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Conrad Wilson RPS Consulting Engineers

LANDFILL IN THE DUBLIN REGION. Conrad Wilson RPS Consulting Engineers. Landfilling In Ireland. Change from large numbers of small un-environmentally friendly landfills to smaller number of large engineered landfills with minimal environmental impacts.

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Conrad Wilson RPS Consulting Engineers

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  1. LANDFILL IN THE DUBLIN REGION Conrad Wilson RPS Consulting Engineers

  2. Landfilling In Ireland • Change from large numbers of small un-environmentally friendly landfills to smaller number of large engineered landfills with minimal environmental impacts. • Landfilling one element of an intergrated waste mangement system.

  3. Need for Landfill in the Dublin Region • Critical Shortage of Municipal Landfill Capacity • Landfill Closures in the Dublin Region • Ballyogan – 2005 • Arthurstown – end of 2007 • Balleally – 2008 approx. • Waste generated in Dublin Region to be dealt with in Dublin Region

  4. Dublin Landfill Siting Study • EPA Manual on Landfill Site Selection (1996) • Objectives • Ensure that the risk to the environment is low • The site is suitable for the disposal of waste • The financial cost to the community is minimised • The selection process is transparent • Similar process for DWTE

  5. Proposed Fingal Landfill - EIS

  6. Proposed Fingal Landfill – EIA • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) • Community • Health • Landscape and Visual • Landuse • Traffic • Archaeology • Geology/Hydrogeology • Ecology

  7. Proposed Fingal Landfill - EIS • Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) • Waste License Application (WLA) • EIS and WLA submitted to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for waste license • EIS submitted to An Bord Pleanala for planning consent.

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