Transcript Dangerous Substance Usage (Bottom Up Study)

What the WFD will mean for local authorities
November 2007
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Contents
Timetable
Guidance on RBMP
WQ classification & proposed EQS’s
POMS studies
How the Plan might affect LA’s.
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WFD Timetable (SI 722, 2003 to be amended )
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CIS 2010 Reporting Sheets
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RBMP CIS reporting sheets (final draft) – May 2007
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Agreed in principle by Water Directors – Dresden June 2007
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RBMP 1 - Summary description of river basin management plan
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POM 1 - Summary of steps and measures taken to meet the requirements of Article 11
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SWM 3 - Results of surface water monitoring programmes (status of surface water bodies)
SWO 1 - System for classification for surface waters
SWO 2 - Use of exemptions in surface waters
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GWM 2 - Results of groundwater monitoring programmes (status of groundwater bodies)
GWO 1 - Classification systems established for groundwaters
GWO 2 - Use of exemptions in groundwaters
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Reporting sheets define general reporting content
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Detailed description and specifications will be part of technical implementation
(shemas – due mid-2008)
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RBMP - A Practical Guide for Public Authorities
Under Article 4(3) of the Water Policy Regulations, 2003 the Minister for the
Environment, Heritage and Local Government may issue guidance and general
policy directions in relation to the implementation of the Regulations
Who is the guidance directed at?
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The guidance is particularly directed at local authorities, EPA and other public
authorities with the aim of providing practical steps to be taken to work towards
effective delivery of the objectives in a co-ordinated way within individual river basin
districts.
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In particular the steps needed to be taken by local authorities, EPA and other public
authorities to align the objectives of regional guidance, county development plans
(and their constituent Local Area Plans), Water Services Strategic Plans, other
pollution reduction and/or control programmes (e.g. forestry programmes, farm
inspections, review of IPPC licenses etc) with the stated objectives of river basin
management plans are outlined.
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RBMP - A Practical Guide for Public Authorities
Local authority roles
• producing the River Basin Plan,
• securing the implementation of measures such as the provision of adequate
wastewater infrastructure,
• checking compliance with the Nitrates Action Programme,
• reviewing and revising discharge licences under the Water Pollution Act
(1977) to take account of the EQS contained within the surface water
classification regulations (SI XX, 2007),
• realigning planning policy in line with water policy within the provisions of
the Planning and Development Act (2000).
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River Basin Management Process
Prevent deterioration
Maintain high status
Monitor water bodies
Protected area objectives
Most stringent applies !
Classify their “status”
This is a complex process !
Default Objectives
What objectives apply ?
Which pressures ?
Restoration to at least good
status by 2015
Set Objectives
What are key risk factors ?
What are technical options ?
Programmes of Measures
What are the most cost
effective measures ?
Implement
What is a realistic
timeframe for
implementation ?
Review performance
Source: Dr C Byrne DEHLG
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Status Classification
ECOLOGICAL
STATUS
No or
minimal
HIGH
Slight
GOOD
Quality
Standards
Min Objective
Moderate
Major
Bad
MODERATE
POOR
BAD
Good Status = Good ecological status & good chemical status
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Status Classification
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Status Classification – Environmental Quality Standards
River
Lake
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Transit.
Y
Marine
Y
Composition and abundance of aquatic flora
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Y
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Y
Invertebrates
Composition and abundance of benthic fauna
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Y
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Y
Fish
Composition, abundance and age structure
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Y
Y
Element
Parameters
Phytoplankton
Composition, abundance and biomass
Macrophytes
Conditions
Parameter
Thermal
Temperature
DO
Oxygen
Acid
Nutrient
BOD
pH
Ammonium
DIN
MRP
Total Phosphorus
Rivers
Ireland
Lakes
Transitional
Coastal
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Status Classification – Environmental Quality Standards
Proposed standards for 11 Specific Relevant Pollutants in the ROI:
• Chromium
Cypermethrin
• 2,4-D
Diazinon
• Dimethoate
Linuron
• Mecoprop
Phenol
• Glyphosate
Mancozeb
• Monochlorobenzene
Retain SI 12 of 2001 standards for 7 Specific Relevant Pollutants:
• Arsenic
Copper
• Cyanide
Fluoride
• Toluene
Xylenes
• Zinc
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River Basin Management Process
Prevent deterioration
Maintain high status
Monitor water bodies
Protected area objectives
Most stringent applies !
Classify their “status”
This is a complex process !
Default Objectives
What objectives apply ?
Which pressures ?
Restoration to at least good
status by 2015
Set Objectives
What are key risk factors ?
What are technical options ?
