Irish Country Meats Camolin

Irish Country Meats Camolin Annual Environmental Report 2009

Index 1 Introduction 2 Environmental Policy 3 Site Description 4 Summary Information 4.1 Emission to Water 4.2 Surface Water 4.3 Boiler Emissions 4.4 Waste Management 4.4 Annual Organic Waste Analysis 5 Energy and Water Consumption Summary 6 Environmental Incidents and Complaints 7 Environmental Management 7.1 Environmental Management Programme Report 2009 7.2 Objectives and Targets 2010 7.3 Environmental Management Programme 2010 7.4 Reports

1. Introduction Site: Irish Country Meats Location: Bayland Camolin Co. Wexford Licence Reg. No.: 177 Plant Manager: Mr. Joe Hyland Environmental Manager: David O Rourke

2.Environmental Policy Our company s Environmental Policy is governed by our core value of quality in all aspects of our operations. We aim to achieve excellence in environmental management and have developed this policy in recognition of our responsibilities to think globally and act locally in relation to the environment. In particular Irish Country Meats will : Ensure that environmental factors are integrated into business decisions. Use renewable resources where possible, and conserve natural resources where renewable resources are not available. Ensure that emissions arising from this activity will meet and,where appropriate exceed the requirements of all relevant legislation and where no regulation exists the company will consider setting its own standards. Promote recycling and the use of recycled materials, whilst reducing consumption of materials wherever practicable. Design energy efficiency into new processes, operations and buildings and manage energy wisely in all operations. Minimise waste in all operations. Work with our suppliers to minimise the impact of our operations on the environment through a quality purchasing policy where possible. Include environmental issues in company training programmes and encourage the implementation of sound environmental practices. Operate a Public Information Programme to make information on the environmental performance of our company available to the public. Monitor and review progress in the implementation of our Environmental Management Programme and publish an environmental performance report on an annual basis. Provide the necessary resources to ensure that, where possible, the environmental objectives and targets set by the company are achieved

3.Site Description Irish Country Meats was acquired by Slaney Foods Ltd a member of the Linden Foods Group in June 2000 and continues to trade as Irish Country Meats. The plant is located on a Greenfield site on the N11 equidistant form the towns of Gorey & Enniscorthy. The plant was constructed in 1986/87 and was commissioned in August 1987. The site is c12 hectares of which c.4 hectares is dedicated to plant and buildings. The remainder is under pasture and is partitioned to accommodate overnight stock holding when required. The plant engages in the slaughter and processing of sheep. Annual throughput is currently c. 400k head. Output from the plant encompasses whole carcass, deboned cuts, offal, petfood constituents and skins. These products are supplied to a diverse customer base at home and abroad. The plant is licenced by the Department of Agriculture and holds an Integrated Pollution Control Licence issued by the Environmental Protection Agency. Organic wastes are conveyed off site to rendering plants and approved landspreading sites. Liquid wastes are treated within the confines of the site and treated discharge enters the Bann River which is a tributary of the Slaney, the confluence point being some 10kms south of the plant. The number of employees at this established activity is 180.

4.Summary Information 4.1.Emissions to Water Summary Period: January 2009 December 2009 SE-1 Licence Emission Limit no greater than the following BOD COD Suspended Solids Phosphorus Ammonia Oils Fats & Greases Detergents Nitrates Heavy Metals Aluminium Flow / Day Flow / Hr 20mg/l 150mg/l 30mg/l 2mg/l 10mg/l 15mg/l 10mg/l 10mg/l No Limit No Limit 430m3/ day 19m3 / hr

Process Description Process waste from the factory is sent via a drainage system to a rotary brush screen. This brush screen removes the coarse solids from the process flow. The influent then passes through a multistage fat settlement tank. Following the fat settlement stage the liquid then passes to a 678m3 balancing tank. Post balancing the process flow enters a 540m3 anoxic tank for nitrate removal and ammonia oxidation. After this stage the influent is split in two equal flows via a splitter chamber. These individual flows then enter two 674m3 aeration tanks which have an average retention timer of c. 5 days. The mixed liquor leaves the aeration tank and enters a 43.59m3 clarifier. Supernatant from the clarifier enters the river Bann while the activated sludge is settled out and returned to the anoxic tank. Summary Information Weekly results from an independent external laboratory which Irish Country Meats use for effluent analysis, daily results from on site testing along with daily flow rates were used to generate the following table of emissions. All values are in kgs.

