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NREAP National Renewable Energy Action Plan
NSDB National Soil Database
NTA National Transport Authority
NTFSO National TransFrontier Shipments Office
NWCPO National Waste Collection Permit Office
(Offaly County Council)
NWS Native Woodland Scheme
NWPP National Waste Prevention Programme
O3 ozone
ODS ozone depleting substance
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development
OEE Office of Environmental Enforcement (EPA)
OPW Office of Public Works
OREDP Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan
OSi Ordnance Survey Ireland
P phosphorus
PAF Prioritised Action Framework for Natura 2000
PAH polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
PBTS persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic
substances
PCB polychlorinated biphenyl
PEAS priority environmental assets
PFC Perflurocarbons
pkm passenger kilometres
PM particulate matter
pNHA proposed Natural Heritage Area
POP persistent organic pollutant
PPCP pharmaceutical and personal care product
ppm parts per million
PPNs Public Participation Networks
PPs plans and programmes
PRI Producer Responsibility Initiative
PRP Pollution Reduction Programme
PSO Public Service Obligation
PV photovoltaic
RAL Remedial Action List
RBD River Basic District
RBMP River Basin Management Plan
REACH Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and
Restriction of Chemicals (EU Directive)
Reg. Regulation
REPS Rural Environment Protection Scheme
RES-E renewable energy in electricity generation
RES-H renewable energy in heat
RES-T renewable energy in transport
RPII Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland
RSPB NI Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
(Northern Ireland)
SAC Special Area of Conservation
SEA Strategic Environmental Assessment
SEAI Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
SF 6 sulphur hexafluoride
SFPA Sea Fisheries Protection Authority
S.I. Statutory Instrument
SO2 sulphur dioxide
SPA Special Protection Area
STRIVE Science, Technology, Research and Innovation
for the Environment
SWAN Sustainable Water Network
t tonne
TEA Tipperary Energy Agency
TEEB The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity
THM trihalomethane
UN United Nations
UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for
Europe
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change
VOC volatile organic compound
VTEC verotoxigenic E. coli
VRT Vehicle Registration Tax
WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
WEI water exploitation index
WERLA Waste Enforcement Regional Lead Authorities
WFD Water Framework Directive
WHO World Health Organisation
WSIP Water Services Investment Programme
WWTP waste water treatment plant
µg/l micrograms per litre
μg/m 3 micrograms per cubic metre
μm micrometre