Transcript Slajd 1 - Coalition Clean Baltic

Industrial farms need
proper implementation of
the EU IPPC Directive to
reduce the nutrient pollution
load
Aleksandra Antonowicz
Green Federation GAJA/CCB
BSPC Working Group on Eutrophication
14.08.2006 - 15.08.2006
Industrial farming versus eutrophication
Main source of nitrogen and phosphorus in the Baltic
(about 50%)
is agricultural discharge via rivers derived from:
soil cultivation
use of fertilisers
storing and spreading manure
intensive and uncontrolled
agriculture
Baltic Sea GIWA Regional assesment 17, 2005
Regulations aimed at prevention of
eutrophication connected with
agriculture
 Annex
III to Helsinki Convention 1992
 EU Directive Concerning the Production of
Water Against Pollution Caused by
Nitrates from Agricultural Sources
 The Directive on Integrated Pollution
Prevention and Control
IPPC Directive
The purpose of IPPC Directive is to minimise
pollution from industrial sources throughout the
EU.
IPPC Directive provides an integrated approach to
establish pollution prevention from stationary
installations listed in its Annex I, which are
among others:
 installations for the intensive rearing of pigs with
more than 2 000 places for production pigs (over
30 kg), or 750 places for sows;
IPPC tool - integrated permit
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The permit must take into account the whole
environmental performance of the plant,
covering e.g. emissions to air, water and land,
generation of waste, use of raw materials,
energy efficiency, noise, prevention of accidents,
and restoration of the site upon closure;

Operators must ensure that they will use "best
available techniques" (BAT) to prevent or reduce
pollution;
Fertilization is a part of installation
IPPC INSTALLATION
stationary technical unit where one or more activities listed
in Annex I are carried out, and any other directly
associated activities, which have a technical connection
with the activities carried out on that site and which could
have an effect on emissions and pollution;
Implementation of IPPC Directive
Polish example
-
Polish agricultural policy is
significant for the condition of
the Baltic Sea because of the
geografical situation;
-
in Poland we managed to
identify 103 IPPC hog rearing
farms;
Full compliance with the Directive
is achieved
not only by
transposition
into the law and issuing
the permits
but also by
fulfilling by installations
obligations arised from
the permits
Fertilization proccess should be
treated as a part of installation
activities and regulated in
integrated permit.
Liquid manure poured out on the fields
North west of Poland
2005
Installation should be determined
by the impact on the environment
and not by the ownership.
Polish definition of installation:
„InstallationA)stationary technical unit;
B)set of technical units technologically connected, placed on
the area of one plant and legally possessed by one subject;
C)structures being neither technical units nor their
complexes;”
Environmental Protection Act, art. 3, p. 6
Following BAT is obligatory for
installation operator
„Members States shall take the necessary measures to
provide that the
competent authorities ensure that installations are operated
in such
way that :
(a) all the appropriate preventive measures are taken
against pollution, in particular through application of
the best available techniques; (…)”
Article 3 of the Directive
Poland does not have BAT for industrial
farming.
Control of the IPPC installations
The message to Parliamentarians !
 To
secure the limitation of the agri run-off
of nutrients to the Baltic Sea
Parliamentarians can take initiatives to
review the PROPER implementation of
the EU IPPC Directive when it comes to
industrial farms
Message to Parliamentarians !
 You
can be a leading group for
ensuring that your country properly
implements IPPC Directive
!the infringement procedure!
Thank you for your attention!