Programmes of Measures
What are the most cost
effective measures ?
Implement
What is a realistic
timeframe for
implementation ?
Review performance
Source: Dr C Byrne DEHLG
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Programme of measures
Schedule of POMS Studies & Lead RBDs
Leading RBD
Measures & Standards Study Name
WRBD
1. On-site Wastewater Treatment Systems
2. Forest and Water
High status sites
ShRBD
3. Freshwater Morphology
SERBD
4. Setting Chemical Water Quality Standards
SWRBD
5. Industrial & Municipal Regulation
6. Dangerous Substances
7. Marine Morphology
8. Heavily Modified Water Bodies & Artificial Water Bodies
9. Water Balance Model for Setting Chemical Water Quality Standards
ERBD
10. Abstraction Pressures
11. Groundwater Risk from Diffuse Mobile Organics
12. Urban Pressures in rivers, transitional and ground waters
13. Further Economic Characterisation
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Programme of measures
Bathing Water Directive
(76/160/EEC)
Focussed
supplementary
measures
where basic
measures not
enough
Birds Directive
(79/409/EEC);
Drinking Water Directive
Major Accidents (Seveso) Directive
Environmental Impact Assessment
Directive
Sewage Sludge Directive
Urban Waste-water Treatment Directive
Other
prescribed
basic measures
e.g. New
controls on
dangerous
substance
discharges,
abstractions
and physical
modifications
Plant Protection Products Directive
Nitrates Directive
Habitats Directive
The Integrated Pollution Prevention
Control Directive
Source: Dr C Byrne DEHLG
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Programme of measures
These plans are to be reviewed/realigned to ensure default objectives are delivered
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Section 4 & 16 discharge licences (Water Pollution Act, Local authorities) – to reflect
Surface Water Classification Regulations, 2007
IPPC licensing (EPA) – to reflect Surface Water Classification Regulations, 2007
Forestry Regulations (Forest service) and Forestry Action Plans
County Development Plans – modified to address issue of one-off housing and septic
tanks. The planning code will be critical to safeguarding protecting areas and
preventing deterioration. Potential use of safeguard zones for DWPAs
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The WFD prescribes a number of additional new regulations such as controls on
dangerous substances, abstractions and physical modifications, which will contribute
further towards full achievement of objectives.
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Provision is also made for additional voluntary supplementary measures (e.g.
fiscal instrument, rehabilitation projects)
Such measures will be limited and will likely be focused on sensitive/protected areas
(where confidence is high that additional measures will deliver objectives)
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Programme of measures
Paramount - Protected areas and protection of
good/high status waters must be addressed.
Thereafter, critical factors should be taken into
account in prioritising waterbodies for restoration
under the various programmes and plans;
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The current status of water body (Distance to
target)
Critical risk factors (e.g. current scale of
pressure, performance of wastewater treatment
facilities, pollution pathway factors such as
surface water run-off risk, groundwater
vulnerability)
The predicted trend in pressures causing failure
by 2015
The technical challenge of implementing the
necessary work on the ground in time for 2015.
Costs ?
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RBMP - Template
Plan Report
Tool
Dec 08/Aug
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Background Information
(POMS, class etc)
December 2008
RBD
Consultants
&
Agencies
RBD draft Plan
December 2008
RBD final Plan
August 2009
RBD
Consultants
&
Agencies
WISE
Information
March 2010
2010 report to Minister &
commission
March 2010
Agencies
“publish”
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RBMP - Template
Water Matters – Help Us Plan!
• The style and contents of the draft plan will follow from the contents of the
SWMI booklet “Water Matters – Have your Say”, so that members of the
public will be familiar with the messages and issues discussed.
• The template for the draft plan will set out the proposed contents of the
published draft plan, a reporting tool and a series of background documents
which will be available electronically fulfilling the Annex 7 and 2010 reporting
sheet requirements.
• The main focus of the draft plan will be on the programme of measures to
address each of the basin’s water management issues; how these
programmes have been prioritised and where exemptions have been made.
• An electronic webtool will allow the public to visualise a waterbody and see
which measures apply, what its status and objectives are, etc.
• Background documents will address the detailed requirements of responding
to the 2010, 2005 sheets & WISE reporting.
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RBMP - Template
Water Matters – Help Us Plan!
• The draft plan will take on board DEHLG Planning guidance (in prep.) and
any other relevant guidance or input from UK TAG members’ guidance,
SWMI reports or templates.
• Any weaknesses or significant gaps identified in the current suite of SWMI
consultation exercises will also be highlighted in the draft plan.
• Key stakeholders will be consulted about how to deliver the plan’s
messages.
