Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1992
|
Environmental protection, environmental pollution and environmental medium. |
4.—(1) In this Act “environmental protection” includes— | |
(a) the prevention, limitation, elimination, abatement or reduction of environmental pollution, and | ||
(b) the preservation of the quality of the environment. | ||
(2) In this Act “environmental pollution” means— | ||
(a) “air pollution” for the purposes of the Air Pollution Act, 1987 , | ||
(b) the condition of waters after the entry of polluting matter within the meaning of the Local Government (Water Pollution) Act, 1977 , | ||
(c) the disposal of waste in a manner which would endanger human health or harm the environment and, in particular— | ||
(i) create a risk to waters, the atmosphere, land, soil, plants or animals, | ||
(ii) cause a nuisance through noise or odours, or | ||
(iii) adversely affect the countryside or places of special interest, | ||
or | ||
(d) noise which is a nuisance, or would endanger human health or damage property or harm the environment. | ||
(3) In this Act— | ||
“environmental medium” includes the atmosphere, land, soil and waters; | ||
“waters” has the meaning assigned to it by the Local Government (Water Pollution) Act, 1977 . |