NEW STAFF

Chris Swift joins the team

Chris brings new environmental skills in air dispersion, spill and water modelling.  Chris is also a HAZOP expert and is a graduate member of IOSH.



Sandra Jackson joins the team

Sandra has 10 years experience in Contaminated Land,  wide experience of site investigations and soil and groundwater contamination models.


    Company News

November 2007

First biodiesel PPC Low Impact Application submitted.
 

October 2007

We visited Biodiesel Expo 2007 at Newark, meeting biodiesel plant manufacturers and spending some time with our biodiesel clients.

Improved, restructured website launched.
 

September 2007

Low Impact PPC application permit for fertiliser manufacturer in Goole received within 4 months of submission, with no improvement conditions required.

Odour modelling for fibreglass tank manufacturer on proposed factory site in Northern Ireland accepted by Environment and Heritage Service, allowing construction to start.

Training day on Autodesk Map (3-D package includes GIS data) for Sandra, Janet and Chris rub by Microcad at our office.
 

June 2007

PPC permit surrender for chemical processing of wool on a Bradford site granted.

Full PPC permit for chemical factory in Leeds received, with some improvement conditions.

Odour modelling for fibreglass tank manufacturer sent to regulator.

One of our clients in Leeds is affected badly by surface water flooding on 15th June. We carry out predictive modelling of worst-case flooding, including where it is safe to move chemicals to in the event of further flooding. This information is used when even larger flood occurs on 25th June.
 

May 2007

Low Impact PPC application permit for fertiliser manufacturer applied for.
 

March 2007

Chris Swift, BSc MSc (Eng) MIChemE, CEng, joined TT Environmental Ltd full-time on 1st March 2007.

Presentation “Resource Efficiency can Save Your Business” to Envirowise/ NEPIC meeting on 29th March 2007(click here to download).

Submitted permit surrender to EA for West Yorkshire wool processor. Permit surrender for Scottish paper mill accepted by SEPA.
 

February 2007

2 low-impact permit applications to EA for chemical companies accepted by EA and permits issued.

2006

We have moved!

November 2006: Presentation “Environmental Regulation Update” to Yorkshire and Humber Environment and Energy Management Groups meeting on 15th November 2006 (click here to download).

October 2006: Working as part of a team with chemical manufacturing clients, completed PPC application for Leeds chemical factory within extension period agreed with EA. Our contribution included Site Report, H1, EP-OPRA and co-ordinating the main application and BAT justification.

September 2006:PPC permit surrender for West Yorkshire site of multinational automotive part manufacturer approved. Purchase of new office completed.

August2006: Assisted with PPC Application Site Report for chemical manufacturer in Leeds. Project management, advice and PPC Application Site Report for a soap manufacturer in Scunthorpe. Compiled Low Impact PPC Application, including Site Report and all other application documentation for dyestuffs manufacturer in Bradford. All three projects met the 31st August deadline.
PPC Permit Surrender for paper mill in Scotland finally accepted by SEPA after submission in January 2004

June 2006: Completed environmental descriptions and risk assessment of Major Accidents To The Environment (MATTE) for Yorkshire speciality chemical manufacturer’s Top Tier COMAH safety report. This included modelling chemical spills to river/ estuary. Modelled outputs from proposed sewage plant to land, including effects on chalk aquifer (R & D 20 model), for housing development in East Yorkshire – report accepted after technical discussions with Environment Agency.

May 2006: Submitted a PPC permit surrender application, including site report with decommissioning information for West Yorkshire site of multinational automotive part manufacturer.
SPMP for Low Impact chemical manufacturers approved.

April 2006: Clarified REACH position for gasket manufacturer, West Yorkshire. Currently there is no liability, but they need to watch how EU law is transposed into UK regulation, and we advise all companies who may be affected to do the same.

March 2006: Set up SPMP for chemical manufacturer, West Yorkshire (Low Impact), including initial reporting and ongoing infrastructure monitoring programme.
Helped Yorkshire Chemical Focus host a “meet industry” visit for Alistair McGlone, a senior civil servant from DEFRA. Took him to two clients to look round their sites and hear how regulation affects their businesses, and gave my input as I drove him around.

February 2006: Successful discussions with EA to ensure another agrochemical formulator (Shropshire) is not liable for PPC, and drops out of IPC regulations as well.
Set up spreadsheet so a Low Impact manufacturer can fill it in easily, and submit their their annual low-impact status document themselves.

January 2006: Estimated future remediation costs of historic contamination for West Yorkshire site of multinational chemical manufacturer (information required for their long-term liability accounting).Sandra Jackson BSc FGS joins TT Environmental Ltd.


NEWS ARCHIVE - 2005
NEWS ARCHIVE - 2004

 

 

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