Notice

TA5 1UD, NNB Generation Company (HPC) Limited: environmental permit application

Published 21 November 2017

This notice was withdrawn on

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 2010 from NNB Generation Company (HPC) Limited.

Application number

EPR/JP3122GM/V006

Regulated facility type

Water Management Zones and effluent treatment units

Regulated facility location

Construction site at Hinkley Point C power station
Near Bridgwater
Somerset
TA5 1UD

National grid reference discharge point

ST 20375 46165

Receiving environment

Severn Estuary

Effluent type

Trade effluent consisting of pumped groundwater

Volume

20 litres per second

The proposal is to vary the permit to reduce the volume of groundwater discharged to the estuary, to discharge the groundwater without treatment and vary the discharge point from the foreshore outfall to a new outfall at the seaward end of a temporary jetty.

How to view the application

You can view the information on the Environment Agency register

Environment Agency
Public Register
Rivers House
East Quay
Bridgwater
TA6 4YS

You can view the register from 9.30am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday. Call the Environment Agency 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 19 December 2017.

Email: psc-waterquality@environment-agency.gov.uk

Online: view and comment on the application using Citizen Space https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/psc/ta5-1ud-nnb-generation-company-hpc-limited-v006

Or write to:

Environment Agency
Permitting and Support Centre
WQ Team
Quadrant 2
99 Parkway Avenue
Sheffield
S9 4WF

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

We must decide whether to grant or refuse the application. If we grant it, we must decide what conditions to include in the permit.