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| Council to reconsider incinerator | Council to reconsider incinerator |
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| Belfast City Council will reconsider later whether to allow an incinerator to be built on land it owns at the north foreshore. | Belfast City Council will reconsider later whether to allow an incinerator to be built on land it owns at the north foreshore. |
| Earlier this month, it was announced that councillors had rejected the plan. | Earlier this month, it was announced that councillors had rejected the plan. |
| However, it was revealed the casting vote had been wrongly attributed to a councillor who was not at the meeting. | However, it was revealed the casting vote had been wrongly attributed to a councillor who was not at the meeting. |
| Arc 21, a group of councils in the east of Northern Ireland, want the council to accept the plan so the facility could be built by 2016. | Arc 21, a group of councils in the east of Northern Ireland, want the council to accept the plan so the facility could be built by 2016. |
| It would be an Energy from Waste (EfW) plant which Arc 21 say could provide power for 40,000 homes. | It would be an Energy from Waste (EfW) plant which Arc 21 say could provide power for 40,000 homes. |
| A consultation survey with Belfast ratepayers had indicated that more than 90% were in favour of it being built on the site. | A consultation survey with Belfast ratepayers had indicated that more than 90% were in favour of it being built on the site. |
| Consequences | Consequences |
| Without waste treatment facilities, in 2012/13 Belfast City Council will be liable for penalties of about £3.7m a year, rising in following years. | Without waste treatment facilities, in 2012/13 Belfast City Council will be liable for penalties of about £3.7m a year, rising in following years. |
| East Belfast DUP councillor Robin Newton has warned of "dire consequences" if the incinerator is not approved. | East Belfast DUP councillor Robin Newton has warned of "dire consequences" if the incinerator is not approved. |
| "Failure to approve the plant will have crippling financial implications for the council and it will be the ratepayers of the city who will have to carry that burden," he said. | "Failure to approve the plant will have crippling financial implications for the council and it will be the ratepayers of the city who will have to carry that burden," he said. |
| "To impose such a situation at a time when people everywhere are facing financial hardships will be unforgivable. | "To impose such a situation at a time when people everywhere are facing financial hardships will be unforgivable. |
| "We will face the wrath of the public when the implications of not taking the right decisions lands on people's doormats in the form of dramatically increased rates bills for years to come." | "We will face the wrath of the public when the implications of not taking the right decisions lands on people's doormats in the form of dramatically increased rates bills for years to come." |
| Business organisations, including the CBI and Institute of Directors, have written an open letter to councillors urging them to consider "the strong environmental, social and financial benefits" of making the land available for the incinerator. |