Dutch news outlet NOL reported that North Sea Canal Area Environmental Service OD NZKG, which supervises risky companies, has decided Tata Steel must further reduce the odor nuisance in the IJmond in Netherland & meet certain limit values not within ten years, but within five years. The report quoted OD NZKG spokesperson as saying that "The idea is that serious odor nuisance should no longer occur outside Tata's premises. There is 'serious odor nuisance if at least ten unique complaints are received in one hour and at least one supervisory official also considers the odor to be seriously irritating. Tata Steel must also let us know what it will do to comply with this odor decree. The steel company must indicate how it measures the effects of the measures taken, including the associated term, and calculates the effects on the odor contour. The odor contour is the area within which odor nuisance may occur. If the company does not make sufficient progress, the OD will enforce the NZKG, for example by imposing a penalty.”Tata Steel can still appeal the decisions. The company says it is still studying the decision and says reducing odors in the environment is a key objective. It said “We are doing our utmost to further reduce the impact on the living environment.”The IJmond includes Velsen and IJmuiden, where Tata factories are located. People living near the steel factories experience a lot of odor nuisance. Most of the reports that come in to the environmental service are also about odor. A RIVM study showed last year that the area around Tata Steel in IJmuiden regularly has poor air quality as a result of high concentrations of particulate matter. The population suffers from acute health complaints such as headache and nausea more often than elsewhere in the Netherlands. Heart problems, diabetes and lung cancer are also more common. The GGD previously noted an increased number of cancer cases in the IJmond area.Tata Steel’s IJmuiden site, close to Amsterdam, has transformed this region of the Netherlands into an economic powerhouse. The site was founded exactly 100 years ago as Koninklijke Nederlandsche Hoogovens en Staalfabrieken (Royal Dutch Blast Furnaces and Steel Factories).
Dutch news outlet NOL reported that North Sea Canal Area Environmental Service OD NZKG, which supervises risky companies, has decided Tata Steel must further reduce the odor nuisance in the IJmond in Netherland & meet certain limit values not within ten years, but within five years. The report quoted OD NZKG spokesperson as saying that "The idea is that serious odor nuisance should no longer occur outside Tata's premises. There is 'serious odor nuisance if at least ten unique complaints are received in one hour and at least one supervisory official also considers the odor to be seriously irritating. Tata Steel must also let us know what it will do to comply with this odor decree. The steel company must indicate how it measures the effects of the measures taken, including the associated term, and calculates the effects on the odor contour. The odor contour is the area within which odor nuisance may occur. If the company does not make sufficient progress, the OD will enforce the NZKG, for example by imposing a penalty.”Tata Steel can still appeal the decisions. The company says it is still studying the decision and says reducing odors in the environment is a key objective. It said “We are doing our utmost to further reduce the impact on the living environment.”The IJmond includes Velsen and IJmuiden, where Tata factories are located. People living near the steel factories experience a lot of odor nuisance. Most of the reports that come in to the environmental service are also about odor. A RIVM study showed last year that the area around Tata Steel in IJmuiden regularly has poor air quality as a result of high concentrations of particulate matter. The population suffers from acute health complaints such as headache and nausea more often than elsewhere in the Netherlands. Heart problems, diabetes and lung cancer are also more common. The GGD previously noted an increased number of cancer cases in the IJmond area.Tata Steel’s IJmuiden site, close to Amsterdam, has transformed this region of the Netherlands into an economic powerhouse. The site was founded exactly 100 years ago as Koninklijke Nederlandsche Hoogovens en Staalfabrieken (Royal Dutch Blast Furnaces and Steel Factories).
