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Final Public Consultation For Devonport Incinerator

9 January 2012

The Environment Agency is giving people the opportunity to make final comments on the draft permit and decision document for the incinerator with energy recovery proposed for Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth

In December 2011, the Agency completed its technical determination of MVV Environment Devonport Ltd's application for an incinerator at North Yard and concluded it was minded to issue a permit to the operator MVV Environment Devonport Ltd.

This meant the Agency is satisfied, based on the information provided, that the proposed facility will be constructed and operated in a way that will not harm human health or significantly pollute the environment.

A draft permit and draft decision document have now been published, and these show the conditions and how the Agency reached its decision.

The two draft documents are published before the Agency makes its final decision to allow any new information to be considered or any factual errors to be corrected.

The Environment Agency is also running a public consultation surgery so people can see and discuss the draft permit and draft decision document. This will be held between 1.30pm and 6.30pm on Monday, 16 January 2012 at Tamar View Community Centre, Miers Close, St Budeaux, Plymouth, PL5 1DJ.

"The aim of this surgery is to give people in the area the opportunity to speak to our officers about the draft permit and draft decision document and find out how we reached the decision and how they can now respond," said Chris James for the Environment Agency.

"We will be running a question and answer sessions about the draft permit on the hour at 2pm, 3pm, 4pm and 5pm. There will also be officers available to answer questions throughout the session on other subjects such as regulation, environmental impact, biodiversity and health."

The Environment Agency has received many responses from members of the public and other organisations during the public consultation and technical determination period and these have been taken into account during the decision making process.

People do not have to attend the public surgery in order to respond to the consultation, which closes on Friday 3 February 2012.

MVV needs planning permission from Plymouth City Council (PCC) and an environmental permit from the Environment Agency to operate the facility.

The draft permit and draft decision document can be viewed on the Environment Agency website at http://bit.ly/t6qeav.

www.environment-agency.gov.uk

Darrel Moore