Paul Kehoe
Question:892 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which the assimilative capacities or rivers are to be determined in relation to new developments with respect to the Local Government (Water Pollution) Act 1977 (Water quality for Phosphorus) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 258 of 1998); if it is on the basis that the prescribed ortho-phosphate levels are never to be exceeded even at low summer flows or if it is the case that the ortho-phosphate levels are not to be exceeded on the basis of the entire annual flow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26609/06]
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