Example, blank form from Limerick City & CoCo
Slurry
Western Brand, EPA records on LEMA and EDEN
Nutrient Management Plan 2023
Western Brand operate under IED licence from the Agency at Ballyhaunis, County
Mayo under Ref: P0831-02.
For the period 1 January 2023 to date, I wish to request all records on the EPA
LEMA and EDEN systems in respect of Licence P0831-02
Nutrient Management Plan 2023
Western Brand expect to generate the following quantities of organic wastes during 2023:
4,500MT of WWTP Sludge
EPA reporting requirements for pig/poultry waste
OEE AIE 2023 45
Notes:
In 2011, the EPA changed the reporting requirements for pig/poultry waste
Licensees are required to submit to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine the completed records of movement of organic fertiliser from the installation (referred to as ‘Record 3’ by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine).
Record 3 data is not in the public domain
See associated notice published by DAFM in the Irish Independent Newspaper (Farming Supplement) on 22/11/2011 and the Irish Farmers Journal on the 26/11/2011 below in Appendix 1. I also attach the associated press release issued 25th January 2012, in Appendix 2.
But, sometimes the EPA may request pig/poultry waste data, and where they do request that data, it is in the public domain via LEAP Online
The Office of Enforcement confirmed that, for instance, where an issue relating to slurry might arise at a licensed site, the inspector enforcing the licence may request the licensee to submit information. The information received is uploaded to LEAP Online.
OEE has also confirmed that records relating to slurry held on-site by the licensee may be checked during site visits by enforcement inspectors.
Occasionally, if the records are not available on the day of the inspection, the enforcement inspector may ask the licensee to submit them to the EPA. In such circumstances, the EPA uploads those records to LEAP Online. Such requests by inspectors are not routine.
For clarity – if the situation arises where a licensee submits information to the EPA of the type they are obliged to submit to DAFM, either arising from a site visit by an inspector or an issue arising on-site, the EPA uploads this information to LEAP Online.
There may be a limited number of records relating to slurry movements received in 2023 available on a case by case basis on LEAP Online.
Pigs and Poultry data exchange
This was listed as an ACTION in the Nitrates Expert Group Meeting Minutes
9.30–11.00, 13th September 2023
DAFM/EPA will meet again to discuss Pigs and Poultry data exchange
No further information, but it’s understood that EPA may not currently share slurry related data on regulated sites with the DAFM, so DAFM cannot compare with their own data
Also note from previous AIEs the number of pig and poultry operations licenced by EPA does not match the number given by DAFM as above the stocking threshold for EPA licence. This discrepancy was never explained
Nitrates Expert Group Meeting Minutes, 11.30 – 13.00, 2nd August 2023
How is slurry tracked in Ireland ?
DAFM nitrates expert group proposed using GPS units to track the movement of slurry during exports.
Also timely provision of data to local authorities must be prioritised for these exports to be inspected.
The mandatory use of GPS trackers on tractors exporting slurry is being considered by the Department of Agriculture in a bid to clamp down on bogus slurry export declarations.
The proposal is among a number of new water quality measures proposed by the Department’s nitrates expert group. Other measures proposed include the establishment of a national feed database, the declaration of exactly when slurry is leaving the farm and the inclusion of clover in all new perennial ryegrass seed mixes. Also under consideration is a restriction on grassland slurry spreading to land that meets specific soil test results.
Q: Do the EPA share slurry data with DAFM on EPA licenced sites ? From this exchange, it appears that they did not as of July 2023
DAFM data to LAs
Pig and poultry manure exports
Also note
