Legislation, Plan, etc.
Summary of high level aim/ purpose/ objective
Summary of lower level objectives, actions etc.
Relevance to the Plan achievement of the objectives of the regulatory framework for environmental protection and management. The Strategy shall be in harmony with all inter-related legislation, plans and programmes relevant to environmental, planning, transport and alternative fuel matters - such as this. Implementation of the Strategy needs to comply with all environmental legislation and align with and cumulatively contribute towards – in combination with other users and bodies and their plans etc. – the achievement of the objectives of the regulatory framework for environmental protection and management. The Strategy shall be in harmony with all inter-related legislation, plans and programmes relevant to environmental, planning, transport and alternative fuel matters - such as this. Implementation of the Strategy needs to comply with all environmental legislation and align with and cumulatively contribute towards – in combination with other users and bodies and their plans etc. – the achievement of the objectives of the regulatory framework for environmental protection and management. The Strategy shall be in harmony with all inter-related legislation, plans and programmes relevant to environmental, planning, transport and alternative fuel matters - such as this.
Waste Management Act 1996, as amended
To make provision in relation to the prevention, management and control of waste; to give effect to provisions of certain acts adopted by institutions of the European communities in respect of those matters; to amend the Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1992, and to repeal certain enactments and to provide for related matters.
The Waste Management Act contains a number of key legal obligations, including requirements for waste management planning, waste collection and movement, the authorisation of waste facilities, measures to reduce the production of waste and/or promote its recovery.
European Communities Environmental Objectives (Freshwater Pearl Mussel) Regulations 2018 (S.I 355 of 2018)
The purpose of these Regulations is to support the achievement of favourable conservation status for freshwater pearl mussels
Actions: • Set environmental quality objectives for the habitats of the freshwater pearl mussel populations named in the First Schedule to these Regulations that are within the boundaries of a site notified in a candidate list of European sites, or designated as a Special Area of Conservation, under the European Communities (Natural Habitats) Regulations, 1997 (S.I. No. 94/1997). • Require the production of sub-basin management plans with programmes of measures to achieve these objectives. • Set out the duties of public authorities in respect of the sub-basin management plans and programmes of measure The substances and threshold values set out in Schedule 5 to S.I. No. 9 of 2010 have been reviewed and amended where necessary, based on existing monitoring information and international guidelines on appropriate threshold values.
European Communities Environmental Objectives (Groundwater) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 366 of 2016)
To amend the European Communities Environmental Objectives (Groundwater) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 9 of 2010) to make further provision to implement Commission Directive 2014/80/EU of 20 June 2014 amending Annex II to Directive 2006/118/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the
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