Notice

SR6 7NH: Environmental permit application advertisement

Published 20 June 2014

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The Environment Agency has received an application to vary an environmental permit under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 from The Coal Authority.

  • Application number: EPR/EP3622XS/V002
  • Regulated facility type: Whitburn Mine Water Discharge
  • Regulated facility location: The Former Whitburn Colliery at Whitburn Coastal Park, Mill Lane, Whitburn, SR6 7NH.
  • NGR discharge point: NZ 41092 63898
  • Receiving environment: North Sea
  • Effluent type: Trade effluent comprising of mine waters
  • Volume: 2,592 cubic metres per day

This scheme is required to control rising mine waters within the Westoe to Wearmouth mining block. If allowed to continue to rise these mine waters have the potential to pollute an overlying groundwater body. This application is to vary an existing permit to discharge mine water to the North Sea. The original permit was for a temporary discharge of mine water during a pump test, this variation is to make the discharge permanent and to increase the permitted load of total iron to 300 kilograms per day.

The Environment Agency and the Coal Authority will be holding a drop in session where you can find out more information about this scheme. This will be held on;

• Thursday 17th July 1:30pm to 7:00pm at Whitburn Library, Mill Lane, Whitburn, SR6 7EN.

1. How to view the application

This information is held in registers at the following location:

Environment Agency
Public register
Tyneside House
Skinnerburn Road
Newcastle Business Park
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE4 7AR

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 may get a copy of documents on the register. The Environment Agency may charge to cover copying costs.

2. How to comment on the application

If you have any comments on the application send these by 25 July 2014 by email to: psc-waterquality@environment-agency.gov.uk

Or write to:

Permitting and Support Centre
Water Quality Team
Quadrant 2
99 Parkway Avenue
Sheffield
S9 4WF

Normally the Environment Agency must put any comments they receive on the public register. Tell the Environment Agency if you don’t want your comments to be public. The Environment Agency must decide whether to grant or refuse the application. If they grant it, they must decide what conditions to include in the permit.

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