Open Goal Ltd

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 Open Goal Ltd has applied to the Environment Agency for an Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) permit to operate an installation involving the operation of an inert waste landfill, on the site of a former sandstone quarry which closed for stone production in 1973.The operator wishes to use the quarry to compliment their existing aggregates recycling business and having regard to long term plans for developments in the area as a potential repository for surplus subsoil from these major developments. The installation is located at Birk’s Quarry, Huddersfield Road, Oldham, OL4 3QE.

The application contains 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 Birk’s Quarry Inert Landfill is held in registers at the following locations:

The Environment Agency

Appleton House, 430 Birchwood Boulevard, Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 7WD

Oldham Borough Council

Environmental Services, West End House, West End Street, Oldham, OL9 6DW

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

National Permitting Service, Richard Fairclough House, Knutsford Road, Warrington, WA1 4HG

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.