| Seal Sands | |
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| Location | County Durham, England |
| Coordinates | 54°37′36″N1°10′47″W / 54.62667°N 1.17972°W /54.62667; -1.17972 |
| Area | 294.4 ha (727 acres) |
| Established | 1966 |
| Governing body | Natural England |
| Website | Map of site |
Seal Sands (grid referenceNZ529260) is a 294.37 hectarebiological Site of Special Scientific Interest inCounty Durham,England,notified in 1966.
Situated in the mouth of theRiver Tees next to Greatham Creek and Seaton-on-Tees Channel, the site is accessible from theA178 road running betweenSeaton Carew andPort Clarence.
SSSIs are designated byNatural England, formerlyEnglish Nature, which uses the1974–1996 county system. This means there is no grouping of SSSIs byStockton-on-Tees unitary authority, orCounty Durham which is the relevantceremonial county. As such Seal Sands is one of 18 SSSIs in theCleveland area of search.[1]
An area of reclaimed land is given over to chemical industries.
On land recovered from the sea, an area of Seal Sands is used as an industrial park for the chemical industry. Members of theNortheast of England Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC) using the site include:Ineos, Fine Organics,Central Area Transmission System (BP Group),SABIC, Vertellus,ConocoPhillips,Vopak,Simon Storage,Intertek Caleb Brett,Harvest Operations. BothGreenergy andAir Products abandoned their plans to each operate aplasma gasification waste-to-energy facility at Seal Sands.[2]
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