IP16 4UR, Sizewell C Limited: environmental permit application advertisement
Published 29 January 2025
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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/VB3849KJ/A001
Regulated facility type
Desalination plant process effluent from temporary desalination plant providing private water supply to Sizewell C construction site
Regulated facility address
Sizewell C construction site
Sizewell
Leiston
Suffolk
IP16 4UR
National grid reference (NGR) discharge point
TM 48005 64027
Receiving environment
North Sea
Effluent type
Trade effluent composed of desalination plant process effluent (brine reject).
Volume
Maximum of 7,889 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-vb3849kj-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 26 February 2025.
You can comment:
Online: https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/psc/ip16-4ur-sizewell-c-limited-epr-vb3849kj-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 multiple discharges of rainfall related site drainage for the construction of the Sizewell Link Road. The reference for this application is EPR/WB3145KB/A001. You can view and comment on this new bespoke permit application online: https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/psc/ip17-3nd-sizewell-c-limited-epr-wb3145kb-a001
This Citizen Space consultation also closes on 26 February 2025.