Notice

RH12 4QD, Biffa Waste Services Limited: environmental permit application advertisement - EPR/AB3700LS/V003

Published 13 November 2019

This notice was withdrawn on 24 February 2020

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 Biffa Waste Services Limited.

Application number

EPR/AB3700LS/V003

Regulated facility type

The site is currently permitted for an aggregate treatment and recovery facility under a waste operation R3 - recycling/reclamation of organic materials not used as solvents.

The variation adds a new soil washing and heat treatment facility to treat 30,000 tonnes per year of hazardous soil and 70,000 tonnes per year of non-hazardous soils by soil washing, and up to 10,000 tonnes per year of soils and contaminated materials by heat treatment.

The application proposes the following activities listed in Schedule 1 of the EP regulations:

Treatment of hazardous soils through soil washing: Section 5.3A(1)(a)(ii) - Disposal of recovery of hazardous waste with a capacity exceeding 10 tonnes per day involving physico-chemical treatment.

Treatment of hazardous soils through thermal desorption: Section 5.3A(1)(a)(ii) - Disposal of recovery of hazardous waste with a capacity exceeding 10 tonnes per day involving physico-chemical treatment.

Temporary storage of hazardous waste: Section 5.6A(1)(a): Temporary storage of hazardous waste with a total capacity exceeding 50 tonnes pending any of the activities listed in Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3.

The application proposes the following waste operations:

Treatment of non-hazardous waste soils through a soil washing: R2 – recycling/reclamation of solvents, R3 – recycling/reclamation of organic materials not used as solvents, R5 – recycling/reclamation of other inorganic materials, D9 – physico-chemical treatment.

Treatment of non-hazardous waste soils and contaminated materials through thermal desorption: R2 – recycling/reclamation of solvents, R3 – recycling/reclamation of organic materials not used as solvents, R5 – recycling/reclamation of other inorganic materials, D9 – physico-chemical treatment.

Temporary storage of non-hazardous waste: R13 - storage of wastes pending any of the operations numbered R1 to R12.

Management and treatment of process water with a capacity less than 50 tonnes per day: D9 – physico-chemical treatment.

Regulated facility address

Brookhurstwood Landfill Site
Langhurstwood Road
Horsham
West Sussex
RH12 4QD

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
Guildborne House
Chatsworth Road
Worthing
West Sussex
BN11 1LD

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 11 December 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.