Notice

ME10 2TD, DS Smith Paper Limited: environmental permit application advertisement

Published 8 March 2018

This notice was withdrawn on

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

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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 DS Smith Paper Limited.

The application contains a description of how the proposed changes 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

Application number

EPR/BJ7468IC/V010

Regulated facility type

Section 6.1 Part A(1)(a) - Producing, in industrial plant, pulp from timber or other fibrous materials. Conversion of waste papers to pulp and the cleaning of the pulp to remove contraries, including de-inking and bleaching.

Section 6.1 Part A(1)(b) - Producing, in industrial plant, paper and board where the plant has a production capacity of more than 20 tonnes per day.

Section 5.4 Part A(1)(a)(i) - Disposal of non-hazardous waste with a capacity exceeding 50 tonnes per day (or 100 tonnes per day if the only waste treatment activity is anaerobic digestion) involving biological treatment

Regulated facility location

Kemsley Paper Mill
Kemsley
Sittingbourne
Kent
ME10 2TD

How to view and comment on the application

Online: view and comment on the application using Citizen Space

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

If you have any comments on the application send these by 9 April 2018.

You can ask for a copy of documents. The Environment Agency may charge to cover copying costs. Please phone the National Customer Contact Centre on 03708 506 506 to request a copy.

The Environment Agency will normally put any comments it receives on the public register. This includes your name and contact details. Please tell us if you don’t want your response to be public.

The proposals which are the subject of this application are also separately the subject of an environmental impact assessment under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999, and you can get further information on this from Swale Borough Council

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