. The research would be at an ‘advanced stage’.
“The criminal investigation is extensive, technical in nature and legal complex,” the OM writes. “Since the start, a lot of work has been done and important steps have been taken. At the same time, due to the nature of the research, it is not possible to communicate in the meantime about the progress in the meantime.”
Criminal lawyer Bénédicte Ficq, who made the mass declaration, is satisfied with the course of events. “I think both the request from Frissewind and the response of the OM is excellent.”