Public Lectures
ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT IN IRELAND Guest Speaker
Mr Patrick O’Brien
Senior International Environmental Consultant
TOLL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING LIMITED (IRELAND)
ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING AND COMPLIANCE IN THE MALTESE INDUSTRIAL CONTEXT Guest Speaker
Mr Michael Sant
Manager, Environmental Permitting and Compliance Unit
MALTA ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING AUTHORITY
NBRR, Department of Biology
Date: 21 June 2013
Time: 1700 – 1900 hrs
Organised by the
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science
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Institute of Earth Systems
UNIVERSITY OF MALTA
The lecture on environmental enforcement in Ireland
covers enforcement activities of the Irish Regulatory
Authorities
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Historical Perspective
Environmental Legislation
Regulatory Authorities
Focus on Environmental Enforcement
Enforcement Case Studies
Challenges
The lecture on environmental permitting and compliance
in the Maltese industrial context covers permitting and
compliance activities of the Malta Environment and
Planning Authority
 The environmental permitting system, and
how this feeds into compliance activities as
part of the regulatory cycle
 Legislative background
 Permitting and compliance concepts as applied
locally
Attendance is free of charge. Those wishing to attend are kindly
asked to contact Ms Michaela Stivala, at the Department of
Biology,
University
of
Malta,
Tel:
23402272;
Email:
Michaela.stivala@um.edu.mt