Mines allowed to restart would have to take measures to prevent any run-offs of mining wastes into water bodies and comply strictly storage and transport rules, he added.
And the plan contradicts a report in 2007 by Sir Rod Eddington, a former boss of British Airways, which was meant to lay down the rules for transport spending for decades to come.
The firm also "breached rules governing the secure transport of the devices and ammunition", the Home Office said.
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The experience of Turin's Lingotto, a complex that suffers from inadequate public transport, underlines how local planning rules can be another barrier to success in regeneration schemes.
Rules set by the Department of Transport, however, mean that the councils are not allowed to borrow money and will have to pay for expansion out of the airport's profits.
The city's transportation agency, Transport for London, reported moderate traffic problems Wednesday morning as the rules went into effect.
British Transport Police and ScotRail have launched a campaign to remind people about the rules.
There is no reason why the rules cannot be similarly bent for the capital's impoverished transport system.
Olympics and Sports Minister Hugh Robertson said the the government had been warned by Transport for London that businesses would face significant problems taking stock if the current strict rules could not be altered at short notice during the Games.
Olympics and Sports Minister Hugh Robertson has said the government had been warned by Transport for London that businesses would face significant problems taking stock if the current strict rules could not be altered at short notice during the Games.
In October, shadow transport secretary Theresa Villiers said Heathrow was "rapidly becoming a national embarrassment" because of the rules.
The group, We Are Spartacus, said tougher rules to assess how far people can walk mean many claimants will lose help with transport from April.
Since September 11 EU finance, justice and transport ministers have jointly endorsed measures to combat global terrorism, including a move to apply money-laundering rules to various serious crimes, in addition to the drugs trade.
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