Huntsman Polyurethanes

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF AN APPLICATION MADE UNDER SECTION 11 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990, PART 1

THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (APPLICATIONS, APPEALS AND REGISTERS) REGULATIONS 1991, S.I. 1991 NO. 507

INTEGRATED POLLUTION CONTROL

Notice is here by given that Huntsman Polyurethanes has applied to the Environment Agency for variation to an Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) authorisation to operate a petrochemical process at Hitchen Lane, Shepton Mallet, Somerset in the district of Mendip District Council in the county of Somerset. The application is for a substantial change to vary the conditions of an existing authorisation for the manufacture of Polyester Polyols. The process change will involve the installation of bulk storage tanks to improve raw material handling. Information relating to the above IPC application for authorisation to operate Polyester Polyols process is held in registers at The Environment Agency, Rivers House, East Quay, Bridgwater, Somerset TA6 4YS and Mendip District Council, Council Offices, Cannards Grave Road, Shepton Mallet, Somerset BA4 5BA. Members of the public can inspect these registers, free of charge, at the above stated address 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 IPC application should be made in writing to The Environment Agency, Rivers House, East Quay, Bridgwater, Somerset TA6 4YS, within 28 days from the date of this public notice. 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 placed. If there is such a request, the register will only include a statement that there has been a request. In this case there will be included in the register a statement indicating only that representations have been made which have been the subject of such a request.