S.I. No. 257/1998:

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (WATER POLLUTION) (NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PLANNING CONSULTATION) REGULATIONS, 1998.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (WATER POLLUTION) (NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PLANNING CONSULTATION) REGULATIONS, 1998.

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Minister for the Environment and Local Government by section 30 of the Local Government (Water Pollution) Act, 1977 (No. 1 of 1977) and section 21A of the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Act, 1990 (No. 21 of 1990) as inserted by section 66 of the Waste Management Act, 1996 (No. 10 of 1996), which said powers are delegated to me by the Environment and Local Government (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order, 1997 ( S.I. No. 428 of 1997 ), I, DAN WALLACE, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government, hereby make the following Regulations:--

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Nutrient Management Planning Consultation) Regulations, 1998.

2. The Environmental Protection Agency is hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 21A (3) of the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Act, 1990 .

Dated this 24th day of July, 1998.

DAN WALLACE,

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations prescribe the Environmental Protection Agency for consultation purposes prior to a local authority serving a notice requiring the preparation of a nutrient management plan under section 21A of the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Act, 1990 as inserted by section 66 of the Waste Management Act, 1996 .