Guidelines

Environmental Impact Assessment

Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) Guidelines, 2013 (1.5 MB pdf)
Geology in Environmental Impact Statements – A Guide, 2002(132 KB pdf)

IGI intend to update our EIA guidance. We are currently in the process of considering what needs to be done to bring it up to date, in light of legislative changes and the publication of the 2022 EPA Guidance. It is proposed to complete the work in the first half of 2023

Guidelines for Drilling Wells for Private Water Supplies (2007)

Explaining Groundwater and Water Wells (3.5 MB pdf)
Guidelines on Water Well Construction (6.6 MB pdf)
Guidelines Summary (100 KB pdf)

Quarry developments (2007)

Recommended Collection, Presentation and Interpretation of Geological and Hydrogeological Information for Quarry Developments, 2007 (161 KB xlsx)

IGI Perc reporting standards

IGI Summary Guide to Public Reporting 2021 (430 KB pdf)

Resource and reserve terminology

PERC_Reporting Standard_2021  (1.8 Mb pdf)
PERC Recognised Professional Organisations List, May 2019 (600 MB pdf)

Use of Resource and Reserve terminology, 2014 (227 KB pdf)