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I have formed opinion on my official Facebook page, I have actively participated in the mining committee's mining and mineral debate in the spring, in breakfast seminars in the parliament organized by colleagues and there square my cane horse - the government must decide processing concessions. Still, this seems to have bypassed the county line in Norrbotten. Is this moon representative of the county management's external monitoring?
The county management goes to a storm against a reasoning I never had. They do not even bother to try to make sure or ensure that the information in the article, which they have become so angry at, is correct. In the interview with me, I did not respond in the way that was unfortunately incorrectly described in the article. I have never stated that what I call Lex Kallak, namely the County Administrative Board's self-objective in this matter, would be about the County Board's approach to the world heritage issue.
But it was not with the Kalla case that the County Administrative Board's ability to decide matters in the manner prescribed by the laws could begin to be questioned. For example, in LKAB's application for the processing license Malmberget K no. 5, the problems with the county administrative board's lack of ability and decision-making difficulty can be discerned. In this case, the County Administrative Board's own diary can follow the correspondence between the authorities, where the then state's lawyer repeatedly requests and reminds the county administrative board to issue an opinion in the manner prescribed by the Mineral Act.
The County Administrative Board requests supplements from the company in the opinions of January 2011 and July 2012. Supplements which, in principle, as soon as they arrive at the Berg State are immediately communicated with the county administrative board. Months and years go by. Since the county administrative board's first request for supplementation in January 2011, the county administrative board can make an assessment just before 2012 will move into 2013.
In the Kalla case, the County Administrative Board - without an assessment in accordance with the rule in Chapter 3, §§ 10 of the Environmental Code - already lands in the following conclusion on October 1, 2014: "The County Administrative Board therefore does not consider that processing concession ... should be allowed" (dnr 543-5306-14). Three years (!) Later, on November 30, 2017, the county administrative board for the first time expressed in Chapter 3 § 10 MB assessment and this time to the government, following a uniquely sharp request from the government. This time, according to the government's explicit request, the county administrative board also gives its view of the business's impact on Laponia's world heritage values ??and states that Laponia has no decisive significance for the conclusion of… assessment according to Chapter 3 MB ”(dnr 543-14195-2017).