Notice

BB5 5EN, Suez Recycling & Recovery Lancashire Limited: environmental permit application advertisement - EPR/BL9500IJ/V009

Published 3 February 2023

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The consultation period for this application has ended. You can view current licences on the Public Registers.

Applies to England

Details of the application

The Environment Agency has received an application to vary an environmental permit under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 involving substantial change to a permit from Suez Recycling & Recovery Lancashire Limited.

Application number

EPR/BL9500IJ/V009

Regulated facility type

5.4 a(1) a) (ii) disposal of > 50 t/d non-hazardous waste (> 100 t/d if only ad) involving physico-chemical treatment

Non-hazardous Landfill, accepting up to 700,000 tonnes/year of non-hazardous/inert waste. The variation in question is for the addition of a Leachate Treatment Plant (350m3 per day) and Grey Water Treatment System with a Methane Stripping Plant.

Regulated facility address

Whinney Hill Landfill Site
Whinney Hill Road
Accrington
Lancashire
BB5 5EN

The application contains a description of how the proposed change(s) may affect:

  • the installation
  • the materials, substances and energy it will use and generate
  • the conditions of its site
  • the source, nature and quantity of its foreseeable emissions and their significant effects on the environment
  • the proposed techniques for preventing, reducing, and monitoring its emissions and preventing and recovering waste
  • and an outline of the main alternatives, if any, considered

How to view and comment on the application

If you have any comments on the application send these by 03/03/2023.

You can comment:

Online: view and comment on the application using Citizen Space

Via email: pscpublicresponse@environment-agency.gov.uk

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