Irish Country Meats Camolin Emissions to Water EW-1 / 2009 Month Flow/M3/ Month COD Avg/ mg/l COD Mass/kg S/SOLID Avg/mg/l S/SOLID Mass/kg BOD Avg/mg/l BOD Mass/kg NH3 Avg/mg/l NH3 Mass/kg Phosphorus Avg/mg/l Phosphorus Mass/mg/l OFG Avg/mg/l January 5541 55 237 14 60 21.1 8.5 1.7 7.0 0.3 1.3 2.8 1.1 February 5350 57 235 13 52 16.1 8.8 0.3 1.2 0.4 1.6 1.3 0.6 March 5102 40 153 13 49 8.5 3.5 0.4 1.6 0.2 1.0 1.5 0.7 April 6160 33 151 13 59 12.5 12.4 1.7 7.8 0.4 1.6 2.7 2.7 May 7063 18 84 13 62 9.4 8.7 0.3 1.4 0.3 1.5 4.4 4.2 June 7225 17 87 12 60 9.2 6.4 1.9 9.0 0.4 2.0 8.1 4.2 July 7738 30 177 11 66 8.1 10.6 1.9 10 0.3 1.9 3.0 5.6 August 6177 32 153 12 58 12 12 0.7 3.7 0.4 1.9 3.1 3.8 September 7025 10 60 11 61 15.1 19.9 1.0 3.9 0.3 1.9 3.5 3.4 October 6683 18 92 11 55 8.1 8.9 1.5 6.5 0.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 November 8454 14 79 11 71 12.3 15.7 2.7 15.8 0.5 3.0 2.8 2.5 December 8492 18 104 10 60 6.5 6.4 1.6 9.5 0.5 3.3 2.1 2.1 Total 1616 720 122 80.8 24 36.1 OFG Mass/kg

Irish Country Meats Camolin Emissions to Water EW-1 / 2009 Month Detergents Avg/mg/l Detergents Mass/kg Nitrate Avg/mg/l Nitrate Mass/kg January 1 0.4 5.3 22 February 1 0.5 4.6 18 March 1 0.3 6.6 25 April 1 1 6.2 27 May 1 0.9 6.9 31 June 1 0.7 5.5 28 July 1 1.0 6.4 26 August 1 0.9 4.7 22 September 1 1.3 5.3 30 October 1 1.0 5.2 25 November 1 1.4 4.6 29 December 1 0.9 4.9 30 Total 10.7 318

4.2 Emissions to Surface Water 2009 Emission Point - EW 2 Date Visual Inspection ph Conductivity COD BOD Ammonia Nitrate O/F/G Chloride Jan Clear 7.2 365 5 4 0.09 26.3 1.8 31 Feb Clear 7.6 370 9 4 0.22 26.1 1 32 March Clear 7.8 340 6 4 0.12 27.9 1 29 April Clear 7.3 333 26 17.1 0.49 26.1 1.8 26.5 May Clear 7.7 344 14 5.8 0.22 24.8 3.8 27.5 June Clear 7.5 331 25 18 0.42 27.7 1 28 August Clear 7.5 39 10 4 0.03 4 1 5 Sept Clear 7.4 314 54 28 0.1 28.3 5.6 27.5 Oct Clear 7.3 273 17 8.6 0.77 6.9 2.8 23.5 Nov Clear 7.4 354 26 7.9 0.06 5.3 4.8 24.5 Dec Clear 7.2 345 6 1.7 0.13 2.5 1.8 36.5 Average Clear 7.4 309.8 18.0 9.4 0.2 18.7 2.4 26.5 4.3Boiler Emissions Test - 3.1.2009 Light Oil Result As Boiler 1 Boiler 2 O2 % 6.3 5.3 C02 % 10.5 11.6 CO PPM 80 28 EFF N % 88.8 89.06 NET O C 229.9 247.9 FLUE O C 242.5 266.01 INLET O C 12.9 18.1 CO/O2 X AIR % 48 34.1 CO PPM 33 33 O2 REF % 3.0 3.0 PRS mbar 0.13 0.23

