Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992

Inhalt

1. Art. 1 Short title.
2. Art. 2 Commencement.
3. Art. 3 Interpretation.
4. Art. 3A Community act given effect to by certain amendments of this Act.
5. Art. 3B Power to amend First Schedule in certain circumstances.
6. Art. 3C Industrial Emissions Directive.
7. Art. 4 Environmental protection, environmental pollution and environmental medium and environmental quality standard.
8. Art. 5 Best available techniques.
9. Art. 6 Regulations.
10. Art. 7 Orders.
11. Art. 8 Offences.
12. Art. 9 Penalties.
13. Art. 10 Payment of certain fines to Agency.
14. Art. 11 Prosecution of offences.
15. Art. 12 Cost of prosecutions.
16. Art. 13 Powers of authorised person.
17. Art. 14 Service of notices.
18. Art. 15 Immunity of Agency.
19. Art. 16 Indemnification of Director General, directors and other persons.
20. Art. 17 Expenses of Minister.
21. Art. 18 Amendment of Act of 1963 and Air Pollution Act, 1987.
22. Art. 19 Establishment of Environmental Protection Agency.
23. Art. 20 Incorporation of Agency.
24. Art. 20A Appointment of Director General of Agency
25. Art. 21 Director General.
26. Art. 22 Deputy Director General.
27. Art. 23 General functions of Director General and Deputy Director General.
28. Art. 23A Appointment of director of Agency
29. Art. 24 Directors.
30. Art. 25 Meetings and procedure of Agency.
31. Art. 26 Agency's quorum, vacancies, etc.
32. Art. 27 Advisory Committee.
33. Art. 28 Functions of Advisory Committee.
34. Art. 29 Staff of the Agency.
35. Art. 30 Transfer of staff of public authorities.
36. Art. 31 Conditions related to transfer of staff.
37. Art. 32 Dissolution of An Foras Forbartha Teoranta.
38. Art. 33 Superannuation of Director General and directors.
39. Art. 34 Superannuation of staff of Agency.
40. Art. 35 Membership of House of Oireachtas or European Parliament.
41. Art. 36 Membership of a local authority.
42. Art. 37 Declaration of interests.
43. Art. 38 Disclosure of interests.
44. Art. 39 Disclosure of confidential information.
45. Art. 40 Prohibition of certain communications.
46. Art. 41 Committees and consultative groups.
47. Art. 42 Consultants and advisers.
48. Art. 43 Establishment of regional environmental units.
49. Art. 44 Provision of services to Agency.
50. Art. 45 Agreements between Agency and other public authorities.
51. Art. 46 Grants to Agency.
52. Art. 47 Borrowing by Agency.
53. Art. 48 Acceptance of gifts by Agency.
54. Art. 49 Charges for services.
55. Art. 50 Accounts and audits.
56. Art. 51 Annual report and information to Minister.
57. Art. 52 Functions generally.
58. Art. 53 Assignment of additional functions.
59. Art. 54 Transfer of functions.
60. Art. 55 Advisory functions in relation to Ministers of the Government.
61. Art. 56 Advisory functions in relation to local authorities.
62. Art. 57 Assistance to local authorities.
63. Art. 58 Drinking water.
64. Art. 58A Performance by water services authorities of statutory functions in relation to drinking water.
65. Art. 59 Sewage or other effluents.
66. Art. 60 Agency functions in relation to water or sewage treatment.
67. Art. 61 Monitoring in relation to sanitary authorities' effluents.
68. Art. 62 Landfill sites for waste disposal.
69. Art. 63 Performance of statutory functions by local authorities.
70. Art. 64 Hydrometric programme.
71. Art. 65 Environmental monitoring programme.
72. Art. 66 Establishment of an accreditation scheme.
73. Art. 67 Access to monitoring results.
74. Art. 68 Monitoring activities of public authorities.
75. Art. 69 Environmental quality data storage system.
76. Art. 70 State of the environment reports.
77. Art. 71 Environmental research.
78. Art. 72 Environmental impact assessment.
79. Art. 73 Environmental approval.
80. Art. 74 Environmental audit.
81. Art. 75 Environmental quality objectives.
82. Art. 76 Codes of practice.
83. Art. 77 Evidence of code of practice.
84. Art. 78 Labelling of products and services.
85. Art. 79 General policy directives.
86. Art. 80 Consultation by the Agency.
