Live: ERA to decide on Delimara IPPC permit

1.24pm: Electrogas project manager Catherine Halpin stresses that the outer limits of the operators’ safety plans have been independently confirmed. She assures residents that the company has a “comprehensive suite of insurances”. 1.21pm: George Papadakis, who advised the COMAH authority on the risk analysis, responds to Mr Ciantar’s concerns. He says that it is the risk of fatality, not the number of potential fatalities, that is considered: the Malta Land Use Planning Policy (established in 2004) establishes the risk of fatality that is acceptable in different areas. The formula employed, he says, is that the risk should be lower than 1x10-9 (1-in-1,000,000,000).Dr Papadakis says there is no difference between the Seveso II and the later Seveso III regulations on risk assessment or safety report requirements.Meanwhile, a CPD representative says evacuation is just one part of a multi-stage emergency response plan; the exact measures taken would depend on the scale and nature of any potential incident. He adds that the first advice for residents in an emergency situation is to stay indoors and follow the media for updates from the authorities. A first emergency exercise could be...