Control of Major Accidents and Hazards (COMAH) inspections;
Some visits to support the determination of discharge consents;
Programme of waste compliance monitoring;
Routine inspection of waste industry sites;
Routine Water Regulation inspections;
Planned routine audits of NI Water sites;
Routine inspections of private waste water discharges, abstractions and impoundment sites and compliance sampling for industrial consents;
Compliance sampling for industrial consents;
Routine monitoring of private water supplies;
Forestry
Programme of Afforestation inspections;
VSAHG
Food Business Operator & Third Country compliance audits in abattoirs and meat cutting plants;
Animal welfare establishment inspections;
Export Assembly Centre audits.
Routine inspections / investigations with continued pause include:
NIEA
Radioactive substances inspections;
Reports concerning alleged illegal waste disposal which have been assessed as low level and low risk.
Routine inspections of waste water treatment works and waste water pumping stations (pending resolution of PPE / risk assessment due to aerosols)
Routine oil and pesticide storage checks on industrial premises;
Routine zoo and wildlife licence inspections;
Marine and Fisheries
Routine inspections of fishing vessels at sea;
Routine inspections relating to low severity fish kills;
Investigations into low level reports of illegal fishing;
VSAHG
Non-statutory RISK scheme sampling;
Forestry
Low risk non-essential plant health, produce quality and pest inspections;
Farm Inspections
Inspections / investigations currently underway include:
Any reported incidents where there is a risk to human health or serious risk to the environment, including high risk or high impact waste pollution or offending, or high or medium severity water pollution incidents;
EU Area Based Scheme Inspections
Environmental Farming Scheme pre-approval checks;
Young Farmer (YF) Scheme interviews (2019);
Client Referral (CR1) checks;
Cross compliance whistle blower reports.
VSAHG
National Control programmes – Zoonoses & Residues;
Cross compliance inspections SMR 1 (nitrates and phosphates) at a reduced rate;
Cross compliance inspections SMR2 and SMR3 ( Wild Birds and Semi –Natural Habitats respectively) at a reduced rate and where there can be continued adherence to social distancing requirements;
EU Area Based Schemes
Full Environmental Farming Scheme inspections;
Rapid Field Visits (RFVs) for the Basic Payment Scheme;