The licensee shall take the actions specified to close out the non-compliances and observations raised in this Site Visit Report.

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1 Site Visit Report The site visit process is a sample on a particular day of an installation's compliance with some of its licence conditions. Where non-compliance against a particular condition has not been reported, this should not be construed to mean that there is full compliance with that condition of the licence. Instructions and actions arising from the visit shall be addressed, or where applicable noted, by the licensee in order to ensure compliance, to improve the environmental performance of the installation and to provide clarification on certain issues. The licensee shall take the actions specified to close out the non-compliances and observations raised in this Site Visit Report. Licensee Name of Installation Licensee Irish Cement Limited (Platin) Irish Cement Limited Licence Register No. P CRO Number 9212 Site Address Site Visit Reference No. Platin Works, Platin, Platin, Meath SV02013 Report Detail Issue Date 13/01/2016 Prepared By Marian O'Brien Site Visit Detail Date Of Inspection 24/11/2015 Announced No Time In 10:55 Time Out 11:10 Agency Personnel On Site Licensee Personnel and Role Ross O'Dwyer NA Photo Taken No Samples Taken Yes Video Taken No Site Visit Report - SV Irish Cement Limited Page 1 of 8

2 Scope This is a report on monitoring of emissions at this site. Please find the detailed technical report attached. Media Monitoring of emissions as per attached report. Site Areas Inspected Emission locations as specified in report. Documents Inspected None Site Visit Report - SV Irish Cement Limited Page 2 of 8

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4 Environmental Protection Agency Regional Inspectorate, Clonskeagh Road, Dublin 14 Test Report Report of: Licensed Facility Monitoring Report to: Office of Environmental Enforcement, EPA. Report date: 17/12/15 Organisation Name: Irish Cement Limited Platin, Drogheda, County Louth Reg No: P Class of activity: 10.1, The production of cement. Sampling location: Irish Cement Platin--P Duplicate sample: No Grab / Composite: Grab Date collected: 24/11/2015 Date received: 24/11/2015 Laboratory Ref: Type of sample: Licence Monitoring Sampling point: Irish Cement Platin--P SW4 Sampled by: Time Sampled: Start/End - Dates of Analysis: Status of results: Ross O'Dwyer / Final Parameter Units Limits ph ph units > 6 And < BOD mg/l O2 < 2.6 <1.0 Chemical Oxygen Demand mg/l O2 <20 C µs/cm 771 Total Suspended Solids mg/l < 35 7 Beryllium µg/l <1.0 Boron µg/l 23 Sodium mg/l 20 Magnesium mg/l 13 Aluminium µg/l 130 Potassium mg/l 33 Calcium mg/l 100 Vanadium µg/l 2.9 Chromium µg/l 7.1 Iron µg/l 97 Manganese µg/l 25 Nickel µg/l <1.0 Cobalt µg/l <1.0 Report number:db /1 Site Visit Report - SV Irish Cement Limited Page 4 of 8 Page 1 of 2

5 Laboratory Ref: Type of sample: Sampling point: Licence Monitoring Irish Cement Platin--P SW4 Sampled by: Time Sampled: Start/End - Dates of Analysis: Status of results: Ross O'Dwyer / Final Parameter Units Limits Copper µg/l < Zinc µg/l < Arsenic µg/l <1.0 Selenium µg/l 2.7 Molybdenum µg/l 1.1 Cadmium µg/l Antimony µg/l <1.0 Barium µg/l 9.8 Thallium µg/l <1.0 Lead µg/l < 7.2 <1.0 Uranium µg/l 1.8 Strontium µg/l 210 1) 2) 3) Note: Metals analysis (by ICPMS) carried out on unfiltered samples. Comments: Results highlighted and in bold are outside specified limits. VOC's Analysed in the EPA Kilkenny Laboratory. F "Field measured parameter" 4) 5) 6) "Not measured" "Not sampled for this parameter" "Not reported" 7) ** indicates the parameter is not INAB accredited to ISO ) TOC/DOC and turbidity analysed at the EPA Monaghan laboratory. 9) Test reports relate only to the samples tested and as described on report form. This test report shall not be reproduced except in full, without written approval of the laboratory. nm ns nr Signed: PP Cara O'Loughlin Chemist, EPA Dublin Date: 17/Dec/2015 Report number:db /1 Site Visit Report - SV Irish Cement Limited Page 5 of 8 Page 2 of 2

