WR13 6NP, Equilibrium Chemical Services Limited: environmental permit application advertisement – EPR/BB3900GS/V003
Published 17 October 2023
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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 Equilibrium Chemical Services Limited.
Application number
EPR/BB3900GS/V003
Regulated facility type
1.16.13 – Equilibrium Chemical Services Limited are permitted for Transfer of Hazardous waste. The existing solvent storage and transfer is permitted. The current permit operations are limited to waste acceptance and storage of hazardous waste. The application to vary to Physical treatment of hazardous waste, to increase the boundary (unit 4) and increase throughput. This application to vary the permit will not cause any material changes to the incoming waste materials which are currently stored prior to onward transfer off-site for recycling, nor increase the amount of hazardous waste that will be stored.
The variation application is to: Add the treatment of hazardous waste in a small-scale solvent distillation processing facility (in unit 4) to process the waste solvents that are currently received at the unit 5 storage and transfer facility. Solvents will be processed in batches, anticipated to include three batches a day.
Store the “clean” solvents prior to reuse.
Add a solvent distillation processing facility.
Extend the waste operation permit boundary to include unit 4 which will house the solvent processing facility.
Increase the throughput to a maximum 3,650 tonnes per annum.
The ability for Equilibrium Chemicals to provide an on-site solvent recovery service.
Regulated facility address
Unit 5 Merebrook Business Park
Hanley Road
Malvern
Worcestershire
WR13 6NP
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 and comment on the application
If you have any comments on the application send these by 14 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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