Exchem Explosives

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF AN APPLICATION MADE UNDER REGULATION 10 OF THE POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2000

INTEGRATED POLLUTION AND CONTROL

Notice is hereby given that Exchem Explosives has applied to the Environment Agency for an Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) permit to operate an installation involving the manufacture of explosives used in commercial surface blasting activities. The installation is located at Rough Close Works, Alfreton, Derbyshire DE55 7AB, in Bolsover District Council in the county of Derbyshire. 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 Exchem Explosives is held in registers at the following locations. The Environment Agency, Trentside Offices, Scarrington Road, West Bridgeford, Nottinghamshire NG2 5FA; and Bolsover District Council, Sherwood Lodge, Bolsover, Derbyshire S44 6NF. 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 the public notice. The Environment Agency, Trentside Offices, Scarrington Road, West Bridgeford, Nottinghamshire 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.