Ballymena Borough Council

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF AN APPLICATION MADE UNDER REGULATION 10 OF THE POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL (NORTHERN IRELAND) REGULATIONS 2003 INTEGRATED POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL

Notice is hereby given that Ballymena Borough Council has applied to the Chief Inspector for an Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) permit to operate an installation involving the treatment of leachate via a Leachate Treatment Plant (LTP). The LTP installation is located at Ballymacvea Landfill Site at Island Road, Ballymena, Co. Antrim.

The application contains a description of any foreseeable significant effects of emissions from the installation on the environment.

Information in relation to the above IPPC application for a permit to operate the LTP installation is held in registers at the following locations:

The Industrial Pollution and Radiochemical Inspectorate, Klondyke Building, Gasworks Business Park, Cromac Avenue, Belfast, BT7 2JA.

Ballymena Borough Council, “Ardeevin”, 80 Galgorm Road, Ballymena Co. Antrim, BT42 1AB.

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 Chief Inspector of The Industrial Pollution and Radiochemical Inspectorate (address as above), within 42 days from the date of this public notice.

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 such a request.