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Annual Environmental Report 2017 Rosderra Irish Meats, Roscrea. Licence No. P0181-01 Reporting Period: 1 st January 2017 – 31 st December 2018 Date: 31 st March 2018 Issued By: Peter McCann - Environmental Manager Approved By: Martin McHugh - Operations Manager
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Annual Environmental Report 2017
Rosderra Irish Meats, Roscrea.
Licence No. P0181-01
Reporting Period: 1st January 2017 – 31st December 2018
Date: 31st March 2018
Issued By: Peter McCann - Environmental Manager
Approved By: Martin McHugh - Operations Manager
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item Page
Introduction 3 Site Description 4 Emissions Data 5 Emissions to sewer 5
Emissions to water 13 Waste / By-Product / Sludge Management 14
Energy and Water Consumption Summary 15 Environmental Incidents and Complaints 16
Environmental Management 17
Energy / Resource efficiency 17
Increasing the environmental focus 17
Investment in the wastewater treatment plant 18
PRTR Returns 19
Facility Identification 19
Releases to air 20
Releases to water 21
Releases to wastewater 22
Introduction
Company Name: Rosderra Irish Meats Group
Site Address: Carrig, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary
IPPC Licence No: P0181-01
Issue Date: 31st March 2018
Issued To: Environmental Protection Agency
Operations Manager
Environmental Manager
Issued By: Peter McCann
Environmental Manager
Approved By: Martin McHugh
Operations Manager
Site Description
Rosderra Irish Meats Ltd. Was the first farmer co-operative factory built in Ireland in 1907. The company, known then as Roscrea Bacon Factory Ltd., operated at a site in Castle holding, Roscrea.
Avonmore Foods acquired the company in 1987 and in 1989 – 1990 operations were relocated to an industrial estate at the South West side of Roscrea (Irish Country Meats).
In 1998 the merger between Avonmore Plc. And Waterford Foods Plc. Took place and the joint company name became Glanbia Meats Ltd. During this, the IPPC licence was granted on the 12th June 1997.
Following a management buy-out in February 2008, the company changed its name to what is now Rosderra Irish Meats Group Ltd.
Rosderra Irish Meats Roscrea Pig slaughtering and processing facility has the capacity to slaughter 412 pigs per hour. Processing involves cutting and boning of product.
Products produced are sold in Ireland as both fresh and frozen and are also exported to Australia, Canada, USA, PRC, Korea, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Vietnam and Trinidad.
As manufacturers of food, quality and hygiene is vital to the daily running of the plant.
A full time Veterinary Officer is present during production.
The plant is accredited with BRC and the Bord Bia Pig quality Assurance Scheme (BBPQAS).
Total employed at the plant is 320.
