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Environmental Protection Agency
Agency overview
Formed1993 (1993)
JurisdictionRialtas na hÉireann
HeadquartersJohnstown Castle Estate, Co. Wexford, Ireland
52°17′45″N 6°30′05″W / 52.295915°N 6.501418°W / 52.295915; -6.501418
Employees350+[1]
Agency executive
  • Laura Burke, Director General
Websitewww.EPA.ie

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for protecting and improving the environment as a valuable asset for the people of the Ireland.

History edit

The EPA was founded in 1993, following the passing into law of the Environmental Protection Agency Act of 1992.[2][3] In 2014, it merged with the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland, which was itself founded in 1992.[4] The present-day EPA continues the activities of both groups.[5]

Organisation edit

The EPA is lead by an advisory committee headed by a Director General. The current Director General, Laura Burke, was appointed in 2011.[6]

Offices edit

There are five offices which answer to the advisory committee.[7]

  • The Office of Environmental Enforcement - responsible for implementing and enforcing environmental legislation.[8]
  • The Office of Environmental Sustainability - responsible for advocating for environmental protection and sustainability, with a goal in particular to meet Ireland's multiple environmental commitments.[9]
  • The Office of Evidence and Assessment - responsible for providing environmental data, information and assessment.[10]
  • The Office of Radiation Protection and Environmental Monitoring - responsible for ensuring that the public is protected from the effects of harmful ionizing radiation.[11]
  • The Office of Communications and Corporate Services - responsible for providing support for all staff across the EPA.[1]

Sites edit

The EPA operates from a number of sites across the Republic of Ireland. The Headquarters are located in Johnstown Castle Estate, Co. Wexford.

Additional offices are located in:[12]

Related Legislation edit

Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) edit

  • 1992: Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1992
  • 1994: EPA (Licensing Fees) Regulations 1994 S.I. 130 of 1994
  • 1996: EPA (Licensing Fees)(Amendment) Regulations 1996 S.I. 239 of 1996
  • 2003: Protection of the Environment Act, 2003
  • 2004: EPA (Licensing Fees)(Amendment) Regulations 2004 S.I. 410 of 2004
  • 2006: EPA (Licensing Fees)(Amendment) Regulations 2006 S.I. 278 of 2006
  • 2006: EPA Act 1992 (Established Activities Order) 2006 S.I. 279 of 2006
  • 2012: European Union (EIA) (IPPC) Regulations 2012 S.I. 282 of 2012
  • 2012: European Union EIA) (IPPC) (No. 2) Regulations 2012 S.I. 282 of 2012
  • 2010: Industrial Emissions Directive 2010/75/EU
  • 2011: European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011
  • 2013: Environmental Protection Agency (Industrial Emissions) (Licensing) Regulations 2013 S.I. 137 of 2013
  • 2013: European Union (Industrial Emissions) Regulations 2013 S.I. 138 of 2013
  • 2013: Environmental Protection Agency (Integrated Pollution Control) (Licensing) Regulations 2013 S.I. 283 of 2013
  • 2015: European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats)(Amendment) Regulations 2015

Waste edit

Waste Licencing and Permitting edit

  • 1996: Waste Management Act 1996
  • 1999: Council Of Europe Directive On The Landfill Of Waste 1999
  • 2000: European Union Directive On Waste Incineration 2000
  • 2003: Protection of the Environment Act, 2003
  • 2004: Waste Management (Licensing) Regulations 2004
  • 2006: Waste management (end of life vehicles) regulations 2006
  • 2006: Waste Framework Directive 2006
  • 2007: Waste Management (Facility Permit and Registration) Regulations 2007
  • 2008: Waste Management (Facility Permit and Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 S.I 86 of 2008
  • 2008: Waste Management (Registration of Brokers and Dealers) Regulations 2008 S.I. 113 of 2008
  • 2008: Waste Management (Landfill Levy) Regulations 2008 S.I. 199 of 2008
  • 2008: Waste Management (Certification of Historic Unlicensed Waste Disposal and Recovery Activity) Regulations 2008 S.I. 524 of 2008
  • 2010: Waste Management (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 S.I. 350
  • 2010: Waste Management (Landfill Levy) Regulations 2010 S.I. 31 of 2010
  • 2010: Industrial Emissions Directive 2010/75/EU
  • 2011: European Communities (Waste Directive) Regulations 2011 S.I. 126 of 2011
  • 2011: European Communities (Waste Directive) Regulations 2011 S.I. 323 of 2011 (No. 2)
  • 2011: European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011
  • 2012: European Union (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Waste) Regulations 2012, S.I. 283 of 2012
  • 2013: EU (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Waste) Regulations 2013 SI 505 of 2013
  • 2013: Environmental Protection Agency (Industrial Emissions) (Licensing) Regulations 2013 S.I. 137 of 2013
  • 2013: European Union (Industrial Emissions) Regulations 2013 S.I. 138 of 2013
  • 2015: European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) edit

