Mooresfort Lattin Co. Tipperary Tel 062 55385 Fax 062 55483 E-mail [email protected] For inspection purposes only. Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT In respect of the expansion of a PIG FARM DEVELOPMENT for Tankerstown Pig & Farm Enterprises Ltd. at Tankerstown, Bansha, Co. Tipperary July 2012 EPA Export 01-08-2012:00:11:50 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT In respect of the expansion of a PIG FARM DEVELOPMENT for Tankerstown Pig & Farm Enterprises Ltd. at Tankerstown, Bansha, Co. Tipperary For inspection purposes only. Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. Prepared by NRGE Ltd. Mooresfort, Lattin, Co. Tipperary Date: July 2012 NRGE Ltd. Page 1 EPA Export 01-08-2012:00:11:50 PROJECT TEAM MICHAEL McENIRY B.Eng CIWM NRGE Ltd., MOORESFORT, LATTIN, CO. TIPPERARY JER KEOHANE M.Sc MIEI GEOTECHNICAL & SERVICES LTD., CARLOW RTC, CO. CARLOW MICHAEL SWEENEY NRGE Ltd., MOORESFORT, LATTIN, CO. TIPPERARY JOHN McENIRY BEng. MIEI, MAIN ST. BALLYPOREEN, CO. TIPPERARY DERMOT LEAHY B.Agr. Sc NRGE Ltd., MOORESFORT, LATTIN, CO. TIPPERARY JONAS RONAN DOMONIC DELANEY & ASSOCIATES For inspectionUNIT purposes 3, only. HOWLEY COURT Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. ORANMORE Co GALWAY M.Sc AML Archaeology MERVIN RICHARDSON JETWASH Ltd. LARS BO ADAMSEN M.Sc ANIMAL HOUSE DESIGN CONSULTANT SKIOLS A/S, Saeby, DENMARK JULIANNE O BRIEN BSCM, PDip ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, NRGE Ltd., MOORESFORT, LATTIN, CO TIPPERARY NRGE Ltd. Page 2 EPA Export 01-08-2012:00:11:50 Table of Contents 1. Non-Technical Summary 2. Introduction 2.1 Relevant Regulations for Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) 2.2 National and E.C. Policy 2.3 Organisations and Bodies Consulted 2.4 Difficulties encountered in compiling the required information 3. Description of Project 3.1 Overall Description 3.2 Size and Scale of the proposed Development 3.2.1 Production 3.2.2 Procedures of Production 3.2.3 Scale of the Development 3.3 Siting, Design, Construction and Structural Details 3.3.1 Detailed Drawings 3.3.2 Design For inspection purposes only. Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. 3.3.3 Drainage 3.4 Types and Quantities of Wastes Produced 3.4.1 Pig Manure 3.4.2 Animal Tissue 3.3.3 Air Emissions 3.5 Pig Manure Use Proposals 3.5.1 Domestic Sewage 3.5.2 Feed Waste 3.5.3 Veterinary Waste NRGE Ltd. Page 3 EPA Export 01-08-2012:00:11:50 3.5.4 Maintenance Waste 3.5.5 Manure Storage 3.6 Plant and Equipment Available 3.7 Customer Farms 3.8 Services 3.9 Maximum soil contaminants concentration 4. Description of Alternatives Considered 4.1 Alternatives Sites Considered 4.2 Alternatives Site Layout & Designs 4.3 Alternative Processes Considered 5. Description of Existing Environment 5.1 Locations of Structures 5.2 Deliveries to Customer Farms of Pig Manure which is currently used as a fertiliser and where it is proposed to apply manure 5.3 General Description of the Existing Environment 5.3.1 Land Use and Cropping History For inspection purposes only. Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. 5.3.2 Water Quality Analysis 5.3.3 Air Quality 5.3.4 Noise Levels 5.3.5 Traffic Levels 5.3.6 Flora and Fauna 6. Description of Impacts & Mitigation Measures 6.1 Human Beings 6.2 Flora and Fauna 6.3 Soils and Geology 6.4 Water NRGE Ltd. Page 4 EPA Export 01-08-2012:00:11:51 6.5 Air 6.6 Climate Factors 6.7 Landscape 6.7.1 Effects on Landscape Character 6.7.2 Landscape Impacts 6.7.3 Landscape Receptor Sensitivity 6.7.4 Visual Impact 6.8 Material Assets 6.9 Traffic 6.10 Noise 6.11 Cultural Heritage 6.11.1 Cultural Heritage in the existing environment 6.11.2 Monuments within Site Boundary 6.11.3 Monuments within 2Km of site boundary 6.11.4 Potential Impacts 6.11.4.1 Do Nothing Impacts 6.11.4.2 WorstFor inspection case purposes Impact only. Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. 6.11.4.3 Cumulative Impacts 6.11.4.4 Predicted impacts of Proposal 6.11.5 Proposed Mitigation Measures 6.11.5.1 Archaeological Testing 6.11.5.2 Archaeological Monitoring 7. Inter-Relationship between Factors 7.1 Inter-Relationship between Human Beings and Water 7.2 Inter-Relationship between Human Beings and Air 7.3 Inter-Relationship between Human Beings and Noise 7.4 Inter-Relationship between Human Beings and Climate NRGE Ltd. Page 5 EPA Export 01-08-2012:00:11:51 7.5 Inter-Relationship between Human Beings and Landscape 7.6 Inter-Relationship between Human Beings and Traffic 7.7 Inter-Relationship between Flora and Fauna and Water 7.8 Inter-Relationship between Flora and Fauna and Landscape 7.9 Inter-Relationship between Soils and Geology and Water 7.10 Inter-Relationship between Soils and Geology and Landscape 7.11 Inter-Relationship between Soils and Geology and cultural heritage 7.12 Inter-Relationship between Air and Climate 7.13 Inter-Relationship between Air and Traffic 7.14 Inter-Relationship between Traffic and Noise 8. Monitoring 8.1 Drainage from the Site 8.2 Groundwater & Surface Water 8.3 Pig Manure Use 8.4 Other Wastes 8.5 Accidental Spillages 8.6 Control of Rodents For inspection purposes only. Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. 9. Environmental Management Programme 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Management of Co-Product Use 9.3 Periods and Rates of Use of Pig Manure 9.4 Reduction of Risk of Risk of Disease Spread 9.5 De-Commissioning/Life Span of Development 9.6 Depopulation 10. Measures envisaged in order to avoid, reduce and if possible, Remedy significant adverse effects NRGE Ltd. Page 6 EPA Export 01-08-2012:00:11:51 Tables Table 1: Planning Permission Record Table 2: Summary of Organisations & Bodies consulted Table 3: Current Stock Levels Table 4: Existing Animal Houses Table 5: Proposed Housing Buildings Table 6: Calculation of Pig Manure Volumes Table 7: Mortality & Animal Tissue Table 8: Current Traffic Volumes Table 9: Expected Traffic Volumes with Proposed Development Table 10: Inter Relationship between Factors Appendices 1. Location Maps 2. Drawings of the pig farm 3. Farm Structures Table 4. Water Quality Analysis 5. Noise Report 6. Appropriate Assessment Screening 7. Archaeological Report 8. Geological & Hydrogeological Report For inspection purposes only. 9. Construction Waste ManagementConsent of copyrightPlan owner required for any other use. 10. Slurry Production Calculations 11. Response procedures 12. Waste Management Plan 13. Traffic Impact Assessment 14. Landscaping Proposal 15. Pig Slurry Export Register 16. Stormwater Visual Inspection Register 17. Slurry Storage Capacity Register 18. Waste Registers NRGE Ltd. Page 7 EPA Export 01-08-2012:00:11:51 1. NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY This is the summary of the information contained within the Environmental Impact Statement which reports the findings of the assessment into the environmental effects associated with the proposed expansion of the Pig Farm Facility at Tankerstown, Bansha, Co. Tipperary. The Environmental Impact Assessment, prepared by NRGE Ltd. as a submission to be included in support of a Planning Application to South Tipperary County Council and an IPPC Licence Application to the Environmental Protection Agency. The Environmental Impact Assessment has been produced in accordance with the European Community Directive on Environmental Impact Assessment and the Regulations implementing the Directive in Ireland. The Environmental Impact Assessment has involved consultations with statutory bodies and regulatory authorities in an attempt to identify and predict any likely environmental effects of the development, and the evaluation of these effects against specified criteria such as legal guidelines and limits. It is the intention of this summary to provide all the relevant information contained within the Assessment, in a non-technical and comprehensive manner. The Environmental Assessment is an evaluation of the potential significant likely environmental impacts that this development will have on the locality. Michael Dalton, Tankerstown Farm & Pig Enterprises Ltd, operates a 700 sow integrated Pig Unit at Tankerstown, Bansha. The applicant is the second generation pig farmer on the facility. The pig production facility has operated in the site since the 1960’s. A recent Judgement of the European Court For inspection has purposes ruled only. that Served Gilts on the farm are to be Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. counted as sows and therefore the operational sow numbers on the farm as result of the Judgement is 900 sows, the applicant considers that in order to allow a degree of flexibility in production numbers to make a planning application for 1000 sows integrated capacity. The proposed planning application consists of the demolition of 3 No existing fattening houses, and 1 No existing machinery shed, to construct 8 No new pig fattening house’s a loading bay, and new machinery shed to provide additional space for all stock numbers, and to comply with animal welfare regulations. This development comprises of an activity in relation to which an Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control License (IPPCL) under Part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 as amended by the Protection of the Environmental Act 2003 is required. NRGE Ltd. Page 8 EPA Export 01-08-2012:00:11:51 A search of the Planning Register shows that there are a number of planning permissions and applications on the holding. Table 1: Planning Permission Record Planning Ref No Description Date 12/234 Retention Permission to retain the North Weaner Current House Extension and (b) Retention Permission to retain the South Weaner House Extension - constructed on site (c) Permission to construct new Dry Sow House (d) Permission to construct new extension to Farrowing House: with all associated site works; In order to comply with animal welfare regulations - as per S.I.