Case status: Pending.
Follow-up: -
Topics: Access to environmental information; Public participation.
Articles alleged: 5 (1), 5 (2); 6 (2) (a).
Articles considered by the Committee: -
Articles, if any, found in non-compliance: -
Summary: The communication was submitted to the Compliance Committee on 12 May 2016 by an NGO, the Irish Underwater Council. The communication alleged non-compliance with articles 5 (1), (2) and 6 (2) (a) of the Convention concerning dumping at sea permits.
Documents | Status | Date received or posted by the secretariat |
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Communication Annex 1 - DAS Permit S0004-01 Application form Annex 2 - DPC Newspaper notice Annex 3 - DAS Permit S0004-01 Annex 4 - Dumping at Sea Act 1996 Annex 5 - AER for S0004-01 for 2012 |
From the communicant | 12.05.2016 |
Statement on preliminary admissibility at the Committee's 53 rd meeting Annex: Inspectors report on a permit application |
From the Party concerned | 21.06.2016 |
Letter enclosing Committee's questions regarding preliminary admissibility | From the secretariat | 24.08.2016 |
Covering letter enclosing Reply to the Committee's questions Annex 1 - DAS Permits Annex 2 - Public Notice Annex 3 - DAS S0009 Annex 4 - Case C-226-08 Stadt Papenburg v Bundesrepublik Deutschland Annex 5 - Correspondence with EPA Annex 6 - Correspondence with Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government Annex 7 - EPA formal letter of complaint Annex 8 - Response to IUC Annex 9 - DAS permit S0021-01 Annex 10 - Analytical Report Annex 11- DAS Permit S0004-01 |
From the communicant | 05.09.2016 |
Cover letter Annex 1: S.50B of the Irish Planning and Development Act 2000 Annex 2: Environment and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2011 Ireland Annex 3: Briefing note on Access to Justice issues in Ireland |
From observer (Environmental Pillar) | 13.09.2016 |
Letter to the Party concerned enclosing Committee's determination of preliminary admissibility and forwarding communication for the Party concerned's response | From the secretariat | 06.12.2016 |
Response to the communication Annex 1: Appendix C - Letter from the Party concerned in the context of communication ACCC/C/2014/113, dated 10.06.2016 Annex 2: Appendix C - Party concerned's reply to questions of the Committee sent in the context of communication ACCC/C/2014/113, dated 10.06.2016 Annex 3: Appendix C - Party concerned's response to communication ACCC/C/2013/107, dated 18.11.2016 |
From the Party concerned | 05.05.2017 |
Questions from the Committee to the communicant | From the secretariat | 12.03.2018 |
Request for an extension to reply to the Committee's questions | From the communicant | 28.03.2018 |
Decision from the Chair of the Committee to grant an extension | From the secretariat | 29.03.2018 |
Reply to questions | From the communicant | 19.04.2018 |
Statement concerning the Committee's questions | From observer (Environmental Pillar) | 19.04.2018 |
Request to the communicant for clarification | From the secretariat | 04.11.2018 |
Reply to request for clarification Annex 1: DAPs issued since 18 September 2012 Annex 2: Dumping at Sea Act 1996, consolidated to 22 July 2016 Annex 3: Environment and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2011, consolidated to 19 July 2018 |
From the communicant | 07.12.2018 |
Request for an extension to comment on the communicant's clarification | From the Party concerned | 07.01.2019 |
Chair's consent to extension of deadline to Party to comment on communicant's clarification | From the secretariat | 08.01.2018 |
Comments on the communicant’s clarification of 7 December 2018 and reply to questions of 19 April 2018 Annex 1: EPA List of DAS permits issued after 18 September 2012 Annex 2: EPA Guidance on Requests for Alterations to a Dumping at Sea Permit Annex 3: Summary of DAS Amendments made since 18 September 2012 |
From the Party concerned | 11.02.2019 |
Letter to parties seeking their views on whether a hearing is needed | From the secretariat | 29.09.2020 |
Reply as to need for a hearing | From the Party concerned | 13.10.2020 |
Reply as to need for a hearing | From the communicant | 20.10.2020 |
Letter enclosing questions from the Committee to Party concerned and communicant | From the secretariat | 26.03.2021 |
Letter enclosing reply to Committee’s questions | From the Party concerned | 16.04.2021 |
Reply to Committee’s questions Annex 1a: Register from EPA website Annex 1b: Dumping at Sea register Annex 2: Dumping at Sea permit dates Annex 3: Notices Annex 4: Letter from Dublin Port Company, 11.03.2021 Annex 5: Request of access to information on the environment, 19.05.2021 |
From the communicant | 20.05.2021 |
Update | From the communicant | 23.06.2021 |
Additional information Annex 1: Review of notices Annex 2: AIE request of 19 May 2021 from Diving Ireland Annex 2.1: Letter of Dublin City Council to EPA 30.05.2019 Annex 2.2: Letter of Dublin City Council to EPA 30.05.2019 |
From the communicant | 13.12.2021 (dated 19.10.2021) |
Letter enclosing comments on the communicant's replies to the Committee's questions Annex A: Comments/ links to AERs on the EPA website Annex B: Overview of documents Annex B.1: Derogation letter July 2013 Annex B.2: Site inspection report Annex B.3: 2016 09 08 EPA to Donegal Annex B.4: S0011-02 – Non compliance Annex B.5: EPA Response on time extension 21.10.2013 Annex B.6: Licensee Return Notice S0015-02 Annex B.7: EPA to HSL on commencement 15.01.2019 Annex C: Review of notices |
From the Party concerned | 04.03.2022 |
Comments on Party concerned’s letter of 04.03.2022 Annex 1: Port of Cork request for revision of permit no. 20021-02 Annex 2: EPA’s approval to revision request Annex 3: Details on permit no. S0011-03 Annex 4: Annual Environmental Reports page - permit no. S0029-01 Annex 5: Annual Environmental Reports page - permit no. S0030-01 Annex 6: Enforcement documents page - permit no. S0030-01 Annex 7: EPA’s reply to information request, 12.04.2022 |
From the communicant |
26.04.2022 |
Cover letter enclosing comments on the communicant’s letter dated 25.04.2022 | From the Party concerned | 02.06.2022 |
Comments on Party concerned’s letter dated 02.06.2022 | From the communicant | 22.07.2022 |