Metsola asks EC to investigate risks posed by LNG floating terminal
Roberta Metsola submits petition to EU institutions to remove risk to residents around Marsaxlokk bay.
18 February 2014, 12:00am
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
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Nationalist MEP Roberta Metsola has submitted a petition to the European Parliament urging the European Commission to investigate the risk to the public’s safety by the Government’s plans to berth a floating liquefied gas storage unit close to shore.
Metsola quoted the EU’s SEVESO II Directive which lays down that Member States shall prohibit the use of any establishment, installation or storage facility, where the measures taken by the operator for the prevention and mitigation of major accidents are seriously deficient saying that petitioners were understandably concerned that the project will violate the Directive.
“I’ve met many concerned citizens of the towns and villages that are most affected by this proposed project and they cannot understand why these unnecessary risks are being taken in this manner. In contrast, other EU Member States with similar projects, such as those off the Italian ports of Livorno and Ancona, have ensured that safety is paramount and that the legitimate concerns of residents were addressed by stationing the depot a safe distance away from them, with proper security zones around the vessel. None of the above safety provisions are envisaged in the Maltese Government's proposed intentions,” Metsola said.
She noted how Marsaxlokk bay already houses a concentration of power generation and fuel storage facilities, as well as very busy in-bay shipping movements of the Malta Freeport.
Only a preliminary Quantitative Risk Assessment has so far been carried out, with no Maritime Risk Assessment yet.
“The risks would be greatly mitigated if the gas storage for this plant was moved to a secure location and a safe distance from residential areas, outside the bay.”
She said that as the only Maltese MEP in the Petitions Committee she had a duty and a responsibility to act.
Nationalist MPs and MEP candidates are backing Metsola’s petition.
The petition can be signed in the following link:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Petition-on-Marsaxlokk-Gas-Storage-Unit
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Can the church explain if Saint Paul really removed the venom from all Maltese vipers? With what had been happening lately, it's either that what the church wants us to believe is pure nonsense of his power had expired.
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Kemm ghanda qalba tahraqa ghax Xlukkajri. Naqta rasi li qabel ma nqalet din il-kwistjoni Roberta l-anqas qatt kienet tohlom li xi darba kienet se tddefendi lix-Xlukkajri (jaqq). Hallina Roberta u taghmiliox iktar ta Guda
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Metsola, Kommodini, u Kasa, ghaliex ma tmorrux tghidu lil EU li l-Arriva ghandha id-dejn mal-poplu Malti u qedin jippruvaw jisirquna. Jekk tridu taqbzu ghall Poplu Malti dawn l-affarijiet fitxu, gibu u lura l-affarijiet li insterqu minn Malta bhal l-affarijiet ta La Vallette, u mhux tkomplu tippruvaw tfarku il-pajjiz aktar mill farraktuh meta kontu fil Gvern
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Running to mama Metsola?
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Now what is all this scaremongering all about? I am sure the MEP is aware that the majority of households harbor pressurized gas containers in their houses for their daily cooking needs, everybody sees with their own eyes pressurized gas containers on distribution trucks roaming each street and village, everybody sees fuel tankers roaming congested streets to distribute fuel to fuel stations, everybody can see our airports with a plane fully loaded with people with a fuel tanker refueling a airplane, and also Industrial plants with pressurized holding containers as being close to the airport runway. That is why we have experts that I hope take their jobs seriously enough to inspect and certify that they are fit for use and safe enough for what they are supposed to do, I am also sure that these storage facilities at the power station will include high standards up to date certification and inspections by international uncorruptable certification agencies (Bureau Veritas, ABS or other reliable certification agency). I am convinced now that MEP Metsola likes to jump the gun before doing her homework or intentionally obstructing the Government from reaching its commitments and targets, is that the kind of MEPs we have representing us. pity we should aim higher than that.
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Roberta, metab tkun gejja Malta minn Brussels tigix bl-ajruplan li ma jmurx jaqa hu u nizel fuq Marsaxlokk
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Din il hanexx reget marret tugza il gvern lil l'unjoni ewropea, igri jasal mejju ha jixkanawk il barra, anke in nazzjonalisti genwini dejjaqt, mhandikx kwiet fit toqob ta widnejk, jaqqqqq
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Kollox kontra jriedu. Halluh imexxi li Joseph. Mela issa jezistu vapuri li jgorru l gass ghax skond Ann Fenech xi nofs tuzzana jesistu fid dinja?
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Oh my God, once again 'Il Grande Fratello'. Which is the most dangerous LNG or MEP, sorry I meant to say LPG? No petitions were gathered for the BWSC power plant, for the Qajjenza lpg bottling and storage centre, for the bendy buses etc etc.
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Oh my God, once again 'Il Grande Fratello'. Which is the most dangerous LNG or MEP, sorry I meant to say LPG? No petitions were gathered for the BWSC power plant, for the Qajjenza lpg bottling and storage centre, for the bendy buses etc etc.
