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E-PRTR European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register - Public access to information. Eva Goossens, EEA ([email protected]). "Get your right to a healthy community“ Subregional Workshop on PRTR for countries in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
E-PRTR European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register - Public access to information
Eva Goossens, EEA ([email protected])
"Get your right to a healthy community“ Subregional Workshop on PRTR for countries in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia
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EEA – who are we – what do we do?
PRTR – why?
Legal framework in Europe
European PRTR
Coverage / data flow
Website – Public access
Diffuse sources in E-PRTR
Rationale for diffuse inventoryContent of the presentation
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EEA is an independent agency of the European Union
Role: to provide sound, independent information on the environment be a major information source for those involved in developing,
adopting, implementing and evaluating environmental policy, and also the general public
EEA (European Environment Agency): Who are we? EEA (European Environment Agency): Who are we?
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•Member countries
•Cooperating countries
EEA is dependent upon strong networks to perform our work
•Networks •- EEA member and cooperating countries
32 EEA Member countries EU-27, Iceland, Liechtenstein,
Norway, Switzerland and Turkey
EEA cooperating countries 7 West Balkan countries: Albania,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia as well as Kosovo under the UN Security Council Resolution 1244/99.
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ENP South (Mediterranean) Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon,
Morocco, Syria, Tunesia and the Occupied Palestinian Territory (+ Libyia)
ENP East Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia,
Moldova, Ukraine
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Why a PRTR? - Purpose
Public access to environmental information
Inventories of pollution
from industrial sites (point sources) but also
diffuse sources of pollution
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On-line access to information of pollution generated by industry and diffuse sources, such as transport, agriculture, and domestic heating, for which emissions cannot be measured at specific points
The European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR)
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International context
UN-ECE* Protocol on PRTRunder the Aarhus Convention concerningAccess to Information, Public Participationin Decision-making and Access to Justicein Environmental Matters
‘open’ global Protocol 27 Parties
EU, 21 EU MS + Albania, Croatia, Norway, Switzerland, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Entered into force October 2009 Data available as of 2012 (reference year 2010)
86 pollutants
* UN-ECE: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe** status on 25/10/2011
•Legal framework – international contextLegal framework – International context
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European Union (EU) legislation
Regulation (EC) 166/2006 Establishes the European PRTR
Based on a previous register (EPER) and IPPC Directive
32 countries:
– 27 EU Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway– Switzerland and Serbia (voluntary)
Annual reporting
Data available as of 2007 (first published in 2009)
Implements the PRTR Protocol + beyond 91 pollutants (Hexabromobiphenyl, Octylphenols, Fluoranthene, Isodrin,
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene + 86 of the PRTR Protocol)
Legal framework – European Union context
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E-PRTR
Obligation to report data to EU
National PRTR = national choice
National legislation
Point source / diffuse sources
Pollutants: number and thresholds
Ratification of PRTR Protocol – national PRTR should at least be in compliance with the requirements of the UNECE Protocol
Legal framework – EU Member States
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Who?
Operators of 29,000 facilities undertaking one or more ‘Annex I’ activities above a capacity threshold set in the E-PRTR Regulation
What?
Releases of pollutants to air, water and land reporting threshold (per pollutant and media) routine and accidental releases
Off-site transfers of waste Hazardous waste > 2 tonnes per year Non-hazardous waste > 2000 tonnes per year
Off-site transfer of pollutants in waste water Pollutants above Annex II threshold
European PRTR – Point source reporting
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Coverage 25,000 facilities 65 industrial activities 91 pollutants
65 activities in 9 sectors: Energy Production and processing of metals Mineral industry Chemical industry * Waste and waste water management Paper and wood production and processing Intensive livestock production and
Aquaculture Animal and vegetable products from the food
and beverage sector Other activities.
91 pollutants in 7 groups:
Greenhouse gases Other gases Heavy metals Pesticides Chlorinated organic substances Other organic substance Inorganic substances
* No thresholds
European PRTR – Point source reporting
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Competent authorityValidation
CountryCompilation of reports
Europe Compilation for EUPublication of E-PRTR
Public (http://prtr.ec.europa.eu/)
FacilityRelease/transfer report
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Point Source DATA FLOW
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A cooperation between EEA and the European Commission http://prtr.ec.europa.eu
European PRTR – Website
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Data is searchable by: facility name, address country industrial activity pollutant map etc
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Facility search - basic
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Facility search - advanced
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Facility search - Result list
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•Activity definition and …
Facility details – general information
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… amounts of pollutants released
Facility details – pollutant releases
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Facility details – Time series
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Map search: entirely geographical access to data
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Map search: What is close to you ?
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Map search: Zoom and select an individual facility
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When information is kept confidential by a Member State, a reason has to be provided in accordance with Art.4 Directive 2003/4/EC on public access to environmental information •261 facilities in 4 countries ( Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, Sweden)•Mainly waste transfers and facility names
Reasons for confidentiality
• Proceeding of public authorities – Article 4(2)(a) • International relations, public security or national defence
- Article 4(2)(b) • the course of Justice- Article 4(2)(c) • Commercial or industrial information - Article 4(2)(d) • Intellectual property rights - Article 4(2)(e) • Personal data (natural person) - Article 4(2)(f) • The interest or protection of any person providing data on
a voluntary basis - Article4(2)(g) • The protection of the environment to which such
information relates – Article 4(2)(h)
Data confidentiality: quick facts
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Article 4(2)(d) Confidentiality of commercial or industrial information
Data confidentiality: Data confidentiality: website presentationwebsite presentation
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Diffuse sources included in E-PRTR
32 maps Scale: 5km by 5km (grids) Sectors:
road transport, shipping, aviation, domestic heating, agriculture small business (diffuse emissions)
Pollutants: nitrogen oxides (NOX), sulphur oxides (SO2), carbon dioxide (CO2), ammonia (NH3) particulate matter (PM10)
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•Diffuse sources: •Residential combustion (NOx)
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•Diffuse sources: Road transport (NOx)
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•Diffuse sources: Road transport (NOx)
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•Diffuse sources: agriculture (NH3)
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•Diffuse sources: domestic shipping (NOx)
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•Diffuse sources: •international shipping (SO2)
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Incorporation into E-PRTR website (data download via EEA’s dataservice)
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ANNEX on EPER and E-PRTR
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MS PRTR protocol ratification:Different MS data in European and national PRTR?
MS data in E-PRTR MS specific PRTRLegal framework E-PRTR Regulation National legislation
Information Point source data (facilities) Point source data (facilities) + inventory of diffuse sources
Publication E-PRTR website National PRTR website
Frequency / timelines Annual update (from 2010 onwards April – data of year x-2)
At least annual update of point source data
Industrial sectors/activities 65 At least 65 of PRTR protocol
Pollutants 91 ? (at least 86 of PRTR protocol)
Thresholds Defined in E-PRTR regulation At least in compliance with PRTR Protocol
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E-PRTR Regulation versus PRTR Protocol
Differences
Pollutants (Annex 2)
PRTR Protocol: 86 / E-PRTR Regulation: 91(additional pollutants: Octylphenols and Octylphenol ethoxylates, Fluoranthene, Isodrin, Hexabromobiphenyl, and Benzo(g,h,i)perylene))
Thresholds (Annex 2)
E-PRTR more stringent thresholds for 6 pollutants PCDD+PCDF (dioxins + furans), Tetrachloroethylene (PER), Tetrachloromethane (TCM), Trichlorobenzenes (TCBs and all isomers), Trichloroethylene, Trichloromethane
Specific implementation
Activity threshold
E-PRTR: capacity threshold PRTR Protocol: capacity or employee threshold