Environmental Protection (Authorisations) Regulations 2000.

These Regulations provide rules about the evaluation of an application for an environmental authorisation to be made to the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to sections 11, 19 or 21 of the Environmental Protection Act. They also concern the Register made pursuant to section 36 of the Act and require a holder of an environmental authorisation to make all records required by regulation 5. Where an environmental authorisation is in force it shall be the duty of the Agency to take the steps needed: (a) for the purpose of ensuring that the activities authorised by the environmental authorisation do not cause pollution of the environment or harm to human health or become seriously detrimental to the amenities of the locality affected by the activities; and (b) for the purpose of ensuring that the conditions of the environmental authorisation are complied with. In considering an application for the renewal of an environmental authorisation, the Agency may: (a) carry out physical inspections of the facility; and (b) specify other standards or conditions with which such facility shall comply.