Environmental Permit Ref: PB/36
Variation Notice Ref: PB/36/WK/201544223
Notice of Variation of Permit
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (As
Amended)
Regulation 20
To: Plastic Coatings Limited, Farnham Trading Estate, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 9NY
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (“the Council”) in the exercise of the powers conferred
upon it by Regulation 20 of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations
20101 (As Amended) (“the 2010 Regulations”) hereby gives you notice as follows:
The Council has decided to vary the terms and conditions of the Permit reference PB/36
granted to you under Regulation 13(1) of the 2010 Regulations in respect of the operation of
the Installation at:
Plastic Coatings Limited
Midlands Division
Ham Lane
Kingwinford
West Midlands
DY6 7JY
The variation of the terms and conditions of the Permit and the date[s] on which they are to
take effect are specified in Schedule 1 to this Notice.
A consolidated Permit as varied by this Notice (and by all previous variation notices listed in
the “Status Log” to the Permit) is set out in Schedule 2.
Signed:
…………………. . Dated: 13th June 2016…….
Tim Glews
Environmental Protection Manager
(Authorised to sign on behalf of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council)
Address for all communications:
People Directorate
Environmental Safety and Health
4 Ednam Road
Dudley
West Midlands
DY1 1HL
Email: [email protected]
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SI 2010 No. 675
Environmental Permit Ref: PB/36
Variation Notice Ref: PB/36/WK/201544223
SCHEDULE 1
This schedule should be read in conjunction with the Notice of Variation ref:
PB/36/WK/201544223.
The requirements of this variation shall come into effect as detailed below. If no date is
indicated below the variation shall take effect immediately.
Introductory Note to Permit
The introductory note to the permit shall be updated to include the company number so that
the last line reads ‘For the purpose of this permit the legal operator of the Installation is Plastic
Coatings Limited FarnhamTrading Estate Farnham Surrey GU9 9NY, company number
04452705’.
Status Log
The Status log shall be updated to read as follows:
STATUS LOG
DETAIL
REFERENCE
DATE
COMMENTS
th
Initial Permit
PB/36
Environmental Permit
PB/36
Variation Notice
WK/200755736/LAR
9
September
2004
th
6 April 2008
Transfer to Environmental Permit by
virtue of Regulation 69 of the
Environmental Permitting (England and
Wales) Regulations 2007
st
Variation Notice
Variation Notice
31
October
Permit Variation
2007
th
17
October
PB/36/WK/201229036/CJM
Permit Variation
2012
PB/36/WK/201544223
th
13 June 2016
Permit Variation
The status log shall be repositioned within the permit to below the introductory note.
Process Description
The Process Description shall be amended as described below:
The words ‘and coatings containing approximately 6.5 tonnes of organic solvents’ shall be
added after the words ‘powder coatings’ to the sentence ‘The coating of metal involving the
use of approximately 125 tonnes of solid powder coatings in any 12 month period’.
Bay 1
The words ‘A solvent based anti-rust treatment is applied occasionally using a low pressure
spray. Fumes from which are exhausted to atmosphere via stack’ shall be removed and
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replaced with the words ‘An oil based dewatering oil is applied occasionally using a low
pressure spray’.
Bay 2
The following words ‘Metal components are grit blasted using a metal or mineral abrasive
material using, a Spencer & Halstead Hook Blast Machine, a Tumble Blast Machine, and a
Walk-In Blast Room. All 3 are then vented externally to atmosphere. Additionally a Hand
Grit Blast Cabinet and an Auto Grit Blast Machine are used in Bay 2 where following
blasting the larger particles of abrasive initially collect in hoppers and are returned to the
system via a cyclone’ shall be removed and replaced with the words ‘Metal components are
grit blasted using either a metal or mineral abrasive material. To carry out grit blasting Bay 2
houses a Rosler swing hook blaster, a Rosler hand gritter, x2 tumble blast machines and a
walk-in blast room. Two stacks, one serving a tumble blaster and one the walk-in blast room,
are vented externally to atmosphere. The Rosler swing hook blaster, a tumble blaster and
the hand grit blast cabinet are vented internally where, following blasting, larger particles of
abrasive are collected in hoppers and returned to the system via a cyclone’.
Bay 3
The words ‘Spraying is undertaken in a Powder Spray Booth in Bay 3 and is discharged
internally after cleaning by cyclone and after filter’ shall be deleted.
Bay 5
The words ‘emissions of which are extracted directly through a stack to atmosphere’ shall be
deleted from the sentence ‘Metal components are cleaned in Bay 5 using a fluidised bed
system with a net rated thermal input of less than 200 kW emissions of which are extracted
directly through a stack to atmosphere’ and the words ‘known as a sand stripper’ shall be
inserted after the words ‘fluidised bed system’ in this same sentence.
The sentence ‘The stack serving this system is fitted with a cyclone filter, from which it
extracts directly to atmosphere’ shall be added after the sentence ‘Metal components are
cleaned in Bay 5 using a fluidised bed system, known as a sand stripper, with a net rated
thermal input of less than 200 kW’.