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SHE HAS'NT LEARNED HER LESSON ?
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Ma tifilhux taraw il-kontijiet tad-dawl jorhsu. Il-bsaten fir roti kollha qedin taghmluhom u f'kollox. Ma nahsibx li l-Partit ta Malta Taghna Ilkoll sejjer biex irahhas id-dawl jaghmel hsara lil Poplu Malti. Ara Edward Fenech Adami li qal hallihom ha joghlew il-prezzijiet u, Gonzi u Toni Tick Tock li ivvutaw bil qalb biex joghlew il-kontijiet meta kienu jafu li qed isir serq u abbuz sfaccat. Bhala Prim Ministru u Ministru ta suppost finanzi kellhom rapport u qatt ma ghamlu xejn hlief gholew mola is-smewwiet il-kontijiet u biex taxxaqa kienu jisirqu ukoll lil barranin imam basta hallew tal-qalba iggawdu. Veru Prosit Partit u Gvern Nazzjonalista, TICK TOCK.
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DIN IL-METSOLA SA FTIT ILU KIENET IGGIBHA TA' TRICK US ....... POSSIBBLI DIN IT-TRADITURA GHADHA MA NDUNATX KIF QED TQAZZIZNA ISSA .... GEJJA U SEJRA TIRRAPPURTA LIL MALTA LILL-EWROPA ...... TA' TRADITUR LI HI GHADHA MA TRIDX TEMMEN LI L-PARTIT KORROTT TAGHHA QALA' DAMDIMA PAPALI SENA ILU ... DAMDIMA PAPALI TRIKKAS ..... QLAJTU DAMDIMA PAPALI TRIKKAS .... QLAJTU DAMDIMA PAPALI TRIKKAS ..... QLAJTU DAMDIMA PAPALI TRIKKAS ...... FTAKARKHA DIN META BEPPE U D-DEMARK JGHIDULEK X'KIENU JAGHMLU MISSIERIJIETHOM FL-ANTIK .... IXEWWXU KONTRA PAJJIZHOM BARRA MINN MALTA ..... U HEMM REGGHU WAQGHU DAWN IL-KLIKKA TRADITURI ....
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Metsola as usual: A HEE-HAW in the desert.
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catsola din...fejn kienet fi zmien gonzipn?
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Metsola se tieghu kazzola fl'ahhar. Ora troppo!
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Where was this woman when her party ignored the protests and objections of the residents when no one wanted the use of heavy fuel oil yet in true pn style went roughshod over everyone? Surely she wasnt still a school girl then.Truly a case of the pn having lost the plot and crying foul over everything.
Double standards galore.
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Insaqsi li Metsola jekk qatt semat b'xi spusjoni ta xi Storage? X'imkien ? Tghidilna fejn pls? Taf kemm hawn minnpm gol mediterran bizibilju, sa anki vapuri jghaddu mil kosta ta Malta bil gzuz , ezempju l-Algerijja tforni l-Gas lit-Turkijja pajjjiz enormi, jghaddu kuljum , qatt ma smajt li sploda xi wiehed, Metsola miskina dejjem tipprova tghamel li tista biex tghhamel isem hazin lil Malta imma ghalxejn, ghax jidhqu biha qedin, kulhadd ghandu dan it-tip ta Power Station, L-Inglizi 22 se jibnu jekk mhux tiga gew mibnijja.
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ISSA DRAJNA LI L-MEPS NAZZJONALISTI JITTRADIXXU L-VOLONTA TAL-POPLU. GHAMLUHA META IVVUTAW KONTRA FIL-PARLAMENT FUQ ID-DIVORZJU META L-POPLU FIR-REFERENDUM IVVOTA IVA. IVVUTAW KONTRA L-GID TAL-POPLU FL' EUROPA FUQ IC-CITTADINANZA U ISSA METSOLA U SHAHA TAL-MADUMA SEWDA QED JERGU JUGZAWNA MAL-EUROPA FUQ IL-GASS TAL-POWER STATION META 167000 VOTANTI KIENU JAFU GHAL X' HIEX SER JIVVUTAW U IVVUTAW FAVUR ROHS SOSTANZJALI FIL-KONTIJIET TAL-ENERGIJA. IZDA TAL-PN QED JAGHMLU MINN KOLLOX SABIEX IL-GID LI QED JIPPROVA JGIB DAN IL-GVERN IFFALLUH. TRADIMENTI FUQ TRADIMENTI. IZDA DIN MIN DEJJEM, STORIKAMENT KIENET IT-TRADE MARK TAL-PARTIT NAZZJONALISTA.
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Regghet tridt tikzana!
'Mama ara x'qed jaghmlu; waqfu l-power station ghax inkella hemm fuq ma narawhx qatt'?
Intellfu kemm nistghu l-ahwa ghax inkella bye bye elezzjonijiet?
