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Morfa Landfill Site Tata Steel Uk Ltd Port Talbot Works Port Talbot SA13 2NG
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Council sourceApplication is to split the mineral extraction areas on the Morfa landfill site into two distinct areas (area A and area B) to facilitate construction and capping of a new landfill cell. Currently the permission refers to 'lilac areas' on Drg. 317 Figure 1.3, which contains the area of a new landfill sell to the northeast of the landfill and a borrow pit area to the west of the landfill. This application is to split the area of the new landfill and refer to it as area A and the borrow pit as area B.
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