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Notes;
Trail construction and associated drainage, alongside a cherry laurel removal project should have required screening for Appropriate Assessment ? where is that screening?
If AA is required (hydrological connectivity to Natura 2000 sites (Murrough Wetlands SAC and SPA)) then there should have been a public consultation conducted on the AA
Reported to DAFM FS and IFI (as trail construction has no effective buffer and drainage is into sea trout pools on Vartry River). DAFM remit is only forest roads, so have no jurisdiction over trail development
Assessment under Article 6(3) of the Habitats Directive ?
Environmental Liabilities Directive case ?
If road/trail construction along sea trout pools is unlicensed, what remedies are available to remediate the damage?
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OCEI Appeal – Ref OCE-137396-X2B1Y0 – EPA Ref OEE AIE 2023 04/05
The EPA provided the OCEI with the attached excel file in relation to this case. The EPA also informed the OCEI that the final phase of the LEAP Online system was completed and that all formal compliance and enforcement correspondence relating to licensed facilities was uploaded to the new online system.
EPA further informed the OCEI that the records relevant to this case are available to view via the LEAP Online (epa.ie) (Licence and Enforcement Access Portal) system.
Note: what is an EPA CI ?
A Compliance Investigation (CI) is opened by the EPA when further information and/or action is required in relation to a compliance issue at a licensed site. Under the CI, the EPA can direct the licensee to provide additional information about the issue and to take specified corrective and preventative actions to restore compliance with the licence.
A licenced site with an open CI is at risk of being included on EPA list of National Priority Sites.
Download file in Excel here:
Whether information requested by the appellant is “environmental information” within the meaning of article 3(1) of the AIE Regulations
Decision
Bord Bia Decision
Schedule of Records
Full Decision
Redacted records
Case: OCE-138355-H5S8J1
Background
IP Rights
NLC and Prime 2 database overlap
Free to view or free to access ?
Case Number: OCE-133406-B1G8G0
Background – sample casefile to compare two EPA datasets (EDEN and LEAP)
EPA have three systems
EDEN vs LEMA vs LEAP
No records are held in EDEN
One record is in LEMA but not in LEAP
LEMA records not within scope of this AIE (applicant only asked for EDEN records not in LEAP)
EPA submissions provide a good explainer on how EDEN works with other systems
EDEN is a transfer system to LEMA
Decision
The list of priority areas where treatment must improve to resolve national environmental priorities.
