Ballinasloe company Premier Proteins Limited has been issued with a notice by the Environmental Protection Agency stating its intention to revoke the company’s IPPC licence.
The EPA wrote to Premier Proteins, which processes animal by-products into meat and bone meal, on Monday this week, with a list of the reasons why it is proposing to revoke the licence.
The notice states that the company failed to operate the installation in a compliant manner on a consistent basis: “The agency is not satisfied that the licensee can operate the facility in a manner that will not cause environmental pollution and has decided to issue this notice of its intention to exercise its powers...to revoke the revised licence,” it states.
It outlines the ongoing lack of control of odours, and the absence of the required technical skills to carry out alterations to prevent the generation of nuisance odours.
It also refers to two successful District Court prosecutions recorded against the company, and their failure to comply with enforcement requests from the Office of Environmental Enforcement (OEE ).
The company, located at Poolboy, Ballinasloe has until March 21 to respond to the notice.
The aim of an IPPC (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control ) licence is to prevent or reduce emissions to air, water, and land, to reduce waste, and use energy and resources efficiently.
