Authorisation Granted for Egger (Barony) Ltd
Issued on 15 December 1997 - Ref W1201

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has granted an authorisation for Egger (Barony) Ltd to operate a chipboard manufacturing process at it’s Barony Road premises at Auchinleck. This authorisation will be subject to conditions.

The authorisation has been granted following lengthy consideration by SEPA’s West Region Licensing Team, which included representations by concerned local residents.

The full authorisation is now available for inspection on the public register at the Agency’s Ayr Office at 2 Alloway Place.

ENDS

Notes for Editors

The detailed conditions are contained in six schedules referring to process description, standards, monitoring, maintenance, records, reports and commissioning. In brief, they include:

Emission limits lower than the Secretary of State’s guidance notes

Environmental monitoring at four locations

Continual monitoring of emissions from the fabric bag filters

The use of an independent accredited laboratory to sample the emissions from the main stack eight time during the first year (this frequency to be reduced only if the results are satisfactory)

The implementation of a testing programme during the commissioning of the plant

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