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THE prosecution case in the trial of a Shannon company accused of breaching its licence is to conclude today.
Chemifloc Ltd, of Smithstown In- dustrial Estate, Shannon, is accused of failing to comply with the terms of an integrated pollution control li- cence granted to them by the Envi- ronmental Protection Agency, in that it caused or permitted emissions to the atmosphere contrary to the pro- visions of the licence, on May 24, 2007.
At the outset of the trial at Ennis Circuit Court, company director Hil- lary Lawless pleaded not guilty to Neem Du Mon
Opening the case to the jury, coun- sel for the State, Stephen Coughlan
BL, said that an integrated pollution control licence was issued to Chem1- floc on October 10, 2006 and it would be alleged that this was breached the following May.
‘There is no question of pollution in this case at all, nothing to do with the case. It is all to do with breach of a licence. The breach has to do with emission levels,’ he said.
“People working or on the estate saw a large deep red plume of smoke coming from the Chemifloc premis- es,” he said.
He said it would be alleged that the emission levels exceeded what was allowed under the licence. “The emissions were far higher, far great- er,’ he said.