IRISH ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION

This Statutory Instrument gives effect to the decision of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to specify the date by which the occupier of a dwelling, provided with water services by Irish Water on 31 December 2014, shall be required to register with Irish Water for the purposes of section 3 (14) of the Act.

These Regulations amend the Air Pollution Act (Marketing, Sale, Distribution and Burning of Specified Fuels) Regulations 2012 ( S.I. No. 326 of 2012 ) by correcting typographical errors in Regulations 5. (4), 8. (2) and 10. (6). These Regulations further clarify Regulation 7 the Air Pollution Act (Marketing, Sale, Distribution and Burning of Specified Fuels) Regulations 2012. All persons selling or distributing bituminous coal outside specified ban areas to end users must ensure that (i) the product has a sulphur content no greater than 0.7%, (ii) that the product was sourced from a bagging operator or solid fuel supplier who is currently registered with the EPA and (iii) must hold a documentary record detailing the EPA issued registration number of the company that supplied the product and this record must be made available on request to authorised persons carrying out inspections. Registers can be viewed online on the EPA website www.epa.ie. These Regulations extend the ban on the burning of bituminous coal and other specified fuels insidespecified ban areas to include licensed premises under the Intoxicating Liquor Act, such as pubs. These Regulations also extend the Specified Area of Celbridge-Leixlip with effect from 1 June 2015 to include Maynooth Electoral Division, becoming the specified area of Celbridge, Leixlip and Maynooth. These Regulations also extend the Specified Area of Wexford, with effect from 1 June 2015, to include Castlebridge and certain other designated townlands.

This Statutory Instrument gives effect to the decision of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to transfer the property listed in the Order from each water services authority to Irish Water in accordance with section 12 of the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 .

The principal purpose of these Regulations is to amend the European Communities (Access to Information on the Environment) Regulations 2007 to 2011 for the purpose of ensuring that Ireland complies with the provisions of Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information, in particular the requirement that access to a review procedure is not prohibitively expensive.

The effect of these Regulations is to amend the scope of S.I. No. 290 of 2013 to sea-fishing activity.

The purpose of these Regulations is to provide further amendments to the European Communities (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading) (Aviation) Regulations 2010 in order to fully transpose Directive 2008/101/EC.

This Order brings into operation certain general provisions of the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 .

These Regulations amend SI 821 of 2007 in order to provide transitional arrangements for the implementation of the European Union (Industrial Emissions) Regulations 2013 which provide that certain waste activities require a licence under Part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 rather than a waste facility permit.