United Utilities Water plc

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 United Utilities Water plc has applied to the Environment Agency for an Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) permit to operate an installation involving the physico-chemical treatment of sewage sludge. The installation is located at Widnes Wastewater Treatment Works, Hale Village, in the Borough of Halton, in the County of Cheshire. 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 Widnes WwTW sludge treatment facility is held in registers at the following locations: The Environment Agency South Area Office Appleton House 430 Birchwood Boulevard Birchwood Warrington WA3 7WD Halton Borough Council Environmental Health Department Grosvenor House Halton Lea Runcorn WA7 2GW 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 P.O. Box 12 Richard Fairclough House Knutsford Road Warrington WA4 1HG 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.