New Regulations have been published which transpose the requirements of Directive 2014/52/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014, amending Directive 2011/92/EU on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (the EIA Directive), for Industrial Emissions, Integrated Pollution Control and Waste Licensing regimes....

Odour Impact Assessment Guidance for EPA Licensed Sites (AG5) was updated in February 2019 . The guidance presented in AG5 is useful for activities which are not licensed by the EPA, particularly nuisance complaints. AG5 offers a consistent and systematic approach to the assessment of odours on and in the local area of facilities and...

The Environmental Protection have developed a new template for AER 2019 reporting and announced an extension to the reporting deadline. The Annual Environmental Report (AER) is a requirement for all EPA licensed facilities and should present a concise summary of the environmental performance of the site for the previous reporting year as well as a record of...

Best Available Techniques (BAT): New Standards aim to increase value or reduce costs. ECOS works with our clients to increase value or reduce costs by implementing new Best Available Techniques (BAT) emissions and efficiency standards.  The new specifications are the result of a review of the Best Available Techniques (BAT) Reference Document (BREF) for Waste...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2019 document on Environmental Liabilities and Financial Provision  provides guidance to ensure that adequate funds are available to pay for remediation of environmental damage and pollution and provide for safe closure and incident management at licensed facilities.  Financial Provisions can take the form of : Secured bank accounts On-demand performance bonds Parental...

From January 2019, the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) reporting of annual mass emissions and waste transfers will be completed using the new Environmental Performance Reporting (EPR) online application, which will be available through the EDEN portal. The pollutant release and transfer register lists in excess of 350 industrial facilities engaged in environmentally hazardous activities. Those activities are...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the competent authority for granting and enforcing Industrial Emissions (IE) licences for specified industrial and agriculture activities listed in the First Schedule to the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 as amended.  The categories of industry coming within the scope of Industrial Emissions licensing are: Minerals and Other Materials. Energy....

New waste facility permits for Class 5 activity (the recovery of excavation or dredge spoil, comprising natural materials of clay, silt, sand, gravel or stone) now can accommodate up to 200,000 tonnes. In June 2019, S.I. 250 of 2019 Waste Management (Facility permit and Registration) (Amendment) Regulations was published.  These regulations amend the Waste Management...

A Waste Collection Permit (WCP) is required where a person wishes to collect waste for the purpose of reward or profit. In accordance with Section 24 (1) of the Waste Management (Collection Permit) Regulations 2007 & 2008, a waste collection permit is valid for 5 years from the day it was granted. Please feel free...