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15/01/2013
State Now 'Compliant' With EU on Septic Tanks
Ireland is now in compliance with a European Court of Justice ruling to regulate the installation and use of septic tanks, Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan has said.
On December 19 the State was ordered to pay €2 million and a fine of €12,000 per day because, the European Commission argued, poorly designed, located or maintained tanks were putting human health at risk due to the danger of pathogens entering drinking water.
Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland today, Mr Hogan said the daily fine would be paid up to the end of next week, when a septic tank inspection programme prepared by the Environmental Protection Agency would be submitted to the European Commission.
Mr Hogan said he had met with the Commission yesterday, and they had indicated the plan would be approved.
“We are now in compliance with the European Court of Justice judgment which I inherited and the previous government did nothing about,” he said.
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On December 19 the State was ordered to pay €2 million and a fine of €12,000 per day because, the European Commission argued, poorly designed, located or maintained tanks were putting human health at risk due to the danger of pathogens entering drinking water.
Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland today, Mr Hogan said the daily fine would be paid up to the end of next week, when a septic tank inspection programme prepared by the Environmental Protection Agency would be submitted to the European Commission.
Mr Hogan said he had met with the Commission yesterday, and they had indicated the plan would be approved.
“We are now in compliance with the European Court of Justice judgment which I inherited and the previous government did nothing about,” he said.
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