Forbes Stewart, chair of the Kingseat community council, said Sepa should have commissioned an independent report into the application.

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Would-be companies are required to complete an environmental impact report as part of their application process.

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He added that the expert's report would be received in time to confirm next month whether an application for fresh evidence would be made.

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This morning, I received an email from the public relations manager at a security firm named Application Security, Inc. citing a report that said Monster had been breached for the second time in 18 months.

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