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Sites belonging to seven companies, including Aurivo, LacPatrick and Rosderra Meats, have all failed to meet necessary environmental standards, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The sites have been named on the latest EPA National Priority Sites List for Enforcement and all of the companies named on the list face further enforcement action.
Four of the companies are Arrow Group in Co Kildare, Aurivo Dairy Ingredients Limited in Co Roscommon, LacPatrick Dairies Limited in Co Monaghan and Rosderra Irish Meats Group (Edenderry) in Co Offaly.
The other three companies on the list are C&F Automotive Limited in Co Westmeath, Glenmore Biogas Limited in Co Donegal and T&J Standish (Roscrea) Limited in Co Offaly.
The seven sites represent less than 1% of industrial sites licensed by the EPA, yet account for 26% of complaints and 13% of open compliance investigation files.
The National Priority Sites for Enforcement system was launched by the EPA in July 2017 to drive further environmental compliance at industrial and waste facilities.
The list is updated quarterly. Two companies which have come off the priority list are Green Pasture Meat Processors Limited in Co Longford and Nutricia Infant Nutrition Limited in Co Cork.
Enforcement
Licensed facilities are identified as national priority sites for enforcement using a system developed by the EPA.
Points are allocated to each site based on compliance data such as complaints, incidents and non-compliances over the previous six months.
Sites which exceed a certain threshold become a National Priority Site and are targeted by the EPA for further enforcement action.
Enforcement action by the EPA can include legal action, suspension or revocation.
In order to get off the priority list, each site must address the environmental issues and restore compliance in order to reduce its score.
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