S64 9QP, PGM Technologies Limited: environmental permit application advertisement - EPR/LB3807HB/A001
Published 18 October 2023
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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 PGM Technologies Limited.
Application number
EPR/LB3807HB/A001
Regulated facility type
Physical and chemical treatment of waste.
Description: The purpose of the activity is to recover Platinum Group Metals (Platinum, Rhodium and Palladium) from the demolition or cleaning of plant associated with nitric acid or caprolactam production. These metals are used as catalysts in those processes. Their degradation in use deposits them as a mixture of PGM and ferrous dusts on the internals of the reaction vessels. The plant receives the waste as either complete or seconded items of plant, or dust from their off-site cleaning activities The dust is delivered in drums and transferred on to recovery companies without treatment.
The site will only accept the below two waste. 16 08 01 - spent catalysts containing gold, silver, rhenium, rhodium, palladium, iridium, or platinum (except 16 08 07) and 17 04 05 - iron and steel
Regulated facility address
PGM Technologies Ltd
Whitelea Grove Trading Estate
Mexborough
S64 9QP
How to view and comment on the application
If you have any comments on the application send these by 15 November 2023.
You can comment:
Online: view and comment on the application using Citizen Space
Via email: pscpublicresponse@environment-agency.gov.uk
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