PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF AN APPLICATION MADE UNDER SECTION 6 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990, PART 1

Integrated Pollution Control

Notice is hereby given that Shotton Paper Company plc has applied to the Secretary of State for the Environment for an Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) authorisation to operate a Pulp and Paper Manufacturing process at Weighbridge Road, Shotton, Deeside CH5 2LL, in the county of Flintshire.   Information relating to the above IPC application for authorisation to operate the Pulp and Paper Manufacturing process is held in registers at the following locations:   Environment Agency Area Office: Chester Road, Buckley CH7 3AJ.   Local authority: Director of Public Protection, Flintshire County Council, St. David’s Park, Ewloe, Deeside CH5 3PW.   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 IPC application should be made in writing to the Environment Agency at the address below, within 28 days from the date of this public notice.   The Environment Agency, Chester Road, Buckley CH7 3AJ.   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 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.