Environment Protection (Effluent Discharge Permit) Regulations 2003.

These Regulations provide rules for the discharge of effluent, i.e. water sullied or contaminated by any matter, in solution or suspension and derived from the use of the water in connection with domestic, industrial or other activities. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any effluent from any of the activities set out in the First Schedule into a watercourse, water body or onto any land unless he has an Effluent Discharge Permit from the appropriate enforcing agency (reg. 3). An application for a permit shall be made in the form set out in the Second Schedule. An application for a permit shall be accompanied by a contingency plan specifying measures that shall be taken by the applicant in case of breakdown or failure in the treatment works or process (reg. 4). The permit shall be in the form specified in the Third Schedule. A permit shall specify: (a) the maximum volume of effluent that may be discharged daily; (b) the maximum rate at which any effluent may be discharged at any time; (c) the method of sampling and location of sampling points of the effluent; (d) the frequency of analysis to be conducted in respect of the effluent (reg. 5). The person responsible for an activity shall cause the result of analysis of an effluent to be sent to the Department of Environment and to the appropriate enforcing agency on a quarterly basis. The enforcing agency may renew a permit if it is satisfied that the applicant has complied with the Environment Protection Act 2002 and any Regulations made under the Act (reg. 8). (10 regulations completed by 5 Schedules)