Viridor Waste Management 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 Viridor Waste Management Limited has applied to the Environment Agency for a substantial change to the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) permit to operate Whitehead Landfill Site. The site is located in Lower Green, Astley, Tyldesley, Wigan in the county of Lancashire.
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 Appleton House, 403 Birchwood Boulevard, Birchwood, Warrington WA3 7WD;
Salford City Council, Turnpike House, 631 Eccles Road, Salford M5 2SH; and
Wigan Metro Borough Council, Unity House, Westwood Park Drive, Wigan, WN3 4HE.

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, SPG Team, 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 that 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.