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Newlincs EFW PlantEnvironment Agency Meeting
with Residents Panel

• Stuart Richmond Regulatory Team Leader
• Keith Morgan Regulatory Officer

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Newlincs EFW Plant Environment Agency
Presentation

• 1. Overview of PPC Process
• 2. Current Position
• 3. Consultation Responses
• 4. Next stage
• 5. Regulation of an Operational Incinerator
• 6. Summary
• 7. Questions/Discussion

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Newlincs EFW PlantOverview of PPC Process

• The plant requires a PPC Authorisation to
  operate. This is issued by the EA.
• The operator of the plant must demonstrate to the
  EA that he has minimised the environmental impact
  of the plant before being issued with an
  authorisation.
• The EA must consult with specified bodies during
  the authorisation process.

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Newlincs EFW Plant Current Position

• The Newlincs application was accepted in April
  2003.
• Consultation started in April 2003 and most
  responses have been received.
• The EA require further detailed information from
  Newlincs and will be requesting this shortly (The
  Schedule 4 Notice).

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Newlincs EFW PlantConsultation Responses

• NE Lincs PCT - No significant concerns regarding
  risk to the local population
• Food Standards Agency - Unlikely to be any
  unacceptable effects on the human food chain
• English Nature - No adverse effect on the
  integrity of the protected areas (e.g. SSSI,
  SPA, SAC)

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Newlincs EFW PlantConsultation Responses (contd)

• Stallingborough Parish Council - Comments made re
  compliance.
• Healing Parish Council - Objection made re
  pollution and effect on recycling.
• North East Lincolnshire Council - No comment

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Newlincs EFW PlantConsultation Responses (contd)

• Advertisement in Grimsby Evening Telegraph and
  local publicity - 11 letters of objection
• GMB Union - Objection made re pollution and
  public consultation

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Newlincs EFW PlantNext Stage

• EA require more information before determining
  the application and this will be requested in
  early July.
• It is estimated that this information would be
  available by the start of September.
• Providing no more information is required from
  Newlincs then a decision on whether to issue a
  PPC permit by the end of the year.

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Newlincs EFW PlantRegulation Questions

• QWhat are the compliance limits?
• 1.Numerical emission limits. Set by Waste
  Incineration Directive and EA Guidance e.g.
  carbon monoxide concentration in stack of 100
  mg/m3 continuously measured.
• 2.Numerical operating conditions. Set by Waste
  Incineration Directive and EA Guidance e.g. No
  waste to be incinerated if temperature less than
  850 deg C.

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Newlincs EFW PlantRegulation Questions

• Q How does the Agency ensure compliance with
  permit conditions?
• 1.The current target for Agency inspections of
  MWIs is 12 per annum, 6 of which are unannounced.
• 2.The operator must maintain records of operating
  conditions e.g. waste feeds, temperatures,
  emission concentrations.

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Newlincs EFW PlantRegulation Questions

• Q How does the Agency ensure compliance with
  permit conditions (contd)?
• 3.Agency monitoring contractors attend the site
  on an unannounced basis once per year to measure
  the emissions.
• 4.The EA have a performance auditing system (EP
  OPRA) which is applied to all PPC sites annually
  in order to benchmark performance.

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Newlincs EFW PlantRegulation Questions

• Q How can the public find out how the plant is
  performing?
• 1.Reports from the operator are placed on the
  Public Registers e.g. monthly, quarterly, six
  monthly and annual emission monitoring,
  improvement programme responses, notices of
  breaches of conditions.
• 2.Summaries of Agency inspections and the results
  of our monitoring checks are placed on the Public
  Registers.

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Newlincs EFW PlantEnvironment Agency Summary

• The EA are currently in the middle of the PPC
  permit determination process
• Incineration plants have to comply with the
  latest European operating and emission standards
• The EA independently monitor the releases from
  incineration plants, carry out inspections and
  make this information available to the public

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