Notice

HR1 1RY, Dwr Cymru Cyfyngedig (Welsh Water): environmental permit application advertisement - EPR/UP3735GH/V003

Published 31 May 2024

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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 Dwr Cymru Cyfyngedig (Welsh Water).

Application number

EPR/UP3735GH/V003

Regulated facility type

This substantial variation is to add the following Schedule 1 listed activity under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016:

S5.4 A(1)(b)(i) Recovery or a mix of recovery and disposal of non-hazardous waste with a capacity exceeding 75 tonnes per day (or 100 tonnes per day if the only waste treatment activity is anaerobic digestion) involving biological treatment.

The activity involves the biological treatment of sludge by anaerobic digestion. The facility is currently permitted as Section 1.1 A(1) (b) (iii) combustion of biogas operation – the biogas combustion operation shall become directly associated activities to the S5.4 A(1)(b)(i) activity as part of the is variation. The application also includes a duplicate S5.4 A(1)(b)(i) for the operation of a Liquor Treatment Plant on site.

Regulated facility address

Eign Waste Water Treatment Works
Outfall Works Road
Hereford
HR1 1RY

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 27 June 2024.

You can comment:

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