SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY

CONTROL OF POLLUTION ACT 1974, SECTION 36(1)(a)

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CONSENT IN PURSUANCE OF SECTION 34

Notice is hereby given, in accordance with Section 36(1)(a) of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 (As Amended), that an application has been made to SEPA by Dalgleish Associates Ltd, Cathedral Square, Dunblane, FK15 0AH for consent to discharge 6912 m3 per day of effluent from opencast coal site settlement ponds to the Bickerton Burn at NGR NS 941 631 from Polkemmet, Reclamation Scheme, Polkemmet Colliery, Whitburn, West Lothian.

Any person who wishes to make representations about the application should do so in writing to The Registrar, SEPA, Clearwater House, Heriot Watt Research Park, Avenue North, Riccarton, Edinburgh, EH14 4AP not later than 2nd March 2004 quoting reference WPC/E/71100.

A copy of the application may be inspected free of charge, at the above address.

Director of Operations