Local Government (Water Pollution) Acts, 1977 and 1990 (Control of EDC, TRI, PER and TCB Discharges) Regulations, 1994.

These Regulations prescribe quality standards to be applied by local and sanitary authorities when licensing discharges of effluents containing EDC, TRI, PER and TCB to waters or to sewers under the provisions of the Local Government (Water Pollution) Act, 1977 as amended by the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Act, 1990. The quality standards prescribed in articles 4 and 5 apply at the point where the effluent leaves the industrial plant except where an industrial process involving agitation in the open air of effluents containing EDC, TRI or PER is used, in which case the quality standards shall have effect upstream of that process and all water likely to be polluted shall be taken into account in determining compliance. Local authorities shall ensure, in granting discharge licences, that The best technical means are used where necessary for the elimination of pollution, that the granting of a licence will not result in an increase in the pollution, by the substances in respect of which quality standards are prescribed in these Regulations, of other environmental media, in particular soil and air, and shall review licences at least every four years.