Industrial Pollution Control Harmonization and Implementation in Bulgaria

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Industrial Pollution Control - Harmonization and
Implementation in Bulgaria

• Slavitza Dobreva
• Ministry of Environment and Water
• Bulgaria
• Final Seminar on Project LIFE CY98/CY/167
• Nicosia, 7-8 June 2001

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Directive 96/61/EC on Integrated Pollution
Prevention and Control

• Transposition into the Bulgarian legislation
• Compliance Analysis
• Implementation Challenges

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Directive 96/61/EC on Integrated Pollution
Prevention and Control

• Aim and objectives of the Directive
• To achieve integrated prevention and control of
  pollution arising from certain activities by
  means of measures to prevent or to reduce
  emissions from industrial facilities into air,
  water and land.
• To establish a permit-issuing system for all the
  activities covered by the Directive.

• Transposition into the Bulgarian legislation
• Environmental Protection Act and its Amendments
• Regulation 4 on Environmental Impact Assessment.

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Directive 96/61/EC on Integrated Pollution
Prevention and Control

• Compliance Analysis
• The existing legislative acts
• Partly transpose also the requirements of
  Regulation 1836/93/EEC on Eco-management and
  Audit Schemes (EMAS).
• Consider the existing state of environment for
  certain industrial plants.
• Identify the principle emissions and sources of
  pollution.
• Establish programmes for complying with the
  requirements of the European environmental
  legislation.
• Establish plans for self-monitoring.
• Elaborate action plans in case of major accident
  hazards.
• Set up conditions for keeping the activities of
  certain industrial plants and for control of
  these conditions.

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Directive 96/61/EC on Integrated Pollution
Prevention and Control

• Lack of Compliance
• With the mandatory character of the environmental
  audit.
• With the procedure of permits-issuing.
• The major industrial sites are not registered.
• Best Available Techniques (BAT) are not applied
  in all appropriate preventive measures against
  pollution.

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Directive 96/61/EC on Integrated Pollution
Prevention and Control

• Implementation Challenges
• Need of adequate technical equipment.
• Need of training for the competent specialists in
  order to improve their qualification.

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Industrial Pollution Control Harmonization of
Legislation/ Implementation of Regulations

• Directive 91/61/EC
• Regulation 1836/93/EEC on EMAS
• Regulation 880/92/EEC on eco-labeling

• New Environmental Protection Act - 2001
• Regulation on registration of sites with systems
  for eco-management and audit - 2002
• Regulation on establishing a system to identify
  the compliance of certain industrial products
  with certain eco-requirements - 2002

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Industrial Pollution Control Future Priorities
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Industrial Pollution Control Future Priorities
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Industrial Pollution Control Future Priorities
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Industrial Pollution ControlPHARE Assistance

• PHARE 1999 - Twinning Project BG99EN01B
  Transposition of the environmental legislation
  and introduction and facilitation of the
  implementation of the IPPC Directives - Ireland
• PHARE 2000 - Twinning Project BG2000EN01D
  Training and application of the IPPC Directive on
  a regional level for specialists from the
  Regional Inspectorates and from the industrial
  sector - Germany

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Industrial Pollution ControlPHARE Assistance -
Main Objectives

• Twinning Project 99
• Preparation of pilot integrated permits of two
  Bulgarian plants (Solvey Sodi and Agropolychim -
  Devnia)
• Preparation of guidelines for determination of
  BATs
• Preparation of an inventory of IPPC sites in
  Bulgaria
• Further development of the IPPC permit template.

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Industrial Pollution ControlPHARE Assistance -
Main Objectives

• Twinning Project 2000
• Establishment of real working procedures
  including procedures for public accession to the
  whole process of issuing of a integrated permit
• Preparation of technical documents for specific
  industrial sectors (petrol refinery, non ferrous
  industries, landfill, iron steel, cement lime
  and pharmacy)
• Set up of the procedures for preparation and
  issuing of integrated permits for the biggest
  industrial enterprises in the selected sectors
• Improvement of information exchange among
  stakeholders including the publishing of
  information bulletins for public participation,
  access to information, and information for main
  industries
• Definition of the financial resources needed to
  introduce BAT in Bulgaria.

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Industrial Pollution ControlPilot Permits Issuing

• Pilot Permits Issued
• Funded by World Bank
• Sevko Tannery - Sevlievo
• Power Station - Pernik

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Industrial Pollution ControlPilot Permits Issuing

• Pilot Permits in Process of Preparation
• Funded by Phare -Twinning
• Solvey Sodi Soda Ash Plant - Devnia
• Agropolychim Fertilizers Plant - Devnia
• Funded by DEPA
• Sviloza Synthetic Fibres Plant - Svishtov
• Union Minier Copper Smelter Plant - Pirdop
• Non Ferrous Metals Plant - Plovdiv
• Non Ferrous Metals Plant - Kardjali
• Chimko Fertilizers Plant - Vratza