  • 2012: Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive 2012/19/EU (Recast)
  • 2014: European Union (Waste Electrical and Electronica Equipment) Regulations 2014 S.I. 149 of 2014
  • 2014: European Union (Batteries and Accumulators) Regulations 2014 S.I. 283 of 2014
  • 2015: European Union (Batteries and Accumulators) (Amendment) Regulations, 2015

Restriction on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) edit

  • 2005: RoHS Regulations 2005 S.I. 341 of 2005
  • 2006: RoHS Directive amendments
  • 2008: DecaBDE Exemption Annulment
  • 2011: RoHS Directive - Directive 2011/65/EU
  • 2012: RoHS Regulations 2012 S.I. 513 of 2012

Batteries edit

Waste Water Discharge edit

  • 2006: Dangerous Substances Directive 2006/11/EC
  • 2007: Waste Water Discharge (Authorisation) Regulations S.I. 684 of 2007
  • 2010: Waste Water Discharge (Authorisation)(Amendment) Regulations 2010

Drinking Water edit

  • 2007: European Communities (Drinking Water) (No. 2) Regulations 2007 S.I. 278 of 2007

Air edit

Emissions Trading edit

  • 2003: Directive 2003/87/EC - EU Emissions Trading Directive 2003
  • 2004: Directive 2004/101/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 (Linking Directive)
  • 2004: European Communities (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading) Regulations 2004
  • 2007: Decision 2007/589/EC - MRG 2007
  • 2009: Directive 2008/101/EC - Aviation
  • 2009: Decision 2009/339/EC - MRG 2009
  • 2010: EC (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading) (Aviation) Regulations 2010
  • 2014: Allocation to Aircraft Operators pursuant to Article 28a (2) of Directive 2003/87/EC as amended by Regulation (EU) 421/2014

Air Quality edit

  • 2004: Air quality 4th Daughter Directive (2004/107/EC)
  • 2008: Air Quality Clean Air For Europe Directive (2008/50/EC)
  • 2009: Air Quality Arsenic, Cadmium, Mercury, Nickel and Polycylic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Ambient Air Regulations S.I. 58 of 2009 
  • 2011: Air Pollution Act, 1987 (Marketing, Sales and Distribution of Fuels) (Amendment) Regulation 2011
  • 2011: Air Quality Standards Regulations 2011
  • 2012: Paints Regulations S.I. 564 of 2012

Solvents edit

  • 1999: Minimising Emissions Of Volatile Compounds From The Use Of Organic Solvents - 1999
  • 2004: Minimising Emissions Of Volatile Organic Compounds From Certain Solvents - Amended
  • 2012: EU (Paints, Varnishes, Vehicle Refinishing products and activities) Regs 2012
  • 2012: European Union (Installations and Activities using Organic Solvents) Regulations 2012
  • 2016: Air Pollution Act (Fixed Payment Notice)(Paints) Regulations 2016

Ozone Depleting Substances edit

  • 2000: European Regulation on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Regulation (EC) No. 2037/2000)
  • 2006: Control Of Substances That Deplete The Ozone Layer Regulations 2006 S.I. 281 of 2006
  • 2014: Regulation (EU) No. 517 of 2014 on fluorinated greenhouse gases

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) edit

  • 1997: EPA Act 1992 (Control of VOC Emissions from Petrol Storage & Distribution) Regulations S.I. 374 of 1997

