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Form EPF: Application for an environmental permit – Part F1 Opra, charges, declarations
Application for an environmental permit
Part F1 – Opra, charges and declarations
Fill in this part for all applications for installations,
Contents
waste operations, mining waste operations and
1 Working out charges
groundwater discharges onto land. Please check that
2 Opra
this is the latest version of the form available from our
3 Payment
website.
4 The Data Protection Act 1998
5 Confidentiality and national security
For applications for water discharge and point source
6 Declaration
groundwater discharge activities you need to fill in
7 Application checklist
part F2 instead.
8 How to contact us
Please read through this form and the guidance
9 Where to send your application
notes that came with it. Please write clearly in the
answer spaces.
It will take less than two hours to fill in this part of the
application form.
1 Working out charges (you must fill in this section)
You have to submit an application fee with your application. You can find out the charge by either looking at the relevant
standard rules permit page, the ‘Making an application’ webpage at http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/business/topics/
permitting/32318.aspx, or the current environmental permitting charging scheme on our website at www.environment-agency.gov.uk
which sets out our charges under the Environmental Permitting Regulations. Please remember that the charges are revised on 1 April
each year and that there is an annual subsistence charge to cover the costs we incur in the ongoing regulation of the permit.
Note: for Opra charged Tier 3 Facilities you also need to complete an Opra profile (see section 2).
Table 1 – Working out charges
Type of application
A23 - Anaerobic Digestion - Biological Treatment Plant
Summary of charges
Tier 2 facilities (including Part A(2) and
Charge identifier
Number of facilities
Charge for each
Charges due (£)
Part B; see guidance notes on part F1)
facility (£)
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Tier 3 facilities
Total Opra charging score for
55.00
× charge multiplier
136.00
= 7,480.00
installations
Total Opra charging score for waste
× charge multiplier
= 0.00
operations
Total Opra charging score for mining
× charge multiplier
= 0.00
waste facilities
Other charges
0.00
Total charges due
7,480.00
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2 Opra (does not apply to standard facilities, any other tier 2 permit applications (e.g. groundwater land
spreading activities), or water-discharge or groundwater point source discharge activities)
If you are submitting a bespoke application, you must include a completed electronic copy in Excel of the current Opra spreadsheet.
For variations, full and partial surrenders you will need to submit a copy of your current Opra profile based on your existing profile,
not any new profile following the variation or surrender.
For transfers you will need to submit a revised Opra profile to include your own operator performance. Note: this will not change the
set transfer fee.
3 Payment
Tick below to show how you have paid.
Cheque
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Postal order
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Cash
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the application
Credit or debit card
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Electronic transfer (for example, BACS)
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Date paid (DD/MM/YYYY)
How to pay
Paying by cheque, postal order or cash
Cheque details
Cheque made payable to
Cheque number
Amount
£
You should make cheques or postal orders payable to ‘Environment Agency’ or ‘Environment Agency Wales’ as appropriate and make
sure they have ‘A/c Payee’ written across them if it is not already printed on.
Please write the name of your company and application reference number on the back of your cheque or postal order.
We will not accept cheques with a future date on them.
We do not recommend sending cash through the post. If you cannot avoid this, please use a recorded delivery postal service and
enclose your application reference details. Please tick the box below to confirm you are enclosing cash.
I have enclosed cash with my application
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Paying by credit or debit card
If you are paying by credit or debit card, either we can call you or you can fill in the separate form CC1 and enclose it with the
application. We will destroy your card details once we have processed your payment. We can accept payments by Visa, MasterCard
or Maestro card only.
Please call me to arrange payment by debit or debit card
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I have enclosed form CC1 with my application
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Paying by electronic transfer BACS reference
Applying for a permit in Wales?
If you choose to pay by electronic transfer and you are applying for a permit in the EA Wales region, you will need to use the following
information to make your payment.
