Publication Date: Monday, 23 October 2006

Notice Code: 1803

Petroplus Refining Teesside 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 Petroplus Refining Teesside Ltd. has applied to the Environment Agency for an Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) permit to operate an installation involving the refining of mineral oils (as well as associated activities that assist the refining process) in order to produce a number of petroleum-based products. The installation is located at the North Tees Site, Port Clarence, Middlesbrough TS2 1TT, in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees.
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 Petroplus Refinery and Road Rail Terminal is held in registers at the following locations:

Environment Agency Area Office, Coverdale House, Amy Johnson Way, Clifton Moor, York YO30 4UZ; and
Environmental Health Unit Service Stockton, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, PO Box 232, 16 Church Road, Stockton-on-Tees TS18 1XD.

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.

Environment Agency Office, SPG Permitting Group, Richard Fairclough House, Knutsford Road, Warrington, Cheshire 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.

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