Npower Cogen 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 Npower Cogen Ltd has applied to the Environment Agency for an Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) permit to operate a combined heat and power plant. The plant is located at Oldbury Chemical Works, Trinity Street, Oldbury, in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell in the county of West Midlands B69 4LN. 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 Npower Cogen Ltd Combined Heat and Power Plant at Oldbury Chemical Works is held in registers at the following locations: IPPC Public Register, Environment Agency, Sentinel House, 9 Wellington Crescent, Fradley Park, Lichfield, Staffordshire WS13 8RR; and IPPC Public Register, Environmental Health and Trading Standards, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, PO Box 42, Environment House, Lombard Street, West Bromwich, West Midlands B70 8RU. 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 below, within 28 days from the date of this public notice: The Environment Agency, Trentside Offices, Scarrington Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 5FA. 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.