Transcript Experience in the UK in implementing EPER/E-PRTR

The Scottish Pollutant Release
Inventory (SPRI)
Bob Boyce - SEPA
Senior Environmental Assessment Officer
Introduction
The background – what, why, who . . .
 Business process and quality
assessment
 SPRI website
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SPRI – What is it?
The Scottish Pollutant Release Inventory (SPRI) is a publicly accessible
electronic database of releases of pollutants to all environmental media
and transfers of waste that will:
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deliver the system by which Scotland will comply with the requirements of
a Community Regulation on the implementation of a European Pollutant
Release and Transfer Register;
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help facilitate discussion and public participation in environmental matters
and decision making as required under the Aarhus Convention;
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aid delivery of data for policy makers, academics and the public;
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support the prevention and reduction of pollution;
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allow comparison of releases within industry and with other types of
releases in Scotland, the UK and Europe e.g. road traffic and domestic
heating, where such data is available; and
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provide generic information on the pollutants.
UN-PRTR, E-PRTR, IPPC
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IPPC activities are the core
National registers can go beyond
requirements for domestic purposes
e.g. lower pollutant thresholds
UNECE Protocol
National register:
e.g. Spain, France,
Scotland, England
IPPC
E-PRTR
SPRI – What’s in it?
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Started in 2002
Based on IPPC but has wider remit with
67 activities covering 10 sectors;
Reporting obligation on operator;
EA and SEPA have common list of 215
pollutants, thresholds and activities
relevant to the UK;
Mass emissions of 215 pollutants to air,
water and land;
Off-site transfers and transboundary
shipments of waste by weight;
Methodologies must be reported;
Data made publicly available;
40% of SEPA sites will report to E-PRTR
Overview of reporting requirements
The operator above would report the following*:
Media
Pollutant
Total release (kg/yr)
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Air
BRT
Total Phosphorus as P
Water
10,100,000
*Note: this report is for illustration only and does not represent
actual releases.
Who reports - Sectors
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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; and
Nuclear installations (includes
decommissioning) and all non-nuclear
installations holding or using open
radioactive sources and disposing of
radioactive waste.
Breakdown of sites by sector - 2007
1 - energy
(4%)
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10 - RSA activities
Number
of(14%)
sites
reporting
9 - other activities
(2%)
2 - production and
processing of
metals
(2%)
YEAR
3 - mineral industry
220
2002
(3%)
2004
4 - chemical
2005
industry
(4%)
2006
8 - animal and
vegetable products
from the food and
beverage sector
(6%)
294
831
1015
5 - waste and
2007 waste
1064
water management
(15%)
6 - paper and wood
production and
processing
(1%)
7 - intensive
livestock production
and aquaculture
(49%)
Total: 1015 sites
Location of
sites (1015)
reporting in
2007
Guidance and tools
Tools:
 Landfill: ConSim leachate estimator tool and
GasSim model for estimating landfill gas
emissions (free “lite” versions available)
 Waste water estimation tool (developed and
funded by regulators and UK Water
Industry)
Guidance (available on website)
 Landfills, waste treatment, transfer and
storage and incineration
 Combustion, petroleum, chemical
 Food & drink, intensive farming
 Cement & lime, quarrying and mining
 Metals (ferrous and non ferrous)
 Wood products, fish farms
Thank You!
[email protected]
SEPA – Edinburgh Office
0131 273 7242
www.sepa.org.uk/SPRI