{"id":1302,"date":"2021-05-31T06:05:32","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T06:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/?p=1302"},"modified":"2021-05-31T06:25:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T06:25:16","slug":"environment-agency-response-to-our-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/index.php\/2021\/05\/31\/environment-agency-response-to-our-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Environment Agency Response to Our Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No Incinerator 4 Horsham Community Group represents local residents and we welcome your thoughts on this response from the Environment Agency, to the Letter of Concerns sent on 21 May 2021. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Letter of Concerns from Ni4H: <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ni4h.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Environmental-Permit-Variation-EPR-CB3308TD-V002-Letter-from-Ni4H-to-EA-21.5.21-2.pdf\">Environmental Permit Variation EPR CB3308TD V002 &#8211; Letter from Ni4H to EA 21.5.21<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/ni4h.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Environmental-Permit-Variation-EPR-CB3308TD-V002-Letter-from-Ni4H-to-EA-21.5.21-2.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Please email your thoughts to:<\/strong> <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:noincinerator4horsham@gmail.com\">NoIncinerator4Horsham@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>From SSD Enquiries 28 May 2021<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for your letter of 21 May 2021 about the environmental permit variation application to the Environment Agency, made by Britaniacrest Recycling Limited for their operation at Brookhurstwood near Horsham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;Site of High Public Interest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This permit variation application is being treated as a Site of High Public Interest (SHPI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Documents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before we accept (\u2018duly make\u2019) an application, we ensure the essential documents have been enclosed and contain enough detail for us to begin its assessment (\u2018determination\u2019). We may ask the applicant to provide additional information which would be posted online on \u2018Citizen Space\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not all documents are not required for every type of permit application. For example, Climate Change Risk Assessments are not required for variation applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have now uploaded the air quality modelling files and the H1 tool to Citizen Space. The Director\u2019s details are required to be redacted and the redacted version has been uploaded to Citizen Space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Dated Documents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Application documents do not have to be dated from a specific period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We do carry out sensitivity analysis (for example, on meteorological data) as part of determination and may request additional information. This could include confirming that older documents are still correct and valid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Advertising<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This permit variation application has already been advertised in accordance with our guidance. Sign up to @EnvagencySE to receive a tweet reminder towards the end of the consultation period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;Consultation Standard Document<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We have updated the document on Citizen Space so that it now reads \u201cWe will look to make comments received publicly available at our Environment Agency public register\u201d. A link to published responses will appear once a submission has been received where permission to share was granted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Public Events<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are not required to hold public events. We have to be careful with our limited resources. Any event would be limited to describing our role and the permitting process. This information is all available in our general&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GOV.UK<\/a>&nbsp;pages or the Citizen Space consultation page. In any event, we would not comment on the adequacy of documents submitted or provide technical discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Viewing of Documents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are following Government advice to manage the risks of Coronavirus to our organisation, to protect the health, safety and wellbeing of the public, our staff and sustain critical operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The documents are available on Citizen Space and, if required, access can be booked at local libraries where printing facilities are available at local libraries. We will update Citizen Space if a document is revised or added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;Providing Comment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are following our guidance and encouraging people to comment online through Citizen Space or to contact us using the email address provided. If any other problems are encountered please contact our Customer Contact Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Statutory Consultees<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The organisations we are required to consult, by law, are Public Health England (PHE), Director of Public Health, Health and Safety Executive (HSE), local council (Horsham Borough Council) and the Food Standard Agency (FSA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A briefing note was also prepared and emailed to a number of stakeholders in the area including the local MP, other local councils, ward councillors, environmental organisations and emergency services. This briefing note is available on the Citizen Space online consultation page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Community Liaison Group<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Operators are sometimes required to set up Community liaison groups through planning permissions. We do not believe that a Group is required or has been set up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Duly Making<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This permit variation application has been assessed as duly made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Consultation Extension<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consultations periods for permit variations are defined in law and usually run for 20 working days (4 weeks). We have extended the consultation on this variation to 6 weeks to allow people further time to submit comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Treating this permit variation application as a SHPI means that we will also consult on our draft permit (if we are minded to grant a variation), before making a final decision. This will allow people to check if the relevant information they have provided has been addressed and make further comment if they wish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I trust this answers your questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yours Faithfully<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SSD Enquiries<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Solent and South Downs Area<br><strong>Environment Agency<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guildbourne House, Chatsworth Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 1LD<br><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:ssdenquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk\" target=\"_blank\">ssdenquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk<\/a><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No Incinerator 4 Horsham Community Group represents local residents and we welcome your thoughts on this response from the Environment Agency, to the Letter of Concerns sent on 21 May 2021. Letter of Concerns from Ni4H: Please email your thoughts to: NoIncinerator4Horsham@gmail.com From SSD Enquiries 28 May 2021 Thank you for your letter of 21 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1302"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1313,"href":"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1302\/revisions\/1313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ni4h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}