Evaluation of the Joint Waste Management Plan for the South East Region 2006
SOUTH EAST WASTE MANAGEMENT REGION
Evaluation of the Joint Waste Management Plan for the South East Region 2006
This is to advise that the South East Waste Management Region (consisting of Carlow County Council, Kilkenny County Council, South Tipperary County Council, Waterford City Council, Waterford County Council and Wexford County Council) has commenced an evaluation of the Joint Waste Management Plan for the South East Region 2006 and, consequent on this evaluation, the Plan will be revised or replaced as necessary to comply with the Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC) transposed through the European Communities (Waste Directive) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 126 of 2011). The existing Joint Waste Management Plan for the South East Region 2006 must be evaluated by 31 December 2012.
The subsequent revision or replacement of the waste management plan will require Strategic Environmental Assessment and will have regard to the Appropriate Assessment requirements under Article 6 of the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC).
The requirement for the Strategic Environmental Assessment of waste management plans arises out of the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive 2001/42/EC as transposed through the European Communities (Environmental Assessment of Certain Plans and Programmes) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 435 of 2004). The objective of S.I. 435 of 2004 is to provide for a high level of protection of the environment and to contribute to the integration of environmental considerations with the preparation and adoption of plans and programmes, with a view to promoting sustainable development by ensuring that an environmental assessment is carried out of certain plans and programmes which are likely to have significant effects on the environment.
The process of revision or replacement of the Joint Waste Management Plan for the South East Region 2006 will be subject to two separate formal consultation phases:
- When a decision is made to revise or replace the existing plan, and on the initiation of a screening and scoping phase of the Strategic Environmental Assessment and initiation of an Appropriate Assessment, if required; and
- On preparation of the draft plan, Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental Report and Appropriate Assessment, if required.
The South East Waste Management Region is participating in a National Coordination Committee, which has been set up to provide an appropriate support mechanism for the regions to coordinate the required evaluation process in line with statutory requirements.
It should be noted that the Government is committed to the preparation of a new National Waste Policy which may modify the composition of the waste management planning regions, which would have implications for the revision or replacement of plans. Nevertheless, the Waste Framework Directive states that waste management plans shall set out “an analysis of the current waste management situation in the geographical entity concerned” thus allowing flexibility in the evaluation process.
Should you have any queries, please contact:
Mr. Denis Holland,
Senior Engineer,
South Tipperary County Council,
Aras an Chontae,
Clonmel,
Co. Tipperary.
Tel.: 052-6134410
Email: denis.holland@southtippcoco.ie
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