Company name:
Environment Agency Wales
Company address:
PO Box 663, Cardiff, CF24 0TP
Bank:
Citigroup Centre
Canada Square, London, E14 5LB
Sort code:
08-33-00
Account number:
12800578
Payment reference number:
PSCAPPXXXXXYYY
You need to create your own reference number. It should begin with PSCAPP (to reflect that the application is for a permitted activity)
and it should include the first five letters of the company name (replacing the X’s in the above reference number) and a unique numerical
identifier (replacing the Y’s in the above reference number). The reference number that you supply will appear on our bank statements.
You should also email your payment details and a reference number to xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xxx.xx or fax it to
02920 466 404.
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If you are making your payment from outside the United Kingdom, it must be in sterling. Our IBAN number is GB48 CITI0833 0012
8005 78 and our SWIFTBIC number is CITI GB2LXXX.
If you do not quote your reference number, there may be a delay in processing your payment and application.
Applying for a permit in England?
If you choose to pay by electronic transfer and you are applying for a permit for another (English) region, you will need to use the
following information to make your payment.
Company name:
Environment Agency
Company address:
Income Dept 311, PO Box 263, Peterborough, PE2 8YD
Bank:
Citigroup Centre
Address:
Canada Square, London, E14 5LB
Sort code:
08-33-00
Account number:
12800543
Payment reference number:
PSCAPPXXXXXYYY
You need to create your own reference number. It should begin with PSCAPP (to reflect that the application is for a permitted activity)
and it should include the first five letters of the company name (replacing the X’s in the above reference number) and a unique numerical
identifier (replacing the Y’s in the above reference number). The reference number that you supply will appear on our bank statements.
You should also email your payment details and reference number to xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx or fax it to
01733 464 892.
If you are making your payment from outside the United Kingdom, it must be in sterling. Our IBAN number is GB23 CITI0833 0012
8005 78 and our SWIFTBIC number is CITI GB2LXXX.
If you do not quote your reference number, there may be a delay in processing your payment and application.
Now read section 4 below.
4 The Data Protection Act 1998
We, the Environment Agency, will process the information you provide so that we can:
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deal with your application;
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make sure you keep to the conditions of the licence, permit or registration;
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process renewals; and
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keep the public registers up to date.
We may also process or release the information to:
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offer you documents or services relating to environmental matters;
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consult the public, public organisations and other organisations (for example, the Health and Safety Executive, local authorities,
the emergency services, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) on environmental issues;
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carry out research and development work on environmental issues;
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provide information from the public register to anyone who asks;
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prevent anyone from breaking environmental law, investigate cases where environmental law may have been broken, and take
any action that is needed;
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assess whether customers are satisfied with our service, and to improve our service; and
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respond to requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information
Regulations 2004 (if the Data Protection Act allows). We may pass the information on to our agents or representatives to do these
things for us.
Now read section 5 below.
5 Confidentiality and national security
We will normally put all the information in your application on a public register of environmental information. However, we may
not include certain information in the public register if this is in the interests of national security, or because the information is
confidential.
You can ask for information to be made confidential by enclosing a letter with your application giving your reasons. If we agree with
your request, we will tell you and not include the information in the public register. If we do not agree with your request, we will let you
know how to appeal against our decision, or you can withdraw your application.
You can tell the Secretary of State that you believe including information on a public register would not be in the interests of national
security. You must enclose a letter with your application telling us that you have told the Secretary of State and you must still include
the information in your application. We will not include the information in the public register unless the Secretary of State decides
that it should be included.
Only tick the box below if you wish to claim confidentiality for your application
Please treat the information in my application as confidential
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5 Confidentiality and national security, continued
Tick the box below if you have written to the Secretary of State or Welsh ministers to claim national security for your application
I attach a letter stating that I have written to the Secretary of
State or Welsh ministers explaining why my information should
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Now go to section 6
6 Declaration
If you knowingly or carelessly make a statement that is false or misleading to help you get an environmental permit (for yourself
or anyone else), you may be committing an offence under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010.
A relevant person should make the declaration (see guidance notes on part F1). An agent acting on behalf of an applicant is NOT a
relevant person.
