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5361- Kilmainhamwood Compost Facility Extension- EIS
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 GENERAL
TOBIN Consulting Engineers have prepared this Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for an
extension to an operational composting facility located at Ballynalurgan, Kilmainhamwood, Kells, Co.
Meath. This facility is currently owned and operated by Padraic Thornton Waste Disposal Ltd, trading
as Thorntons Recycling.
The facility is currently licensed to process 20,800 tonnes of biodegradable waste per annum. The high
quality compost currently produced is used as a soil conditioner in commercial agriculture, as material
for landscaping, as organic soil conditioner or as a custom growing media. The facility has been
operational since September 2006. Thorntons Recycling proposes to extend the existing facility to
accept and treat up to 40,000 tonnes of biodegradable waste per annum.
The location of the composting facility in relation to the surrounding regional setting is shown on Figure
1.1.
The construction activities for the proposed development include:
� Extensions to the existing facility buildings;
� Facility administration building in the form of offices, tea station, toilets and showers; and
� Other works required to integrate the proposed extensions and facility administration building
into the existing facility.
1.2 SITE LOCATION AND BACKGROUND
For inspection purposes only.
Consent of copyright owner required for any other use.
The existing composting facility is located on a landholding in the townland of Ballynalurgan,
approximately 4km south of Kingscourt, Co. Cavan and 6km northwest of Nobber, Co. Meath. The
R162 regional road runs to the south and southwest of the site. Access to the facility is provided by
means of an entrance onto the R162 and a site road of approximately 0.85 km in length.
The location of the site in relation to its geographic surrounds is shown on Figure 1.1 (Regional Site
Location Map).
The overall landownership boundary is approximately 13.2ha. The landownership area is shown on
Figure 1.2. The site lands are situated at an elevation of between 60m and 88m AoD. To the east and
west of the application site, the land rises gently from low hills reaching high points of 173m AoD at
Carrickleck to the east and 155m AoD at Boynagh to the west.
The existing hedgerows and an area of coniferous forestry that surrounds the existing facility provide
screening.
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