Publication Date: Friday, 4 February 2005

Notice Code: 1803

Environmental Protection

Alchema 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 Alchema Limited has applied to the Environment Agency for an Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) permit to operate an installation involving the production of ammonium hydroxide, ammonium chloride, copper carbonate, copper oxide and the use of hydrochloric acid. The installation is located at East Ord Industrial Estate, Berwick-upon-Tweed. TD15 2XF, in the borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed in the county of Northumberland.
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 Alchema Limited site is held in registers in the following locations:

The Environment Agency Office, Tyneside House, Skinnerburn Road, Newcastle Business Park, Newcastle NE4 7AR; and
IPPC Public Register, c/o Ross Buchanan Environmental Health, Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Council, Council Offices, Wallace Green, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland TD15 1ED.

Members of the public can inspect the 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 for the cost 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, IPPC Assessment 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 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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