A Co Antrim company was fined a total of £5,000 with £475 costs at Antrim Magistrates' Court today for two offences of polluting the Glenavy River.
Ulster Farm By-Products Ltd, the animal by-products rendering company, pleaded guilty to the offences which took place in January and February 2007 when their discharge to the river significantly exceeded the limit set by the Environment and Heritage Service.
Notes to Editors:
- The company is regulated under the Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations (NI) 2003 with the limits for the discharge to the river set out in a permit issued by the EHS. The discharge is from the company’s Effluent Treatment Plant.
- The Environment and Heritage Service brought the action under the Pollution Prevention and Control Regulation (Northern Ireland) 2003.
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