• The template will be agreed by the NS WFD Co-ordination group by
December 2007.
• Ideally, professionally edited, generic text for one international basin would
be provided (around 60 pages in length) which would be available for other
basins to customise.
• The NS WFD Co-ordination group will be responsible for technical document
sign off (proposed May 2008). NI ministerial and advisory council sign off
processes will follow (publication December 2008).
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River Basin Management Process
LIMS/Labinfo
Monitoring data
Status Tool
WB Status
Default
objectives
GIS
Register of Protected Areas
GIS
WBs / Pressure layers etc
GIS (15 POMS Studies)
Revised Risk Assessments
15 POMS Studies
Basic & supplementary measures
15 POMS Studies
Prioritisation process
POM for
each WB
Exemptions for
each WB
RBD Review
& Consultations
EMS Progress
Tracker
Economic & technical
feasibility criteria
Project Vision
Economic profiles
RBD Plan
Report Visualiser
WISE Data &
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Reporting Information
Plan Reporting Tool
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Plan Reporting Tool
• TYPOLOGY – text eg an upland river in an alkaline area etc
• PROTECTED STATUS – Reg of Protected Area tick list table (citation text?)
• MONITORING SITES – table of sites within the waterbody with co-ords,
code, programme (S/O/I), list of status elements measured & who monitors
• STATUS – table of overall WFD status and sub elements (Annex 5) - eg
rivers biology, morph, hydro, phys-chem and overall chemical, date status
calculated
– should a history be presented or is 2007 baseline to be added to?
– should full chemical status be presented or a summary listing failures?
• DEFAULT OBJECTIVES – table stating default objective and recording any
modifications (ie exemption or revised timescales)
• POMS – tick list table (based on simplified 2010 format)
– SWMI topic and key measures themes for each (eg WWTP/CSO upgrade,
industrial license review, landfill study, SSRS/farm survey, septic tank restrictions,
forestry restrictions, dang subs monitoring, abstraction license, reduction
programme, morph restoration action, planning restrictions, aliens)
– Also need the by who and when
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River Basin Management Process
Prevent deterioration
Maintain high status
Monitor water bodies
Protected area objectives
Most stringent applies !
Classify their “status”
This is a complex process !
Default Objectives
What objectives apply ?
Which pressures ?
Restoration to at least good
status by 2015
Set Objectives
What are key risk factors ?
What are technical options ?
Programmes of Measures
What are the most cost
effective measures ?
Implement
What is a realistic
timeframe for
implementation ?
Review performance
Source: Dr C Byrne DEHLG
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Local Authority Actions
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Local Authority Actions
MIR - New national licensing system for WWTS & licence reviews
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LAs will be required to obtain licenses for treatment plants, secure WSIP resources for
upgrades and undertake review of all Section 4 and 16 industry discharge licenses and
undertake enforcement regarding the industrial licences
Other Points - Controls adequate. Compliance + enforcement critical
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LAs will be required to complete registration and risk assessment of these facilities,
where necessary secure resources for remedial measures and to undertake
enforcement activities
Agriculture - NAP adequate. But review in 2009. Sensitive areas
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LAs will be required to undertake SSRS investigations in at risk/impacted catchments to
assess NAP compliance, with follow-up farm surveys and where necessary to
undertake pollution enforcement activities
Septic Tanks - Guidance. Identify high risk areas + modify development plans
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LAs will be required to align land use policy, secure resources for sewering priority
areas and where necessary to undertake pollution enforcement activities
Forestry - Guidance. Prohibit afforestation in high risk areas
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LAs will be required to align land use policy and where necessary to undertake pollution
enforcement activities
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Local Authority Actions
Dangerous Substance - New water quality standards + inclusion in discharge licences
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As MIR - LAs will be required to undertake review of all Section 4 and 16 industry
discharge licenses and undertake enforcement regarding the industrial licences – further
LA activities are likely to become licensed in future for example CSO’s weed spraying etc
Morphology - New national registration & licensing system + guidance
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Likely lead role to EPA however LAs may be required to undertake licensing of small
activities, include morphology considerations in the planning approvals processes and in
priority areas secure resources for restoration measures, LAs may also be required to
apply for morphology licenses for their own schemes
Abstractions - New national registration & licensing system + guidance
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Likely lead role to EPA however LAs may be required to undertake licensing of small
activities and apply for abstraction licenses for major schemes
Protected areas – Enforcement of Plans and where necessary land use control
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LAs will be required to align land use policy and where necessary to assess development
applications in designated catchments
Additional activities
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Educational awareness programmes – in support of all significant issues
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Response to the local issues eg alien species as identified in the SWMI.
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