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UNECE Protocol on PRTRs Public Consultation

Public Consultation on the implementation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs). (closed 17/12/08)

The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government invites comments from interested parties on the implementation in Ireland of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs).
  
A PRTR is a national or regional environmental database or inventory of potentially hazardous chemical substances and/or pollutants released to air, water and soil, and transferred off-site for treatment or disposal.  The UNECE Protocol on PRTRs is the first legally binding international instrument on PRTRs.  Its objectives are to enhance public access to information on the environment, to facilitate public participation, and to contribute to pollution prevention and control.

Ireland signed the UNECE Protocol on PRTRs (subject to ratification) in Kiev in 2003.  The Protocol requires Parties to it to establish nationwide systems that report and collect emissions and waste transfers information. 

The Department has prepared a consultation paper to outline the proposed implementation of the UNECE Protocol on PRTRs in Ireland and is seeking the views of stakeholders on any aspect of this consultation document.  The consultation paper on which comments are sought and a copy of the UNECE Protocol is available below:

Comments should be submitted by email or by post to the address below.  Comments received may be made available publicly on the Department’s website.

by email: environmentpolicy@environ.ie

by post: Environment Policy Section,
Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government,
Unit 1,
Ardcavan Business Park,
Ardcavan,
Wexford.


Consultation period closed  17th December 2008

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