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EPA continued to provide essential environmental enforcement activities during the Covid-19 pandemic using innovative approaches

Posted by on February 19, 2021 · Leave a Comment 

The EPA employed a range of tools to assess compliance at licensed sites during 2020 and throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, including the innovative use of Remote Compliance Assessments. Odour complaints about licensed facilities rose dramatically in 2020, peaking in April.  Overall, there was a 92% increase in complaints received by the EPA. The EPA continued […]

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Local authority environmental enforcement activities are increasing, but challenges remain in waste, farm and air quality inspections

Posted by on January 23, 2020 · Leave a Comment 

Local authorities increased environmental enforcement activities in 2018 and met their overall performance target. Further improvements are required in aspects of their enforcement work and local authorities need to:make sure waste is segregated at source by businesses and householders to improve recovery;improve sharing of information on waste enforcement to ensure that illegal waste activities can be […]

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