BAE Systems Land Systems (Munitions & Ordnance) Limited

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 BAE Systems Land Systems (Munitions & Ordnance) Limited has applied to the Environment Agency for an Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) permit to operate an installation involving the production of explosives, acids recovery and concentration, production of organic chemicals involving nitrogen, and production of inorganic chemicals. The installation is located at Puriton, Bridgwater, Somerset TA7 8AD, in the borough/district of Sedgemoor District Council in the county of Somerset. The application contains the information required by the regulations including a description of any foreseeable significant effects of emissions from the installation on the environment. This information is held in registers at the following locations: The Environment Agency, Rivers House, East Quay, Bridgwater, Somerset TA6 4YS; and Sedgemoor District Council, Environmental Services, Bridgwater House, Kings Square, Bridgwater, Somerset TA6 3AR. Members of the public can inspect these registers, free of charge, at the above-stated addresses during normal office hours (9.00 am to 5.00 pm, Monday to Friday). 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, Aust SPG Office Bristol, c/o Motion Media Technology Centre, Severn Bridge, Bristol BS35 4BL. 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.