Integrated Control of Industrial and Chemical Substances in Cyprus Integrated Control of Industrial and Chemical Substances in Cyprus Final Conference LIFETCY98/CY/167 Dr. D. Fatta National Technical University of Athens

Nicosia, Ministry of Labor and Social Insurance National Technical University of Athens

Nicosia, EU ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INTEGRATED POLLUTION PREVENTION & CONTROL

Nicosia, Pollution Prevention Promotion of Environmental Friendly Technologies Implementation of Best Available Techniques

Nicosia, Pollution Control Data Collection  Emissions from Certain Activities  Assurance of the Compliance with the EU Directives  Implementation of the Regulations

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MAIN SCOPE the development of administrative, legal and other arrangements necessary for the monitoring, assessment and control of chemical substances for the integrated control of industrial pollution / VOCs emissions in line with EU legislative requirements and practices

Nicosia, Objectives establishment of an integrated system for chemical substances control and risk management establishment of an integrated management system concerning emissions of VOCs

Nicosia, Objectives development of tools related to the BATs for the implementation of the IPPC Directive development and implementation of an inventory system aiming at a detailed assessment of the existing situation

Nicosia, Main Actions Development of an inventory system for chemical substances Development of an inventory system for industrial emissions and VOCs Design and development of appropriate databases and GIS Development of guidelines for BATs Development of new legislative framework

Nicosia, Work Packages WP 1: Design & elaboration of a detailed source inventory WP 2: Formulation and proposal of pollution preventive measures WP 3: Organization of data in computerized archives – development of databases and GIS

Nicosia, Work Packages WP 4: Development of new legislative framework for industrial pollution control WP 5: Formulation of a plan for continuous integrated monitoring

Nicosia, WP1.1: Chemical Substances and Preparations Collection of data concerning the current situation in Cyprus Determination of the chemical substances & preparations of interest according to EU’s Directives, Regulations, EINECS Registration of all the activities related with these chemicals

Nicosia, Development of a questionnaire that was sent to the private and public sector in order to be filled Design and implementation of a database for the management and analysis of the collected data in order to accomplish the risk management at national level WP1.1: Chemical Substances and Preparations

Nicosia, WP1.2: Industrial emissions Collection of data concerning the current situation in Cyprus Selection of industrial branches and registration of the industrial units Preparation of information sheets with basic data for each sector to be used by the Ministry’s personnel as guide for the targeted inventory

Nicosia, WP1.2: Industrial emissions Preparation of questionnaire Development of specifications for sampling/measurements/analysis Preparation of calculation spreadsheets including all information collected Performance of the inventory

Nicosia, WP1.3: VOC emissions Collection of data concerning the current situation in Cyprus Identification of industrial units and other premises that are related to VOC emissions Determination of the VOCs of interest Estimation VOC emissions

Nicosia, Quality Assurance Quality Control Methodology Measurement of flows Sampling Preservation & treatment of samples Experimental Analysis Data Management

Nicosia, WP2: Formulation of BAT Guidelines Collection of data related to the industrial activity in Cyprus Determination of the industrial sectors of main interest Collection and elaboration of data concerning BATs

Nicosia, WP2: Formulation of BAT Guidelines BAT databases Literature survey Specific case studies Contacts with experts in this field Visit to the EIPPCB (Spain) Participation in the seminar ‘The Sevilla Process - A driver for environmental performance in industry’, Stuttgart 2000

Nicosia, WP2: Formulation of BAT Guidelines Techniques for: load minimization the containment of emissions recovery and recycling energy saving the treatment of air emissions the treatment of wastewater effluents the treatment and disposal of wastes etc.

Nicosia, WP3: Organization of data in computerized archives – Development of databases and GIS

Nicosia, WP3 Information related to the industries (identification, general description of the industry, operation) Air emissions and wastewater (sources, quality/quantity) VOCs (sources, quality/quantity) BATs

Nicosia, WP4: Legislative Framework Collection of EC legislative material Content analysis of the legislation Analysis of the experience gained in various MS Collection of legislation of Cyprus Assessment of the administrative procedures Comparative assessment–Legal gap analysis

Nicosia, WP4: Legislative Framework Preparation and development of the new legislative framework tailored to the needs and constraints of Cyprus consistent with the EC legislative provisions

Nicosia, Identification of the relation between the database and the permitting system Guidelines to be used in the day-to-day operations of the inspectors Minimum criteria for the inspection procedures Updating the information in the database WP5: Formulation of a plan for continuous integrated monitoring

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