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Ilze Kirstuka Director of Latvian Environment Agency

Harmonization and Implementation/Enforcement of Environmental Legislation in the field of Industrial Pollution Control in Latvia. Ilze Kirstuka Director of Latvian Environment Agency. Structure of Legislation. General Air Protection Water Use and Protection Subsoil Use and Protection

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Ilze Kirstuka Director of Latvian Environment Agency

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  1. Harmonization and Implementation/Enforcement of Environmental Legislation in the field of Industrial Pollution Control in Latvia Ilze Kirstuka Director of Latvian Environment Agency

  2. Structure of Legislation • General • Air Protection • Water Use and Protection • Subsoil Use and Protection • Chemical Substances and Chemical Products • Waste Management • Natural Resources Use

  3. IPPC Legislation Law on Environment Protection Law on Natural Resources Taxes Law on Pollution Law on Waste Management Law on EIA Law on Chemical Substances and Chemical Products Law on Species and Biotops Law on Water Management Law on Packaging

  4. General legislation • Law On Environment Protection (06.08.1991) • Law On Environment Impact Assessment (13.11.1998) • Law On Pollution (15.03.2001) • the Cabinet of Ministers Regulations • No.213 “Procedures of Environment Impact Assessment”(19.06.1999) • No.445 “Statutes of the Environment Impact Assessment Bureau”(24.11.1998) • No.415 “On the Environment State Monitoring”(16.12.1997)

  5. Air protection legislation • the Cabinet of Ministers Regulations • No.219 “On Air Quality” (15.06.1999) • No.154 “On Assessment, Prevention, Limitation and Control of Air Polluting Emissions Caused by Stationary Air Pollution Sources” (25.04.2000) • No.406 “On the Protection of the Ozone Layer” (09.12.1997) • No.241 “On the Environmental Norms for Fuel Quality” (07.07.1998)

  6. Water protection legislation • the Cabinet of Ministers Regulations • No.155 “On Water Use Permits” (22.04.1997) • No.300 “On Swimming Beaches Management and Sanitary Regulations”(11.08.1998)

  7. Use and Protection of Subsoil • Law On Subsoil (02.05.1996) • the Cabinet of Ministers Regulations • No.239 “Use of Subsoil”(08.07.1997) • No.238 “Use of the State Important Minerals, Deposits and Subsoil Areas” (08.07.1997)

  8. Chemical substances and products • Law on Chemical Substances and Chemical Products (01.04.1998) • the Cabinet of Ministers Regulations • No.418 “Procedure for Compilation and Submitting Safety Data Sheets on Chemical Substances and Chemical Products” (27.10.1998) • No.228 “Procedure for Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Chemical Substances and Chemical Products”(29.06.1999) • No. 158. “Restrictions and Prohibits for Use and Marketing of Dangerous Chemical Substances and Dangerous Chemical Products” (25.04.2000)

  9. Waste Management • the Cabinet of Ministers Regulations • No. 353 “Order ofapplication for activities with hazardous waste” (17.09.1997) • No.298 “Classification of hazardous waste and criteria of hazardousness” (12.08.1997) • No.39 “Classification of municipal waste” (09.02.1999) • No.205 “Registration of natural and legal persons performing collection, storage, treatment, transfer and transportation of municipal waste” (08.06.1999)

  10. Waste Management • Law on Waste Management (14.12.2000) • the Cabinet of Ministers Regulations • No.230 “Regulations on Recovery and Disposal of Municipal Waste” (29.06.1999) • No.56 “Regulations on Setting, Management and Closure of Municipal Waste Landfills”(08.02.2000) • No.316 “On the Use of Effluent Sludge for Soil Fertilisation and Territorial Improvement(09.09.1997)

  11. Natural Resources Use Legislation • Law on Natural Resources Taxes • (14.09.1995) • the Cabinet of Ministers Regulation No. 356 “Application of the Provisions of the Law “On Natural Resources Taxes” “ (18.10.2000)

  12. The Cabinet of Ministers Draft Regulations • On Permit Application, Permitting and Use of Best Available Techniques for Category A (IPPC) Polluting Activities • On Requirements on Waste Incineration and Waste Incineration Installations setting up • On Use of Sewage Sludge • On Protection of Water, Soil and Sensitive Territories from Agriculture Nitrate Pollution • On Reduction of Environmental Pollution caused by Manufacturing of Asbestos and its Products, Order of Management of Asbestos Waste • On the Procedure for Prevention of Risk of Industrial Accidents and Measures for Reducing the Risk

  13. MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Main institutional structure LATVIAN ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENT FUND LATVIAN ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY LATVIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY LATVIAN HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL AGENCY STATE ENTERPRISE VIDE PROJEKTI ĶEMERI NATIONAL PARK STATE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESMENT BOARD GAUJA NATIONAL PARK STATE ENTERPRISE RAPA ENVIRONMENTAL STATE INSPECTORATE STATE BUILDING INSPECTORATE LATVIAN TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AGENCY MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD 8 REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL BOARDS SLĪTERE STATE RESERVE TEIČI STATE RESERVE Subordinated Institutions NORTH VIDZEME BIOSPHERE RESERVE LATVIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FUND Supervised Institutions Institutions under authority

  14. Databases • Water Protection • -Annual State Statistics Report “Water” • (water consumption and emissions to water) • -Water Permits • Air Protection • - Annual State Statistics Report “Air” • (emissions from stationary sources) • -Data on Greenhouse Gases • Waste and chemicals • - Annual State Statistics Report on Hazardous Waste • - Annual State Statistics Report on Chemicals • (use of chemical substances and products) • -Radioactive Waste

  15. MoEPRD web“Industrial Pollution Control” • IPPC Legislation • Guidance's on BAT (20 branches) • Reports, Addresses http://www.varam.gov.lv/EIN/Polution/likumd/latvijas/Elikum.htm

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