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19/02/2013
EPA Lay Out Septic Tank Inspection Plans
County council staff will receive training from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to carry out 1,000 inspections on septic tanks across Ireland over the next 15 months.
The inspections will follow a three-month education and awareness campaign.
County council inspectors will have the power to enter private property and seek remedial works to be carried out if a septic tank is not in an appropriate condition, the EPA have said.
The inspector and the householder will then agree on a period of time in which the work will be carried out.
If this is not done, the local authority will have the responsibility for following up with a prosecution.
The European Commission has welcomed the publication of the inspection plans by the EPA.
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The inspections will follow a three-month education and awareness campaign.
County council inspectors will have the power to enter private property and seek remedial works to be carried out if a septic tank is not in an appropriate condition, the EPA have said.
The inspector and the householder will then agree on a period of time in which the work will be carried out.
If this is not done, the local authority will have the responsibility for following up with a prosecution.
The European Commission has welcomed the publication of the inspection plans by the EPA.
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