User:Wasechun tashunka/sandbox/Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland)

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

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

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

Offices
There are five offices which answer to the advisory committee.


 * The Office of Environmental Enforcement - responsible for implementing and enforcing environmental legislation.
 * 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.
 * The Office of Evidence and Assessment - responsible for providing environmental data, information and assessment.
 * The Office of Radiation Protection and Environmental Monitoring - responsible for ensuring that the public is protected from the effects of harmful ionizing radiation.
 * The Office of Communications and Corporate Services - responsible for providing support for all staff across the EPA.

Sites
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:


 * Dublin
 * Inniscarra, Co. Cork
 * Castlebar, Co. Mayo
 * Monaghan
 * Kilkenny
 * Athlone, Co. Westmeath
 * Limerick

Integrated Pollution Control (IPC)

 * 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 Licencing and Permitting

 * 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)

 * 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)

 * 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

 * 2006: Directive 2006/66/EC on Batteries and Accumulators and Waste Batteries and Accumulators
 * 2008: FAQs on EU Batteries Directive
 * 2014: Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2014
 * 2014: European Union (Batteries and Accumulators) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 S.I. 349 of 2014

Waste Water Discharge

 * 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

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

Emissions Trading

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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)

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

Strategic Environment Assessment

 * 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

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

Genetical Modified Organisms (GMOs)

 * 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

 * 2009: Notification under Environmental Liability Regulations

Dumping at Sea (DaS)

 * 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

 * 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

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

Chemicals & Controlled Substances

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