PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF AN APPLICATION MADE UNDER SECTION 11 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1990, PART 1

INTEGRATED POLLUTION CONTROL

Notice is hereby given that European Vinyls Corporation (UK) Limited has applied to the Environment Agency for an Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) authorisation to operate a process for the manufacture and use of organic chemicals at PVC9 Plant, EVC (UK) Limited, Hillhouse International, PO Box 4, Thornton Cleveleys in the Borough of Wyre in the county of Lancashire. Information relating to the above IPC application for authorisation to operate the process for manufacture of polyvinyl chloride is held in registers at the following locations: The Environment Agency, North West Region, Richard Fairclough House, Knutsford House, Great Sankey, Warrington WA4 1HG; Wyre Borough Council, Environmental Health Department, Wyre Civic Centre, Breck Road, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire FY6 7PU. 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 payment of a reasonable charge to cover the costs of copying. Any objections or representations to the above IPC application should be made in writing to the Environment Agency, L. Heathcote, Authorisation Officer, The Environment Agency, PO Box 519, South Preston PR5 8GD, within 28 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 a request. In this case there will be included in the register a statement indicating only that representations have been made which have been the subject of such a request.