Solvay Speciality Chemicals Limited

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF AN APPLICATION MADE UNDER REGULATION 10 OF THE POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2000

INTEGRATED POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL

Notice is hereby given that Solvay Speciality Chemicals Limited has applied to the Environment Agency for an Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) permit to operate processes for the manufacture of precipitated calcium carbonate (Winnofil) at Lostock Manufacturing Installation. The installation is located at Lostock Gralam, Northwich, Cheshire. The application contains the information required by the regulations including a description of any foreseeable significant effects of emissions from the installation on the environment. Information relating to the above IPPC application for a permit to operate processes at the Lostock Manufacturing Installation is held in registers at the following locations: The Environment Agency, Appleton House, 430 Birchwood Boulevard, Birchwood, Warrington WA3 7WD; and Vale Royal Borough Council, Wyvern House, The Drumber, Winsford, Cheshire CW7 1SD. Members of the public can inspect these registers, free of charge, at the above-stated addresses during normal office hours. In addition, members of the public who wish to obtain a copy of the relevant information contained in the registers can do so upon the payment of a reasonable charge to cover the costs of copying. Any objections or representations to the above IPPC application should be made in writing to the Environment Agency at the address below, within 28 days from the date of this public notice. The Environment Agency, Strategic Planning Team, Richard Fairclough House, PO Box 12, Knutsford Road, Warrington WA4 1HG. Any such objections or representations will be entered into a public register unless the person making them requests in writing that they should not be so placed. If there is such a request, the register will only include a statement that there has been a request.