Notice

MK43 9LY, Covanta Energy Limited: environmental permit application advertisement

Published 3 March 2017

This notice was withdrawn on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 a new bespoke application for an environmental permit under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 from Covanta Energy 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/WP3234DY/A001

Regulated facility type

5.1 A(1) (b) The incineration of non-hazardous waste in a waste incineration plant with a capacity exceeding 3 tonnes per hour.

Regulated facility location

Rookery Pit Energy Recovery Facility
Rookery South
Stewartby
Bedfordshire
MK43 9LY

How to view the application

Online: view the application using Citizen Space

If you are unable to access it online you can see a paper copy at: Bedford Central Library, Harpur Street, Bedford, MK40 1PG, from 06/03/17.

You can also view the information at the Environment Agency register:

Environment Agency
Brampton Office
Central Area Office
Bromholme Lane
Brampton
Huntingdon
PE28 4NE

You can view the register from 9.30am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday. Call the Environment Agency’s customer contact centre on 03708 506 506 to arrange an appointment. You can ask for 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 18 April 2017.

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

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 were 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 National Infrastructure Planning.

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