The group opposing the creation of a Biomethane plant at Killough Quarry is to hold a planning submission workshop next Saturday February 15th in the nearby Gaile national school.
The group known as the Killough Community Association are offering to help those who wish to make a submission before the deadline of February 16th. The group are concerned that the site is not a suitable one for a Biomethane plant given that the quarry is a working quarry that frequently uses explosives to extract material.
The group also say the project located on a karst landscape poses a risk of pollution to a major water aquifer in the area known as the Ballyadams which spans the width of the Suir Valley in a southwest to northeast direction covering an area of 80 square kilometres. Other community concerns relate to increased traffic volume to transport in raw materials and transport out gas and other by-products and the effect on property values. The workshop will run from 10am to 2pm.
Roadstone, the quarry operators, are seeking permission for the plant to help reduce emissions in the production of energy by using renewable materials such as organic waste and specially grown crops to produce Biomethane gas. The planning reference number with Tipperary County Council is 2560019.
