On the 14th May 2009 at Kildare District Court, Kildare Chilling Company pleaded guilty to five charges brought by the Environmental Protection Agency in relation to offences under Section 8 and Section 86(6) of the Environmental Protection Agency Acts 1992 to 2007 for breaches of its Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) Licence (Reg. No. P0170-01).
The Company admitted breaching conditions of its licence by:
· Causing or permitting emissions to a sewer that exceeded the ELV on three separate occasions.· Failing to carry out monitoring and analysis of emissions to sewer.· Failing to record all sampling, analysis, measurements, examinations, calibrations and maintenance carried out and to maintain such records on site for inspection by the Agency.
On hearing details of the offences, Judge Zaidan imposed a fine of €3,000 for each charge and awarded EPA costs of €8,500.
Kildare Chilling Company were granted an Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) Licence (Reg. No. P0170-01) on the 12th May 1998 under Class 7.4 – the slaughter of animals in installations where the daily capacity exceeds 1,500 units. The facility is situated on the outskirts of Kildare Town.
This prosecution was taken following an audit and EPA Monitoring carried out by inspectors from the Office of Environmental Enforcement on 22nd July 2008, 7th May 2008, 18th June 2008 and 1st September 2008 respectively.
