Latest Compliance & Enforcement: Licensees Publications
Draft Intensive Agriculture AER Guidance Document
Year: 2025
Draft Intensive Agriculture AER Guidance Document
EPA Facilities/Installations with Financial Provision Requirements 31/10/24
Year: 2024
EPA Facilities/Installations with Financial Provision Requirements 31/10/24
Environmental Performance Reporting (EPR) Guidance
EPR Guidance (v7) - updated 04 July 2023, July 2023
Year: 2023
Latest guidance for licensees on completing an EPR annual return.
Environmental Inspection Plan 2022 - 2025
Inspection Plan for Industrial Emissions Directive, Integrated Pollution Control, and Waste Licensed Installations 2022 - 2025, April 2022
Year: 2022
Environmental Inspection Plan 2022 to 2025
Annual Environmental Report (AER) Guidance and Templates
IE, IPC and Waste Facilities only, December 2021
Year: 2021
Guidance on the process of preparing and implementing a bog rehabilitation plan
Year: 2020
Condition 10 of peat extraction licences require licensees to prepare and implement bog rehabilitation plans. This document provides guidance for licensees and third parties on what the EPA expects to see in these plans.
Licensing and Enforcement Charging Policy 2020
Year: 2020
The EPA has developed a policy on Licensing and Enforcement Charging. This document serves to provide a basis for both licensing and enforcement charges.
Bond
Year: 2019
The bond template is generally acceptable to the EPA and is specific to the EPA's particular requirements. Any party intending to use the template may wish to seek their own legal advice.
EPA Approach to Environmental Liabilities and Financial Provision
Year: 2019
The EPA has applied a risk-based approach to environmental liability and financial provision requirements. This document sets out the types of licensed facilities which require the agreement of costings and provisions for their environmental liabilities. It also specifies the actions required of all operators with respect to environmental liabilities and financial provisions for their facilities.
Guidance on the Preparation and Submission of the Annual Environmental Report for Waste Water Discharge Licences
Year: 2019
Guidance on the preparation & submission of Annual Environmental Reports for Waste Water Discharge Licences.
Report on Lime spill at Dubln Waste to Energy 7th June 2017
Incident at Dublin Waste to Energy 7th June 2017, March 2018
Year: 2018
EPA Report on the investigation of the Lime spill incident which occurred at the Dublin Waste to Energy Facility, Poolbeg on 7th June 2017.
Secured Fund
Year: 2017
The Account Charge and Funding & Drawdown Agreement templates are generally acceptable to the EPA and are specific to the EPA's particular requirements. Any party intending to use the templates should seek their own legal advice.
Guidance on the Preparation of Accident Preventation Procedures and Emergency Response Procedures
Year: 2016
Guidance to Licensees on the Preparation of Accident Prevention Procedures and Emergency Response Procedures
AER PRTR Guidance Document for Intensive Agriculture Sector
Year: 2016
Guidance on AER/PRTR reporting for the Intensive Agriculture Sector
Guidance on Financial Provision for Environmental Liabilities
Year: 2015
This document sets out the principles of, process for putting in place, and instruments acceptable for, and instruments acceptable for, financial provision. The EPA has also published financial provision templates for use when putting financial provision in place.
Guideline Template Report for reporting compliance with the EO (Groundwater) Regulations 2010
Year: 2014
This document provides a guideline template report for licensees to use when reporting a Hydrogeological Review/Technical Assessment to demonstrate compliance with the European Communities Environmental Objectives (Groundwater) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No 9 of 2010). The Guideline Template Report sets out the content and standard of work that should be submitted to the EPA.
Guidance on assessing and costing environmental liabilities
Year: 2014
This guidance presents a systematic approach for assessing and costing environmental liabilities associated with closure, restoration/aftercare and incidents. It replaces those aspects of Guidance on Environmental Liability Risk Assessment, Residuals Management Plans and Financial Provision (EPA, 2006).
Guidance on assessing and costing environmental liabilities - Unit cost rates for verification
Year: 2014
This document provides unit costs for closure and restoration/aftercare including landfill specific unit costs. It accompanies the Environmental Protection Agency Guidance on assessing and costing environmental liabilities (EPA, 2014).
How to manage confidential enforcement submissions
Year: 2014
How to manage confidential enforcement submissions