The gravel company at Haar is allowed to replace its dedusting system.
But at one point the church remains tough: an expansion is not possible.
Haar
- The gravel plant at Haar is allowed to replace its obsolete dedusting system.
The company is still prohibited from expanding its operations.
There is great concern in the community that the Mühlhauser company could combine the approval for a new plant with an expansion of capacity.
The veto of the political groups against the plant renewal from October 2020 was apparently unsustainable.
In order to counteract the feared expansion of the company, the municipal council had not approved the modernization.
The matter is tricky: for reasons of emission protection alone, it makes sense to replace the outdated dedusting system.
On the other hand, it is feared that the permit could be interpreted as an invitation to expand operations.
As the competent supervisory authority, the district office conceded the municipality's decision.
"We don't want any business expansion"
However, the City Hall failed in its attempt to send a signal that would resonate as far as Munich, to renew its veto.
"We do not want any business expansion," emphasized Mayor Andreas Bukowski (CSU) in the latest meeting of the building committee, the renewed attempt to prevent misunderstandings on the part of Mühlhauser.
As early as October, the town hall insisted on guarantees from the gravel company that the renewal of the dust extraction system would not be used as an opportunity to expand operating areas and operating times.
A promise was only promised under these conditions.
The answer from the district office at the end of March did not necessarily ease the situation.
According to Josef Schartel, the head of the building department in Haar, the district authority considers it quite conceivable "that the approval of the dust extraction system creates the prerequisites for an increase in capacity".
Business tax revenue does not end up in hair
The fact that the committee nevertheless granted the approval unanimously is only surprising at first glance.
The district office has the last word.
To bind the decision to conditions to prohibit an expansion of capacity remained the golden way for the community.
Even if Mühlhauser regularly cleans the streets polluted by gravel transports, almost everyone in Haar longs for a foreseeable end of operations.
This yearning was nourished when Peter Paul Gantzer (SPD) found out that Gräfelfing, the home community of the company, benefits from Mühlhauser's trade tax, not Haar.
"It has to be over at some point"
“It has to end at some point,” said SPD parliamentary group vice-president Peter Schiessl, summarizing the mood across all parliamentary groups.
It was only in November that the permit for gravel mining was extended by four years to 2024.
Afterwards, filling in the pits and recultivating the area should take until 2030.
That is too long for the community, 2027 is the deadline in the room.
From the point of view of the district office, the Mühlhauser company should never have been prohibited from renewing the dust extraction system.
On its own initiative, the group tries to counteract harmful environmental effects and considerable nuisance for the hair people with a modern system.
Otherwise, one might even have to take action against the gravel works, as legal requirements would not be met, according to the district office.
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