PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF AN APPLICATION MADE UNDER REGULATION 10 OF THE POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL (NORTHERN IRELAND) REGULATIONS 2003 INTEGRATED POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL

Notice is hereby given that TMC Dairies (NI) Ltd has applied to the Chief Inspector for an Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) permit to operate an installation involving the treatment and processing of milk, greater than 200 tonnes per day on an annual basis. The installation is located at 47 Berryhill Road, Artigarvin in the District of Strabane in the County of Tyrone.

The application contains a description of any foreseeable significant effects of emissions from the installation on the environment.

Information relating to the above IPPC application for a permit to operate the TMC Dairies (NI) Ltd plant is held in registers at the following locations:

The Industrial Pollutions and Radiochemical Inspectorate, Calvert House, 23 Castle Place, Belfast BT1 1FY

and

Strabane District Council, 47 Derry Road, Strabane, Co Tyrone BT82 8DY.

Members of the public can inspect these registers free of charge at the above stated addresses during normal office hours. In addition, members of the public who wish to obtain a copy of the relevant information contained in the registers can do so upon the payment of a reasonable charge to cover the costs of copying.

Any objections or representations to the above IPPC application should be made in writing so the Chief Inspector at the address below, within 42 days from the date of this public notice:

The Industrial Pollutions and Radiochemical Inspectorate, Calvert House, 23 Castle Place, Belfast BT1 1FY

Any such objections or representations will be entered into a public register unless the person making them requests in writing that they should not be so placed. If there is such a request, the register will only include a statement that there has been a request.