Sinnott calls for EPA to disband

MEP KATHY Sinnott yesterday called for the disbanding of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), following disclosures of emissions from the Aughinish Alumina plant on the Shannon Estuary.

Emissions were almost seven times the permitted level when tested on a particular day, according to an EPA audit, in 2003.

But the report revealed the company did not notify the EPA of this breach, despite being required to do so under the terms of its licence. The plant’s own record gave a reading at a fraction of permitted levels.