Dairygold Co-operative Society Limited (P0404-02)

Hearing Date: October 20, 2020

On 2^nd October 2020 the Environmental Protection Agency prosecuted Dairygold Co-operative Society Limited, Castlefarm Centre and Clonmel Road Centre, Mitchelstown, County Cork at Fermoy District Court.

• Dairygold Co-operative Society Limited pleaded guilty to breaches of conditions of its Industrial Emissions Licence (P0404-02) by:
• Failing to comply with Condition 5.1 of its Industrial Emissions Licence, in that specified emissions from the installation exceeded the emission limit values set out in Schedule B: Emission Limits of the licence at discharge point reference no. SWD/CF-1 to the River Gradoge, between the 12^th and 13^th day of November 2018 inclusive.
• Failing to comply with Condition 11.1 of its Industrial Emissions Licence, in that the company failed between the 12^th and 29^th day of November 2018 inclusive to notify the Agency as soon as practicable after the occurrence of: 
  (a) any emission which does not comply with the requirement of the licence, and
  (b) any incident with the potential for environmental contamination of surface water.
• Failing to comply with Condition 9.3.1 of its Industrial Emissions Licence, in that the company failed on the 12^th day of November 2018 where an incident occurred, to immediately isolate the source of the emission and evaluate the environmental pollution.

 Judge Sheridan convicted Dairygold Co-operative Society Limited on all charges and imposed a fine of €2,000 on each of the charges. Agency costs were also awarded.