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Quarries : |
Irish HSA guidance on
Quarry safety
Irish Mining and
Quarrying Society Irish Planning Authorities
Guidelines for Quarries April 2004
intended to help with the
implementation of Section 261 of the Planning & Development Act, 2000, which
is commenced with effect from 28 April 2004. Under Section 261 all quarries,
except those which obtained planning permission in the last 5 years, must
register with the planning authority within a year of the section being
commenced. Quarries which had not previously obtained planning permission may
also be required to undergo environmental impact assessment and to apply for
planning permission where there area is greater than 5 ha or where they are
situated in designated sensitive areas where their continued operation would
have significant effect on the environment
Ireland's
Planning Legislation
Irish EPA Guidance Note on the
Extractive
Industry and draft guidelines on
Environmental
Management in the Extractive Industry
UK based
Quarry Products
Association
UK
Institute
of Quarrying
UK Environment Council
Good Practice for Stakeholder Engagement in the
Aggregates Sector
UK HSE Health &
Safety In the Quarry Industry UK Environment Agency on
Mining & Quarrying US EPA Guidance on
Available
Information for Estimating Air Emissions from Stone Mining and Quarrying
Operations
Australian Institute of
Quarrying
US National
Stone
Sand and Gravel Association
Crystalline
Silica
information
US based OSHA information on
Crystalline
Silica
US based NIOSH on
Silica
Australian
Mining and
Quarrying Occupational Health and Safety Committee Links to other sources of
Environmental
Information including Planning
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Quarries