EPA restricts what can be burned by Irish Cement at Limerick plant
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IRISH Cement has been told it can burn just 12 types of waste material in the production of the building material.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has imposed a reduction on the company, from the 63 it initially had permission to use, down to just 12 now.
It comes as the firm saw its €10m plans to switch away from fossil fuels in favour of solid recovered waste approved by the environmental regulator.
A previous An Bord Pleanala-led oral hearing into the proposals heard that Irish Cement was initially seeking to burn up to 115 different types of waste.
BREAKING: Irish Cement gets EPA go-ahead for €10m Limerick plan
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THE Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has cleared the way for Irish Cement to change its process at its Mungret factory.
This afternoon, the regulator contacted members of Limerick Against Pollution (LAP), which has fought against the proposal since 2015, to confirm it has granted a licence to Irish Cement to switch away from fossil fuels in Castlemungret.
In effect, this represents the final piece of the jigsaw for the firm, which has already secured permission from An Bord Pleanala to construct the physical aspects of its new proposal.
What lurks beneath Limerick quarry? asks environmental group
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LIMERICK Against Pollution has raised concerns over what might be lurking at the bottom of the lake in Ballyneety quarry.
They suggest “dumped asbestos” or “maybe a burial place for missing persons”. The environmental conservation organisation has also expressed fears “about pollution of the food chain and contamination of the water supply”.
Claire Keating, on behalf of Limerick Against Pollution (LAP), has made a formal complaint to Limerick City and County Council. It follows an investigation in the Irish Examiner last month by Michael Clifford.
The subject line of LAP’s email of complaint is “Alleged case of abandoned quarry that, officially, is not abandoned”. This is because a condition of planning permission at the Roadstone- owned quarry was that the area be restored once operations cease.
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Search By Live95 News Team Live95 picture library The EPA has confirmed a delay in making a decision around the granting of an incinerator licence to Irish Cement in Limerick.
An Oral Hearing into allowing the Mungret facility to burn alternative fuels such as tyres was held last December.
Although the licence was granted in 2019, more than 100 conditions were attached and there were more than 4,000 individual objections which led the EPA to decide an oral hearing was warranted.
A final decision was due from the Environmental Protection Agency by tomorrow, April 13th but will now be made by June 30th instead due to the complexity and nature of the information to be considered .
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