LEGISLATION
- Landfill Directive (1999/31/EC, as amended by Directive 2011/97/EU), which addresses the presence of toxic substances resulting from a land-filling operation;
- Environmental Liability Directive (2004/35/EC, as amended by Directive 2013/30/EU), which requests liable operators to undertake the necessary preventative and remedial action for a range of polluting activities.
- Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC, as amended by Directive 2014/101/EU);
- Groundwater Directive (2006/118/EC), as amended by Directive 2014/80/EU); and
- Directive on Environmental Quality Standards (Water Policy) (2008/105/EC, as amended by Directive 2013/39/EU).
- European Communities Environmental Objectives (Groundwater) Regulations
- Floods Directive 2007/60/EC
- EU (Water Policy) Regulations 2014
- Directive on Environmental Quality Standards (Water Policy) (2008/105/EC, as amended by Directive 2013/39/EU).
- River Basin Management Plan 2018-2021
- European Communities Environmental Objectives (Groundwater) Regulations.
- The EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive
- EU Common Fisheries Policy
- EU REACH Policy
- Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018
- Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) (2010/75/EU), which aims to ensure that the operation of an industrial installation does not lead to deterioration in the quality of the soil.
- EPA Draft Guidance Note on Soil Recovery Waste Acceptance Criteria
- EU (Planning and Development) (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2018
- Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive (2011/92/EU, as amended by 2014/52/EU)
- Guidelines for Planning Authorities and An Bord Pleanála on carrying out Environmental Impact Assessment – August 2018
- Schedule 5 of Planning and Development Regulations, 2001 – Development for the Purposes of Part 10 (Development Requiring Environmental Impact Assessment)
- Planning and Development Act, 2000
- Draft revision of the 2016 Code of Practice for the Chemical Agents Regulations
- The Medium Combustion Plants (MCP) Directive (EU) 2015/2193
- Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) Regulation
- Seventh Environment Action Programme
- Commission report on the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (assessment of the second River Basin Management Plans) and the Floods Directive (first Flood Risk Management Plans)
- EPA Water Quality 2016 – An Indicators Report
- EPA Drinking Water Report 2017
- River Basin Management Plan 2018 – 2021
- EU Water Policy Information Sheet
- Small Water Bodies in Great Britain and Ireland: Ecosystem function, human-generated degradation, and options for restorative action
- Assessing and Developing Natural Background Levels for Chemical Parameters in Irish Groundwater (EPA Report No. 183)
- Habitats Directive – Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora
- EU Birds Directive
- Natura 2000
- Planning and Development Act, 2000