E-PRTR European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register - Public access to information

1. E-PRTR European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register - Public access to information Eva Goossens, EEA (Eva.goossens@eea.europa.eu) "Get your right to a healthy community“ Subregional Workshop on PRTR for countries in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia

2. Rationale for diffuse inventory Content of the presentation • 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

3. EEA (European Environment Agency): Who are we? EEA (European Environment Agency): Who are we? • 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

4. Networks • - EEA member and cooperating countries • EEA is dependent upon strong networks to perform our work • 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. • ___________________________________________________________ • 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 • Member countries • Cooperating countries

5. Why a PRTR? - Purpose • Public access to environmental information • Inventories of pollution • from industrial sites (point sources) but also • diffuse sources of pollution

6. 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)

7. Legal framework – international context Legal framework – International context • International context • UN-ECE* Protocol on PRTR under the Aarhus Convention concerning Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in 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

8. Legal framework – European Union context • 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)

9. Legal framework – EU Member States • 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 shouldat least be in compliancewith the requirements of the UNECE Protocol

10. European PRTR – Point source reporting • Who? • Operatorsof 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

11. European PRTR – Point source reporting • Coverage • 25,000 facilities • 65 industrial activities • 91 pollutants • activitiesin 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

12. Point Source DATA FLOW … … … Facility Release/transfer report … Competent authority Validation … Country Compilation of reports Europe Compilation for EU Publication of E-PRTR Public (http://prtr.ec.europa.eu/)

13. European PRTR – Website A cooperation between EEA and the European Commissionhttp://prtr.ec.europa.eu

14. European PRTR – Website • Data is searchable by: • facility name, • address • country • industrial activity • pollutant • map • etc

15. Facility search - basic

16. Facility search - advanced

17. Facility search - Result list

18. Facility details – general information • Activity definition and …

19. Facility details – pollutant releases … amounts of pollutants released

20. Facility details – Time series

21. Map search: entirely geographical access to data

22. Map search: What is close to you ?

23. Map search: Zoom and select an individual facility

24. 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

25. Data confidentiality: website presentation Article 4(2)(d) Confidentiality of commercial or industrial information

26. 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)

27. Diffuse sources: • Residential combustion (NOx)

28. Diffuse sources: Road transport (NOx)

29. Diffuse sources: Road transport (NOx)

30. Diffuse sources: agriculture (NH3)

31. Diffuse sources: domestic shipping (NOx)

32. Diffuse sources: • international shipping (SO2)

33. Incorporation into E-PRTR website (data download via EEA’s dataservice)

34. eva.goossens@eea.europa.eu

35. ANNEX on EPER and E-PRTR

36. MS PRTR protocol ratification:Different MS data in European and national PRTR?

37. E-PRTR Regulation versus PRTR Protocol • Differences • Pollutants (Annex 2) • PRTR Protocol: 86 / E-PRTR Regulation: 91 (additional pollutants: Octylphenols and Octylphenolethoxylates, 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