Environment NGO Din l-Art Helwa complained today that a Nautical Risk Assessment and a Cost Benefit Analysis of the proposed gas storage tanker at Delimara have not been published yet.

In a statement, it recalled that in December, Transport Malta had confirmed that a full Nautical Risk Assessment would be carried out to assess the possible impacts that the gas storage tanker and its supply ships could have on nautical traffic within the bay, including on recreational and fishing boats.

Din l-Art Helwa had requested publication of the risk assessment  before the planning permit was granted. The quantitative risk assessment included in Enemalta's Environmental Impact Assessment had also recommended that a nautical risk assessment be carried out.

Notwithstanding these commitments and recommendations, Mepa issued the permits the permits in March before the nautical risk assessment was concluded.

Furthermore, although Mepa had confirmed last year that a Cost Benefit Analysis on the new gas-fired power station and the gas storage tanker was being carried out - as part of the environmental IPPC (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control) permit application - this Cost Benefit Analysis was also not published.