Project Briefing for WG/E Brussels 15/03/10 Technical Support for the Impact Assessment of the Review of Priority Substances under Directive 2000/60/EC Project Briefing for WG/E Brussels 15/03/10

Introduction Presentation project team aim, scope and objectives Tasks Task 1 impact assessment Task 2 data collection Task 3 assessing the impacts outputs and timings

Project team Entec Atkins Environmental policy (esp. WFD and REACH), impact assessment and socio-economic analysis Surface water quality and hazardous substances Atkins Surface water quality, sources of hazardous substances in the aquatic environment, control and abatement measures Representation on WGE – Sean Comber

Aim and scope Assess the impact, in terms of costs and benefits, of the required review of priority substances. The study is supports and informs the EC IA and covers: All current EU Member States and Candidate Countries; All existing and proposed priority substances (Annex II and III of EQSD and new substances identified through the prioritisation process); The impacts of potential new control measures identified.

Tasks Develop a methodology to assess the economic, social and environmental impacts – Task 1 Identify and collate all relevant data – Task 2 Carry out the assessment of impacts – Task 3 Support the presentation of the IA to the IAB – Task 4

Task 1 Task 1 Development of IA methodology Developing a method that follows the IA guidance, tasking account of: the process and outcomes of the implementation of EQS (via the Directive) the need for a substance by substance approach application of the method in subsequent reviews Method needs to be developed in absence of knowledge of new substances EQS. A flexible 'bottom up' approach allows the impacts of the addition of each substance to be assessed. Possible options for the impacts assessment may then be selected. Once options are selected the aggregation of impacts (costs and benefits) will be done, which may allow the impacts of specific sectors to be understood.

Impact assessment EC IA guidance - ‘relating to the assessment of impacts’ What are the likely economic, social and environmental impacts? Identify direct and indirect environmental, economic and social impacts and how they occur. Identify who is affected by these impacts (including those outside the EU) and in what way. Identify whether there are specific impacts that should be examined (fundamental rights, SMEs, consumers, competition, international, national, regional). Assess the impacts in qualitative, quantitative and monetary terms or explain in the IA why quantification is not possible or proportionate. Consider the risks and uncertainties in the policy choices, including expected compliance patterns.

Project understanding – impact assessment Assessing the costs and benefits Economic, social and environmental impacts: economic – required abatement measures; use of alternative substances; market and use of substances, enforcement, administrative. social – human health from water quality, jobs, social inclusion (particular groups affected) environmental – ecosystem functioning, biodiversity, key and economically important species, clean up Both costs and benefits – e.g. Implementation of abatement measures to control new substance to EQS – cost to industry, benefit to environmental quality, human health and amenity value etc. Cost of implementation of measures causes use of alternative substance – cost to firms producing substance, benefit to manufacturers of alternative.

Outline process

Task 2 Task 2: Identification and review of information identify and review information that allows: understanding of the impacts of implementation of changes to existing EQS values and EQS values for new substances. the costs of measures required to meet the EQS the benefits of implementing the changed/new EQS

Data collection from MS/EC – understanding existing substances Net costs and benefits of changes to EQS or status of existing substances Need to understand The net costs and benefits of the changes (compared to baseline) The additional control measures that will need to be applied and their costs The benefits that the changes will bring (esp. environment) What technical data are needed? What failures and reasons current emissions levels in the environment basic measures supplementary measures and their costs data from responses to questionnaire on MS views on review of EQS and control measures for existing substances) – expected mid May

Data collection from MS/EC– understanding new (proposed) substances Net costs and benefits of additional substances Understand the costs and benefits of the baseline – current and known (planned) future control measures the costs and benefits of implementation of EQS of new substances What technical data are needed? Likely/possible failures and reasons current emissions levels in the environment basic measures supplementary measures and their costs data from full dossiers with proposed EQS for new substances (Ineris expected end May, updated end June) and updated source screening sheets and measures sheets (WRc – expected mid June)

Data collection by contractor - information on costs and benefits Costs of measures required to control substances abatement measures – industry data (consult with industry) Costs of environmental damage from substances emissions data – public emissions databases (e.g. EPER) and MS info clean up costs – data from literature harm to life and habitats – data from literature Costs social of health damage from substances - direct exposure – data from literature water treatment costs – data from industry/literature Costs on regulators to implement and monitor Data from regulators – MS data Benefits Benefits to the environment of implementing the EQS improved biodiversity and ecosystem function – valuation? Benefits to human health from implementing the EQS improved health – avoidance of disease - valuation Social benefits – amenity value of water courses, job creation use of water courses for leisure etc. – willingness to pay studies (benefits transfer)

Emissions

Abatement options WwTW End-of-pipe treatment RGF O3 GAC UV Chemical coagulation Membrane filtration SuDs Highway runoff Agricultural diffuse sources Industrial discharges to water Source control Trader control Marketing and use restrictions Others?

Substance mitigation data sources SOCOPSE (NP,atrazine, DEHP, PAH, Hg, TBT, HCB, isoproturon, PBDE, Cd) – not that great in reality Danish PS report (quite comprehensive) SCORE-PP pollutant behaviour in stormwater - Best Management Practices Database for pollutant information Pthree – removal rates for MBR etc. EU:Pollutants in urban waste water and sewage sludge UKWIR WW17 – WWTW removal rates, costs UKWIR/Defra – pCEA Defra RIA for PS/PHS STOWA report on Exploratory study for wastewater treatment techniques and the WFD IUCLID (manufacturing data) REACH (Use data) Case studies\open literature

Task 3 and 4 Task 3: Assess the impacts Understanding the main impacts Which sectors are affected and how This will need to be based on understanding of what measures are required to achieve the proposals (i.e. addition of substance and EQS) and the impacts that has. Since many substance may have impacts on the same sectors (e.g. water industry, chemicals industry, agricultural industry) it may be possible to group impacts and develop options Task 4: support to the Impact Assessment Board Process support to DG Environment in dealing with the comments received from the IAB

Key aspects of approach Uncertainty Associated with outcome of review additions, withdrawals additional EQS on biota and sediment Associated with data understanding control measures understanding impacts Sensitivity Ranges of values Qualitative Transparency Importance of seeing where data is from and how impacts, costs and benefit are calculated Clear links to data sources

Outputs and timings Inception report -a work plan, timetable and project risk register and issues for inception meeting – Feb 2010  List of new substances with draft dossiers (without EQS) (COM) – end April 2010 Discussion and agreement with EC on method (task 1) – mid May 2010 Responses to Questionnaire on MS views on review of EQS and control measures for existing substances (COM) – Mid May 2010 1st interim report – results from task 1 (assessment method) and 2 (identification, review and collection of information) – end May 2010 Full dossiers with proposed EQS for new substances (Ineris) – end May 2010 existing substances: updated source screening sheets and measures sheets (WRc) mid June 2010 Updated EQS for existing substances (Ineris) – end June 2010 Interim meeting with DG ENV views on control measures for existing and new substances to be assessed (COM) - end June 2010 2nd interim report – results of analysis and factsheets for substances (task 3) – end August 2010) Draft final report – including sections on application of method to future reviews – Nov 2010 Final report – accounting for all comments on draft final – Dec 2010