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New Rules for Site-Won Asphalt and Soil & Stones

Posted 10/07/2024

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has established the National By-Product Criteria for Site-Won Asphalt (BP-N001/2023) for use as a raw material in Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) plants for the manufacture of bituminous mixtures.

Irish Air Quality Failure

Posted 09/07/2024

The Environmental Protection Agency has published its ‘Air Quality in Ireland Report 2022’. This report provides an analysis of the air we breathe, offering insights into pollutants, pollution sources and their potential impacts on human health and the environment.

Industrial Emissions Directive To Be Amended

Posted 09/07/2024

Mandatory Accreditation for Odour Sampling & Analysis

Posted 25/06/2024

In February 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) stated that from 1st January 2027, mandatory accreditation for odour sampling and analysis will be required in accordance with EN 13725:2022 “Air Quality – Determination of Odour Concentration by Dynamic Olfactometry.” Should sampling be carried out by non-accredited contractors after the aforementioned date, the associated monitoring report will not be accepted by the EPA.

EPA Releases Water Abstraction Register

Posted 24/06/2024

EPA Releases Water Abstraction Register

In December 2023 the Environmental Protection Agency published the Water Abstraction Register, containing information on water abstractions of 25 cubic metres (25,000 litres) or more per day that have been registered with the Agency.

New EPA Guidance on Pig Odour

Posted 14/07/2023

Poor Local Authority Performance in 2021

Posted 14/07/2023

The EPA is the national authority on environmental matters in Ireland. However, the Agency also has a supervisory role in relation to the performance by local authorities of their statutory environmental protection duties. The EPA has been measuring and reporting on local authority environmental enforcement performance since 2014. This measuring and reporting is carried out through the EPA’s Local Authority Performance Framework.

A Hopeful Climate Action Plan 2023

Posted 11/07/2023

New Sustainability Reporting Requirements

Posted 05/07/2023

Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive enters into force

EPA Increasing Transparency

Posted 30/06/2023

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