IRISH ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION

This directive specifies policy considerations to which planning authorities and An Bord Pleanala must have regard in performing their functions in relation to development in built-up areas in which the air quality standard for suspended particulates (including smoke) is, or is likely, to be exceeded.

These Regulations declare Bord na M?na peat briquettes to he an authorised fuel for use in the special control area designated in the Special Control Area (Ballyfermot) Order, 1988.

These Regulations declare the Full Burning Fire as an authorised fireplace for use in the special control area designated in the Special Control Area (Ballyfermot) Order, 1988

These Regulations prescribe quality standards for salmonid waters and designate the waters to which they apply, together with the sampling programmes and the methods of analysis and inspection to be used by local authorities to determine compliance with the standards. The Regulations give effect to Council Directive No. 78/659/EEC of 18 July 1978, (O.J. No. L222/1, 14 August 1978) on the quality of fresh waters needing protection or improvement in order to support fish life

This order confirms with modification the Special Control Area (Ballyfermot) Order, 1988 made by Dublin Corporation designating part of Ballyfermot a special control area within the meaning of the Air Pollution Act, 1987

These Regulations prescribe the 1st February 1989 as the day on or after which industrial plant other than existing industrial plant shall not be operated unless a licence under the Air Pollution Act, 1987 is in force in relation to the plant. The Regulations provide that existing industrial plant of any class specified in the First Schedule shall not be operated on or after 1st March 1989 unless a licence under the Act is in force in relation to the plant, and also provide for various procedural matters under the Act in relation to the licensing of industrial plants, appeals to An Bord Pleanala in relation thereto, register of licences, and fees for applications for licences and appeals. The Regulations come into operation on the 1st November 1988.

This Order brings into operation on 1st November, 1988, the provisions of the Air Pollution Act, 1987 which relate to the licensing of industrial plant.

These Regulations give effect to Council Directive 84/631/EEC of 6th December, 1984, as amended by Council Directive 86/279/EEC of 12th June, 1986, on the supervision and control of transfrontier shipments of hazardous waste as defined in article 2.

The provisions in Part II relate to the export of hazardous waste from the State. They prohibit holders of such waste from commencing a transfrontier shipment until it has been notified to the appropriate authorities and the relevant competent authority has acknowledged the notification. Where the waste is to be exported to a state outside the Communities, the local authority for the area in which the waste is held is responsible for the issue of the acknowledgment, except where the last Member State of transit assumes this role. There is provision for a single pre-notification of a series of consignments over a period not exceeding one year where such consignments have the same physical and chemical characteristics. Provision is also made for a simplified notification procedure for consignments of waste from non-ferrous metals intended for re-use, regeneration or recycling.

Under Part III, which relates to imports of hazardous waste to the State, the Minister for the Environment is the competent authority for the purposes of issuing an acknowledgment or objection. A consignee is prohibited from accepting hazardous waste from outside the State for disposal in the State unless it is accompanied by the appropriate acknowledgment and carriers are prohibited from handling such waste unless the consignment is accompanied by the appropriate documentation.

Part IV makes provision with respect to offences and penalties. Lists of the competent authorities in Member States are published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.