Permit with Introductory Note the Environmental Permitting (England & Wales) Regulations 2016
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Permit with introductory note The Environmental Permitting (England & Wales) Regulations 2016 Halewood International Limited The Sovereign Distillery Wilson Road Huyton Business Park Liverpool Mersey L36 6AD Permit number EPR/MP3137JY Permit number EPR/MP3137JY 1 The Sovereign Distillery Permit number EPR/MP3137JY Introductory note This introductory note does not form a part of the permit The main features of the permit are as follows. Halewood International Ltd (Halewood) operate a manufacturing, processing, bottling, storage and distribution facility (the Facility) for the supply of alcoholic drinks to the retail sector. Their products include Crabbies Ginger Beer, Lambrini perry and Whitley Neill gin among others. The Facility is located in the Huyton Business Park trading estate, Huyton, Liverpool. The site was established in 1993 when the company’s headquarters moved from West Yorkshire to Huyton, and has grown in size since then. The installed processing capacity of the facility exceeds the 300 tonnes per day threshold for the treatment and processing of vegetable raw materials. The facility has the capacity to produce 1,337 tonnes of finished product per day. The process may also include the use of animal materials (honey and milk products) meaning that the site is subject to permitting under: Section S6.8 Part A(1) (d) (iii): Treatment and processing, other than exclusively packaging, of the following raw materials, whether previously processed or unprocessed, intended for the production of food or feed (where the weight of the finished product excludes packaging)- animal and vegetable raw materials (other than milk only), both in combined and separate products, with a finished product production capacity in tonnes per day greater than— – (bb) 300-(22.5 x A) in any other case where ‘A’ is the portion of animal material in percent of weight of the finished product production capacity. There is an effluent treatment plant onsite which processes the effluent generated at the Facility prior to discharge to sewer. Water from building roofs in the process area is also directed to the wastewater treatment plant under the contained drainage. Prior to discharge to sewer, trade effluents from the process are treated in a 60,000L cylindrical wastewater treatment plant. The plant utilises a BioAmp 5000 CCU system to improve the quality. The pH is monitored and adjusted in a 7,000 l reaction tank prior to discharge to sewer. Due to the capacity of the system, this is also a listed activity: S5.4 Part A(1) (a) (i) &(ii) Disposal of non-hazardous waste with a capacity exceeding 50 tonnes per day involving: (i) biological treatment; (ii) physico-chemical treatment; The typical hours of operation for the Facility is 06:00am Monday to 06:00am Saturday, with occasional operation on Saturdays between 6:00am to 2:00pm. The Facility does not currently operate on Sundays. However, there are no restrictions on the hours of operation of the Facility. The Facility covers an area of approximately 30 acres, which comprises a number of large warehouses, bottling halls, distilling and fermentation rooms, storage and loading areas. The site is located west of Tarbock Island (the M62/M57/A5300 junction), off the A5080 and opposite the Chapel Brook Brewers Fayre. The site is bounded immediately to the southwest by extensive residential housing in Tarbock Green, with the A580 lying adjacent to the southeast. Wilson Road lies along the northeast perimeter of the site with industrial buildings on the other side of the road, including a household waste recycling centre. Further industry is present northwest of the site. The wider area beyond the site comprises a mixture of suburban residential housing, industrial areas and agricultural fields. The Facility includes fermentation, distillation, pasteurisation and bottling lines. The Facility includes seven main bottling and canning lines which are capable of producing up to approximately 28 million cases of bottled and canned products per annum. In addition to the drinks manufacturing process, the Facility includes the following directly associated activities: Permit number EPR/MP3137JY 2 Combustion systems: The Facility includes three gas-fired boilers each with a thermal output of 1.61 MWth. The gas fired boilers supply hot water to the manufacturing process for cleaning, pasteurisation and distillation. The fire-fighting sprinkler system utilises 2 diesel generators. As the generators will only operate in the event of a fire (or for testing purposes - less than 50 hours per annum), they are not considered to be a point source of emissions to air. Cleaning In Practice: (CIP) systems are in place at different parts of production, with flush systems primarily utilised. The systems are not run at set time intervals, however they are used frequently after changes in product type on each production line, or for the cleaning of tanks in all areas. A cleaning matrix is used to