Bay 6
In the sentence ‘This area is served by a spray booth and two electric cure ovens all of
which discharge externally to atmosphere’ the words ‘two electric cure ovens all’ shall be
deleted and replaced with the words ‘an electric cure oven, both’.
The words ‘Metal components are cleaned in Bay 6 using Perchlorethylene contained in a
100 litre capacity lidded degreasing tank. Solvent Usage is below 1 tonne.’ shall be deleted.
From the sentence ‘Components are sprayed with an adhesive pretreatment within the dry
back spray booth known as JLS 1 & 2 which are extracted externally by stack to
atmosphere’ the words ‘sprayed with an adhesive pretreatment’ shall be deleted and
replaced with the words ‘spray painted’ and the words ‘& 2 which are’ shall be deleted and
replaced with the words ‘, which is’.
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The sentence ‘Components are subsequently cured within 2 conveyor ovens which are
extracted by two stacks externally to atmosphere’ shall be deleted and replaced with the
words ‘Components are subsequently cured within the JLS conveyor oven which is extracted
by a single stack externally to atmosphere’.
In the sentence ‘Alternatively dependent upon the component to be cured, curing can be
undertaken in either an electric cure oven or an indirect gas fired oven both of which vent
via individual stack to external atmosphere’ the words ‘either an electric cure oven or’ and
‘both of’ shall be deleted. In this same sentence the word ‘vent’ shall be replaced with the
word ‘vents’.
Bay 7
The words ‘Bay 7 also contains aqueous chemical treatment tanks and the effluent water
treatment plant’ shall be added at the end of the description of Bay 7.
After the process description for Bay 8 the following section for the Adonis Building shall be
added:
‘Adonis Building
The Adonis Building houses a pre-treatment line of aqueous chemical tanks, used for the
cleaning of components.
A 4m, dry backed, Ercon spray booth, is divided for use as two booths; each with a separate
stack. Both stacks serving the Ercon spray booth vent directly to atmosphere. A 1.5m, dry
backed, LM spray booth, referred to as JLS2, is fitted with a single stack which vents directly
to atmosphere.
The Ercon roller conveyor oven and refurbished JLS2 conveyor oven each have a single
central stack that vents externally to atmosphere.
Two Rosler hand grit blasters, both of which are vented internally, are also housed in the
Adonis Building.’
General
From the sentence ‘The spraying of coatings is by conventional techniques. It is undertaken
in Adhesive Spray Booths. One in Bay 2, one in Bay 4, one in Bay 5 and 2 PTFE Spray
Booths in Bay 6 using either De Vilbiss HVLP or Bink Bullows spray guns’ the word ‘and’
shall be inserted between the words ‘conventional techniques’ and ‘it is undertaken’, the
word ‘Adhesive’ shall be deleted and a semicolon ‘;’ shall be inserted after the words ‘Spray
Booths’.
In this same sentence the words ‘and 2 PTFE Spray Booths’ shall be deleted and replaced
with the word ‘one’.
In this same sentence, after the words ‘Bay 6’, the words ‘and three in the Adonis Building.’
shall be inserted.
In this same sentence the words ‘All spraying is carried out’ shall be inserted before the
words ‘using either De Vilbiss HVLP or Bink Bullows spray guns’.
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The word ‘also’ shall be deleted from the sentence ‘Metal components are also coated using
approximately 6.5 tonnes of non-halogenated organic solvents in any 12 month period’.
From the sentence ‘This Installation falls within the definition of Part 1 Section 6.4, Part B (a)
(i) and (iv) “Coating activities, printing and textile treatments” and section 7.0 “SED Activities”
of Schedule 1 of the Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations
2000 (As Amended)’ the words ‘Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales)
Regulations 2000 (As Amended’ shall be deleted and replaced with the words
‘Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations (As Amended) 2010’.
Deleted Conditions
The following condition(s) of the Permit shall be deleted as described below:
Condition 3.5
Condition 3.5 which reads ‘ The degreasing tank in Bay 6 containing Perchlorethylene shall
be adequately covered with a close fitting lid so as to minimise fugitive emissions whilst not
in use’ shall be deleted.
Amended Conditions
The following condition(s) of the Permit shall be amended as described below:
Condition 1.2
The word ‘hatched’ shall be deleted and replaced with the words ‘marked in red’.
Condition 2.5
The following emission sources shall be added to table 2.1
Pollutant
Particulate Matter
Emission Source
Stack serving the Sand
Stripper in Bay 5
Concentration Limit
50mg/Nm3 as 30 minute
mean for contained sources
Condition 4.1
After the words ‘Emissions from the stacks serving the shot blast machines’ the words ‘sand
stripper’ shall be inserted.
The words ‘30th November 2012’ shall be removed and replaced with the words ‘31 March 2017’.
Appendices
Appendix I – The current site plan shall be deleted and replaced with the following site plan:
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End of Permit Variations
Attached to this Notice is a separate document titled “Guidance for operators receiving a
Variation Notice” which does not form part of the Notice. You are advised to read that document
and ensure that you fully understand the requirements of the Notice and your rights of Appeal.