EDEN Walkthrough – what data is collected by the EPA when a waste operator / local authority submits an Article 11 request (for Waste Disposal and Recovery Activities)

Waste Management (Facility Permit and Registration) Regulations, 2007, Amended by the Waste Management (Facility Permit and Registration)(Amendment) Regulations, 2008

Request under Article 11 of the Regulations to the Environmental Protection Agency for determination as to whether an activity requires a waste licence, waste facility permit, certificate of registration or none of these

Note from EPA: You must have following information to-hand before completing the Article 11 Request form.

  • Contact email address.
  • Grid Reference (Eastings & Northings).
  • Site map, showing outline of site of proposed activity.
  • The Authorisation or Registration Number if you have existing authorisation i.e. Waste/IPPC Licence, Waste Permit, Certificate of Registration.
  • The Reference Number if you have submitted a previous Article 11 request.
  • Description of Waste, including:
    • Solid or Liquid
    • European Waste Catalogue (EWC) Code
    • Annual intake in tonnes
    • Annual intake in litres
    • Source of Waste
  • The amount, in tonnes and litres, of ‘residual waste’ remaining after recovery that is to be sent on for disposal.
  • Whether ‘biological treatment’ is involved in the proposed activity.
  • For biological treatment processes, the quantity of biowaste, digestate and compost, as relevant, in tonnes and cubic metres that will be present at the facility at any one time.
  • For land deposition/reclamation/restoration activities, the amount of waste (in tonnes) to be deposited over the operational lifetime of the activity.
  • Information related to Planning – planning reference number or evidence of exemption.
  • Information on Designated Sites, where applicable (e.g. Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, Natural Heritage Areas). Information should include:
    • Site Name
    • Site Code
  • Confirmation as to whether or not the site of the proposed activity is in, or next to, a wetland.

Local Authority- Do I need a Waste Licence or Certificate of Registration

Private Sector – Do I need a Waste Licence, Permit or Certificate of Registration

Drop down for “Source of Waste” is as follows:

Construction & Demolition

Municipal (Household & Commercial)

Household

Commercial

Gardens & Parks

Industrial

Agricultural

Healthcare

Waste Management Industry

Other

For more details see

https://www.epa.ie/our-services/licensing/waste/declaration-on-waste-authorisations-art-11/

FAQs

https://www.epa.ie/resources/faqs/waste/general-article-11-questions/#d.en.84156

Database for waste facility permits and certificates of registration

The Waste Facility Permit and the Certificate of Registration Database is a register for waste facility permits and certificates of registration issued by local authorities under the Waste Management (Facility Permit and Registration) Regulations, S.I. No. 821 of 2007, as amended. This website is a central register hosted by the National Waste Collection Permit Office (NWCPO) of all waste facility permits and certificates of registration granted, reviewed, revoked and expired. The database can be accessed at the following link: http://facilityregister.nwcpo.ie/

Sample waste permit

http://facilityregister.nwcpo.ie/details.aspx?recordId=39567

EPA Reporting System: Breakdown of the 25 Modules in Eden

Application to access modules (non public sector user sees 12 of the 25 modules)

Water Abstraction Registration via Eden

Developed by the EPA to enable registering of water abstractions, to satisfy the requirements of the European Union (Water Policy) (Abstractions Registration) Regulations 2018.

Further information and guidance on the abstraction registration process is available on the Environmental Protection Agency’s website at www.epa.ie/licensing/watwaste/watabs/ and the EPA can be contacted by email at edenabstractionsupport@epa.ie

Reasons for Abstraction

Drinking Water, Hydropower, Agriculture, Recreation, Aquaculture, Industrial, Commercial, Navigation, Mining/Quarrying, Drainage, Other

EPAs EDEN & LEAP Systems

An overview of the two main EPA systems used to manage communications with licensees and with local authorities


Information reported to the EPA is used for several purposes, including licence compliance, licensing and monitoring.

Information that comes within the scope of the PRTR Regulation is reported to the European Commission and published on both the Irish https://gis.epa.ie/EPAMaps/PRTR and European https://prtr.eea.europa.eu/#/home PRTR websites.

Information that comes within the scope of Waste Statistics reporting is published in aggregated form on the EPA’s National Waste Statistics website ( https://www.epa.ie/nationalwastestatistics/

Environmental Data Exchange Network (EDEN)

EDEN is the EPA’s online web portal for Local Authorities and licensees to communicate with the EPA on numerous applications.

EDEN provides an online gateway to Environmental and Radiological Protection Licensing, Monitoring, GIS and Reporting applications for organisations to communicate with the EPA and share data with each other.

https://www.epa.ie/our-services/eden/

https://www.epa.ie/resources/faqs/eden/

There are approx 20 modules in EDEN

1. Radiation Licensing (before you acquire radioactive materials or irradiating apparatus, you need an authorisation (registration or licence) from the EPA.

https://www.epa.ie/our-services/licensing/radiation/graded-authorisation/eden/

2. Article 27 by-product / waste notifications

https://www.epa.ie/our-services/licensing/waste/by-products-regulation-27/how-to-prepare-and-submit-a-by-product-notification/

3. Article 11 waste authorisations

https://www.epa.ie/our-services/licensing/waste/declaration-on-waste-authorisations-art-11/

4. Biodegradable Municipal Waste (BMW) reporting

https://www.epa.ie/our-services/compliance–enforcement/waste/biodegradable-municipal-waste-bmw-reporting/

5. Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)

https://www.epa.ie/our-services/compliance–enforcement/waste/weee/

6. Extractive Industries Register

https://www.epa.ie/our-services/compliance–enforcement/waste/extractive-industries-register/

7. Management of Contaminated Land and Groundwater 

https://www.epa.ie/our-services/compliance–enforcement/waste/contaminated-land/

Note: List supplied via EPA on details on the remaining modules

Licence Enforcement Access Portal (LEAP)

The LEAP system records all formal enforcement correspondence between the EPA and its licensees.

Documents are placed on the Licence Enforcement Access Portal (LEAP), accessible at any EPA office, at the time of issue or receipt.

As of 1 January 2016, they are also published online on the Licence Details Page of the EPA website, http://www.epa.ie, 60 calendar days after issue or receipt by the EPA.

The Keystone Enforcement Documents


These are the documents that collectively provide a substantive overview of the enforcement status of the licence.

The specific Online-Publishable document types are:

  • EPA Site Visit (Inspection and Monitoring) Reports and Licensee Public Responses thereto (New);
  • Routine Self-Monitoring Reports (i.e. as per Licence Schedule; not investigations; see Appendix I below);
  • Special Sectoral Reports (Waste Incineration and Co-Incineration Plants performance reports; Solvent emissions monitoring reports; Solvent management plans);
  • Site Closure Reports and related documentation.

Submission of Confidential Information to the OEE

EDEN allows users to report pollutants to Air, Water, Wastewater/Sewer or Land

Note: Releases to land applies only to pollutants in waste which is subject to the disposal operations ‘land treatment’ or ‘deep injection’.
Sludge and manure spreading are recovery operations and therefore not reported as releases to land.

Emissions to Land refers to specific operations only and is not commonly used in Ireland