Avecia Ltd

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 Avecia Ltd has applied to the Environment Agency for a Major Variation to an Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) authorisation to operate a bio-pharmaceutical manufacturing facility which will use processes which require ammonia for nutrient supply and pH control at Avecia Chilton Site, PO Box 2, Belasis Avenue, Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees TS23 1YN, in the borough/district of Stockton-on-Tees in the county of County Durham. Information relating to the above IPC application for authorisation to operate the ABC-5000 bio-pharmaceutical process being held in registers at the following locations: Environment Agency Area Office, Coverdale House, Aviator Court, Amy Johnson Way, Clifton Moor, York YO30 4UZ; and Local Authority, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, PO Box 34, Church Road, Stockton-on-Tees TS18 1TX. 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, Swan House, Merchants Wharf, Westpoint Road, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees TS17 6BP, 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.