LLW Disposal - Application for Challenge

7 July 2011

Augean Plc ("Augean" or "the Group")

Low Level Waste Disposal - Application for Challenge

Augean, one of the UK's market leaders in the management of hazardous waste, has been advised that an application for a legal challenge of the decision by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to uphold the Company's appeal for the granting of planning permission for the disposal of Low Level Waste ("LLW") at its East Northants Resource Management Facility ("ENRMF") has been filed with the High Court by a local resident of King's Cliffe who is a member of a local campaign group.

The decision of the Secretary of State was not made quickly or lightly. It followed the submission of the Planning Inspector's recommendations to him, informed by a rigorous three week Planning Inquiry where the application was the subject, in public, of intense and detailed scrutiny. The challenge is principally related to a narrow point of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) law which was addressed by both the Inspector and the Secretary of State and does not challenge the technical or policy merits of the proposal. The Group will be making every effort to ensure that the process is expedited with the expectation of still delivering capacity in Q4 and into 2012.

The Group is continuing to make good progress in discussions with key parties in the decommissioning sector on a number of commercial contracts and with site preparation for the receipt of waste.

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