Transcript Document

ECENA 3rd Plenary meeting
September 18-19, 2008
Istanbul, Turkey
Republic of Serbia
Ministry of Environment and Spatial
Planning
Short overview of the implementation of IPPC, LCP,
Seveso II, Waste Landfill and Incineration directives
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IPPC Directive
• Status of IPPC Transposition
• Law on Integrated Environmental Pollution Prevention and
Control (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia”, No.
135/2004) [1] has been adopted with the participation of
Industries and other stakeholders, but bylaws are delayed
and implementation has not started yet
Followed regulations
• Bylaw on criteria for determining BAT, application of quality
standards, and determination of ELVs in IPPC permit
• Indicative list of main pollutants
• Bylaw on types of activities requiring IPPC permit
• Regulation on content of IPPC permit
• Regulation on content of request for IPPC permit
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[1] http://www.ekoserb.sr.gov.yu/dokumenti/zakon/IPPC%20LAW.pdf
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IPPC Directive
• Institutional structures for IPPC law implementation
• Structures are in place on the central and local level for IPPC law
implementation. There is a comprehensive plan for institutional
development and administrative strengthening on the central
and local level.
The Ministry, provincial and local self-government authorities,
responsible for environmental protection, are in charge for
issuing permits in Serbia. Level of responsibilities is according to
the Law on planning and construction
• Inventory of IPPC Installations
• Inventory of IPPC installations has been made. Inspectorate
prepared the preliminary list of 238 installations (published on
web site). Hard to precise how many of them work. Less then 5
percent of this installations comply with BAT requirements.
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IPPC Directive
•Inventory of IPPC Installations
•Preliminary list (recently refreshed) made by Inspectorate
1. Energy industries
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2. Production and processing of metals
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3. Mineral industry
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4. Chemical industry
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5. Waste management
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6. Other activities
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Σ 238
•Timetable for IPPC Permitting
•There is a timetable for granting integrated permits for
concerned industries
•Best Available Techniques
•Best available techniques references (BREFs) have been
translated into the national language or guidance documents
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based on the BREFs have been drafted.
IPPC Directive
•Competencies and skills for issuing integrated permits
•There are skills for issuing integrated permits only on the
central level and very limited skills on the local level. There
is no clear strategy for capacity building on the local level.
• Trainings for permit writers and inspectors: TAIEX, ISLE
(Norwegian project)
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LCP Directive
• Transposition of LCP Directive
• LCP Directive has not been transposed in the national legislation.
Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning (MESP) shall draft
new regulation on emission limit values where will define “large
combustion plant” and their classification.
• Inventory of LCP installations
• There is not an inventory of LCPs, exists only inventory of LCP
belonging to Electro Power System of Serbia, but complete
inventory of all LCPs has to be done by the MESP
• National Emission Reduction Plan, set ELVs or both
• The existing ‘’Regulation on Emission Limit Values, Manner and
Deadlines for Measurement and Record-Keeping’’ sets ELVs, but
it is not fully in compliance with Directive requirements.
Alignment of ELVs will be done by adoption of new Regulation on
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ELVs.