4.4 Waste Management Offal Waste etc for 2009 Kill No. 411631 Category 1 S.R.M& Offal Category 3 Offal Category 2 Blood Paunch / Sludge/ Slurry Greenstar/ Municiple Rubbish Greenstar Recycled Cardboard Weight / ton Weight / ton Weight / ton Weight / ton Weight / ton Weight / ton January February March April May June July August September October November 19.00 365.20 55.10 80.00 8.87 18.20 292.30 49.00 70.00 12.99 20.20 312.50 44.10 60.00 7.93 4.00 28.10 360.70 64.00 90.00 7.01 25.50 287.80 64.40 90.00 8.12 26.10 330.50 67.70 110.00 9.45 3.22 37.50 461.00 95.20 120.00 8.20 35.10 487.00 85.70 130.00-43.20 356.00 99.40 100.00 8.36 34.70 357.00 77.00 90.00 7.89 5.97 34.00 356.00 75.30 120.00-3.98 December 25.20 347.00 69.50 110.00 9.37 Total Tonnage 347 4,313 846.40 1,170.00 88.19 17.17

Category 3 Material EWC Code 020202 Recovery Contractor : Slaney Proteins Bunclody Co. Wexford Category 1 Material EWC Code 020203 Recovery Contractor : Waterford/ Munster Proteins Co. Waterford Sludge/Grass EWC Code 020204 Disposal Contractor : Richard Redmond ICM Camolin Landbank Co. Wexford General Refuse EWC Code 020299 Disposal Contractor : Ormond Waste Green Star Knockarley Kentstown Co. Meath Recycled Cardboard EWC Code 150101 Recovery Contractor : Ormond Waste Green Star Smurfit Recycling Ballymount Co. Dublin

4.5 Annual Organic Waste Analysis 14-Jan- 09 11-Mar- 09 22-Apr- 08 19-Aug- 09 2-Dec- 09 Av. Values Equivalent N N N N N mg/l Value kg/m3 Paunch (Wet Data) 4644 4,361 4,758 5,200 6,680 5,129 5.13 Lairage (Wet Data) 6353.9 11,673 8,401 6,300 6,590 7,864 7.86 Sludge (Wet Data) 6216 6,270 6,178 6,200 7,350 6,443 6.44 P P P P P P Value kg/m3 Paunch (Wet Data) 789.48 1,013 1,398 1,775 1,121 1,219 1.22 Lairage (Wet Data) 1979.25 1,840 2,269 2,309 1,928 2,065 2.07 Sludge (Wet Data) 3132 3,247 2,425 3,720 2,202 2,945 2.95 K K K K K K Value kg/m3 Paunch (Wet Data) 918.48 676 1,104 1,492 1,373 1,113 1.11 Lairage (Wet Data) 6445.25 7,496 7,910 6,603 3,109 6,313 6.31 Sludge (Wet Data) 583.2 386 574 864 886 659 0.66 %DM %DM %DM %DM %DM %DM Value kg/m3 Paunch (Wet Data) 25.8 26.3 19.5 22.8 20.45 22.97 22.97 Lairage (Wet Data) 20.3 24.7 26.5 26.3 17.27 23.01 23.01 Sludge (Wet Data) 12 12 9.9 17.2 12.45 12.71 12.71

5 Energy and Water Consumption YEAR 2007 2008 2009 Production No. 482,741 424,977 411,631 Water m 3 123,114 100,887 66,027 Gas m 3 16,211 12,620 55,183 Electricity/watts 298,426 286,215 248,802 Oil /litres 395,136 311,420 194,623

