Environmental ruling on airport’s emission ceiling
[2008-10-24 16:53]
The existing ceiling on emissions from activities and ground transport to and from Stockholm-Arlanda − which restricts specified atmospheric emissions to their 1990 level −will becoming binding only in 2016, according to an October 22 ruling of the Environmental Court of Appeal. This will, however, be conditional upon the filing of a complete application for a new environmental permit for the airport no later than December 31, 2010.
“Stockholm-Arlanda is continuing its efforts to implement planned activities to keep us below the emission ceiling,” says Lars Rekke, Director General of LFV, the State enterprise that operates Sweden’s major airports. “The measures that we have presented in our action plan will be implemented. We are gaining a respite to ensure that public transport will be good enough to achieve a behaviour-changing effect. The task of completing the airport’s environmental permit process will continue.”
As for Condition 6 in the airport’s existing environmental permit, which deals with curved landing paths, the court ruled that starting in 2018, aircraft may longer be guided towards Runway 3 directly from the south over the city of Upplands Väsby.
The complete rulings of the Environmental Court of Appeal (in Swedish only):
Utsläppstaket
Villkor 6 (sneda inflyningar)