| 08/12/2005
- Next Monday and Tuesday (12 and 13 December 2005) the
Environment Agency is holding surgeries to give people living
in the areas near the incinerator the chance to discuss
our progress with the Waste Recycling Group’s application
for a Permit under the Pollution Prevention and Control
Legislation (PPC) for its Eastcroft Municipal Waste Incinerator.
The surgeries will be held
on Monday 12 December 2005 at Bakersfield community Centre
or Tuesday 13 December 2005 at our offices at Trentside,
West Bridgford.
Our technical staff will be on hand
to discuss the application and its determination. If possible,
we will also be able to deal with general questions about
the incinerator and its operation.
People wanting to attend the surgery
will need to book an appointment. We will work to see
as many people as possible but there will be a limited
amount of appointments. Groups of up to three people are
welcome to attend. We have already invited people who
commented on the application to attend the event.
In order to book and appointment,
people should contact Jayne Widdowson on 0115 8463725
or email Jayne.widdowson@Environment-Agency.gov.uk. Appointments
are available both daytime and early evening for either
day.
The application, received on 18 April
2005 includes the two existing waste-burning chambers
and a request to install and operate a third waste-burning
chamber, which would feed into the existing stack.
The PPC regulations were implemented
in 1999 to protect the environment as a whole by preventing
and controlling emissions to air, land and water in an
integrated way. In order to get a Permit, the incinerator
will have to meet the new, much tighter emission limits,
set by the Waste Incineration Directive.
A PPC Permit will only be issued when
we are satisfied that Eastcroft’s operation and that of
the proposed expansion will not impact on the environment
and human health. We expect that the consideration of
the application will be concluded by the end of December
2005. |
