The action alliance against the planned waste incineration in Altenstadt is growing: Even the market council Peiting decided in its most recent meeting to support the action group in its demands.
However, not all councils agreed with this.
Peiting - Last Saturday there was a lot of activity on the meadow next to the Altenstadt thermal power station.
For the second time, the action alliance had called for a demonstration against the operator's plans.
As reported, he wants to burn so-called substitute fuels in his plant in the future in addition to wood.
The project has been making waves for weeks.
The plans of the heating power plant operator were also discussed in the Peitingen municipal council at the end of July.
At that time, Green Council Thomas Elste demanded that the market should campaign against the planned change in the approval process, because Peiting was ultimately also affected.
"We are in the main wind direction." City hall chief Peter Ostenrieder, however, did not consider a statement to be very effective, as it would have no impact on the government's decision.
The mayor also considered the procedure in the approval process to be "very strange and irritating" (we reported).
Operator works according to law
In the last meeting of the municipal council, the controversial project in Altenstadt and the question of whether the municipality should also support the broad action alliance against waste incineration came up again.
With a view to the ongoing, non-public approval process, the mayor emphasized that the operator was working according to the law.
“But as a neighboring community, we have other interests,” emphasized Ostenrieder.
He referred to the district council, which had already issued a resolution against the waste incineration plant and demanded an approval process with public participation.
“It would be nice if we would follow that.” The town hall chief emphasized that this was not a contradiction to the decision in July not to give an opinion as a municipality.
"That would just have disappeared in the drawer."
Michael Deibler (CSU) was annoyed that the administration's submission referred to a waste incineration plant.
"That is damaging to the operator's reputation, because it is still not exactly clear what is being burned." But that is exactly what it is, contradicted Christian Lory (UP).
"The substitute fuels are rubbish." Which in turn called district treasurer Norbert Merk, who jumped in on his CSU parliamentary colleague.
According to the legal definition, this is not true, countered Merk.
"Whether it is wise to apply for such a facility is another question." Merk announced that he would not agree to support the action alliance because the procedure was legal and he had confidence that the government of Upper Bavaria would make the right decision .
City council calls for more transparency
The SPD saw things differently.
Even if the procedure is not illegal, she would welcome a political signal, said Claudia Steindorf.
"The acceptance for the citizens would be higher if the procedure was conducted in public." It was also important to Susann Tabatabei-Schweizer (Greens) that "more transparency is created".
Herbert Salzmann became even clearer.
There are already so many plants for thermal recovery that many are not being used to capacity, said the SPD parliamentary group leader.
He therefore urgently appeals to the government not to approve any more in Altenstadt.
Salzmann recalled that the operator once started with something completely different.
Originally, renewable raw materials were burned in the biomass power plant; later, waste wood was added.
"For me, the operator simply gambled away," said the SPD parliamentary group leader.
Of course it is his right if he tries to save his company in this way now.
Against two votes, the committee finally followed the administration's proposal to support the action alliance.
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