Committee Debate on the Status of the Granulite Case

This is an old post.

On April 7, the agenda item “Progress on Granuliet: Addendum ‘Review—Granuliet Over de Maas Study’ and Council of State Ruling” will be discussed during the House of Representatives’ Environment Committee debate. The municipality West Maas en Waal dissatisfied with the communication leading up to this debate. It has therefore sent a letter to the State Secretary requesting that the debate be postponed.

Not informed

Following the Council of State’s ruling on the granulite in Over de Maas, the Rijksoverheid the municipality agreed to keep each other informed as administrative bodies. The municipality is therefore surprised that it had to learn through the Dreumelse Waard Citizens’ Collective that the matter is being discussed in the committee.
Alderman Mol is the portfolio holder for the municipality West Maas en Waal this matter: “This makes it difficult for me to provide a thorough response to questions from our municipal council residents. In my view, this is in no way consistent with the agreements made with the State Secretary regarding the mutual exchange of information.”

Arcadis Research Review

The debate touches on a memo from Arcadis—an addendum to the consulting firm’s study. The municipality was not informed about this either. Ans Mol: “If they had involved us, for example through preliminary consultations, regarding the content or conclusions of this memo, we would have been able to form our own opinion. We were previously involved in the main report through a sounding board group. Why not now?”
The municipality was unable to study the documents thoroughly and in a timely manner. It has therefore asked the State Secretary to wait for the results from Deltares and RIVM.