County Tyrone car breaker fined 250 for waste offences

A Co Tyrone man was fined £250 plus £10 court costs today for breaches of waste management legislation.

Francis James McGirr (57) of Longhill Road, Trillick was fined at Omagh Magistrates’ court.

Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA), formerly Environment and Heritage Service (EHS), officers investigated an end of life vehicle (ELV) site at Longhill Road, Trillick on 26 February 2008, where a substantial quantity of waste, mostly in ELVs and ELV parts was deposited. The site did not have a licence to operate as an authorised treatment facility for ELVs. Officers estimated that around 200 ELVs were on site at the time of the visit.

Notes to Editors:

1. Mr McGirr was fined on one waste charge under Article 4 (1) b and 4 (6) of The Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997.
2. The charges related to: the treating, keeping and disposal of controlled waste, or knowingly causing or knowingly permitting controlled waste to be treated, kept or disposed of in or on any land except under and in accordance with a waste management licence.
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