Strategic Environment Assessment edit

  • 2001: Towards A Common Basis On Which To Base Environmental Assessments Across Europe
  • 2004: EC (Environmental Assessment Of Certain Plans And Programmes) Regulations 2004
  • 2004: Planning And Development (Strategic Environmental Assessment) Regulations 2004

Environmental Protection edit

  • 1992: Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 Number 7 of 1992
  • 2003: Protection of the Environment Act 2003

Genetical Modified Organisms (GMOs) edit

  • 2000: Commission Decision 2000/608/EC 
  • 2001: Directive 2001/18/EC (consolidated text).
  • 2001: GMO (Contained use) Regulations, S.I. 73 of 2001
  • 2002: Commission Decision 2002/623/EC.
  • 2002: Council Decision 2002/811/EC
  • 2002: Council Decision 2002/812/EC
  • 2002: Council Decision 2002/813/EC
  • 2003: GMO (Deliberate Release) Regulations, S.I. 500 of 2003
  • 2003: Commission Decision 2003/701/EC
  • 2003: Regulation (EC) No 1946/2003
  • 2004: GMO (Transboundary Movement) Regulations, S.I. 54 of 2004
  • 2005: Commission Decision 2005/174/EC
  • 2009: Directive 2009/41/EC
  • 2009: Commission Decision 2009/770/EC
  • 2010: GMO (Contained use) (Amendment) Regulations, S.I. 442 of 2010

Environmental Liability edit

  • 2009: Notification under Environmental Liability Regulations

Dumping at Sea (DaS) edit

  • 1996: Dumping at Sea Act 1996
  • 2004: Dumping at Sea (Amendment) Act 2004
  • 2009: Foreshore and Dumping at Sea (Amendment) Act 2009
  • 2010: European Communities (Public Participation) Regulations 2010
  • 2011: European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011
  • 2012: Dumping at Sea (Fees) Regulations 2012 S.I. 270 of 2012
  • 2015: European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats)(Amendment) Regulations 2015

Access to Information edit

  • 2007: Access to Information on the Environment Regulations 2007 S.I. 133 of 2007
  • 2011: Access to Information on the Environment Amendment Regulations 2011 S.I. 662 of 2011
  • 2013: Guidance for Public Authorities and others on implementation of the Regulations - May 2013
  • 2014: Freedom of Information Act 2014 S.I. 30 of 2014

Radiation edit

  • 2014: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 S.I. 20 of 2014

Chemicals & Controlled Substances edit

  • 2008: Mecury Export Ban Regulation 2008/1102/EC
  • 2012: Irish Mercury Export Ban Regulations
  • 2013: Minamata Convention on Mercury

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b (EPA), Environmental Protection Agency. "Office of Communications and Corporate Services". www.epa.ie. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
  2. ^ Review of the Environmental Protection Agency - Consultation Document (PDF) (Report). April 2010. p. 1. Retrieved 2017-04-09. {{cite report}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |authors= (help)
  3. ^ ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ACT, 1992 (7). 1992-04-23. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
  4. ^ (EPA), Environmental Protection Agency. "Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (RPII)". www.epa.ie. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
  5. ^ (EPA), Environmental Protection Agency. "EPA and RPII to Merge". www.epa.ie. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
  6. ^ (EPA), Environmental Protection Agency. "Laura Burke". www.epa.ie. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
  7. ^ (EPA), Environmental Protection Agency. "Our Organisational Structure". www.epa.ie. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
  8. ^ (EPA), Environmental Protection Agency. "Office of Environmental Sustainability (OES)". www.epa.ie. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
  9. ^ (EPA), Environmental Protection Agency. "Office of Environmental Enforcement". www.epa.ie. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
  10. ^ (EPA), Environmental Protection Agency. "Office of Evidence and Assessment (OEA)". www.epa.ie. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
  11. ^ (EPA), Environmental Protection Agency. "Office of Radiation Protection and Environmental Monitoring". www.epa.ie. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
  12. ^ (EPA), Environmental Protection Agency. "Contact Us - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA". www.epa.ie. Retrieved 2017-04-09.

External links edit

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