Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 902: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to other dumps or sites here with high levels of mercury, chromium VI or zinc that could pose a potential threat to human safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27056/08]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Under the Waste Management Acts the statutory responsibility for national hazardous waste management planning rests with the EPA which has prepared a National Hazardous Waste Management Plan. Section 60(3) of the Act precludes the Minister from exercising power or control over a matter for which the Agency has statutory responsibility. The Department therefore does not compile or maintain a list of sites which may contain such hazardous waste.