S.I. No. 230/1996 - Quality of Bathing Waters (Amendment) Regulations, 1996

S.I. No. 230 of 1996.

QUALITY OF BATHING WATERS (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1996

The Minister for the Environment in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 30 of the Local Government (Water Pollution) Act, 1977 (No. 1 of 1977) and by section 26 of that Act as amended by the Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Act, 1990 (No. 21 of 1990), hereby makes the following Regulations:—

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Quality of Bathing Waters (Amendment) Regulations, 1996.

2. The Quality of Bathing Waters Regulations, 1992 ( S.I. No. 155 of 1992 ) are hereby amended —

(a) by the substitution for sub-article (9) of article 4 of the following sub-article:

"(9) Results of sampling carried out each year under this article and reports on compliance with the standards specified in the Second Schedule shall be supplied by the local authority to the Environmental Protection Agency not later than the 31st day of October in the year to which they relate in such manner as the Agency shall direct.", and

(b) by the deletion of the First Schedule thereof (as substituted by the Quality of Bathing Waters (Amendment) Regulations, 1994 ( S.I. No. 145 of 1994 ) ) and the substitution therefor of the following Schedule:

SCHEDULE

BATHING AREAS

COLUMN 1	COLUMN 2
BATHING AREA	RESPONSIBLE LOCAL AUTHORITY
The bathing place at Ballyallia Lake, Ennis	Clare County Council
The bathing place at Ballycuggeran, Killaloe
The beach at Bishopsquarter
Cappagh Pier and beach at Kilrush
The beach at Fanore
The beach at Kilkee
The beach at Lahinch
The bathing place at Mountshannon, Lough Derg
The beach at Spanish Point
White Strand, Doonbeg
White Strand, Miltown Malbay
The beach at Barley Cove	Cork County Council
The beach at Claycastle, Youghal
The beach at Coolmaine
The beach at Fountainstown
The beach at Garretstown
White Strand at Garrylucas
The beach at Garryvoe
The beach at Inchydoney
The beach at Owenahincha
The beach at Redbarn
The beach at Tragumna
The beach at The Warren
The main beach at Youghal
The beach at Ballyhernan, Fanad	Donegal County Council
The beach at Bundoran
The beach at Culdaff
The beach at Downings
The beach at Drumnatinny
The beach at Fintra
The beach at Ladys Bay, Buncrana
The beach at Lisfannon
The beach at Marble Hill
The beach at Murvagh
The beach at Port Arthur Strand, Derrybeg
The beach at Portnablagh
The beach at Portnoo/Naran
The beach at Portsalon
The beach at Rathmullan
The beach at Rossnowlagh
The beach at KillineyThe beach at Seapoint	Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
The beach at Balbriggan	Fingal County Council
The beach at Donabate
The beach at Loughshinny
The beach at Malahide
The beach at Portmarnock
The beach at Portrane
The South beach at Rush
The beach at Skerries
Burrow Beach at Sutton
Trá an Dóilin, An Cheathrú Rúa	Galway County Council
The beach at Clifden
The beach at Gurteen, Roundstone
The beach at Na Forbacha
The beach at Cill Mhuirbhigh, Inishmore
The bathing place at Loughrea Lake
The bathing place at Portumna
An Trá Mór, Caol Rua formerly known as An Cnoc
Trá na mBan, An Spidéal
Pier Beach, An Spidéal
Trá Chaladh bhFuinnse
The beach at Traught, Kinvara
The beach at Ballinskelligs	Kerry County Council
White Strand at Ballybunion
The beach at Ballyheigue
Banna Strand
The beach at Castlegregory
The beach at Derrynane
The beach at Fenit
The beach at Inch
The beach at Kells Bay
The beach at Maharabeg, Castlegregory
White Strand at Rossbeigh
White Strand at Caherciveen
The beach at Ventry
The bathing place at Keeldra Lake, Cloone	Leitrim County Council
The beach at Clogherhead	Louth County Council
The beach at Port, Lurganboy
The beach at Seapoint
The beach at Shelling Hill/Templetown
The beach at Bertra	Mayo County Council
The beach at Carrawmore
The beach at Dooega, Achill
The beach at Doogort, Achill
Golden Strand, Achill
The beach at Keel, Achill
The beach at Keem, Achill
The beach at the Harbour, Clare Island
Ross Strand, Killala
The beach at Old Head, Louisburgh
Silver Strand, Louisburgh
The beach at Mullaghroe, Belmullet
The beach at Mulranny
The beach at Rinroe, Carratigue
The beach at Elly Bay, Belmullet
The beach at Laytown/Bettystown	Meath County Council
The beach at Enniscrone	Sligo County Council
The beach at Mullaghmore
The beach at Rosses Point
The beach at Strandhill
The beach at Ardmore	Waterford County Council
The beach at Bonmahon
The beach at Clonea
Dunmore Strand, Dunmore East
Counsellors' Strand, Dunmore East
The beach at Tramore
The bathing place The Cut, Lough Lene	Westmeath County Council
The bathing place at Lilliput, Lough Ennel
The bathing place at Portnashangan, Lough Owel

COLUMN 1	COLUMN 2
BATHING AREA	RESPONSIBLE LOCAL AUTHORITY
The North beach at Ballymoney	Wexford County Council
The North beach at Courtown
The beach at Curracloe
The beach at Duncannon
The beach at Morriscastle
The beach at Rosslare Strand
The beach at Brittas Bay	Wicklow County Council
The beach at Bray
The beach at Clogga
The South beach at Greystones
The beach at Silver Strand
Dollymount Strand	The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin
The beach at Salthill Silver Strand, Galway	The Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the County Borough of Galway

GIVEN under the Official Seal

of the Minister for the Environment

this 31st day of July, 1996.

Brendan Howlin

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Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Quality of Bathing Waters Regulations, 1992 which give effect to Council Directive No. 76/160/EEC of 8 December, 1975 (O.J. No. L31/1, 5 February, 1976) concerning the quality of bathing water. The effect of the amendments is to apply the water quality standards, sampling programmes and pollution prevention provisions of the 1992 Regulations to an additional 8 bathing areas, bringing the total number of bathing areas covered by the Regulations to 124. Local authorities will be required to submit results of their bathing water sampling programmes to the Environmental 'Protection Agency instead of to the Minister, in such manner as directed by the Agency.