DN22 9BL, EDF Energy (Thermal Generation) Limited: environmental permit application advertisement - EPR/CP3035MK/V008
Published 23 October 2019
Applies to England
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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 EDF Energy (Thermal Generation) Limited.
Application number
EPR/CP3035MK/V008
Regulated facility type
The site is currently permitted for the following activity listed in Schedule 1 of the Environmental Permitting Regulations:
Section 1.1 Part A(1)(a): Burning any fuel in an appliance with a rated thermal input of 50 megawatts or more. The installation is known as West Burton B, Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) Power Station comprising three gas-fired Large Combustion Units (LCPs).
This variation is for:
- The addition of a new activity under Section 1.1 Part A(1)(a) to be known as West Burton C, Open Cycle Gas Turbine (OCGT) Peaking Plant Power Station comprising five OCGT units burning natural gas for the production of electricity.
- An extension to the installation boundary to house the new West Burton C Power Station.
Regulated facility address
West Burton B CCGT Power Station
Sturton Road
Retford
Nottinghamshire
DN22 9BL
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 the application
The application is held on the public register and can be viewed at the following location:
Environment Agency
Trentside Office
Scarrington Road
West Bridgford
Nottingham
NG2 5FA
You can look at the register 9.30am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday. Please phone the Environment Agency’s National Customer Contact Centre on 03708 506 506 to arrange an appointment. You can have a copy of documents on the register. The Environment Agency may charge to cover copying costs.
How to comment on the application
If you have any comments on the application send these by 20 November 2019.
You can comment:
Online: view and comment on the application using Citizen Space
Via email: pscpublicresponse@environment-agency.gov.uk
Or write to:
Environment Agency
Permitting and Support Centre
Land Team
Quadrant 2
99 Parkway Avenue
Sheffield
S9 4WF
The Environment Agency will normally put any comments it receives on the public register. This includes your name but not your personal contact details. Please tell us if you do not want your response to be public.
The proposals in this application are also the subject of a separate environmental impact assessment carried out as part of a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project. You can get further information on this from the National Infrastructure Planning Portal