PARLIAMENT The Lynas Advanced Material Plant (Lamp) has submitted its waste disposal plan to the government, albeit on the last day of its deadline.

NONE Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Ewon Ebin ( left ) told the Dewan Rakyat today that Lamp submitted the plan on July 2, the day its 10-month deadline for coming up with a permanent disposal facility (PDF) plan expired.

Ebin however did not disclose the location of the intended waste facility, merely saying the ministry was still studying the plan.

He was answering Fuziah Salleh’s (PKR-Kuantan) question on the progress of the controversial rare earths plant in Gebeng.

The PDF plan was one of the conditions in Lamp's temporary operating licence (TOL) issued last September.

In a press conference later, Fuziah criticised the ministry’s refusal to disclose the proposed PDF site.

“They are only announcing this after we had raised the matter. What if the proposal was rushed only yesterday? We would not know,” she said.

“We have yet to see the PDF plan, and we demand to see it. It is our right to see it,” she stressed.

“What if the PDF is in Kuantan? Or in Indera Mahkota?” she asked, flanked by PKR’s Indera Mahkota MP Fauzi Abdul Rahman.

NONE Fuziah ( left ) also took a swipe at Ewon “for not understanding the issue” by passing the buck to the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry over the waste streams generated by the plant.

“There are three waste streams. Our lead agency is still the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry. The minister cannot pass the buck to the Environment Ministry. It is very irresponsible,” she added.

Meanwhile, Lynas Corporation Ltd said today that it is in compliance of all conditions of the TOL for the Lynas Advanced Materials Plant, near Kuantan, Pahang.

In a brief statement in Kuala Lumpur, the company said this also included the conditions that were due to be complied with in early July 2013.