Part A Permit Application or Variation Dec. Doc (Pt. 2) Form: IED-DD-02 V 1 Page no: 1 of 34 Tradebe Healthcare National Ltd Bellshill Healthcare Waste Treatment and Transfer Site Permit Application PPC/A/1180708 (Casefile ID - 19/31431) CONTENTS TRADEBE HEALTHCARE NATIONAL LTD............................................................................................1 BELLSHILL HEALTHCARE WASTE TREATMENT AND TRANSFER SITE ..........................................1 CONTENTS .............................................................................................................................................1 1 NON TECHNICAL SUMMARY OF DETERMINATION.................................................................3 2 EXTERNAL CONSULTATION AND SEPA’S RESPONSE ..........................................................5 3 ADMINISTRATIVE DETERMINATIONS.......................................................................................7 4 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND .......................................................................................7 4.1 Historical Background to the activity and application .............................................................7 4.2 Description of activity.................................................................................................................7 4.3 Guidance/directions issued to SEPA by the Scottish Ministers under Reg.60 or 61. ............8 4.4 Identification of important and sensitive receptors..................................................................9 5 KEY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES...............................................................................................10 5.1 Summary of significant environmental impacts .....................................................................10 5.2 Point Sources to Air..................................................................................................................11 5.3 Point Source Emissions to Surface Water and Sewer............................................................14 5.4 Point Source Emissions to Groundwater................................................................................15 5.5 Fugitive Emissions to Air .........................................................................................................16 5.6 Fugitive Emissions to Water ....................................................................................................16 5.7 Odour.........................................................................................................................................17 Permit (Application) Number: PPC/A/1180708 Applicant: Tradebe Healthcare National Ltd 5.8 Management..............................................................................................................................20 5.9 Fit and Proper Person...............................................................................................................21 5.10 Raw Materials............................................................................................................................22 5.11 Raw Materials Selection ...........................................................................................................22 5.12 Waste Minimisation Requirements ..........................................................................................22 5.13 Water Use ..................................................................................................................................22 5.14 Waste Handling.........................................................................................................................23 5.15 Waste Recovery or Disposal ....................................................................................................23 5.16 Energy........................................................................................................................................23 5.17 Accidents and their Consequences.........................................................................................24 5.18 Noise..........................................................................................................................................24 5.19 Monitoring .................................................................................................................................24 5.20 Closure ......................................................................................................................................28 5.21 Site Condition Report (and where relevant the baseline report) ...........................................28 5.22 Consideration of BAT ...............................................................................................................28 6 OTHER LEGISLATION CONSIDERED......................................................................................29 7 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND COMAH ......................................................30 8 DETAILS OF PERMIT ................................................................................................................31 DO YOU PROPOSE PLACING ANY NON STANDARD CONDITIONS IN THE PERMIT? YES...........31 8.2 Waste Pre-Acceptance...................................................................................................................31 9 EMISSION LIMIT VALUES OR EQUIVALENT TECHNICAL PARAMETERS/ MEASURES......33 11 FINAL DETERMINATION...........................................................................................................34 Part A Permit Application or Variation Dec. Doc (Pt. 2) Form: IED-DD-02 V 1 Page no: 2 of 34 Permit (Application) Number: Applicant: 1 NON TECHNICAL SUMMARY OF DETERMINATION PPC requires that where the draft determination of an application or a SEPA initiated variation is to be subject to public consultation (this is usually referred to as PPD consultation) the decision document will contain a non technical summary of the determination. There is no need to have a non technical summary if the application is not subject to PPD Will the draft determination/proposed SEPA initiated variation be subject to public consultation? Yes An application has been made by Tradebe Healthcare National Limited (THNL) for a clinical waste storage, transfer and treatment installation at Building 2, 100 Inchinnan Road, Bellshill, Glasgow. THNL have recently been awarded a contract with NHS Scotland to collect, transport, treat and dispose of healthcare waste from 18 NHS Health Boards in Scotland. In order to satisfy the requirements of this contract THNL require a waste treatment facility in Scotland to handle the waste. The Bellshill site will manage clinical waste disposal in Scotland primarily for waste produced by NHS Scotland (NHSS) trusts, but could also include waste arising from private hospitals, pharmacies, care homes, beauticians and veterinary practices. The waste will be brought back to the site where, depending on waste type, it will be either bulked up and sent off site for incineration or disposal at landfill or treated on site via a shredder, steam auger and drier, before compaction. The objective of the waste treatment process proposed for Bellshill is to disinfect clinical waste with heat to render it safe and unrecognisable, and to produce a waste floc that meets a specification suitable for use in an Energy from Waste Plant. It is proposed that the installation will handle 24, 900 tonnes of waste per annum. The applicant has applied for a new PPC permit to carry out the following activities at the site: Hazardous waste transfer; Treatment of clinical waste using thermal screw auger(s); The waste treatment process will be supported by natural gas powered boilers to provide heat to generate steam, natural gas burners to provide warm air for the drier (indirect heating), enclosed automatic bin washers and a vehicle washdown area. The vast majority of waste received is typically classified as solid as although there is the potential for a small amount of liquid within the waste, the amount of absorbent and other dry waste in the waste stream results in the waste being solid. Any liquid wastes received at the site will be stored in containers within a bunded area. Different liquid wastes will be kept segregated to ensure there is no cross contamination with other wastes accepted at the site. All waste accepted at site will be inspected, weighed and documentation checked to ensure it is permitted for acceptance. Waste for treatment will be tipped into a shredder hopper fitted with an extraction hood and will be maintained under negative pressure to ensure all airborne pathogens are contained and filtered. Once shredded the waste will then pass through a screen into the thermal screw auger. The thermal screw system is a continuous feed process consisting of a rotating screw system to treat and transmit the shredded waste. Steam is produced by the boilers and is injected into the steam jacket on the thermal screw auger and via “live” steam injection to disinfect the waste. Steam will be provided at a temperature of 122oC. The thermal screw auger has an air extraction system which maintains a negative pressure and minimizes the potential for diffuse emissions to air from the thermal screw auger system. The residence time in the thermal screw auger system is approx. 80 minutes Permit (Application) Number: PPC/A/1180708 Applicant: Tradebe Healthcare National Ltd which has been determined to be adequate to disinfect the waste to make it microbiologically