S.I. No. 28/1990 - Air Pollution Act, 1987 (Emission Limit Value For Use of Asbestos) Regulations, 1990.

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the

Air Pollution Act, 1987

, (Emission Limit Value for Use of Asbestos) Regulations, 1990.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of March, 1990.

2. In these Regulations:—

"asbestos" means the following fibrous silicates

—crocidolite (blue asbestos),

—actinolite,

—anthophyllite,

—chrysotile (white asbestos),

—amosite (brown asbestos),

—tremolite;

"raw asbestos" means the product resulting from the primary crushing of asbestos ore;

"use of asbestos" means activities which involve the handling of a quantity of more than 100 kilograms of raw asbestos per year in industrial plant in which the industrial process of

(

a

) the production and processing of asbestos, or

(

b

) the manufacture of asbestos-based products, is carried on.

3. (1) Subject to sub-articles (2) and (3) of this article, the emission limit value for the concentration of asbestos emitted through discharge ducts into the air during use of asbestos shall be 0.1 milligrams of asbestos per cubic metre of air discharged.

(2) The sampling and analysis methods to be used in determining whether emissions comply with the emission limit value shall be in accordance with the specifications set out in Part B of the Annex to the Council Directive of 19th March, 1987 (No. 87/217/EEC)*, on the prevention and reduction of environmental pollution by asbestos.

*O.J. No. L85/40 of 28th March, 1987.

(3) The emission limit value shall apply with effect from the 30th day of June, 1991 in the case of existing industrial plant and with effect from the 1st day of March, 1990 in any other case.

DATED this 8th day of February, 1990.

MARY HARNEY,

Minister of State at the Department of the

Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations specify an emission limit value for asbestos in the case of industrial plant concerned with the production and processing of asbestos and the manufacture of asbestos-based products.

The Regulations come into force on 1 March, 1990.

S.I. No. 28 of 1990.

AIR POLLUTION ACT, 1987 (EMISSION LIMIT VALUE FOR USE OF ASBESTOS) REGULATIONS, 1990.

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Minister for the Environment by

sections 10

and

51

of the

Air Pollution Act, 1987

(No. 6 of 1987), which said powers are delegated to me by the Environment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1989 (

S.I. No. 270 of 1989

), I, MARY HARNEY, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, hereby make the following Regulations:—