Duracell Wrexham

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 Duracell Wrexham has applied to the Environment Agency for an Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) permit to operate an installation to manufacture a metal dioxide catalyst used in the assembly of hearing aid batteries. The assembly process itself also involves the use of zinc amalgam. The installation is located at 11 Ash Road, Wrexham Industrial Estate in the Borough of Wrexham in the County of Clwyd.
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 the manganese dioxide catalyst manufacturing process is held in registers at the following locations:

The Environment Agency, Chester Road, Buckley, Clwyd CH7 3AJ, Wrexham County Borough Council, Guild Hall, Wrexham, Clwyd LL11 1AY.

Members of the public can inspect these registers, free of charge, at the above stated address 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, Chester Road, Buckley, Clwyd CH7 3AJ.

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.