Sterling Chemical Malta Ltd Variation and Renewal of the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) permit (IP0001/19)
The Environment and Resources Authority (ERA) Board has today, 6th September 2019, taken a decision as indicated below on the IPPC permit for the following application
- Sterling Chemical Malta Ltd APPROVED
Variation and Renewal of IPPC permit
The installation is located in Ħal Far Industrial Estate in Birżebbuġa where the activities carried out by the operator are mainly the production of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs). Such activities fall within scope of the Industrial Emissions Regulations (S.L. 549.77).
The application submitted by Sterling Chemical Malta Ltd covers the variation and renewal of the IPPC permit. The Application considered comprises of a new research and development (R&D)/pilot line for the development of other APIs, together with associated utilities and laboratories.
The current factory of Sterling Chemical (Factory HF51) was already permitted under IPPC Permit IP/0001/14 and through PA/04236/08. For the recent enlargement of the installation to sites adjacent to the permitted factory, a number of Development Notification Orders (DNOs) were issued by the Planning Authority. The necessary updates to the Environmental Impact Assessment carried out in 2014 were also undertaken so as to assess any impacts arising from the proposed extensions.
The IPPC permit variation and renewal covers a number of environmental obligations which the Permit Holder is to fulfil throughout the validity of the permit to ensure the required level of environmental protection and to ensure that all operations are in line with the Best Available Techniques established at a European level.
All documentation related to this application are available on the ERA website.
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