ECENA 4th Exchange Programme Cluj Napoca, 19-22 October, 2005

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ECENA 4th Exchange ProgrammeCluj Napoca,
19-22 October, 2005

• Update on the IPPC directive transposition and
  implementation in Republic of Serbia
• Directorate for Environmental Protection
• Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection
  of The Republic of Serbia

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Update on the process for development IPPC
legislation

• adopted by the Peoples Assembly of the RS in
  december 2004, four Laws on
•  Environmental Protection
• Environmental Impact Assessment
•  Strategic Environment Impact Assessment
• Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control
• Enacted on bases of the Project Jugolex
  (2002-2005)

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Project Yugolex Development of Environmental
Legislation in RS

• Agreement concluded between Finnish Government
  and FRY Government 2002
• Financed by Finnish Government
• Covers Serbia and Montenegro/ three years
  (2002-2005)
• The aim of the Project
• Approximation to EU legislation

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Project Yugolex Development of Environmental
Legislation in RS

• Phase I of Project
• List of activities and installations covered by
  IPPC (in preparatory phase with inspectors of
  environment Previous list with 161 installation
  was not correct because it was made on the bases
  of phone connections)
• Assessment of legislation related to EU IPPC
  legislation
• Assessment of the existing permitting regime
• Assessment of the existing competent authorities
  for issuing permits
• Access to information related to IPPC
  requirements
• Development and preparation of relevant
  legislation

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Scope of the IPPC legislation

• Permit issuing procedure
• Consideration of application
• Information for public, authorities and
  organizations
• Draft permit
• Technical Commission
• Consideration of Draft permit
• Decision making
• Obligations of operator
• Reconsideration review of permit conditions
• Extension and termination of permit validity
• Ways of informing
• Transboundary exchange of information

• Law on IPPC
• Legal framework related to
• Basic provisions
• Integrated permit
• Types of activities and installations
• General obligations of operator and competent
  authorities
• Application for permit and documents

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Scope of the IPPC legislation

• Transitional and Final Provisions
• Harmonization programme
• Complying of existing operators
• Entering into force

• Supervision
• Inspection control
• Prohibition and orders
• Penalties
• Operators
• Operators responsible person
• Competent authorities
• Responsible person in competent authorities

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Reason and purpose of adoption

• REASON
• Harmonization of legislation of the Republic of
  Serbia with the IPPC Directive 96/61/??C
• PURPOSE
• prevent and reduce emissions pollution substances
  into the environment
• achieve the high level of prevention of the
  environment
• minimize use of raw and energy
• simple control and strengthen the role of
  inspection

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Categories of activities and installations

• New and existing installations
• Activities for issuing permits
• Energy industries
• Processing of metals
• Mining and mineral industry
• Chemical industry
• Waste management and other activities

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Competent authority

• Ministry for Science and Environmental
  Protection-Directorate for Environmental
  Protection
• Autonomous province authority for environmental
  protection
• Local self-government authority for
  environmental protection

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Obligations and responsibilities

• Issue permit for one or more installation
  operated by the same operator
• Operation of new installations
• Operation and substantial change in operation,
  functioning of the existing installations
• Responsible for the implementation of IPPC
• Ensure integrated approach to issuing permits
• Review and updating of permit conditions
• Follow development of BAT
• Ensure public participation in IPPC procedures
• Keep registry of issued permits

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Operator obligations and responsibilities

• Apply for permit/ reconsideration of issued
  permit
• Act in compliance with conditions set by the
  permit
• Submit results to the competent authority
• Inform the competent authority about all changes
  in operation, namely functioning of installation
  or an accident
• Submit to the competent authority the annual
  report on execution of the activities
• Inform the competent authority on planned change
  of operator

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BAT and environmental quality standards

• For certain activities, BAT will apply on the
  basis of the special technical guides
• Frame content for guides preparation
• Pollution control techniques
• Emissions assessment
• Environmental impact of emissions
• Permit includes measures and period of times to
  apply the environmental quality standards

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Complying with EU requirements

• Harmonization dynamics programme
• New installations
• Existing installations deadline - 2015
• Application for change permit or updating permit
  conditions if they have utilization permit
• Application or issuing permit if they have not
  utilization permit

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Project Yugolex Development of Environmental
Legislation in RS

• Phase II of Project
• I. Capacity Building Programme
• II. Development of BAT Guidance (in preparatory
  phase)
• III. Support from financial and other
  institutions for further implementation of IPPC

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I. Capacity Building Programme

• Capacity building for the environmental
  administration (state and local level) is a
  priority area.
• An ambitions CB program, comprising
  environmental administration of the Republic of
  Serbia, the Authonomous Province of Vojvodina and
  almoust 40 municipalities has been realized
  21-25 May 2005. in Novi Sad
• The CBP was designed on the pilot case scheme.

