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<p><del class="ministerial">The Environment Agency have met Dudley Metropolitan Borough
Council Environmental Health and Planning Departments four times between November
2016 and July 2017 to discuss Rowan Oak Waste. At each meeting the Environment Agency
have provided the latest information on their action against the clearance of the
site and their enforcement action against the operator. The Environment Agency have
also discussed and agreed how amenity complaints from the site would be dealt with.</del></p><p><del
class="ministerial">Councillor Steve Waltho and Councillor Ali Shaukat have also attended
these meetings. They have taken the information shared back to their local communities
to keep them updated.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">We have made all
Emergency Services, including West Midlands Police, aware of the site through the
West Midlands Local Resilience Forum (WM LRF) meeting. We have advised West Midlands
Police that we are undertaking a criminal investigation into the company.</ins></p><p><ins
class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We have shared information
and raised awareness of this site, along with other sites within the West Midlands
Conurbation, to all the partners of the WM LRF detailing the high risk of fire from
these sites and what action we have taken to reduce this risk. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">
</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We have separately met with West Midlands Fire
Service to ensure that fire risk has been appropriately assessed and a suitable incident
response plan has been produced for this site.</ins></p>
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