These Regulations provide for various procedural and other matters under the Water Pollution Acts in regard to licence applications and reviews and appeals to An Bord Pleanana in these respects. Time limits are provided for decisions on licence applications by local and sanitary authorities and time limits for determinations in the case of appeals received on or after 1 March, 1993 are also provided as an objective for An Bord Pleanala. The Regulations specify the fees payable in the case of applications, reviews and appeals. Fees are also prescribed for copies of any entry in a register of licenses to be kept by local and sanitary authorities under the Acts. Part VI of the Regulations makes further provision for the control of discharges of harmful substances to groundwater in implementation of Directive 80/68/EEC on the protection of groundwater against pollution caused by certain dangerous substances.
Local Government (Water Pollution) Regulations, 1992.