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11/11/2014
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Dungannon Companies Fined For Waste Offences
Two Dungannon, County Tyrone companies have been found guilty and fined £20,000 and £9,000 respectively for waste offences at Dungannon Magistrates’ Court.
The charges follow an inspection on November 2012 when officers from the Northern Ireland Environment Agency carried out a site inspection on lands near to 42 Derryhirk Road, Dungannon.
They found an estimated 3,000 tonnes of waste including red brick, reinforced concrete, tiles, wood, metal, carpet, glass, plastic bags, shoes, electrical cabling and electronic circuit boards.
Tullyroan Oval Limited of Derryscallop Road, Dungannon, the site operator, was found guilty of four waste offences and fined £5,000 on each of these charges plus court costs of £70 and an offenders levy of £15.
R Heatrick Limited of Church Street, Portadown (who transported approximately 1,000 tonnes of the waste) was found guilty of three offences and fined £3,000 on each of the charges plus court costs of £70 and an offenders levy of £15.
Poultry Company Guilty Of Pollution
A poultry company from County Fermanagh has pleaded guilty and been fined £2,000 at Enniskillen Magistrates' Court yesterday for making a polluting discharge to a waterway.
Western Brand Poultry Products of Screevagh, Lisnaskea, also had to pay £28 court costs and £15 Offenders Levy, as well as £3,949.70 fish restocking costs.
The charges followed an investigation on 10 July 2013 by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) into a fish kill in the Moorlough River near Lisnskea. The source was traced to the premises of Western Brand Poultry Products, where it was found that there had been a leak of ammonia from a refrigeration plant.
It was found that three kilometers of river had been affected, with 2,760 dead adult fish plus several thousand more dead juvenile fish.
Tyrone Farmer Pleads Guilty To Polluting Waterway
A County Tyrone farmer has pleaded guilty and was fined £1,000 at Dungannon Magistrates' Court for making a polluting discharge to a waterway.
On 7 February 2014 the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) inspected a waterway near Coagh, and found grey fungus in the bed of the waterway. The source was traced to farm premises owned by Mr Brian Harkness, Battery Road, Coagh, where slurry was found to be escaping from a shed and making its way to the waterway.
A sample taken confirmed that the discharge contained poisonous, noxious or polluting matter, which was potentially harmful to fish life in the receiving waterway.
£16.5m Road Improvements Underway In Larne
£16.5m of road improvement and maintenance schemes in the Larne area have been carried out this year, the Department for Regional Development has said.
Work on the £130m A8 Belfast to Larne dual carriageway scheme is said to be "progressing well" with 75% of the construction complete.
Spending on structural maintenance has allowed the delivery of 4.5km of carriageway resurfacing, incorporating works completed at Ballystrudder Road Islandmagee, Carnalbanagh Road and Deerpark Road.
Over 22km of carriageway was surface dressed at a cost of £115,000. Footway resurfacing totalling 1.6kilometre including schemes at Circular Road, Inver Road and Dunboyne Avenue Larne and Straidkilly Road, Glenarm have also been carried out.
(IT/MH)
Two Dungannon, County Tyrone companies have been found guilty and fined £20,000 and £9,000 respectively for waste offences at Dungannon Magistrates’ Court.
The charges follow an inspection on November 2012 when officers from the Northern Ireland Environment Agency carried out a site inspection on lands near to 42 Derryhirk Road, Dungannon.
They found an estimated 3,000 tonnes of waste including red brick, reinforced concrete, tiles, wood, metal, carpet, glass, plastic bags, shoes, electrical cabling and electronic circuit boards.
Tullyroan Oval Limited of Derryscallop Road, Dungannon, the site operator, was found guilty of four waste offences and fined £5,000 on each of these charges plus court costs of £70 and an offenders levy of £15.
R Heatrick Limited of Church Street, Portadown (who transported approximately 1,000 tonnes of the waste) was found guilty of three offences and fined £3,000 on each of the charges plus court costs of £70 and an offenders levy of £15.
Poultry Company Guilty Of Pollution
A poultry company from County Fermanagh has pleaded guilty and been fined £2,000 at Enniskillen Magistrates' Court yesterday for making a polluting discharge to a waterway.
Western Brand Poultry Products of Screevagh, Lisnaskea, also had to pay £28 court costs and £15 Offenders Levy, as well as £3,949.70 fish restocking costs.
The charges followed an investigation on 10 July 2013 by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) into a fish kill in the Moorlough River near Lisnskea. The source was traced to the premises of Western Brand Poultry Products, where it was found that there had been a leak of ammonia from a refrigeration plant.
It was found that three kilometers of river had been affected, with 2,760 dead adult fish plus several thousand more dead juvenile fish.
Tyrone Farmer Pleads Guilty To Polluting Waterway
A County Tyrone farmer has pleaded guilty and was fined £1,000 at Dungannon Magistrates' Court for making a polluting discharge to a waterway.
On 7 February 2014 the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) inspected a waterway near Coagh, and found grey fungus in the bed of the waterway. The source was traced to farm premises owned by Mr Brian Harkness, Battery Road, Coagh, where slurry was found to be escaping from a shed and making its way to the waterway.
A sample taken confirmed that the discharge contained poisonous, noxious or polluting matter, which was potentially harmful to fish life in the receiving waterway.
£16.5m Road Improvements Underway In Larne
£16.5m of road improvement and maintenance schemes in the Larne area have been carried out this year, the Department for Regional Development has said.
Work on the £130m A8 Belfast to Larne dual carriageway scheme is said to be "progressing well" with 75% of the construction complete.
Spending on structural maintenance has allowed the delivery of 4.5km of carriageway resurfacing, incorporating works completed at Ballystrudder Road Islandmagee, Carnalbanagh Road and Deerpark Road.
Over 22km of carriageway was surface dressed at a cost of £115,000. Footway resurfacing totalling 1.6kilometre including schemes at Circular Road, Inver Road and Dunboyne Avenue Larne and Straidkilly Road, Glenarm have also been carried out.
(IT/MH)
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