Posted By Barry Cooper
Good evening all,
I work for a paper mill, and it is about to close.

I appreciate this forum is H&S and not Environment, but hopefully you can help

I have to surrender the PPC permit, and to do this, I need to develop a site closure plan.
Does anyone have experience of this typoe of process and if so do you have a template,

I know what needs to be done to decommission, decontaminate etc, but just that I need to make sure it is in the correct format to submit to the Environmewnt Agency together with the surrender application form.
Thanks in advance for any assistance you can offer

Barry

Posted By Heather Collins
I assume because you say Environment Agency that it's a Part A IPPC process not a Part A2 or B subject to LA control?

Although not directly relevant there is some guidance on the Defra website relating to the surrender of Local Authority enforced permits which might be useful http://www.defra.gov.uk/...ubs/guidance/manuals.htm

Part A of the manual gives details of what needs to be done and Part C has a suggested form for sending to the LA. Even though you're dealing with the Agency, the LA manual does cover Part A2 processes so might be useful.

Posted By Dave Daniel
Barry - Appreciate your query is PPC not H&S but note:
When Rover Group/British Leyland were closing plants in the 1980's we were very aware of the rise in E/L and other claims, and these often went on for up to 10 years after closure.

Obviously once you've sacked your employees there'll be no company loyalty and in the current climate, many might be sitting at home watching all those "no-win, no-fee" ads on the telly... and once the plant's been demolished you have no evidence.

We (group safety) advocated particularly careful accident investigation in the period leading up to the closure, the collection of as many records as possible and photos galore.

I recall one ex-employee claimed he fell down some steps before he'd left. One of my colleagues visited the closed site (Morris Engines, Coventry) which had been bulldozed with the claimant and his legal team. Mysteriously the claimant was able to identify the only remaining battered set of concrete steps in a swathe of rubble as EXACTLY the ones he'd fallen down.... At the Speke plant we had to refute many E/L claims from people who'd never even worked at the place!

Dave

Posted By Barry Cooper
As part of the closure plan, and then decommissioning, the company will be selling off plant and equipment possibily through an agent (rather than Ebay).

What responsibilities do we have with regard to supply of secondhand machinery

Barry