Ms. Caroline Scanlon
Environmental
Manager
Dawn Country Meats Limited
Hazel Hill
Ballyhaunis
County Mayo
Trading As Western Proteins
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County Wexford, Ireland
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1890 33 55 99
16’ May 2005
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Dear Ms. Scanlon
I refer to your letter dated 18* November 2004 requesting a review of your existing IPC licence (Reg. No.
48), as provided for under section 90(l) of the EPA Acts 1992 and 2003.
I am to advise, in accordance with section 87(l)(b)
existing IPC licence (Reg. No.48) in light of:
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of the Acts, that the Agency intends to review your
the proposal to have the facility reclassified as a Category 1 plant (as defined by EU Regulation
1774/2002) which the Agency regarded as a material change in the nature and extent of emissions,
and;
to incorporate the requirements of the EPA Acts, 1992 and 2003 and IPPC directive as appropriate.
You should note that it will be the entire IPC licence that will be subject to the Agency’s review and any
submission should be prepared on this basis.
For the purposes of the review, the reference number in the Register of Licences is No. 753
A submission relating to the review may be made in writing to the Agency within one month of the date of
this notice, as provided for in Article 16(3) of the EPA (Licensing) Regulations 1994 to 2004.
In addition, in accordance with Article 16(4) of the EPA (Licensing) Regulations 1994 to 2004, you are
required to submit the following information and data (one original, 2 hard copies and 2 copies on CD-ROM
in electronic searchable PDF format) within one month of the date of this notice:
Submit a completed copy of the most recent application form for the relevant sector, as determined by
the First Schedule of the Environmental
Protection Agency Acts 1992 & 2003 (the IPPC licence
application form can be downloaded from the Agency’s website www.ena.ie or obtained from Liz Leacy
- e-mail address I-.
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A non-technical summary of the original application and the review application is required, to include a copy
of such plans, site plans and location maps, and such other particulars, as are necessary to identify and
describe the entire activity. The summary should identify all environmental
impacts of significance
associated with the carrying on of the activity, and describe mitigation measures proposed or existing to
address these impacts. This description should also indicate the normal operating hours and days per week of
the activity. The non-technical summary should also include all information as outlined in the general
application form.
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Provide all planning permissions including a copy of all conditions and a copy of the application (in till) for
the most recent permission (including E.I.S. where appropriate). Copies of pl6nning permissions or EIS’s
submitted with the original licence application are not required to be submitted in the context of this review.
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Provide a location map indicating
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Provide a site map showing the location of all on-site processes including a detailed description
rendering process and other key processes where emissions are generated e.g. cooking processes.
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Describe the plant, methods, processes and operating procedures for the current activity.
Provide a
development history of the site including details of all developments/upgrades
of the facility and
abatement systems undertaken since the grant of IPC Licence Reg. No. 48. Include a list of unit
operations (processes) to be carried out, including a flow diagram of each with any relevant additional
information.
the site outlined in a colour (red or other).
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Provide a detailed description of all abatement systems to include as a minimum the design capacity of
the plants/equipment,
current throughputs, control parameters and action levels for ensuring the optimal
operation of the plant equipment. Outline the percentage treatment achieved in the various sections of the
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plant/equipment.
Describe, where appropriate, any change; to the abatement equipment employed on-site.
Where
abatement has been upgraded provide details and an assessment of the nature and/or quantity of the
emissions to air resulting from the activity.
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Provide a detailed map showing the location of all pipes/tanks (overground and underground) which
contain liquids/slurries.. The direction of flow should be clearly indicated where relevant and reference
made to any testing on integrity should be included.
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Provide an independent assessment of the integrity of all buildings, material storage (raw, intermediate
and final product) areas and contaminated wateryeffluent storage tanks and sumps.
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Provide details of material
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Provide details of the origin of material delivered, age of material
transport vehicles used to deliver material to the facility.
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Complete the application
substances, preparations,
activity.
Identify
segregation prior, throughout
and following
the processes undertaken on-site.
when delivered
and the types of
form in relation to any new and existing raw and ancillary materials,
fuels and energy which will be produced by (as a product) or utilised in the
on a suitable scaled map the location of the emission point associated with the on-site boilers.
Provide an odour assessment in accordance with IS,EN13725:2003
in relation to the odour emissions
from the site in terms of Odour Units. Submit an assessment of the measured Odour Units at sensitive
locations outside the boundary.
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Identify all sources of fugitive
taken/proposed to reduce/eliminate
emission, classify the source and provide details of all measures
fugitive emissions with particular emphasis onBAT.
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Provide a report on the maintenance
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In relation to waste production provide details of measures taken to avoid waste production and tihere
waste is produced, to ensure that it is recovered or, where that is technically and economically
impossible, it is disposed of while avoiding or reducing any impact on the environment.
of negative pressure within all buildings.