Emissions Data
Emissions to Sewer
Final Effluent Volumetric Flow
Month M3 per Month
January 15583
February 13631
March 10409
April 9786
May 10367
June 10016
July 10253
August 10522
September 11387
October 11376
November 13998
December 12677
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Biological Oxygen Demand
Month Kg per Month
January 186
February 163
March 113
April 97
May 85
June 84
July 43
August 150
September 110
October 75
November 82
December 142
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Biological Oxygen Demand
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Suspended Solids
Month Kg per Month
January 401
February 344
March 271
April 255
May 262
June 273
July 261
August 268
September 290
October 257
November 366
December 220
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Suspended Solids
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Total Phosphates
Month Kg per Month
January 53.7
February 7.1
March 13.73
April 29.8
May 29.2
June 57.5
July 65
August 32.6
September 5.2
October 4.8
November 4.2
December 7
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Total Phosphate
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Fats, Oils and Greases
Month Kg per Month
January 15.58
February 13.63
March 10.4
April 41.59
May 36.87
June 27.62
July 10.25
August 10.52
September 40.7
October 11.4
November 14
December 8.5
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Total Nitrogen
Month Kg per Month
January 381.7
February 269
March 222
April 248.2
May 253.4
June 262
July 274.2
August 186.3
September 117.1
October 135.4
November 162.6
December 109.2
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Total Nitrogen
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Ammonia
Month Kg per Month
January 1.55
February 1
March 1.87
April 0.82
May 3.16
June 1.59
July 2.46
August 2.25
September 1.3
October 4
November 4.2
December 3.5
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Ammonia
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Chlorides
Month Kg per Month
January 14803
February 13549
March 9610
April 10862
May 11153
June 10224
July 10589
August 9826
September 9710
October 10412
November 11428
December 7211
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Emissions Data
Emissions to Surface Water
EW2 BOD COD Ammonia Total Nitrogen Conductivity
January <4 <10 0.53 4.6 824
February 4 18 0.5 <2 392
March 6 25 21.6 2 395
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May 6 33 <0.2 5.6 573
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August 5.81 28 0.5 <2 659
September 4 17 0.99 3.5 279
October --- --- --- --- ---
November <4 <10 0.38 4.4 715
December <4 20 0.43 2.9 472
*** - Denotes no sample at sampling point. No flow present.
Monitoring of the sample point was carried out daily. All visual inspections of the chamber reported clear for the year.
Continuous Monitoring Update
Plant now has continuous monitoring of EW1 final effluent.
Monitoring includes volumetric flow, temperature, pH and suspended solids.
Suspended solids probe controls the plants final divert system, once ELV is reached the plant automatically diverts.
Emissions Data
Waste / By – Product / Sludge Management
Energy and Water Consumption Summary
Energy Usage for 2017
Energy Value Unit
Total Energy Consumption 21,787 MwHr
Electricity Consumption 12,217 MwHr
Fuel Consumption 9,507 MwHr
Light Fuel Oil 30 M3
LPG 361266 M3
Water Usage for 2017
Water Value Unit
Total Water Consumption 206,222 M3
Well Provision 161,983 M3
Public Supply 44,239 M3
Private supply % 79% %
Environmental Incidents, Compliance and Complaints
Incidents
INCI011527 Suspended solids ELV breach during cleaning of the clarifier.
Incident closed and low chance of reoccurrence due to divert system.
INCI011885 Total nitrogen ELV breach due to an ineffective balance tank.
Incident closed in 2018 after major infrastructure and automation upgrade.
Compliance
No compliance investigations were opened or active for the plant during 2017.
Complaints
No complaints were received for the plant during 2017.
Environmental Management
Energy / Resource Efficiency
Currently we are actively working with external energy consultants to drive our thermal costs lower. We target to get our boiler fuel usage down by up to 12.5% in the coming year.
By targeting specific hot water users within the plant with more efficient upgrades or close metering and management we will reduce the thermal load on the plant.
This saves energy in a number of ways
Reduced thermal load on the boiler and hot water system.
Reduced water usage throughout the plant.
Reduced loading on the wastewater treatment plant.
We are also planning to look at water reuse possibilities within the plant to get more efficient, multiple uses of certain water heavy processes in the plant.
Increasing the Environmental Focus
After previous years have delivered good results environmentally, like our zero to landfill certification, we want to drive a keen environmental focus throughout the plant across all staff.
While up to now we have good management buy in and the segregation of waste across the plant is good amongst other things, we want to bring awareness to the staff of the plant so that they are aware of their energy usage.
Whether its shutting off water supply after production or being able to see daily usages in their area, we want to develop an environmental focus throughout the plant.
Investment in the Wastewater Treatment Plant
2017 was our biggest year for investment in the treatment plant onsite.
A new 1600m3 balance tank is the obvious change onsite but there has been a large investment in the automation and monitoring of the plant. A SCADA trending system now allows both onsite and remote access.
The plant is displayed via HMI where all information can be accessed both live and historic.
We installed a new final effluent divert system which is operated via an automated suspended solids probe. It will not allow the discharge of solids above our ELVs.
This is all controlled via normally closed valves, so in the event of a power cut or damage to the system, the valves will close and stop the forward feed. The final outcome is always to prevent the release of discharge above our ELVs.
A text system was implemented which contacts WWTP staff 24/7 when the SCADA system detects any divert, electrical trip or anything from 100+ issues.
For this year, we are targeting some more automation around the polyelectrolyte dosing to our centrifuge. This is currently manually done and takes up a large part of any day for the staff member supervising it. We are currently undergoing perimeter fencing at the WWTP to increase both the safety of the staff, contractors and public and also to control access to the treatment plant.
We are on a lean journey throughout the plant and the WWTP is no different. We plan to bring the office, lab and yard area to a higher level of cleanliness and order over the coming year.
PRTR Returns Facility Identification
Emissions to Air
Emissions to water
Emissions to wastewater
