An implementation group under the chairmanship of the EPA was established that year to monitor the implementation of the inter-agency group's recommendations. To date, 36 of the 39 recommendations have been fully implemented. The three remaining recommendations relate to the implementation and management of rehabilitation plans for the former mining sites in the Silvermines area. In compliance with one of the inter-agency group's recommendations, the then Department of the Marine and Natural Resources commissioned an integrated study of the remediation and management needs of the entire area. In March 2001 the Department appointed SRK Consulting to undertake the €420,000 study. SRK presented its final report in May 2002.