6 Environmental Incidents & Complaints Summary of Complaints & Incidents No Complaints during 2009

7.0 Environmental Management 7.1 Environmental Management Programme Report 2009 Objective: To reduce energy costs and increase recycling of waste To Reduce the amount of water and energy used by a minimum of 5% and to increase the amount of cardboard and plastic recycled Time Frame: December 2010 Achievement: Sustainable Energy Ireland carried out an Energy Efficiency Audit in 2009. This was an in depth report with recommendations on energy saving in the following areas a. ESB Usage Reductions b. Gas Reductions c. Water Usage Reductions d. Refrigeration Usage Reduction This is an on going process and the exact amount of Energy Reduction will be quantified at the end of 2010 Greenstar have been contracted to remove all municipal waste & recyclable cardboard/ plastic from April 2010. Part of the agreement was that Greenstar would Audit the site and will help with the recommendations & implementation of further segregation of waste streams.

7.2 Objectives and Targets 2010 Section Objective Target Time Frame 005 To reduce energy costs and increase recycling of waste To Reduce the amount of water and energy used by a minimum of 5% and to increase the amount of cardboard and plastic recycled December 2010

7.3 Environmental Management Programme 2009/10

Document : ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME Title : PURPOSE,SCOPE AND RESPONSIBILTY Revision No. : 0 Issue No. : 1 Section : 003 Issued : 10/3/09 Issued by : David O Rourke Page : 1 of 1 PURPOSE The purpose of the Environmental Management Programme is to ensure that the objectives and targets set by Irish Country Meats, are supported by a realistic programme which is implemented throughout the organisation. SCOPE Irish Country Meats, Navan shall establish and maintain documented environmental objectives and targets. When establishing and reviewing objectives, Irish Country Meats shall consider : Compliance with conditions and schedules of their IPPC Licence. Technological options. Financial, operational and business requirements. Views of interested parties as represented by Public Complaints. Objectives and targets shall be consistent with the environmental policy, including the commitment to prevention of pollution. RESPONSIBILITY The Plant Manager is responsible for this Environmental Management Programme.

Document : ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME Title : STRUCTURE Revision No. : 0 Issue No. : 1 Section : 004 Issued : 10/3/09 Issued by : David O Rourke Page : 1 of 1 The Environmental Management Programme details the Objectives and Targets of Irish Country Meats and their method of achievement. This document details how the programme will function over the coming year. The structure of the Environmental Management Programme sets out the following information for each objective : Title of Objective This states the title of the objective. Specific Target / Targets This states the individual projects that are carried out to achieve the overall target. Reason for Objective This section highlights the environmental, operational and financial benefit of the objective. Programme This section describes the methodology employed to achieve the objective and target. Responsibility This section details who has designated responsibility for the objective. Time Frame This section sets a time frame within which the specific targets should be completed.

Document : ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME Title : Concreting part of the WWTP Revision No. : 0 Issue No. : 1 Section : 005 Issued : 10/3/09 Issued by : David O Rourke Page : 1 of 1 OBJECTIVE To reduce the amount of energy and water used on site & to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill SPECIFIC TARGET To help reduce wastage of energy and excess municipal waste REASON FOR OBJECTIVE - To in crease environmental awareness - To help reduce energy costs PROGRAMME 1. Obtain current amounts of energy used and waste sent to landfill 2. Prepare a report of all energy that could be saved and waste that could be recovered for recycling 3. Instigate a programme over a realistic time frame to reduce energy/ waste RESPONSIBILITY 1. Environmental Manager 2. All Supervisors 3. General Manager Time Frame December 2010

7.4 Reports An Over Ground Tank Inspection Report was carried out in June 2009. A Copy of the Over Ground Tank Inspection Report for 2009 is attached to the above Hard Copy of the AER but is not available on PDF Format The above Report is available onsite for Inspection A Copy of the PRTR for 2009 is attached to the above Hard Copy of the AER but is not available on PDF Format