Expansion of the Áridos Artal plant in La Puebla de Híjar

The City Council of La Puebla de Híjar has opened for public review the environmental license file for classified activities corresponding to the substantial modification of the Non-Hazardous Construction and Demolition Waste Treatment Center promoted by Áridos Artal, S.L. The Mayor’s resolution is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Teruel number 182, dated September 23, 2026, with the reference No. 2026-2643. Interested parties have fifteen calendar days to examine the file and submit any allegations they deem appropriate.

The projected modification has been considered substantial by the municipal technical services, for the purposes provided for in Article 74 of Law 11/2014, of December 4, on Environmental Prevention and Protection of Aragon. The public information process is opened in compliance with Article 77.3 of the same regulation, which requires the file to be submitted for exhibition before resolving the environmental license.

The announcement details the application, the location of the facility, and the channel through which residents, entities, and companies in the sector can intervene in the processing. The file is processed at the City Council of La Puebla de Híjar, which is the competent body to resolve the license.

The application and the technical project

Promoter: Áridos Artal, S.L., with CIF B50554773.
Object: environmental license for classified activities for the substantial modification of the Non-Hazardous Construction and Demolition Waste Treatment Center.
Technical project drafted by A.S. Larruga Jiménez.
Instructing body: City Council of La Puebla de Híjar.

Location of the affected plots

The facility is located in the municipality of La Puebla de Híjar, on two plots of polygon 504:

Polygon 504, plot 70, with cadastral reference 44202B504000700000HK.
Polygon 504, plot 68, with cadastral reference 44202B504000680000HR.

Deadline and channels for participation

Deadline: fifteen calendar days, counted from the day following the publication of the announcement in the Official Gazette of Aragon.
File consultation: municipal offices of the City Council of La Puebla de Híjar, during public office hours, and the municipal electronic office.
Allegations: those who consider themselves affected by the activity may formulate the observations they deem appropriate.
Reservation: data from the application and documentation protected by the legally applicable confidentiality regime are excluded from public information.

The legal framework of the process

The resolution is based on the report from the municipal technical services, which classified the modification as substantial. This classification is what necessitates repeating the public exhibition of the file before granting or denying the environmental license.

The announcement is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Teruel number 182, corresponding to September 23, 2026, with an electronic signature date of September 22, 2026, and legal deposit TE-1/1958.

The public exhibition concerns a construction and demolition waste treatment center, an infrastructure linked to the activity of surrounding works. The open period allows residents and companies in the construction sector to submit observations before the City Council of La Puebla de Híjar resolves the license.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Teruel, no. 182, September 23, 2026, Local Administration, Municipalities, page 7 (official reference: No. 2026-2643).