IRISH ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION

These Regulations give effect to Annex V of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, adopted by the International Maritime Organisation on 2 November, 1973 and as amended by its Protocol adopted on 17 February, 1978, and as further amended by the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organisation under Reslutions which designated the North Sea, the Antarctic area (south of latitude 60?S) and the Wider Caribbean Region as "special areas".

The Regulations apply to all Irish ships wherever they may be and to all other ships when they are in the territorial seas and inland waters of the State.

The Regulations prohibit and control the disposal of garbage into the sea in accordance with the type of garbage for disposal and the geographical location of the ship. They also provide for the availability of adequate facilities at ports and terminals for the reception of garbage.

These Regulations give effect to Annex I of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, adopted by the International Maritime Organisation on 2 November, 1973 and as amended by its Protocol adopted by the International Maritime Organisation on 17 February, 1978 and as further amended under resolutions adopted by the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organisation.

The Regulations apply to all Irish ships wherever they may be and to all other ships when they are in the territorial waters of the State.

The Regulations prohibit and control discharge into the sea of oil and oily mixtures. The Regulations require ships to follow specified procedures when washing cargo tanks. Ballasting arrangements and the discharge of ballast water are also controlled. The Regulations also provide for adequate facilities at ports and terminals for the reception of oil and oily mixtures.

Ships are required to be surveyed for the purposes of the Regulations and to carry an International Pollution Prevention Certificate. Ships are also required to carry an Operations and Equipment Manual, an Oil Record Book and a shipboard oil pollution emergency plan approved by the Minister.

These Regulations prescribe quality standards to be applied by local and sanitary authorities when licensing discharges of effluents containing carbon tetrachloride (CC14), DDT and pentachlorophenol to waters or to sewers under the provisions of the Local Government (Water Pollution) Act, 1977 as amended by the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Act, 1990 . The Regulations give effect to Council Directive No. 86/280/EEC on limit values and quality objectives for discharges of certain dangerous substances included in List I of the Annex to Council Directive 76/464/EEC.

This order brings into effect the dissolution of the Environmental Research Unit and consequential matters

These Regulations prohibit the issue of first licences for certain new vehicles from 1 January, 1994 unless the vehicles conform to the air pollutant emission control requirements of Directive 91/542/EEC

These Regulations prescribe quality standards to be applied by local and sanitary authorities when licensing discharges of effluent containing aldrin, dieldrin, endrin, isodrin, HCB, HCBD and CHC13to waters or to sewers under the provisions of the Local Government (Water Pollution) Act, 1977 as amended by the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Act, 1990 . The Regulations giv effec to Council Directive No. 88/347/EEC on limit values and quality objectives for discharges of certain dangerous substances included in List I of the Annex to Council Directive 76/464/EEC.

The Regulations give effect to Council Directive 89/369/EEC of 8 June, 1989 on the prevention of air pollution from new municipal waste incineration plants. They prescribe emission limit values for specified pollutants and give directions as to the best practicable means for limiting the emissions concerned. The Regulations also specify conditions in regard to the emission limit values and the monitoring and operating of plants

These Regulations specify EOLAS as a person responsible for the purposes of conducting any test, examination or analysis of any sample of fuel taken for the purposes of the Air Pollution Act, 1987 (Marketing, Sale and Distribution of Fuels) Regulations, 1990 to 1993.