Forscot, the Scottish company which plans to develop a £1 billion integrated forest industry project at Invergordon in Scotland, has appointed a major international environmental and health services consultancy to carry out a full environmental impact assessment (EIA) on the proposed operation.
This will be conducted by ENVIRON UK Ltd, which is among the UK's leading environmental consultants. The company has long-standing experience of the pulp and paper industry, including carrying out similar studies for mills in the UK, Europe and worldwide.
Ed Gillespie, chairman of Forscot said: ‘The project will have a major focus on environmental issues and the planning application will include an environmental statement. By starting the EIA process now, ENVIRON will help us design and run an operation which will use the latest technology to ensure that we at least comply with EU, national and local environmental and planning legislation.
‘Throughout the design and planning stage we will be working closely with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Scottish Natural Heritage, the Highland Council and others, who will all be required to give their approval before the development can go ahead.'
Date: 5 May, 2005
