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Environmental Risk Assessment Riverside Energy Park Environmental Permit Appendices APPENDIX: ENVIRONMENTAL RISK H ASSESSMENT December 2018 Revision 0 Riverside Energy Park Environmental Risk Assessment i Riverside Energy Park Environmental Risk Assessment Contents 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Project Description ........................................................................................................ 1 1.3 The Objective ................................................................................................................ 1 2 Odour Risk Assessment and Management Plan ..................................................................... 1 3 Noise Risk Assessment and Management Plan ...................................................................... 3 4 Fugitive Emissions Risk Assessment and Management Plan ............................................... 1 5 Accidents Risk Assessment and Management Plan ............................................................... 1 6 Detailed Assessment .................................................................................................................. 1 6.2 Emissions to Air ............................................................................................................. 1 6.3 Emissions to Water or Sewer ........................................................................................ 3 6.4 Noise ............................................................................................................................. 3 6.5 Visual Impact ................................................................................................................. 3 6.6 Odour ............................................................................................................................. 3 6.7 Photochemical Ozone Creation ..................................................................................... 3 6.8 Global Warming ............................................................................................................. 4 6.9 Disposal of Waste.......................................................................................................... 4 7 Conclusions ................................................................................................................................. 5 ii Riverside Energy Park Environmental Risk Assessment iii Riverside Energy Park Environmental Risk Assessment 1 Introduction 1.1.1 Cory Environmental Holdings Limited (trading as Cory Riverside Energy) (Cory or the Applicant) is applying to the Environment Agency (EA) under The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 (Environmental Permitting Regulations) for an Environmental Permit (EP) to operate an integrated Energy Park, to be known as Riverside Energy Park (REP or the Proposed Development). REP would comprise waste treatment facilities together with an associated Electrical Connection. 1.2 Project Description 1.2.1 A detailed description of REP is presented in Sections 1.4 to 1.6 of the Supporting Information. REP would be constructed on land immediately adjacent to Cory’s existing Riverside Resource Recovery Facility (RRRF), within the London Borough of Bexley and would complement the operation of the existing facility. 1.2.2 The main elements of REP would be as follows: Energy Recovery Facility (ERF): to provide thermal treatment of Commercial and Industrial (C&I) residual (non-recyclable) waste with the potential for treatment of (non- recyclable) Municipal Solid Waste (MSW); Anaerobic Digestion facility: to process food and green waste. Outputs from the Anaerobic Digestion facility would be transferred off-site for use in the agricultural sector as fertiliser or as an alternative, where appropriate, used as a fuel in the ERF to generate electricity; Solar Photovoltaic Installation: to generate electricity. Installed across a wide extent of the roof of the Main REP Building; Battery Storage: to store and supply additional power to the local distribution network at times of peak electrical demand. This facility would be integrated into the Main REP building; and On Site Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Infrastructure: to provide an opportunity for local district heating for nearby residential developments and businesses. REP would be CHP Enabled with necessary on site infrastructure included within the REP site. 1.3 The Objective 1.3.1 The aim of this report is to assess the environmental risks from the activities undertaken at the installation. 1.3.2 Within the permit application, the applicant is required to demonstrate that the necessary measures are in place to protect the environment and ensure that the Installation, throughout its life, will not pose an unacceptable risk to the environment. 1.3.3 This report will: a. identify potential risks that the proposed activities may present to the environment; b. screen out those that are insignificant and do not require detailed assessment; c. identify potentially significant risks, where appropriate; d. choose the right control measures, where appropriate; and Riverside Energy Park Environmental Risk Assessment e. report the findings of the assessment. 1.3.4 This document has been developed to consider the requirements of Environment Agency Horizontal Guidance Note H1 Annexes A, C, H and F. Risk Assessment Process 1.3.5 This assessment has been developed in accordance with the Environment Agency’s Guidance Note H1. This guidance promotes four key steps: a) identify risks from the activity; b) assess the risks and check that they are acceptable; c) justify appropriate measures to control the risks; and d) present the assessment. 1.3.6 This assessment considers the risk of potential accidents associated with the proposed activities occurring at REP and the measures which will be implemented to limit accidents when REP is operational. 1.3.7 The assessment has been developed in accordance with the latest UK guidance published by the Department for Environment and Rural Affairs and the EA titled ‘Risk assessments for your environmental permit’. Step 1 – Identify risks 1.3.8 The following report will identify the activities that present different types of risk to the environment associated with the operation of the Installation, including: a. odour; b. noise; c. fugitive emissions; and d. accidents. Step 2 – Assess the Risk 1.3.9 The report will include an assessment of risks associated with the operation of the Installation, and will identify the: a. hazard; b. receptor; and c. pathway. Step 3 – Justify appropriate measures 1.3.10 The report will demonstrate that the Applicant has considered the risks associated with the operation of the regulated activities and its directly associated activities, and will identify the control measures which will be in place to demonstrate that the risks are being appropriately managed. Riverside Energy Park Environmental Risk Assessment Step 4 – Present the Assessment 1.3.11 The assessment will conclude by presenting the following: a. possibility of exposure; b. consequence; and c. the overall risk. 1.3.12 The report will present the Overall Risk applying the Environment Agency’s H1 criteria, defined as: a. insignificant; b. not significant; or c. significant. Riverside Energy Park Environmental Risk Assessment 2 Odour Risk Assessment and Management Plan What Do You Do That Can Harm and What Could Be Managing the Risk Assessing the Risk Harmed? Hazard Receptor Pathway Risk Management Possibility Consequence What is the of Overall Risk? Exposure What has the What is at risk? How can the What measures will you take How likely What is the What is the risk potential to cause What do I wish to hazard get to the to reduce the risk? If it occurs it this harm that can that still harm? protect? receptor? who is responsible for what? contact? be caused? remains? The balance and probability and consequence. Odorous emissions Immediate area. Air - Winds generally All wastes received at the Minimal. Odour annoyance Not significant if may occur during the The nearest blow from a south installation will be unloaded inside which will have managed well. delivery of waste, residential receptor to westerly direction. the enclosed Waste Reception more impact in reception of waste the Installation is Hall. Wastes will be processed on a summer when and the storage and located first-in, first-out principle. people are handling of waste approximately 1km The reception halls will be retained outdoors and prior to processing at from the stack. at negative pressure. Air from temperatures are the installation. waste reception areas will be higher. combusted within the ERF as detailed in the Odour Management Plan (Appendix I). Riverside Energy Park Environmental Risk Assessment What Do You Do That Can Harm and What Could Be Managing the Risk Assessing the Risk Harmed? Hazard Receptor Pathway Risk Management Possibility Consequence What is the of Overall Risk? Exposure What has the What is at risk? How can the What measures will you take How likely What is the What is the risk potential to cause What do I wish to hazard get to the to reduce the risk? If it occurs it this harm that can that still harm? protect? receptor? who is responsible for what? contact? be caused? remains? The balance and probability and consequence. Odorous emissions Immediate area. Air - Winds generally The shredding of organics waste to Minimal. Odour annoyance Not significant
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