LCP Directive
• Competent authorities
•LCP Competent authority is MESP According to Law on
Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control
• Systems to determine total emission values from existing LCPs
• There is an obligation for LCP operators to monitor their
emissions. Obligation is prescribed by: Law on Environmental
Protection, Law on IPPC, Draft Law on Air Protection, Rulebook
on Emission Limit Values, Manner and Deadlines for
Measurement and Record-Keeping
• Operators have to perform continual self-monitoring and to
inform ministry once per year. In case of ELVs are exceeded,
operator has to inform ministry immediately
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Seveso II Directive
•Transposition of Seveso II Directive
•Partly in Article 38. and 58. of LEP
•Full transposition: Amendments of Law on
environmental protection - in parliament procedure;
those amendments and following regulations (Rulebook
on methodology for accident risk assessment and
conditions for accident risk management – draft) will
enable complete implementation of Seveso II Directive
into the Serbian legislation
•Inventory of Seveso II installations
•Preliminary list: 32 lower tiers and 51 upper tiers
establishments. Inspectorate is continuing improvement
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of the preliminary list
•Competent authorities/Tasks
Authority
Task
MESP, Autonomous – Province Secretariat for
Receiving Article 6
Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development, notifications from operators
and municipality depending on the location of installation (art. 60 of Law on
Environmental Protection–LEP)
MESP (acc. to art.61. of LEP)
MESP (acc. to art. 38 of LEP)
MESP, Province Secretariat for Env. Protection and
Sustainable Development and municipalities
Identifying Article 8
establishments or groups of
establishments
Examining safety reports
Drawing up external
emergency plans
Those obligations are prescribed in art. 58. of LEP, and Ensuring that internal and
Environmental Inspection is checking if they are fulfilled external emergency plans are
reviewed, tested, and where
necessary, revised and
updated
Ministry of Interior and environmental inspectors
Investigating major accidents
Environmental Inspection of MESP
Inspecting establishments
Fire fighting brigades and mobile eco-tox units within
Bodies appointed to provide
local Institutes for public health and network of civil
technical assistance to 9the
protection
competent authority/ies
Seveso II Directive
•Accident prevention policies
•According to art. 38. and 58. of LEP, operators are obliged to
prepare risk assessments or emergency plans and safety
reports; risk assessment is submitted to MESP for verification
according to art. 38. of LEP
•Safety reports
•Content of safety reports is in accordance with the
requirements of Annex III and is prescribed in Regulation on
chemical accident risk assessment and environmental protection
methodology, preparation and mitigation measures; the safety
plans are reviewed and tested every 3 years, in accordance with
art. 58. of LEP
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Waste Landfill Directive
• Transposition of Waste Landfill Directive
• It will be transposed into the new Law on waste
management – Parliament procedure
• Number of landfills
• In the Strategy on Waste Management it is planned to
build 29 regional landfills; one existing landfill fulfils
prescribed conditions (to be upgraded)
• Landfill classification
• There are about 180 disposal sites of communal waste
(classified into 4 categories), not counting a large
number of illegal waste dumps in rural areas
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Waste Landfill Directive
•Strategy for reduction of BMW to landfills
•Strategy on Waste Management, adopted by the Government
in 2003, sets up waste management options, including
composting as an alternative option of biodegradable waste
treatment. It is planned to construct regional plants for biohazardous waste separate collection and treatment. Regional
waste composting plants will be constructed in the mid-term
period. Regional biodegradable waste treatment plants must
have integrated permit. There is no data on biodegradable
waste; Strategy should be revised regarding targets and time
limits for the implementation of Art.5.2.
•Target for reduction of BMW to landfills
•No
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Waste Landfill Directive
•Criteria for waste to be accepted to landfills
•Draft Law on Waste Management prescribes obligation of
operator to undertake waste acceptance/non acceptance
procedure (Art.30.par.2. and 3). Government Bylaw will detailed
prescribe such procedure in line with Annex II (Art.42.par.7.of
the Draft Law on Waste Management).
•Waste NOT accepted
•Landfill permits requisites
•Draft Law on Waste Management (Article 63.) prescribes
conditions and content of the permit
•Landfill fees
•No
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Waste Incineration Directive
•Transposition of Waste Incineration Directive
•Draft Law on Waste Management in Parliament
procedure
•Number of incineration and co-incineration plants
•No of permits issued
•Categories of waste co-incinerated
•Emission Limit Values
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Government of RS already adopted two bylaws
(decrees):
1. Used / Waste oil management
2. Management of waste containing asbestos
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NATIONAL PROGRAMME
FOR INTEGRATION WITH THE EUROPEAN
UNION (NPI)
adopted by Serbian Government and in
public hearing procedure
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ATTENTION!
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