Leiston & Middleton - Environmental Permit Application

ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

New bespoke application for an environmental permit under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016

We’ve received an application for a permit from Sizewell C Limited. We must decide whether to grant or refuse the application. If we grant it, we must decide what conditions to include in the permit.

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 points: TM 48005 64027

Receiving environment: North Sea

Effluent types: Trade effluent composed of desalination plant process effluent (brine reject).

Volumes: Maximum of 7,889 cubic metres per day

What does the applicant want to do?

The applicant has applied for a new bespoke environmental permit application to regulate the discharge of concentrated seawater (or concentrated saline effluent) and effluent from desalination plant treatment processes. The discharge will also contain treated water from maintenance activities undertaken to parts of the plant’s supporting infrastructure.

How to view the application

The application can be viewed online using the link below to our e-consultation tool (known as Citizen Space): 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 send these by 26 February 2025.

Comments can be made online via Citizen Space using the link below: https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/psc/ip16-4ur-sizewell-c-limited-epr-vb3849kj-a001

Via email: psc-waterquality@environment-agency.gov.uk

Via post: The Environment Agency, IPS WQ Team, Quadrant 2, 99 Parkway Avenue, Sheffield, S9 4WF

For advice about how to make a representation or if you are unable to make a representation via e-mail, please call 03708 506 506. Please quote the application number in any correspondence.

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 C (SZC) 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.

New bespoke application for an environmental (England and Wales) Regulations 2016

We’ve received an application for a permit from Sizewell C Limited. We must decide whether to grant or refuse the application. If we grant it, we must decide what conditions to include in the permit.

Application number: EPR/WB3145KB/A001

Regulated facility type: Rainfall related site drainage from 24 catchments along the route of the Sizewell Link Road at the Sizewell C construction site

Regulated facility address: Sizewell C construction site, Wash Lane, Fordley, Middleton, Suffolk, IP17 3ND

National grid reference (NGR) discharge points:

• A0 Site drainage from Main Compound via SLR-OF-Compound at TM 38872 67027

• A1 Site drainage from SLR-TW-CA-001 via SLR-OF-001 at TM 38065 67093

• A2 Site drainage from SLR-TW-CA-002 via SLR-OF-002 at TM 38954 67151

• A3 Site drainage from SLR-TW-CA-003 via SLR-OF-003 at TM 39626 67161

• A4 Site drainage from SLR-TW-CA-004 via SLR-OF-004 at TM 39594 67432

• A5 Site drainage from SLR-TW-CA-005 via SLR-OF-005 at TM 39587 67425

• A6 Site drainage from SLR-TW-CA-006 via SLR-OF-006 at TM 40638 67456

• A7 Site drainage from SLR-TW-CA-007 via SLR-OF-007 at TM 40976 67363

• A8 Site drainage from SLR-TW-CA-008 via SLR-OF-008 at TM 41216 68064

• A9 Site drainage from SLR-TW-CA-009 via SLR-OF-009 at TM 41551 67270

• A10 Site drainage from SLR-TW-CA-010 via SLR-OF-010 at TM 41445 67216

• A11 Site drainage from SLR-TW-CA-011 via SLR-OF-011 at TM 41759 67258

• A12 Site drainage from SLR-TW-CA-012 via SLR-OF-012 at TM 42026 67089

• A14 Site drainage from SLR-TW-CA-014 via SLR-OF-014 at TM 42687 66724

• A15 Site drainage from SLR-TW-CA-015 via SLR-OF-015 at TM 42703 66731

• A16 Site drainage from SLR-TW-CA-016 via SLR-OF-016 at TM 43040 66145

• A17 Site drainage from SLR-TW-CA-017 via SLR-OF-017 at TM 43186 66460

• A18 Site drainage from SLR-TW-CA-018 via SLR-OF-018 at TM 42969 66130

• A19 Site drainage from SLR-TW-CA-019 via SLR-OF-019 at TM 43067 65886

• A19a Site drainage from SLR-TW-CA-019a via SLR-OF-019a at TM 42942 65845

• A20 Site drainage from SLR-TW-CA-020 via SLR-OF-020 at TM 43181 65508

• A21 Site drainage from SLR-TW-CA-021 via SLR-OF-021 at TM 43185 65510

• A22 Site drainage from SLR-TW-CA-022 via SLR-OF-022 at TM 44137 65193

• A24 Site drainage from SLR-TW-CA-024 via SLR-OF-024 at TM 44122 65185

Receiving environment

All discharges to tributaries of Minsmere Old River

Effluent types

All waste streams are trade effluent consisting of treated rainfall-related site runoff from construction areas

Volumes

• Effluent via A0 Maximum of 510 cubic metres per day

• Effluent via A1 Maximum of 933 cubic metres per day

• Effluent via A2 Maximum of 518 cubic metres per day

• Effluent via A3 Maximum of 432 cubic metres per day

• Effluent via A4 Maximum of 432 cubic metres per day

• Effluent via A5 Maximum of 1,218 cubic metres per day

• Effluent via A6 Maximum of 881 cubic metres per day

• Effluent via A7 Maximum of 544 cubic metres per day

• Effluent via A8 Maximum of 1,676 cubic metres per day

• Effluent via A9 Maximum of 1,132 cubic metres per day

• Effluent via A10 Maximum of 708 cubic metres per day

• Effluent via A11 Maximum of 674 cubic metres per day

• Effluent via A12 Maximum of 432 cubic metres per day

• Effluent via A14 Maximum of 1,054 cubic metres per day

• Effluent via A15 Maximum of 570 cubic metres per day

• Effluent via A16 Maximum of 17,855 cubic metres per day

• Effluent via A17 Maximum of 432 cubic metres per day

• Effluent via A18 Maximum of 674 cubic metres per day

• Effluent via A19 Maximum of 432 cubic metres per day

• Effluent via A19a Maximum of 432 cubic metres per day

• Effluent via A20 Maximum of 432 cubic metres per day

• Effluent via A21 Maximum of 1,097 cubic metres per day

• Effluent via A22 Maximum of 924 cubic metres per day

• Effluent via A24 Maximum of 432 cubic metres per day

What does the applicant want to do?

The applicant has applied for a new bespoke environmental permit application to regulate the discharge of rainfall-related site drainage from 24 construction areas (called catchments) along the route of Sizewell Link Road.

How to view the application

The application can be viewed online using the link below to our e-consultation tool (known as Citizen Space):

https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/psc/ip17-3nd-sizewell-c-limited-epr-wb3145kb-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 send these by 26 February 2025.

Comments can be made online via Citizen Space using the link below:

https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/psc/ip17-3nd-sizewell-c-limited-epr-wb3145kb-a001

Via email: psc-waterquality@environment-agency.gov.uk

Via post:

The Environment Agency, IPS WQ Team, Quadrant 2, 99 Parkway Avenue, Sheffield, S9 4WF

For advice about how to make a representation or if you are unable to make a representation via e-mail, please call 03708 506 506. Please quote the application number in any correspondence.

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 C (SZC) 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 water discharge activity of Desalination plant process effluent. The reference for this application is EPR/VB3849KJ/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-vb3849kj-a001

This Citizen Space consultation also closes on 26 February 2025.