PowerGen CoGeneration 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 PowerGen CoGeneration Ltd., has applied to the Environment Agency for an Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) permit to operate an installation involving a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant and constituting a “Part A(1)(a) Combustion Activity” within the meaning of the Regulations. The plant will be located within the Hickson & Welch Castleford Site, Wheldon Road, Castleford WF10 2JT. The installation is located within the district of Wakefield, in the county of West Yorkshire. The application contains a description of any foreseeable significant effects from the installation on the environment. Information relating to the above IPPC application for a permit to operate the Castleford CHP Plant is held in registers at The Environment Agency Office, Phoenix House, Global Avenue, Leeds LS11 8PG, and Environmental Services Department, Wakefield Metropolitan City Council, 29 King Street, Wakefield WF1 2SY. 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 given above, 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.