EA Permit Deadline Extended
The Environment Agency (EA) has extended the consultation period on the EA permit. The deadline has been extended by a month to August 15 to allow people to give their comments on its draft decision on issuing an environmental permit to Peel Energy.
Following the consultation evening on 12th June with the EA, it has become apparent that the EA have not taken in to full consideration everything that has been raised and not used appropriate air quality data from around the proposed site.
The EA has released a DRAFT decision which states that it “Is minded to grant” an environmental permit for the Davyhulme Incinerator. The following documents have been written by the EA to outline their reasoning behind minded to grant the permit:
Click here to read the DRAFT PERMIT
Click here to read the DRAFT DECISION
Representatives of the EA didn’t make any notes of what people were informing them of at the consultation and are requesting that people express their concerns to them in writing. So we need you, your family and friends to write in to the Environment Agency with your concerns to object to the EA from issuing an Environmental Permit as soon as possible.
Please send your letters and emails to psc@environment-agency.gov.uk quoting the reference number: EA/EPR/SP3234HY/A001.
Alternatively you can use our pre-formatted email template at the bottom of the page.
If you would like a copy of the EA Permit Documents send an email to info@bcag.co.uk
The Environment Agency wants to hear about information in relation to the following:
- Whether the EA Waste Permit plans are accurate.
- Any local information, as we know the area much better than the EA. For example inform them of local schools, nurseries and allotments.
- Mention any new developments, which need to be taken into consideration such as the Methane Plant at United Utilities.
- Your own reasons for objecting to the plant
Click here to read some objection reasons, which you may wish to use.
The deadline for sending your objections to the EA is now WEDNESDAY 15TH AUGUST.
Baseline Community Health study. Incinerators are well known to cause community health problems due to their
significant volumes of toxic emissions and major upset emissions and malfunctions. EA needs to require a
baseline community health study to document the health of local residents prior to there final permitting of the
incinerator. A fatal flaw in EA’s incinerator regulations is the serious failure to require a baseline community
health study to be conducted.
BREP will be next to Air Quality Management Area in Davyhulme, we don’t need our air quality to be made
any worse.
WHAT IS THE AIM OF AN AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT AREA IF NOT TO GET THE AIR POLLUTION DOWN,
CERTAINLY IT SHOULD NOT BE TO POLLUTE THE PEOPLE MORE. http://aqma.defra.gov.uk/
Air Quality Management Areas – Defra, UK
aqma.defra.gov.uk
Q. Is there any chance of the biomass plant chimney ever catching fire as sometimes happens with domestic chimneys.
A. Yes. The instruction for operators in the manual “Health and Safety in Biomass Boilers” issued by Gastec at CRE in December 2011 state in the section on chimney fires
“LET THE FIRE BURN”.
Q. What would be the effect of a chimney fire on the surrounding districts?
A. It would be horrendous. Because we are now dealing with large particulates i.e. soot, most of these would be deposited within 3000m (1 ½ miles) from the plant as previously indicated by plant operators. It would be a chimney fire from Hell.
Q. Do wood burning biomass plants always produce Dioxins?
A. Yes, this is not in dispute.
These are just some of the things we in Davyhulme are awaiting the pollution from (via industrial processes or traffic):
Methane Plant…. Approved
Peel Hotel, Junction 9 M60…. Approved
New Super Market, Junction 10 M60…. Approved
Office Block, Junction 10 M60…. Approved
Conference Centre (EventCity)…. Recently operating
Paper Mill, Carrington…. Recently operating
Salford Reds Stadium…. Recently opened
850MW Gas Power Station, Carrington…. Potential
Green Lane Incinerator, Monton…. Potential.
Traffic is already unacceptable in a residential area due to the Trafford Centre. The M60 is the third busiest motorway in the country. The pollution from this alone is killing people.
Changes to the operator permit which will worsen air pollution can occur after the plant has
been given approval. The EA appear to prioritise the wants of the operator over the needs
of the local area. Examples include:
Eastcroft Incinerator – The EA allowed an increase in the volume of waste
processed there by 40,000 tonnes
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/news/141126.aspx
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Ince Incinerator– The EA allowed changes including an alteration to the technology
used in the plant, a change to the types of waste accepted by the plant and an
increase in the volume of waste processed by 180,000 tonnes per annum.
http://www.environment-
agency.gov.uk/news/134215.aspx?page=4&month=10&year=2011
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Port Talbot – Despite ambient air quality already breaching EU laws, the EA
permitted a biomass plant, but introduced lower emission limits. However, once it
became apparent that it was unable meet these low pollution levels in reality, the
operator applied to the EA to increase the permitted levels and the EA agreed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-12829993
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CHIMNEY HEIGHT • Chimney height – why is BREP the only plant in the country with a chimney this
short? Other plants with chimneys of this size handle less than half of the waste/
waste wood/ Solid Recovered Fuel (85k tones and 24k tonnes). • Saica papermill plant (Carrington) is 22m higher (at 66m) why is ours a third lower
when same weather models will have been used? • Peel’s biomass plant at Ince Marshes has a chimney height of 85m. Why? Why
doesn’t the same standard apply in Davyhulme? • At a meeting with the Breathe Clean Air Group on the morning of 12th June 2012,
Simon Holbrook (EA) stated that the chimney height should ideally be 60-100m. Why isn’t it then? Why haven’t you rejected the plant, as it can’t meet this specification?
PEEL = PROFITS BEFORE PEOPLE