IPPC Authorisation was issued May 2006  

Section 5.3 Part A(1)(a)

Disposal of hazardous waste (other than by incineration or landfill) in a facility with a capacity of more than 10 tonnes per day by physico-chemical treatment

Hazardous aqueous waste disposal

D9 filtration, gravity separation, pH balancing, centrifuge

Tank Farm 1 (4871 tonnes)

Tanks O 1 – O 52, O 60 - O 69, OA – OD on Site Map 1 dated 23 January 2006

See Schedule 6A

Support fuel blending

D13 mixing or blending

Tank Farm 3 (2000 tonnes)

Tanks S 1 – S 93 including drum yard on Site Map 1 dated 23 January 2006

See Schedule 6B

Section 5.3 Part A(1)(b)

Disposal of waste oils (other than by incineration or landfill) in a facility with a capacity of more than 10 tonnes per day by physico-chemical treatment

Waste oil recovery

R3 filtration, separation by gravity to recover oil,

D9 pH balancing, centrifuge

Tank Farm 1 (4871 tonnes)

Tanks O 1 – O 52, O 60 - O 69, OA – OD on Site Map 1 dated 23 January 2006

See Schedule 6C

Section 5.3 Part A(1)(c)(ii)

Disposal of non-hazardous waste in a facility with a capacity of more than 50 tonnes per day by physico-chemical treatment, not being treatment specified in any paragraph other than paragraph D9 in Annex IIA to Council Directive 75/442/EEC, which results in final compounds or mixtures which are discarded by means of any of the operations numbered D1 to D12 in that Annex (for example, evaporation, drying, calcination, etc.) (D9).

Non-hazardous aqueous waste for physico-chemical treatment

D9 filtration, separation by gravity or centrifuge, pH balancing

D13 Blending

Tank Farm 1 (4871 tonnes)

Tanks O 1 – O 52, O 60 - O 69, OA – OD on Site Map 1 dated 23 January 2006

See Schedule 6D

Section 5.3 Part A(1)(c)(i)

Disposal of non-hazardous waste in a facility with a capacity of more than 50 tonnes per day by biological treatment, not being treatment specified in any paragraph other than paragraph D8 in Annex IIA to Council Directive 75/442/EEC, which results in final compounds or mixtures which are discarded by means of any of the operations numbered D1 to D12 in that Annex  (D8).

D8 Biological treatment of aqueous waste

Tank Farm 2 (1000 tonnes)

Tanks TE 1 – TE 35, O 54, O 55, O70 – O79 on Site Map 1 dated 23 January 2006

See Schedule 6E

Section 5.4 Part A(1)(a)

Recovering by distillation of any oil or organic solvent

Recovery of solvents, other organic substances and oil by distillation

R2, R3, R9 filtration, distillation

Tank Farm 3 (2000 tonnes)

Tanks S 1 – S 93 including drum yard on Site Map 1 dated 23 January 2006

Live steam stills, 32m³/day

Wiped film evaporator, 29 m³/day

See Schedule 6F

Section 5.1 Part A(1)(f)

The incineration, other than incidentally in the course of burning solid or liquid waste, of any gases containing halogens in a plant which is not an incineration plant or a co-incineration plant

Thermal oxidation of solvent vapours prior to discharge to air, from transfer of vapours to discharge of  combustion gases

Directly associated activity

Support fuel blending

R3 mixing or blending

Tank Farm 3 (2000 tonnes)

Tanks S 1 – S 93 including drum yard on Site Map 1 dated 23 January 2006

See Schedule 6B

Directly associated activity

Production of heat in gas/gas oil fired boilers, from receipt of fuel to discharge of combustion gases

Directly associated activity

Storage of  surface water run-off in on-site rhyne and other storage containers,  provided that, at the point of discharge to the rhyne or other storage containers, there are no visible signs of oil or grease