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Question· writtenPQ 170asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2006
243 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of farms that produce farmed salmon; the number of farms that produce farmed cod; the number of escape incidents that occurred on salmon farms; the number of farmed salmon that escaped; the number of farmed salmon that died on farms; the diseases that have been diagnosed and reported on salmon farms; the amount of emamectin benzoate, cypermethrin and teflubenzuron used on salmon farms; the antibiotics used on salmon farms and the quantities of same; the antifoulants used on salmon farms and the quantities of same; the discharges of phosphorus and nitrogen made by salmon farms for the years 1990 to date in 2006; the percentage of salmon farms here that are owned by a company (details supplied); the percentage Irish salmon farming production in 2005 controlled by the same company; and the percentage of farmed salmon mortalities that are disposed of in land burial, ensiled, incinerated or other.
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Question· writtenPQ 24asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 October 2006
116 Mr. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his Department’s strategy, including timetables, to ensure that Ireland can fulfil our EU National Emissions Ceiling Directive commitments to limit specific air pollutants, particularly Nitrogen Oxides, by 2010, in view of the high level of cars on Irish roads.
[30889/06]
Bill· SS. 3868 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 September 2006
Clean Air Attainment Enforcement Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to declare that if a state in which a covered (nonattainment) area is located does not submit a required implementation plan (for achieving and maintaining national ambient air quality standards), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): (1) shall not have discretion to select whether highway and emission offset sanctions will be imposed on the covered area; and (2) shall impose such sanctions, with a specified exception regarding the emission offset requirements. Requires implementation plan revisions relating to the attainment plans for serious, severe, and extreme areas to require each major stationary source located in a covered area that emits VOCs (volatile organic compounds) or NOx (oxides of nitrogen) to pay the Administrator a fee as a penalty for the failure to attain the standard for ozone by the attainment date. Requires the Administrator: (1) upon approval of a state implementation plan, to annually determine whether a covered area is making sufficient progress to achieve attainment; (2) to impose on each major stationary source located in the covered area a penalty for failure to meet a national primary ambient air quality standard for ozone; and (3) to suspend the imposition of such penalties if a covered area is making sufficient progress for the current calendar year. Requires such fees and actions by the Administrator with respect to implementation plan revision requirements for major stationary sources that emit PM2.5 (particulate matter with a diameter less than or equal to 2.5 micrometers).
Bill· HRH.R. 5811 (109th)open
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 2006
MARPOL Annex VI Implementation Act of 2006 - Applies (with regard to Annex VI of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973) federal law relating to the prevention of pollution from ships to certain foreign ships. Allows the head of a federal department or agency to apply those provisions of federal law to one or more classes of public vessels operated under the authority of that department or agency. Limits to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), on behalf of the United States, issuance of an Engine International Air Pollution Prevention Certificate in accordance with Annex VI to the Convention and the International Maritime Organization's Technical Code on Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides from Marine Diesel Engines. Gives a certificate issued by a country that is a party to the MARPOL Protocol (the Protocol of 1978 relating to and including the Convention) the same validity as a certificate issued by the Secretary (Secretary) of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating or by the Administrator. Requires ports and terminals to ensure the availability of reception facilities for receiving ozone depleting substances, equipment containing such substances, and exhaust gas cleaning residues. Authorizes the Secretary of State, after consulting with the Secretary, to act for the United States on Annex VI amendments.
Question· writtenPQ 435asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2006
482 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the advice of Teagasc in relation to nitrogen and phosphorus fertiliser limits as recently submitted to his Department; if he will include the limits put forward by Teagasc for both nitrogen and phosphorus fertiliser limits when restoring part three of the regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Bill· SS. 2724 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 2006
Clean Air Planning Act of 2006 - Amends the Clean Air Act to establish national pollutant tonnage limitations for sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, mercury, and carbon dioxide. Provides for review and revision of annual tonnage limitations. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) establish a nitrogen oxide allowance trading program; (2) promulgate regulations to ensure the equitable issuance of such allowances to facilities that use more than one energy source to produce electricity and facilities that produce electricity in addition to another service or product; (3) establish a reserve of such allowances to be set aside for use by new units that is not less than 5% of the total allowances allocated to affected units for the calendar year; (4) allocate a certain proportion of such allowances to affected units (certain fossil fuel-fired electric generating facilities) in a certain period; (5) establish a nitrogen oxide allowance transfer system; and (6) provide for the use and transfer of such allowances. Subjects specified units to annual emission limitations for inlet mercury. Directs the Administrator to: (1) establish a carbon dioxide allowance trading program; (2) promulgate regulations relating to offsets produced by agricultural sequestration practices; (3) establish a reserve of carbon dioxide allowances to be allocated to new affected units and to a clean coal technology reserve; and (4) allocate a specified amount of carbon dioxide allowances to certain units; and (5) promulgate regulations that provide for the issuance, certification, and use of offset allowances (and early reduction allowances) for greenhouse gas reduction or sequestration projects. Authorizes the use and transfer of allowances in other carbon dioxide allowance trading programs that are approved by the Administrator for the use of the allowances. Revises the new source review program to set forth performance standards for sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides for each affected unit that has been in operation 50 or more years as of January 1, 2020. Revises the sulfur dioxide allowance program to establish an allowance reserve for new units. Requires the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to issue air quality forecasts and air quality warnings as part of the mission of the Department of Commerce. Requires the EPA Administrator to promulgate regulations limiting emissions from electric utility steam generating units of hazardous air pollutants, other than mercury.
Question· writtenPQ 907asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 April 2006
980 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has taken on board the advice received from Teagasc to amend the nitrates action plan, with particular reference to the nitrogen and phosphorus fertiliser limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 32asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
54 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress her Department is making, in consultation with the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government, in considering the advice received from Teagasc in relation to phosphorous and nitrogen limits with regard to the derogation of part three of the nitrates directive; when it is expected the negotiations with the Commission to be resumed in relation to derogation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 31asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2006
53 Mr. Gogarty asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the means she has or will put in place to encourage cultivation of crops in rotations which have a high nitrogen uptake such as stubble turnips, winter rye, Westerwolds ryegrass, mustard, phacelia, forage rape and so on to assist with compliance of the nitrates directive.
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Question· writtenPQ 58asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 February 2006
50 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the nitrogen element of the nitrates directive will be reviewed, as it applies in Irish law; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 3asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 February 2006
3 Mr. Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her proposals to address the threat posed to pig and poultry farming and mushroom production by the maximum nitrogen and phosphorus fertiliser limits of the nitrates directive; the predicament of County Monaghan pig and poultry farmers and mushroom producers in terms of having to dispose of surpluses of over 100,000 tonnes of poultry litter, 90,000 tonnes of spent mushroom compost, 150,000 tonnes of pig slurry and residual materials from public sewerage works; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 42asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 February 2006
107 Ms Enright asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the nitrogen element of the nitrates directive as it applies in Irish law will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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