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Ireland's Environment 2016 - An Assessment

Year: 2016

Ireland's Environment 2016 provides an update on the environmental challenges that we face both nationally and globally. The report adds to a range of thematic and research reports available from the EPA that cover many of the issues reported on in more detail.

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Ireland's Environment 2016 - An Assessment

Year: 2016

Ireland's Environment 2016 provides an update on the environmental challenges that we face both nationally and globally. The report adds to a range of thematic and research reports available from the EPA that cover many of the issues reported on in more detail.

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Research 170 - Review of Public Information Programmes to Enhance Home Radon Screening Uptake and Home Remediation

Year: 2016

Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas. It has no taste, colour or smell. It is formed in the ground by the radioactive decay of uranium which is present in all rocks and soils. The World Health Organisation has categorised radon as a carcinogen, in the same group as asbestos and tobacco smoke.

National Allocation Table Changes 1 2016

Pursuant to Article 10A(7) of Directive 2003/87/EC (NIMs) - Updates due to changes to the operation of an installation., April 2016

Year: 2016

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Household Radon Exposure In Patients Attending A Rapid Access Lung Cancer Clinic

Year: 2016

This report shows the findings from a study carried out with the HSE in Galway which has a high radon area. The Rapid Access Lung Cancer Service at University Hospital was involved in the study.

Guidance Note for Noise: Licence Applications, Surveys and Assessments in Relation to Scheduled Activities (NG4)

Year: 2016

The NG4 guidance note was originally published in 2012, and this current update to NG4 was published in 2016. This revised Noise Guidance Note (NG4) is intended to assist licensed sites with the assessment of their potential and actual noise impact on the local environment. In all cases this revised version of NG4 should be applied by licensees and consultants.

Ambient Air Monitoring in Balbriggan , Dublin

Year: 2015

Ambient Air Monitoring In Balbriggan , Dublin

Ambient Air Monitoring in Mullingar, Westmeath

Year: 2015

Ambient air monitoring in Mullingar, Westmeath

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Developing and Assessing Alternatives in Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)

Year: 2015

Alternatives are fundamental to the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) process. This research report makes recommendations for how to incorporate good practice when considering alternatives in the plan and SEA making process. It also sets out a methodology for how to develop and assess alternatives when carrying out SEA.

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Air Quality in Ireland 2014

Key Indicators of Ambient Air Quality., September 2015

Year: 2015

Ambient air quality trends based on concentration measurements in 2014 of particulate matter, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, black smoke, heavy metals, ozone, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and benzene.

Caighdeán Aeir in Éirinn 2014

Príomhtháscairí Maidir le Caighdeán an Aeir sa Timpeallacht, September 2015

Year: 2015

Soláthraíonn an tuarascáil seo forbhreathnú ar threochtaí maidir le caighdeán an aeir thimpeallaigh in Éirinn i 2014. Tá an anailís a chuirtear i láthair anseo maidir le cáilíocht aeir bunaithe ar thoisí áirithe tiúchana de na truailleáin seo a leanas: leibhéil cháithníní, ózón, ocsaídí Nítrigine, dé-ocsaíd sulfair, luaidhe, aonocsaíd charbóin agus beinséin.

WFD Application Phase 1 Technical Overview

WFD Application Phase 1 Technical Overview, August 2015

Year: 2015

WFD Application Phase 1 Technical Overview

An approach to characterisation as part of implementation of the Water Framework Directive

Version 2.0 May 2015, August 2015

Year: 2015

WFD Characterisation Approach (May 2015)

SEA Resource Manual for Local and Regional Planning Authorities

Year: 2015

The Manual provides a step by step guide to the SEA and plan-making process with a view to promoting integration between the key stages of both processes. It has been prepared for Local and Regional Authorities by the Western Regional Authority (WRA) in association with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Note: This version was reviewed/updated in 2015.

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Farm Hazardous Waste Report 2014

Year: 2015

The EPA, Teagasc, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), 10 local authorities, WEEE Ireland, European Recycling Platform (ERP), and RILTA Environmental Ltd collaborated in 2014 in a joint initiative to facilitate the collection, recover and disposal of hazardous waste from farms.

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Ireland's National Inventory Submissions 2015

Year: 2015

Ireland's annual inventory submissions including the National Inventory Report (NIR) and Common Reporting Format (CRF) data files and supplementary information if available. The NIR contains transparent and detailed information on the inventory for years 1990-2013. The CRF tables contain all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and removals, implied emission factors and activity data.

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