Transport and Technical Services response to the Environment Scrutiny Panel’s Technical Consultant’s Report on Planned Infrastructure for implementing the Island’s Waste Strategy and consideration of possible alternative approaches.

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A decision was made (20th June 2008) regarding Transport and Technical Services response to the Environment Scrutiny Panle's Technical Consultants Report on Planned Infrastructure for implementing the Island's Waste Strategy and consideration of possible alternative approaches

Decision Reference: MD-T-2008-055
Decision Summary Title :	Transport and Technical Services response to the Environment Scrutiny Panel’s Technical Consultant’s Report on Planned Infrastructure for implementing the Island’s Waste Strategy and consideration of possible alternative approaches.		Date of Decision Summary:	20 June 2008
Decision Summary Author:	Will Gardiner - Director of Waste Strategy Projects		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	n/a
Written Report Title :	Transport and Technical Services response to the Environment Scrutiny Panel’s Technical Consultant’s Report on Planned Infrastructure for implementing the Island’s Waste Strategy and consideration of possible alternative approaches.		Date of Written Reports:	20 June 2008
Written Report Author:	Will Gardiner - Director of Waste Strategy Projects		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: The Department’s response to the Environment Scrutiny Panel’s Technical Consultant’s Report on Planned Infrastructure for implementing the Island’s Waste Strategy and consideration of possible alternative approaches.
Decision(s): The Minister for Transport and Technical Services agreed: To approve the Department’s response to the Environment Scrutiny Panel’s Technical Consultant’s Report on Planned Infrastructure for implementing the Island’s Waste Strategy and consideration of possible alternative approaches. To issue the Response to the States Greffe for presentation to the States
Reason(s) for Decision(s): The Environment Scrutiny Panel commissioned Juniper Consultancy Services Limited to produce a Report on Planned Infrastructure for implementing the Island’s Waste Strategy and Consideration of Possible Alternative Approaches. The Report was launched at a Public Event at St Helier Town Hall on 25 April 2008. This response has been prepared to ensure States Members and the Jersey Public understand why the Preferred Solution being recommended by the Department in Report and Proposition P72/2008 “Energy from Waste Facility: Establishment and Acceptance of Tender” offers the best solution for managing the island’s residual non-inert waste.
Resource Implications: None
Actions required: The Director of Waste Strategy Projects is to: Request that the Greffier of the States to formally present this Response to the States. .
Signature:		Position: Minister
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Transport and Technical Services response to the Environment Scrutiny Panel’s Technical Consultant’s Report on Planned Infrastructure for implementing the Island’s Waste Strategy and consideration of possible alternative approaches.

TRANSPORT AND TECHNICAL SERVICES

RESPONSE TO RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN

THE ENVIRONMENT SCRUTINY PANEL REPORT

ON PLANNED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR

IMPLEMENTING THE ISLAND’S WASTE STRATEGY

AND CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES

Purpose of the Report

1.1 The Purpose of this Report is to notify the Minister and gain approval for Transport and Technical Services response to the Environment Scrutiny Panel’s Technical Consultant’s Report on Planned Infrastructure for implementing the Island’s Waste Strategy and consideration of possible alternative approaches.:

Background

2.1 The Environment Scrutiny Panel commissioned Juniper Consultancy Services Limited to produce a Report on Planned Infrastructure for implementing the Island’s Waste Strategy and Consideration of Possible Alternative Approaches. The Report was launched at a Public Event at St Helier Town Hall on 25 April 2008. The Department co-operated fully with requests for information for the review.

2.2 Whilst there is much that is useful and of support to the Department’s implementation of the Solid Waste Strategy approved by the States in July 2005 (P95/2005) there is also much that is either not accurate, unjustified, misrepresents the Department’s position or is misleading.

2.3 The Department has attempted to address these concerns with the consultant who prepared the Report but has been refused access by the Environment Scrutiny Panel. The Minister for Transport and Technical Services was not issued with a draft Report for comment as recommended within section 11 of the Code of Practice for Scrutiny Panels and the Public Accounts Committee (P.198/2007): Amendment. This is unfortunate because it would have provided opportunity to correct many of the misleading and inaccurate statements within the Report.

Recommendations

The Minister for Transport and Technical Services is recommended to:

To approve the Department’s response to the Environment Scrutiny Panel’s Technical Consultant’s Report on Planned Infrastructure for implementing the Island’s Waste Strategy and consideration of possible alternative approaches

Reason(s) for Recommendation

This response has been prepared to ensure States Members and the Jersey Public understand why the Preferred Solution being recommended by the Department in Report and Proposition P72/2008 “Energy from Waste Facility: Establishment and Acceptance of Tender” offers the best solution for managing the island’s residual non-inert waste.

Actions Required

The Director of Waste Strategy Projects is to:

Request that the States Greffe formally issue this Response to States Members.

Written by:	Will Gardiner - Director of Waste Strategy Projects
Approved by:	John Richardson - Chief Officer Transport and Technical Services

Attachments:

Transport and Technical Services response to the Environment Scrutiny Panel’s Technical Consultant’s Report on Planned Infrastructure for implementing the Island’s Waste Strategy and consideration of possible alternative approaches.

20 June 2008

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