87. Art. 81 Consultation with the Agency.
88. Art. 81A Regulations in relation to environmental inspections.
89. Art. 81B Definitions (Part IV)
90. Art. 82 Licences.
91. Art. 82A Transitional matters for activities licensed under this Act consequent upon Industrial Emissions Directive.
92. Art. 82B Provision supplemental to section 82.
93. Art. 82C Exemption under section 5(1) of Act of 2022
94. Art. 82D Section 15 of Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015
95. Art. 83 Determination of applications for licences.
96. Art. 84 Provisions supplemental to, and consequential on, section 83.
97. Art. 85 Transboundary environmental impacts.
98. Art. 86 Conditions attached to a licence.
99. Art. 86A Best available techniques, emission limit values, equivalent parameters and conditions attached to a licence.
100. Art. 86B Baseline report and permanent cessation of activity.
101. Art. 87 Processing of applications for licences or reviews of licences.
102. Art. 87A Agency may not grant licence in respect of designated development unless Minister has approved designated development
103. Art. 87B Non-application of proposed determination procedure to certain applications.
104. Art. 88A Agency to take alternative assessment into account
105. Art. 88B Notice of decision in relation to designated application
106. Art. 88C Exemption from EIA Directive for civil emergency or defence
107. Art. 88D Exemption from requirement for EIA in exceptional circumstances
108. Art. 88E Exemption from requirement to issue proposed determination
109. Art. 88F Agency to take account of information specified under section 88D
110. Art. 88G Notice of decision in relation to application to which exemption under section 88D relates
111. Art. 89 Regulations regarding licences.
112. Art. 90 Review of licences.
113. Art. 90A Review of part of licence or revised licence
114. Art. 90B Periods for decision-making
115. Art. 91 Register of licences.
116. Art. 92 Limit on duration of licence.
117. Art. 93 Benefit of licences.
118. Art. 94 Transfer of licences.
119. Art. 95 Surrender of licences.
120. Art. 96 Amendments of licence of clerical or technical nature.
121. Art. 96A Mass balances of specified substances.
122. Art. 97 Revocation or suspension of licence in certain circumstances.
123. Art. 97A Notice of incident or accident significantly affecting the environment.
124. Art. 97B Notice of non-compliance with licence or revised licence relating to industrial emissions directive activity.
125. Art. 98 Alterations of activity.
126. Art. 98A Alterations of industrial emissions directive activity.
127. Art. 99 Charges in relation to emissions.
128. Art. 99A Fees.
129. Art. 99B Special cases.
130. Art. 99C Monitoring of environmental quality and emissions.
131. Art. 99D Mass balances of specified substances.
132. Art. 99E Discharges to sewers.
133. Art. 99F Application of other Acts.
134. Art. 99G Transitional arrangements.
135. Art. 99H Powers of High Court or Circuit Court in relation to activities in contravention of this Act.
136. Art. 99I Groundwater Protection.
137. Art. 99J Environmental Inspection Plan
138. Art. 99K Titanium Dioxide.
139. Art. 100 Extension to Agency of certain powers under Local Government (Water Pollution) Act, 1977.
140. Art. 101 Extension to Agency of certain powers under Air Pollution Act, 1987.
141. Art. 102 Management plans.
142. Art. 103 Emission limit values and quality standards.
143. Art. 104 Special reports and investigations.
144. Art. 105 Inquiries.
145. Art. 106 Regulations for control of noise.
146. Art. 107 Power of local authority or Agency to require measures to be taken to prevent or limit noise.
147. Art. 108 Noise as a nuisance.
148. Art. 109 Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act, 1989.
149. Art. 110 Access to information on the environment.
150. Art. 111 Genetically modified organisms.
151. Art. 112 Register kept in computer or other non-legible form and evidence of entries.
152. Art. 113 Increase of certain penalties.