6 Scope and Accuracy of Analysis - Dublin water laboratory Page 1 of 2 The laboratory is accredited by the Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB) for a range of tests as detailed on their Scope of Accreditation, Reg. no. 113T which can be found on the INAB website This scope should be referred to for the full details of the matrices accredited. The following information is provided to assist in the interpretation of this test report and outlines the laboratory s capability in the analysis of individual parameters as per the test method used. Method reference No Parameter Unit of measurement Methodology LOQ Measurement Range Measurement Uncertainty EPA W01 COD mg/l O 2 Digest/Colorimetry ,000 ±11mg/l or 22% (note 1) EPA W03 Suspended solids mg/l Gravimetry ,000 ±4mg/l or 10% (note 1) EPA W04 BOD mg/l O 2 Electrometry ,000 ±1mg/l or 20% (note 1) EPA W05 Aluminium µg/l ICP-MS ±10.08ug/l or 20.2% (note 1) EPA W05 Antimony µg/l ICP-MS ±1.23ug/l or 25.22% (note 1) EPA W05 Arsenic µg/l ICP-MS ±1.01ug/l or 20.3% (note 1) EPA W05 Barium µg/l ICP-MS ±1.06ug/l or 21.3% (note 1) EPA W05 Beryllium µg/l ICP-MS ±1.006ug/l or 20.1% (note 1) EPA W05 Boron µg/l ICP-MS ±10.5ug/l or 21.04% (note 1) EPA W05 Cadmium µg/l ICP-MS ±0.02ug/l or 20.2% (note 1) EPA W05 Calcium mg/l ICP-MS ±1.02mg/l or 20.4% (note 1) EPA W05 Chromium µg/l ICP-MS ±1.01ug/l or 20.22% (note 1) EPA W05 Cobalt µg/l ICP-MS ±1.01ug/l or 20.24% (note 1) EPA W05 Copper µg/l ICP-MS ±1.17ug/l or 23.14% (note 1) EPA W05 Iron µg/l ICP-MS ±10.78ug/l or 21.56% (note 1) EPA W05 Lead µg/l ICP-MS ±1.13ug/l or 22.76% (note 1) EPA W05 Magnesium mg/l ICP-MS ±0.28mg/l or 22.1% (note 1) EPA W05 Manganese µg/l ICP-MS ±5.11ug/l or 20.45% (note 1) EPA W05 Molydenum µg/l ICP-MS ±1.29ug/l or 25.72% (note 1) EPA W05 Nickel µg/l ICP-MS ±1.2ug/l or 25.72% (note 1) EPA W05 Potassium mg/l ICP-MS ±0.25mg/l of 20.37% (note 1) EPA W05 Selenium µg/l ICP-MS ±1.04ug/l or 20.8% (note 1) EPA W05 Sodium mg/l ICP-MS ±1.08mg/l or 21.5% (note 1) EPA W05 Strontium µg/l ICP-MS ±10.3ug/l or 20.7% (note 1) EPA W05 Thalium µg/l ICP-MS ±1.1ug/l or 22.2% (note 1) EPA W05 Uranium µg/l ICP-MS ±1.03ug/l or 20.53% (note 1) EPA W05 Vanadium µg/l ICP-MS ±1.01ug/l or 20.3% (note 1) EPA W05 Zinc µg/l ICP-MS ±1.35ug/l or 26.9% (note 1) EPA W06 Total Phosphorus mg/l P Digest/Colorimetry ,000 ±0.02 or 12% (note 1) EPA W07 Ammonia mg/l N Colorimetry ,000 ±0.021mg/l or 11.9% (note 1) EPA W07 Ortho-phosphate mg/l P Colorimetry ,000 ±0.01mg/l or 11.5% (note 1) EPA W07 Total Oxidised Nitrogen mg/l N Colorimetry ,000 ±0.1mg/l or 10.2% (note 1) EPA W07 Nitrite mg/l N Colorimetry ±0.004mg/l or 10.5% (note 1) EPA W07 Nitrate mg/l N Calculation ,000 ±0.1mg/l or 10.2% (note 1) EPA W07 Chloride mg/l Colorimetry ±1.06mg/l or 10.6% (note 1) EPA W08 Conductivity at 25C µs/cm Electrometry ,000 ±4.06µS/cm or 10.16% (note 1) EPA W09 ph ph Units Electrometry ±0.21 (note 1) EPA W10 Total Nitrogen mg/l Digest/Colorimetry ±0.60mg/l or 11.9% (note 1) EPA W11 Silica mg/l SiO 2 Colorimetry ±0.5mg/l or 10.5% (note 1) EPA W12 Fluoride mg/l Ion chromatography ±0.1mg/l or 10.37% (note 1) EPA W12 Sulphate mg/l Ion chromatography ±1mg/l or 10.14% (note 1) EPA W15 True/Apparent Colour mg/l PtCo Colorimetry ±4.1mg/l or 20.3% EPA W16 Hardness mg/l CaCO 3 Colorimetry ±10.14mg/l or % EPA W17 Alkalinity Mg/l CaCO3 Colorimetry ±10.02mg/l or 20.04% EPA W18 Mercury µg/l ICP-MS ±0.012ug/l or 21.3% EPA W19 Ammonia mg/l N Colorimetry estuarine ±0.021mg/l or 20.56% EPA W19 Phosphate µg/l P Colorimetry - estuarine ±0.02mg/l or 20.29% EPA W19 Total Oxidised Nitrogen mg/l N Colorimetry - estuarine ±0.02mg/l or 21.35% Note 1: Measurement uncertainty is estimated from the validation studies carried out, where precision and bias calculated from the validation data is expressed as U, the combined expanded measurement uncertainty of the uncertainty component of the laboratory precision and the laboratory bias, using a coverage factor, k=2, providing a level of confidence of approximately 95%. Uncertainty is expressed as an absolute or relative value, whichever is greater, relative to the result reported. U = 2 Site Visit Report - SV Irish Cement Limited Page 6 of 8

