Notice

WA7 1PN, Kier Infrastructure and Overseas Limited, FCC Construccion S.A. and Samsung C&T ECUK Limited: Environmental permit application advertisement

Published 1 October 2014

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The Environment Agency has received a new bespoke application for an environmental permit under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 from Kier Infrastructure and Overseas Limited, FCC Construccion S.A. and Samsung C&T ECUK Limited.

  • Application number: EPR/BB3295WQ/A001
  • Regulated facility type: Settlement tanks
  • Regulated facility location: Mersey Gateway Bridge Project at Lancer Court, Off Chadwick Road, Astmoor Industrial Estate, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 1PN
  • National Grid Reference discharge point: SJ 52409 84417 (North Cofferdam), SJ 52629 84222 (Central Cofferdam) and SJ 52867 84012 (South Cofferdam)
  • Receiving environment: River Mersey (tidal)
  • Effluent type: Trade effluent composed of de-watering of estuary water ingress from three cofferdams (via pumping)
  • Volume: 31,104 cubic metres per day

The three cofferdams are required to create dry working space to allow for the construction of the three main bridge pylons. The maximum total discharge volume of 31,104 cubic metres per day (m³/day) is made up of a maximum discharge of 10,368 m³/day from each of the three cofferdams.

1. How to view the application

This information is held in registers at the following location:

Environment Agency
Public Register
Richard Fairclough House
Knutsford Road
Latchford
Warrington
Cheshire
WA4 1HT

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 29 October 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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