Disaster Management Act: Environment Directions: Measures to address, prevent and combat the spread of Coronavirus COVID-19 (No. R. 439 of 2020).

These Directions, made by the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment under the Disaster Management Act 2002, relate to licences and environmental authorisations as contemplated in the National Environmental Management Act, 1998, the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 and the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act, 2004. They seek to ensure fair processes, especially relating to licensing processes, public participation processes, appeals processes, reporting requirements and the provision of waste management services during the lockdown period, which are not possible due to the restrictions placed on the movement of people. The Directions extend timeframes for specified processes under the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations 2014, the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 and National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act, 2004 and the National Appeal Regulations, 2014, as amended, issued under section 44(1)(a), read with section 43(4) of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998.