Environmental Protection

Viridor Waste Management Limited

POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL ACT 1999

POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2000

In accordance with paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the above Regulations, Notice is hereby given that application has been made to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) for a Permit under regulation 7 of the Regulations by Viridor Waste Management Limited in respect of activities being carried out, namely an Installation involving the incineration of up to 300,000 tonnes per annum of residual Municipal Solid Waste/residual Commercial & Industrial Waste and including the recovery of energy and export of electricity to the local network, at Oxwellmains, Dunbar.

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

The application may be inspected, free of charge, at SEPA, Heriot Watt Research Park, Avenue North, Riccarton, Edinburgh, EH14 4AP between 0930 and 1630 on working days.  Please quote Reference No PPC/A/1032878.

Please note that the application contains details of:

•  A site report describing the condition of the site;

•  A description of the Installation and any directly associated activities;

•  A description of the activities carried out;

•  The raw and auxiliary materials and other substances and energy to be used in, or generated by, the carrying out of the activity;

•  The nature, quantities and source of foreseeable emissions from the installation into each environmental medium, and a description of any foreseeable significant effects of the emissions on the environment and on human health;

•  The proposed technology and other techniques for preventing or where that is not practicable reducing and rendering harmless emissions from the installation;

•  How the best available techniques are applied to the operation of the installation;

•  The proposed measures to be taken to monitor emissions ;

•  A description of the measures to be taken for the prevention and recovery of waste generated by the operation of the installation;

•  A description of any proposed additional measures to be taken to ensure that all appropriate preventive measures are taken against pollution in particular through the application of the best available techniques and to ensure that no significant pollution is caused;

•  Relevant information from an environmental assessment report carried out pursuant to articles 5,6 and 7 of EU Council Directive 85/337/EEC;

•  Information to be taken into account when considering the ‘Fit and Proper’ status of the applicant;

•  An outline of the main alternatives if any studied;

•  A non technical summary of the information referred to above; and

•  Other information which the applicant may wish SEPA to take into account.