E-PRTR - Emissions and Reporting

1. E-PRTR - Emissions and Reporting December 2012 CEMSA Project Consolidation of the Environmental Monitoring System in Albania (CEMSA) An EU-funded Project managed by the EU Delegation to Albania

2. E-PRTR Emissions and Reporting • Presentation: • Background to PRTR • Benefits of PRTR • Role of CA (Competent Authority) • Reporting Obligations of the Licensed Facility (LF) • Common Reporting Errors • E-PRTR website • The need to develop a National website for PRTR Consolidation of the Environmental Monitoring System in Albania (CEMSA) An EU-funded Project managed by the EU Delegation to Albania

3. E-PRTR Emissions and Reporting • Background: • Regulation (EC) No. 166/2006 concerning the establishment of a European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register amended Council Directives 91/689/EEC and 96/61/EC. Under E-PRTR the scope has been extended from EPER beyond IPPC activities and waste to cover the following: aquaculture, shipbuilding and maintenance, quarrying and underground mining, opencast mining and urban wastewater treatment plants Consolidation of the Environmental Monitoring System in Albania (CEMSA) An EU-funded Project managed by the EU Delegation to Albania

4. E-PRTR Emissions and Reporting • 1. Background: • The European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) is an inventory of pollutant emissions from industry and other sources; • The aim of the inventory is to make information on pollutant emissions and waste transfers more available to the public. (This helps to increase public awareness on environmental matters, allows a free exchange of views, more effective participation on environmental decision-making and, eventually, leads to a better environment) Consolidation of the Environmental Monitoring System in Albania (CEMSA) An EU-funded Project managed by the EU Delegation to Albania

5. E-PRTR Emissions and Reporting • 2. Benefits (general): • The PRTR dataset facilitates the following: • Public access to information on industrial releases of pollutants and waste transfers; • Emissions tracking; • Emissions trends; • Emissions data for enforcement reports and other reports; • Demonstration of progress in reducing polluting emissions; • Establishment of progress on environmental policies, targets and goals Consolidation of the Environmental Monitoring System in Albania (CEMSA) An EU-funded Project managed by the EU Delegation to Albania

6. E-PRTR Emissions and Reporting • 2. Benefits (for industry): • Provides aDriver for pollution reduction; • Enables similar industries to benchmark their environmental performance with others in their sector; • Enables reduction in emissions with financial savings; • E-PRTR information can encourage industry and business to examine environmental costs, reduce emissions and waste transfers and to adopt cleaner production techniques – e.g. CGPP, etc; • E-PRTR data can be used in licensing decisions for new plants and facilities Consolidation of the Environmental Monitoring System in Albania (CEMSA) An EU-funded Project managed by the EU Delegation to Albania

7. E-PRTR Emissions and Reporting • 2. Benefits (for Community): • EU and International benefits: • E-PRTR includes data from 27 EU Member States; • E-PRTR data reported by >25,000 industrial facilities covering 65 economic activities across Europe; • PRTR provides transboundary impact data; • E-PRTR data is displayed on the European PRTR website: http://prtr.ec.europa.eu - screenshot (later); • PRTR covers 9 industry sectors Consolidation of the Environmental Monitoring System in Albania (CEMSA) An EU-funded Project managed by the EU Delegation to Albania

8. E-PRTR Emissions and Reporting • NINE industry 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 • other activities Consolidation of the Environmental Monitoring System in Albania (CEMSA) An EU-funded Project managed by the EU Delegation to Albania

9. E-PRTR Emissions and Reporting 3. Role of Competent Authority under E-PRTR Regulation (EC) No. 166/2006: In order to enhance the usefulness and impact of the European PRTR, the Commission and the Member States should cooperate in developing guidance supporting the implementation of the European PRTR The competent authorities shall assess the quality of the data provided by the operators of the facilities ...... in particular as to their completeness, consistency and credibility Para. 16 Art. 9.1 Consolidation of the Environmental Monitoring System in Albania (CEMSA) An EU-funded Project managed by the EU Delegation to Albania

10. E-PRTR Emissions and Reporting • 4. Reporting Obligations of Licensed Facilities: • If any of 91 specified pollutants listed in Annex II of Regulation (EC) No. 166/2006 are released from activities in Annex I (of the Regulation), to air, water or land, either as permitted emissions or as accidental releases, or transferred to off-site waste water treatment plants (WWTPs), in excess of the specified amounts, then they have to be reported on Consolidation of the Environmental Monitoring System in Albania (CEMSA) An EU-funded Project managed by the EU Delegation to Albania

11. E-PRTR Emissions and Reporting • 4. Reporting Obligations of Licensed Facilities: • The operator of each facility shall report annually to its competent authority, along with an indication of whether the information is based on measurement, calculation or estimation, of the following: • Releases to air, water and land of any pollutant specified in Annex II for which the applicable threshold value is exceeded; • Off-site transfers of hazardous waste (> 2 tonnes per year) or of non-hazardous waste (> 2,000 tonnes per year); • Off-site transfers of any pollutant specified in Annex II in waste water destined for wastewater treatment for which the applicable threshold value is exceeded Art. 5 Consolidation of the Environmental Monitoring System in Albania (CEMSA) An EU-funded Project managed by the EU Delegation to Albania

