Greens urge emissions monitoring at Aughinish Alumina

GREEN PARTY leader Trevor Sargent yesterday called on owners of Aughinish Alumina to back Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to monitor emissions from the plant.

Greens urge emissions monitoring at Aughinish Alumina

The Swiss-owned Askeaton, County Limerick-based company is objecting to several conditions in the revised Integrated Pollution Control License (IPCL) draft licence for the plant. The EPA wants the company to reduce nitrogen dioxide and alumina dust emissions.

The plant’s environmental co-ordinator Liam Fleming told the EPA that major capital would be needed to meet the conditions.

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