Tarascon: Government Asks Ademe to Intervene Urgently at Fibre Excellence Plant Site
The minister for ecological transition cites environmental risks and criticizes the management of the site's liquidators.
Mathieu Lefèvre, minister for ecological transition, has asked the French Agency for Ecological Transition (Ademe) to intervene urgently at the Fibre Excellence plant site in Tarascon, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, according to information reported by Le Monde.
This decision follows findings of "environmental hazards" linked to this industrial site, though the precise nature of these risks was not detailed in available information.
The minister also criticized the "mismanagement" by the liquidators responsible for handling the matter, without specifying the nature of the failings attributed to them.
Ademe's intervention, a public agency with expertise in managing polluted or at-risk industrial sites, is thus intended to allow the State to take control of this sensitive matter.
The precise circumstances that led to this liquidation procedure, as well as the timeline for the intervention requested from Ademe, were not specified at this stage.
Sources
- A Tarascon, l’Etat prend la main sur l’usine Fibre Excellence pour cause de « mises en danger de l’environnement » — Le Monde — Une
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