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I. Capacity Building Programme

• TARGET GROUPS AND PARTICIPANTS
• Public environmental administration staff
• Business sector
• NGOs
• 1. Public environmental administration staff
• Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection,
  Directorate for Environmental Protection (DEP)
• Provincial Secretariat for Environmental
  Protection and Sustainable Development
• Municipalities cities

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I. Capacity Building Programme

• 2. Business sector
• Companies was selected on the basis of
• Expressed interest for the Project implementation
• Prospect of Chambers of Commerce
• Joint understanding of DEP and Provincial
  Secretariat for Environmental Protection and
  Sustainable Development, respective chambers of
  commerce and companies itself
• 3. NGOs
• Out of the Project scope
• Particularly desirable
• Several representatives

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The first National BERCEN training-Minimum
criteria.

• in the Republic of Serbia on three levels
  (republic, autonomous and municipal) work about
  200 inspectors, it is necessary to train all
  inspectors according to the program of First
  national BERCEN seminar.
• On the First national BERCEN seminar there were
  33 participants present 18 republic inspectors
  from Serbia and Montenegro, employees from other
  sectors of the Ministry for the Protection of
  Natural Resources and Environment and 6
  inspectors from Autonomous province of Vojvodina.

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The first National BERCEN training-Minimum
criteria.

• Recommendation of participants is to start the
  implementation of PROPOSAL OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
  AND COUNCIL OF EUROPE Minimal requests for
  inspection control of environmental protection in
  the regular work of republic inspection. The
  basis will be the check lists prepared for
  inspection oversight in Thermal-electric Plant
  Obrenovac, inspection oversight in the field and
  prepared reports on First national BERCEN
  seminar.

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II. Development of BAT Guidance

• Pilot-projects in different kind of industries to
  know-how to make the platform for definition BAT
  standard
• Obligation of state to supply actual data and
  information about development of BAT in the
  world, for 31 kind of industrial activities
• In the process of translation BAT standard
  documents

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III. Support from financial and other
institutions for further implementation of IPPC

• These items are not included in the Project
• Detail list of the industrial enterprises
  supported to IPPC
• Costs for the enterprises in compliance with the
  request of the IPPC regulations
• Development of program saving energy and
  resources in each enterprises
• Costs for waste management in installations
• Costs for administration on the Republic level,
  Autonomous Province and municipalities

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Step by step to IPPC Directive requirements

• Pilot Permitting
• Zorka-Color Paints and coatings factory,
  Šabac
• Cement factory Holcim-Srbija
• Novi Popovac

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• Stock company Zorka-Color Šabac
• Produces paints and coatings
• Twenty-nine years tradition of supplying the
  market with high qulaity paints and coatings
• The company has been privatised in 2000.
• Sertificate JUS ISO 90012001
• 123 Employes
• Capacity 123 tonnes per day
• Categories of industrial activities - according
  to IPPC directive ANNEX 1 4.1 Chemical industry
  for the production of the basis organic
  chemicals, (j) dyes and pigments

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Pilot projectIntegrated permit for Zorka-Color
AD

• PROJECT PROPOSAL
• 1. Sign memorandum for the pilot project
• by Ministry of Science and Environmental
  Protection-Directorate for Environmental
  Protection and Zorka-Color AD, Šabac
• 2. Preparing application for the integrated
  permit
• Request prepare Zorka-Color AD, Šabac in
  cooperation with authorized institutions
  Zorka-Center for Investigations and
  Zorka-Development Engenering, Šabac
• 2.1 Forming the team for preparing application
  composed of represantatives from these
  institutions

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Pilot projectIntegrated permit for Zorka-Color
AD

• 2.2 Trening for the team Introduction for
  creating application for integrated permit by
  the representatives of Directorate for
  Environmental Protection
• 2.3 Chosing and preparing requested
  documentation (Projects, Impact assesment,
  Emmision measuring report, Waste management
  documentation, ect.)
• 2.4 Trening for the team Overview and analise
  of collected documentation and explanation
  unclear questions from the questionnaire for
  Application
• 2.5 Creating Applilcation Request for issuing
  integrated permit, according to prepared
  documentation
• 3. Creating and issuing integrated permit to the
  operater

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Cement factory Holcim-SrbijaNovi Popovac

• Produces cement clinker and cement
• The company has been privatised in 2001
• Capacity production cement clinker 2000 tonnes
  per day
• Categories of industrial activities - according
  to IPPC directive ANNEX 1 3. Mineral industry
  3.1 Instalations for the production cement
  Clinker in rotary killns with production capacity
  excending
• 500 tonnes per day

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Problems and Obstacles

• Decentralization will slow implementation process
  
• Municipalities are entitled to issue IPPC
  permits
• Republic level administration is responsible
  only for capital investment
• Capacity building lack of number and educated
  stuff
• (Permiters do not have technical education or
  background)
• Isolation period Out-dated or partly out-dated
  technology in existing IPPC installations
• Tremendous needs of investment in BAT
• Not enough accreditation laboratories for
  measuring emissions
• the lack of resources for translation and
  adoption into Serbian of BAT documents
• limited capacity and resources for participation
  of industry experts, state institutions in
  development of BAT documents

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