136 applications for licences received, half related to landfills.
29 applications related to transfer stations.
13 applications for hazardous waste transfer and treatment facilities.
Other applications were for healthcare waste facilities, composting operations and contaminated land remediation.
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Three applications withdrawn or deemed invalid.
More than 7,500 submissions received by end of 1999.
24 inspections and eight audits completed at licensed facilities.
38 notifications issued, warning of non-compliance to licensees.
EPA involved in enforcement action at two large unauthorised landfills near Pollardstown Fen, Co Kildare.