12. TOTAL POLLUTANTS = 91 EC No. 166/2006 – Annex II - POLLUTANTS Emissions to Air (60) Common pollutants Emissions to Water (71) Emissions to Land (61) Consolidation of the Environmental Monitoring System in Albania (CEMSA) An EU-funded Project managed by the EU Delegation to Albania

13. E-PRTR Emissions and Reporting • 4. Reporting Obligations of Licensed Facilities: • Report annual mass emissions of PRTR pollutants and licensed pollutants in kg/yr; • Report Releases to Air, Water and Wastewater; Report Methods of determination (M,C, E) and description of methods; • Report relevant Waste Transfers with EWC Codes and R/D Codes in tonnes/yr Consolidation of the Environmental Monitoring System in Albania (CEMSA) An EU-funded Project managed by the EU Delegation to Albania

14. E-PRTR Emissions and Reporting • 5. Common reporting errors • When reporting Emission to Water or Emission to Sewer common reporting errors include: • Incorrect units used e.g. tonnes instead of kg; • Emissions not credible when compared to previous year; • Not all licensed emission points reported on; • Not all relevant PRTR pollutants reported (Refer to facility Permit/Licence and to the EU PRTR Guidance Doc - Appendix 3 for indicative PRTR pollutants by Sector) Consolidation of the Environmental Monitoring System in Albania (CEMSA) An EU-funded Project managed by the EU Delegation to Albania

15. E-PRTR Emissions and Reporting • 5. Common reporting errors • When reporting Emission to Water or Emission to Sewer common reporting errors include: • Accidental emissions not reported; • Fugitive emissions not reported; • Reporting does not reflect correct emission type e.g. emission is reported to surface water instead of to wastewater/sewer Consolidation of the Environmental Monitoring System in Albania (CEMSA) An EU-funded Project managed by the EU Delegation to Albania

16. E-PRTR Emissions and Reporting • 5. Common reporting errors: • Deployed methods need to specify if the emission loads being reported are based on: • Measurement (M) – i.e. release data based on direct monitoring results which need to be converted to annual mass emissions. Flow data is required for the conversion to annual mass emissions in kg/yr; • Calculation (C) – i.e. release data based on calculations using activity data (fuel use, production rates, etc.) and emission factors or mass balance calculations; • Estimation (E) – i.e. release data based on non-standardised estimations, calculation tools, expert assessment and assumptions Consolidation of the Environmental Monitoring System in Albania (CEMSA) An EU-funded Project managed by the EU Delegation to Albania

17. E-PRTR Emissions and Reporting • 5. Common reporting errors: • Deployed methods need to specify if the emission loads being reported are based on: • Correct methods and codes e.g. in next slide; • Precise description of methods used e.g. in next slide Consolidation of the Environmental Monitoring System in Albania (CEMSA) An EU-funded Project managed by the EU Delegation to Albania

18. Measurement Methods and Codes Method Code When to Use it Description Field PER If the facilities license specifies a specific Standard Method they must work to – this tends to be a rare case Standard Code / Name ISO / EN Only for approved standard methods - EN/ISO/CEN (check EU PRTR guidance document for the list) Leave Blank ALT If the facility is using a CEN or ISO standard but not one in the PRTR Guidance, this can be the case from time to time Standard Code Name CRM If a facility is using a non-ISO method validated using certified reference materials and acceptable to the competent authority (only applies to a few cases) Standard code or method description OTH If not using a standard method Description of method e.g. Hach Method, ICP_MS, Colorimetric, etc. Consolidation of the Environmental Monitoring System in Albania (CEMSA) An EU-funded Project managed by the EU Delegation to Albania

19. Calculation Methods and Codes ISO / EN Only for approved standard methods as listed in the PRTR EU Guidance (check guidance list) Leave Blank Method Code When to Use it Description Field PER If the facility’s license specifies a specific calculation method to be used Description of method NRB National or Regional binding calculation methodology prescribed by legal act for the pollutant and facility concerned. Description of Method ETS For CO2 emissions and facilities that are part of the ETS Leave Blank MAB Mass balance method, which is accepted by competent authority Description of Method. OTH If not using a standard calculation method e.g. it is based on fuel consumption or a non-standard calculation methodology that has been approved by the EPA E.G. GAS SIM LITE, EPA Emission Calculation Tool etc. Description of calculation method or name of calculation tool Consolidation of the Environmental Monitoring System in Albania (CEMSA) An EU-funded Project managed by the EU Delegation to Albania

20. E-PRTR Emissions and Reporting • 6. E-PRTR website (& screen shot - next slide): http://prtr.ec.europa.eu Consolidation of the Environmental Monitoring System in Albania (CEMSA) An EU-funded Project managed by the EU Delegation to Albania

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22. E-PRTR Emissions and Reporting • 7. The need to develop a National E-PRTR website: • A National PRTR website needs to be developed to comply with future ratification of the PRTR Protocol by Albania; • The website should display all Albanian facilities which are covered by PRTR Regulations; • It should provide details on all facilities where pollutants and waste transfers are above the E-PRTR thresholds Consolidation of the Environmental Monitoring System in Albania (CEMSA) An EU-funded Project managed by the EU Delegation to Albania

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