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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
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S.I. No. 267 of 2001
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WASTE MANAGEMENT (USE OF SEWAGE SLUDGE IN
AGRICULTURE) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2001
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Dublin
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Published by
the Stationery Office
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S.I. No. 267 of 2001
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WASTE MANAGEMENT (USE OF SEWAGE SLUDGE IN
AGRICULTURE) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2001
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In exercise of the powers conferred on the
Minister for the Environment and Local Government by sections 7 and 51 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:-
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1.
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1) These Regulations may be cited as
the Waste Management (Use of Sewage Sludge in Agriculture) (Amendment)
Regulations, 2001.
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2) These Regulations and the Waste
Management (Use of Sewage Sludge in Agriculture) Regulations, 1998 may be
cited together as the Waste Management (Use of Sewage sludge in Agriculture)
Regulations, 1998 to 2001.
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3) These Regulations shall come into
operation on last day of June 2001.
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4) The purposes for which these
Regulations are made include the purpose of giving effect to provisions of
Council Directive 86/278/EEC 1 of
12 June, 1986 on the protection of the environment, and in particular of the
soil, when sewage sludge is used in agriculture.
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2.
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1) In these Regulations, any
reference to the Schedule or an article which is not otherwise identified is
a reference to the Schedule or an article of these Regulations.
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2) In these Regulations, any
reference to a sub-article which is not otherwise identified is a reference
to a sub-article of the provision in which the reference occurs.
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3) In these Regulations -
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“the 1998 Regulations” means the Waste Management (Use of Sewage
Sludge in Agriculture) Regulations, 1998;
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3.
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Article 4 of the 1998 Regulations is hereby amended by the addition
of the following sub-article:
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“(d) ensure that sludge
is not used except in accordance with a nutrient management plan.”
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4.
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Article 6 of the 1998 Regulations is hereby amended by the
substitution of the following for sub-article (2)
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“(2) Subject to sub-article (1), the limit
values set out in Part II of the Schedule for the amounts of specified heavy
metals which may be added annually to land used for the purpose of
agriculture shall be observed.”
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5.
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Article 8 of the 1998 Regulations is hereby amended by the
substitution in sub-article (2)(b) of “Part IV” for “Part II”.
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6.
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The Schedule of the 1998 Regulations is hereby amended by the
substitution of the following for Part II:
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“
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Part II
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LIMIT VALUES FOR AMOUNTS OF HEAVY METALS
WHICH MAY BE ADDED ANNUALLY TO AGRICULTURAL LAND, BASED ON A TEN YEAR
AVERAGE
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Heavy Metal
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Limit Value
(kilograms per hectare per
year)
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Cadmium
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0.05
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Copper
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7.50
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Nickel
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3.00
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Lead
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4.00
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Zinc
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7.50
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Mercury
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0.10
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Chromium
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3.50
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”
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Explanatory Note
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This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a
legal interpretation
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These Regulations amend the Waste Management
(Use of Sewage Sludge in Agriculture) Regulations, 1998 ( S.I. No. 148 of
1998 ) by replacing the two tonne per hectare per year limit on the amount
of dry matter to be added to soil, with limits based on absolute quantities
of specified heavy metals which may be introduced into soil per hectare per
year subject to the carrying out of nutrient management plans. The
Regulations also require that sludge is used in accordance with a nutrient
management plan and provide for the inclusion of additional technical
parameters to be entered in the sludge register provided for in the 1998 Regulations.
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1 O.J. No. L 181/6, 4 July 1986
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