We want
to make sure everyone has the opportunity
to comment so in response to concerns about
people being unavailable to comment during
the school summer holiday, we’ve extended
the consultation deadline to September 10.
This adds ten days onto
our previous deadline so that anyone who
has missed the opportunity to tell us what
they think has enough time to write to us.
There are two documents that set out what
our draft decision is:
A copy of our draft
environmental permit.
a "decision document" setting
out what our decision is and why we’ve made
it.
These documents are freely available either
on our website or at our offices in St.
Mellons between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/research/library/consultations/80798.aspx
Environment Agency Wales, Rivers House,
St Mellons Business Park, Cardiff, CF3 0EY
We can only take comments in writing, so
any you have will need to be sent to:
Permitting Support Centre, Environment Agency,
Quadrant 2, 9 Parkway Avenue, Sheffield,
S9 4WF.
Or if you prefer by email using: psc@environment-agency.gov.uk
Since the Permitting Support Centre deals
with many different applications at any
one time please ensure you mark your letter
or email with the header “EPR/LP3030XA/A001”.
This will make sure your comments are directed
to the correct officer.
As a reminder, the closing date for receiving
those comments is Friday, September 10.
All comments are put on our public register
unless you ask us not to in writing.
We will review our decision within fifteen
working days where we receive comments that
could affect our decision, longer if agreed
with the operator. Otherwise we will finalise
our decision and issue a permit or refusal
notice within five working days. A copy
of our final decision will be available
on our public register in either case.
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Environment Agency to
meet energy company to discuss proposed
nuclear power station
The Environment Agency
will meet with energy company EDF next week
to talk through details of the proposed
new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point,
near Bridgwater, Somerset.
Simon Hughes, the National
project executive for nuclear new build
at the Environment Agency, and Simon Birch,
Head of Town and Country Planning, will
meet with EDF site management at Hinkley
Point power station in Bridgwater on Wednesday,
4 August.
This meeting is the first real opportunity
for senior Environment Agency managers to
see the site and fully understand EDF's
preferred options for the proposed Hinkley
C development.
Brian Payne, Nuclear New Build Project Manager
for the Environment Agency, said: ‘As the
leading environmental regulator in England
and Wales it is our job to ensure that any
new nuclear power station will meet high
standards of environmental protection and
waste management.
‘This meeting is an
ideal opportunity for us to develop our
response to EDF's stage 2 proposals by having
informed discussions about the proposed
nuclear power station with the operator
actually on site at Hinkley.’
‘We have a vital role
to play in protecting the environment and
people by both responding to the planning
proposals for the site and preparing to
consult on future environmental permits.
it is really important that our senior staff
see the site for themselves and are introduced
to the complexities of the development.’
The Agency is working to ensure that any
new nuclear power station meets a high standard
of safety, security, environmental protection
and waste management.
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Notes to Editors:
A consultation has been launched on our
assessments of two nuclear power station
designs, known as the Generic Design Assessment,
and people are being asked to comment.
The aim of the consultation
is to help inform the Environment Agency’s
assessment of the designs by sharing information
with people and by listening to and using
their comments in the decision making.
Working with the Health and Safety Executive
(HSE) the Agency has devised a two phase
approach:
• In phase one, called Generic Design Assessment
(GDA), we assess the design itself without
it being located on a specific site and
advise the designers about its acceptability.
• In phase two, called site specific assessment,
we assess an operator’s detailed proposals
for a specific site and we will issue the
relevant permits applied for by the operator
only if they are acceptable with regard
to environment protection.
GDA allows the Environment Agency and HSE
to:
• assess the safety, security, environmental
and waste impacts of a new nuclear power
station design, before an application is
made to build at a particular site;
• be get involved at the earliest stage
so that problems can be addressed effectively
and efficiently;
• ensure that any new nuclear power stations
meet world class standards of safety, security,
waste management, and environment protection.
The consultation can
be found at https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/portal/ho/nuclear/gda
and will run for 16 weeks.