decide which cleaning method is necessary. Handling and treatment of waste which includes baling and compacting: Plastic and cardboard wastes arise mainly from the packaging and palletising of products prior to distribution. Compressed air generation: Pre-rinsing’ of lines and hoses with compressed air is utilised to recover as much product as possible and minimise waste. Raw materials are delivered to the site via road in HGVs and stored. The gin stills are 500 litres each (x2 vessels) and other high strength bulk spirits are stored in the spirit room alongside intermediate bulk containers. Storage and Distribution: Once the products have been manufactured and packaged appropriately, they are transferred for storage in high-bay racking warehouses prior to distribution to customers. Refrigerant: There are three chilled water plants and a coldroom at the facility which use different refrigerants; R-134a, R-407C and R-404A. Storm water drainage is located at various points around the site and goes directly to the waste water treatment plant to minimise surface water run-off. Rainwater run-off from the wine room, spirit room and tanker unloading area roofs will be directed towards the wastewater treatment plant. All other rainwater will be discharged directly to storm drainage as uncontaminated runoff. There are no direct emissions to surface water from the Facility. Laboratories are located adjacent to the de- palletising and glass-unloading areas, for chemical testing of substances. The Mersey Estuary SPA/Ramsar lie within 10Km of the installation. There are no SSSIs within 2km of the installation boundary. The status log of the permit sets out the permitting history, including any changes to the permit reference number. Status log of the permit Description Date Comments Application Duly made Application for an Environmental Permit EPR/MP3137JY/A001 04/11/19 Additional information received 03/03/20 Confirmation of site boundary. Updated details of the Diesel generator system and sprinkler system Details of the sump and its capacity Updated Environmental Risk Assessment Permit determined 07/04/20 Permit issued to Halewood International Limited. EPR/MP3137JY End of introductory note Permit number EPR/MP3137JY 3 Permit The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 Permit number EPR/MP3137JY The Environment Agency hereby authorises, under regulation 13 of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 Halewood International Limited (“the operator”), whose registered office Wilson Road Huyton Business Park Liverpool Mersey L36 6AD company registration number 03920410 to operate an installation The Sovereign Distillery Wilson Road Huyton Business Park Liverpool Mersey L36 6AD to the extent authorised by and subject to the conditions of this permit. Name Date Philip Lamb 07/04/2020 Authorised on behalf of the Environment Agency Permit number EPR/MP3137JY 4 Conditions 1 Management 1.1 General management 1.1.1 The operator shall manage and operate the activities: (a) in accordance with a written management system that identifies and minimises risks of pollution, including those arising from operations, maintenance, accidents, incidents, non-conformances, closure and those drawn to the attention of the operator as a result of complaints; and (b) using sufficient competent persons and resources. 1.1.2 Records demonstrating compliance with condition 1.1.1 shall be maintained. 1.1.3 Any person having duties that are or may be affected by the matters set out in this permit shall have convenient access to a copy of it kept at or near the place where those duties are carried out. 1.2 Energy efficiency 1.2.1 For the following activities referenced in schedule 1, table S1.1 The operator shall: (a) take appropriate measures to ensure that energy is used efficiently in the activities; (b) review and record at least every four years whether there are suitable opportunities to improve the energy efficiency of the activities; and (c) take any further appropriate measures identified by a review. 1.3 Efficient use of raw materials 1.3.1 The operator shall: (a) take appropriate measures to ensure that raw materials and water are used efficiently in the activities; (b) maintain records of raw materials and water used in the activities; (c) review and record at least every four years whether there are suitable alternative materials that could reduce environmental impact or opportunities to improve the efficiency of raw material and water use; and (d) take any further appropriate measures identified by a review. 1.4 Avoidance, recovery and disposal of wastes produced by the activities 1.4.1 The operator shall take appropriate measures to ensure that: (a) the waste hierarchy referred to in Article 4 of the Waste Framework Directive is applied to the generation of waste by the activities; and (b) any waste generated by the activities is treated in accordance with the waste hierarchy referred to in Article 4 of the Waste Framework Directive; and (c) where disposal is necessary, this is undertaken in a manner which minimises its impact on the environment.