7 Scope and Accuracy of Analysis - Dublin water laboratory Page 2 of 2 Method reference No Parameter Unit of measurement LOQ Methodology EPA W13 Salinity 0.1 Conductivity meter D2 Chlorophyll mg/m Methanol extraction, spectrophotometer Water Sol. Solvents Water soluble solvents mg/l 3-4 (Note 2) GC-FID Subcontracted VOC s µg/l (Note 3) GC-MS, sub-contracted to EPA Kilkenny Laboratory. PAH PAH s µg/l Various Chromatography Acid Herbicides Acid Herbicides and µg/l Various LCMS Triazines Glyphosate Glyphosate (and AMPA) µg/l Various LCMS Note 2: Acetone, 2-Propanol: 3 mg/l; Ethanol: 3.8 mg/l; THF, Ethylacetate, MEK, Methanol, MIBK, 1-Propanol: 4 mg/l Note 3: Trichlorofluoromethane <0.6µg/l, 1,2,3-trichloropropane <0.6µg/l, 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane <1µg/l, 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane <1.3µg/l, Rest <0.5µg/l Site Visit Report - SV Irish Cement Limited Page 7 of 8

8 Summary Please review and forward your comments, if any, to the Agency within five working days. FOLLOW-UP ACTIONS You are required to complete the instructions and actions, as outlined in this report, within the specified timeframe. Where required, you shall respond to actions specified in Compliance Investigations within the required timeframe. The licensee shall maintain documentary evidence, for review by the EPA, that the prescribed corrective actions were completed within the required timeframe. You are not required to respond directly to items contained in this EPA site visit report; where an issue requires a direct response, the EPA will generate a Compliance Investigation through the EDEN system. You will receive notification when a Compliance Investigation instruction or action is generated. Please note that this Site Visit Report will be made available for public viewing via the EPA s Licence Enforcement Access Portal within one day of the issue date and will be published on the Licence Details Page of the EPA s website, that relates to your licence 60 calendar days after the issue date. You may if you choose submit, within 45 calendar days of the issue date of this Site Visit Report, a Licensee Public Response that will be published alongside the Site Visit Report. This Response, should you wish to avail of it, provides you with an opportunity to inform the public about how you are implementing the actions set out in the report, activities underway, timescales and target completion dates. Please be aware that the content of your Licensee Public Response must be factual and should not breach the EPAs stated online publication standards. If you wish to submit a Licensee Public Response to an EPA Site Visit Report, you should do this by clicking on the Make a Response link on the Site Visits page in EDEN. A.pdf document containing your response can be attached and submitted from here. Please note that you are required to comply with the conditions of your licence at all times, and where noncompliance occurs you must restore compliance within the shortest possible time. These actions will be verified during subsequent EPA visits. Please quote the above Inspection Reference Number in any future correspondence in relation to this Report. Site Visit Report - SV Irish Cement Limited Page 8 of 8