IP16 4UR, Sizewell C Limited: environmental permit application advertisement
Published 9 July 2024
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Details of the application
The Environment Agency has received a new bespoke application for an environmental permit under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 from Sizewell C Limited.
Application number
EPR/RP3820SH/A001
Regulated facility type
Water management zones and effluent treatment units serving construction water discharge activities (WDAs) at Sizewell C construction site
Regulated facility address
Sizewell C construction site
Sizewell
Leiston
Suffolk
IP16 4UR
National grid reference (NGR) discharge points
• Waste stream A (WDA1): via discharge point EO1 (also known as the temporary marine outfall or TMO) at TM 47654 64054
• Waste stream B (WDA2): via discharge point DW01 at TM 47361 64528
• Waste stream C (WDA3): via discharge point O5 at TM 46463 65940
• Waste stream D (WDA4): via discharge point O6a at TM 45443 63501
• Waste stream E (WDA5): via discharge point O6b at TM 45442 63495
• Waste stream F (WDA6): via discharge point O6c at TM 45474 63488
• Waste stream G (WDA7): via discharge point O7 at TM 46528 63491
• Waste stream H (WDA8): via discharge point O8a at TM 44625 64013
• Waste stream I (WDA9): via discharge point O8 at TM 44466 63737
Receiving environments
• Waste stream A (WDA1): Groundwater at the Sizewell Foreshore and the North Sea via discharge point EO1, also known as the TMO
• Waste streams B to I (WDAs 2 to 9): Leiston Beck (also known as Leiston Drain) and its tributaries (including Sizewell Drain) via discharge points DW01, O5, O6a, O6b, O6c, O7, O8 and O8a
Effluent types
• Waste stream A (WDA1): Trade effluent composed of rainfall-dependent surface water run-off from the main construction area (MCA) and dewatered groundwater and surface water collected in excavations from installation of the desalination plant shaft (intake tunnel)
• Waste stream B (WDA2): Trade effluent composed of groundwater anticipated to be encountered during installation of the pile caps associated with the SSSI bridge crossing foundations located to the north of the main construction area (MCA)
• Waste stream C (WDA3): Trade effluent composed of rainfall-dependent surface water run-off from water management zone 5 (WMZ5) within the temporary construction area (TCA)
• Waste stream D (WDA4): Trade effluent composed of rainfall-dependent surface water run-off from part of the associated development 6 (AD6) scheme and groundwater from installation of an overbridge over the Leiston Drain. The discharge may also potentially include small quantities of groundwater (if encountered) from shallow excavations
• Waste stream E (WDA5): Trade effluent composed of rainfall dependent surface water run-off from part of the associated development 6 (AD6) scheme (Valley Road and associated BR19 works) and groundwater from installation of an overbridge over the Leiston Drain. The discharge may also potentially include small quantities of groundwater (if encountered) from shallow excavations
• Waste stream F (WDA6): Trade effluent composed of rainfall-dependent surface water run-off from part of the associated development 6 (AD6) scheme (Lovers Lane Junction Improvements) and potentially small quantities of groundwater (if encountered) from shallow excavations
• Waste stream G (WDA7): Trade effluent composed of rainfall-dependent surface water run-off captured from the ancillary construction area (ACA) via water management zone 7 (WMZ 7)
• Waste stream H (WDA8): Trade effluent composed of rainfall dependent surface water run-off from the MDS Roundabout (part of the AD6 scheme) and potentially small quantities of groundwater (if encountered) from shallow excavations
• Waste stream I (WDA9): Trade effluent composed of rainfall dependent surface water run-off from water management zone 8 (WMZ 8)
Volumes
• Waste stream A (WDA1): Maximum of 17,280 cubic metres per day
• Waste stream B (WDA2): Maximum of 521 cubic metres per day
• Waste stream C (WDA3): Maximum of 3,042 cubic metres per day
• Waste stream D (WDA4): Maximum of 9,859 cubic metres per day
• Waste stream E (WDA5): Maximum of 1,110 cubic metres per day
• Waste stream F (WDA6): Maximum of 565 cubic metres per day
• Waste stream G (WDA7): Maximum of 5,357 cubic metres per day
• Waste stream H (WDA8): Maximum of 908 cubic metres per day
• Waste stream I (WDA9): Maximum of 916 cubic metres per day
How to view the application
The new bespoke permit application can be viewed online: https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/psc/ip16-4ur-sizewell-c-limited-epr-rp3820sh-a001
Please contact us via e-mail at psc-waterquality@environment-agency.gov.uk or contact us on 03708 506 506 to arrange to see the application documents if you are unable to access Citizen Space.
How to comment on the application
If you have any comments on the application please send these by 6 August 2024.
You can comment:
Online: https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/psc/ip16-4ur-sizewell-c-limited-epr-rp3820sh-a001
Via email: psc-waterquality@environment-agency.gov.uk
For advice about how to make a representation or if you are unable to make a representation via our e-consultation tool (Citizen Space) or e-mail please call 03708 506 506.
The Environment Agency will normally put any comments it receives on the public register. This includes your name but not your personal contact details. Please tell us if you do not want your response to be public.
The privacy notice for permit applicants/operators can be viewed at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/environmental-permits-privacy-notice
Find out more about our regulation of the Sizewell site via our GOV.UK page at the link below:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/sizewell-nuclear-regulation
For information and awareness, Sizewell C Limited has submitted another new bespoke application at the Sizewell C construction site for an environmental permit under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 for a combustion activity. The reference for this application is EPR/GP3226SQ/A001. You can view and comment on this new bespoke permit application online:
https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/psc/ip16-4ur-sizewell-c-limited-epr-gp3226sq-a001
This Citizen Space consultation also closes on 6 August 2024.