Each individual (or individual trustee) who is applying for their name to appear on the permit must complete this declaration. You will
have to print a separate copy of this page for each additional individual to complete.
If you are transferring all or part of your permit, both you and the person receiving the permit must make the declaration.
Note: If you are unable to trace one or more of the current permit holders please see below under the transfers declaration.
I declare that the information in this application is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. I understand that this application
may be refused or approval withdrawn if I give false or incomplete information.
If you deliberately make a statement that is false or misleading in order to get approval you may be prosecuted.
I confirm that my standard facility will fully meet the rules that
I have applied for (this only applies if the application includes
standard facilities)
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Tick this box to confirm that you understand and agree with
the declaration above, then fill in the details below
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Tick this box to confirm that you have no issue with us using
information from any ecological survey that you have supplied
with your application (for further information please see the
guidance notes on part F1)
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Name
Title (Mr, Mrs, Miss and so on)
Mr
First name
Ian
Last name
Bond
on behalf of (if relevant; for example, a company or organisation
and so on)
Northwick Estate
Position (if relevant; for example, in a company or organisation
and so on)
Partner
Today’s date (DD/MM/YYYY)
05/11/2013
For transfers only – declaration for person receiving the permit
A relevant person should make the declaration (see guidance notes on part F1).
I declare that the information in this application to transfer an environmental permit to me is true to the best of my knowledge and
belief. I understand that this application may be refused or approval withdrawn if I give false or incomplete information.
Note: If you cannot trace a person or persons holding the permit you may be able to transfer the permit without their declaration as
above. Please contact us to discuss this and supply evidence in your application to confirm you are unable to trace one or all of the
permit holders.
If you deliberately make a statement that is false or misleading in order to get approval you may be prosecuted.
Tick this box to confirm that you understand and agree with
the declaration above
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Name
Title (Mr, Mrs, Miss and so on)
First name
Last name
on behalf of (if relevant; for example, a company or organisation
and so on)
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Position (if relevant; for example, in a company or organisation
and so on)
Today’s date (DD/MM/YYYY)
Now go to section 7
7 Application checklist (you must fill in this section)
Tell us what you have sent with this application.
The correct application fee under our charging scheme
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✔ Tick the box to say you have included the fee
List all the documents you have included. If necessary, continue on a separate sheet and tell us the reference you have given the
document below.
Document reference
Question reference
Document title
Document reference
Part C - Question 5b
Waldeck Report
Appendix 1
Part C - Question 2a - Table 1
Nichols Colton Report
Appendix 2
Part C - Question 5c
Non technical summary
Appendix 3
Part C - Question 3d
Environmental Management System
Appendix 4
Part C - Question 6
Stanley's Quarry Hydrology
Appendix 5
Revised Permit Boundary
Appendix 6
Lagoon Management Plan
Appendix 7
Leakage Detection Design
Appendix 1a
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8 How to contact us
If you need help filling in this form, please contact the person who sent it to you or contact us as shown below.
General enquiries: 03708 506 506 (Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm)
Textphone: 03702 422 549 (Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm)
Email: xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Website: www.environment-agency.gov.uk
If you are happy with our service, please tell us. It helps us to identify good practice and encourages our staff. If you’re not happy with
our service, please tell us how we can improve it.
Please tell us if you need information in a different language or format (for example, in large print) so we can keep in
touch with you more easily.
9 Where to send your application (for how many copies to send see the guidance note on part F1)
Please send your filled in application form to:
Permitting Support Centre
Quadrant 2
99 Parkway Avenue
Parkway Business Park
Sheffield
S9 4WF
Feedback
(You don’t have to answer this part of the form, but it will help us improve our forms if you do.)
We want to make our forms easy to fill in and our guidance notes easy to understand. Please use the space below to give us any
comments you may have about this form or the guidance notes that came with it.
How long did it take you to fill in this form?
30
We will use your feedback to improve our forms and guidance notes, and to tell the Government how regulations could be
made simpler.
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Date received (DD/MM/YYYY)
Payment received?
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Our reference number
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Amount received
£
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