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Submit details
emissions.
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of proposed
monitoring
and sampling
points
and outline
proposals
for monitoring
Describe any environmental
considerations which were made with respect to the use of cleaner
technologies, waste minimisation
and raw material substitution.
Describe the operation, control and monitoring of the boilers with respect to the Directive 2000/76/EC
the incineration of waste, when operated on tallow oil.
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Indicate whether or not the activity is liable to have an adverse effect on water quality in light of the
following:
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(i)
S.I. No. 258 of 1998 (Local Government
Phosphorus) Regulations, 1998).
(ii)
S.I. No. 12 of 2001, Water Quality
(Water Pollution)
Act; 1977 (Water Quality Standards for
(Dangerous Substances) Regulations
2001.
Seveso Regulations
(i) State whether the activity is an establishment to which the EC (Control of Major Accident Hazards
involving Dangerous Substances) Regulations, 2000 (ST. No. 476 of 2000) apply.
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Demonstrate
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that energy will be used efficiently
in the carrying out of the activity.
Demonstrate that necessary measures will be taken to prevent accidents in the carrying on of the activity
and, where an accident occurs, to limit its consequences for the environment, in so far as it does have
such consequences, to remedy those consequences.
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Demonstrate that necessary measures will be taken upon the permanent cessation of the activity
(including
such cessation resulting from the abandonment of the activity) to avoid any risk of
environmental pollution and return the site of the activity to a satisfactory state.
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Indicate whether the applicant or other relevant persons (employees, directors, managers, secretaries or
other similar officers of the applicant) have been convicted of an offence under the EPA Acts 1992 and
2003, the Waste Management Act 1996 and 2003, the Local Government (Water Pollution) Acts, 1977
and 1990 or the Air Pollution Act 1987.
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Demonstrate that the applicant is in a position to meet any financial commitments or liabilities incurred
by the carrying on of the activities relating to this application. These commitments include compliance
with the Integrated pollution Prevention and Control; @PC) licence (if issued) and its conditions and
also the environmental liabilities concerned with ceasing of activities pertaining to the application and
the return of the site to a satisfactory state.
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The declaration
under Section M should be completed by an appropriate person.
In accordance with section 87(l)(a) of the EPA Acts 1992 and 2003, you are required to notify in
writing the planning authority in whose functional area the activity is or will be situated, that an
application is to be made to the Agency for a review of a licence or a revised licence under section 90 of
the EPA Acts 1992 and 2003. Please forward a copy of this notification to the Agency with the
information requested above.
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In accordance with section 87(l)(a) of the EPA Acts 1992 and 2003, you are required to publish a
notice of the Agency’s intention to review your existing licence in a newspaper circulating in the district
in which the activity is situate. An example of what is required in that notice is attached for your
information. You are requested to publish within two weeks before the submission of the section
87(l)(b) information. Please forward a copy of this publication to the Agency with the information
requested above.
I am also to advise that the fee for a review of a licence for a large activity in Classes 7.4.2 & 7.7.2 is set at
+T17,776. You are requested to submit this fee together with the information referred to above within one
month of the date of this notice in accordance with Article 6(3) of the EPA (Licensing Fees) Regulations
1994 to 2004.
Yours sincerely
Inspector
Office of Licensing & Guidance
W/attachment
Application to the
Environmental
Protection Agency for the
Review of an
IPC Licence
rlotice is hereby given in
accordance with section 87(l)(a)
If the Environmental Protection
Agency Acts 1992 and 2003, that
lawn Country Meats Limited
Trading As Western Proteins, Reg.
rSo.48, will submit information to
support the determination of an
PC licence review for Classes
7.4.2 & 7.7.2: the slaughter of
animals in installations where the
laily capacity exceeds 1,500 units
md where units have the following
:quivalents - 1 sheep = 1 unit,
1pig = 2 units, 1 head of cattle = 5
mits, and not included in
laragraph 7.4.1 and the processing
jncluding rendering) of animal
zarcasses and by-products, not
.ncluded in paragraph 7.7.1,
:espectively. This review is being
undertaken in light of the proposal
to have the facility reclassified as a
Category 1plant (as defined by EU
Regulation 1774/2002), which the
Agency regarded as a material
change in the nature and extent of
emissions, and; to incorporate the
requirements of the EPA Acts,
1992 and 2003 and IPPC directive
as appropriate.
The reference
number of this review in the
Register of Licences is 753. A
copy of the application for the
review of the IPC licence and such
further information relating to the
application as may be furnished to
the Agency in the course of the
Agency’s consideration of the
application will, as soon as
practicable after receipt by the
Agency,
be
available
for
inspection or purchase at the
‘leadquarters of the Agency (Tel:
Local1 1890 33 55 99 or 053 50600).
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