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EPA Prosecutes Uisce Éireann – Kilmacrennan (D0513-01)

Hearing Date: February 09, 2023

On 9th February 2023 the Environmental Protection Agency prosecuted Uisce Éireann at Dublin Metropolitan District Court.

Uisce Éireann pleaded guilty to breaches of conditions of its Waste Water Discharge Licence – D0513-01) by :

  1. Failing to comply with condition 3.3, on the 12th of May 2020, in that one or more specified discharges from the waste water works exceeded the emission limit value for cBOD as set out in Schedule A: Discharges and Discharge monitoring of the said Licence.

 

  1. Failing to comply with condition 3.3, on the 18th of February 2021, in that one or more specified discharges from the waste water works exceeded the emission limit value for Suspended Solids as set out in Schedule A: Discharges and Discharge monitoring.

 

  1. Failing to comply with condition 3.3, on the 19th of October 2021, in that one or more specified discharges from the waste water works exceeded the emission limit value for Ammonia as set out in Schedule A: Discharges and Discharge monitoring.

Judge Halpin, having heard the evidence, convicted Uisce Éireann on charge 1 and imposed a fine of €1,500 with charges 2 & 3 taken into consideration.  Costs of were also awarded to the Agency.