Brownfields in Baltic States - Lifelong Educational Project CZ/08/LLP-LdV/TOI/ Introduction and analysis of brownfield situation in Lithuania Daiva Velykienė Kaunas University of Technology Lithuania „This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.“

Brownfields in Baltic States - Lifelong Educational Project CZ/08/LLP-LdV/TOI/ Awareness After reading this chapter you will be aware of the following: What is the situation of brownfields in Lithuania like? Which the main terms are used in Lithuania instead of brownfield? Why? What are the contamination types of the main objects of potential environmental contamination?

Brownfields in Baltic States - Lifelong Educational Project CZ/08/LLP-LdV/TOI/ Goals of the teaching unit to introduce the Lithuania to give some information about brownfield Lithuania to analyze the relative fields to brownfield in Lithuania to show the importance of it

Brownfields in Baltic States - Lifelong Educational Project CZ/08/LLP-LdV/TOI/ Content Introduction Situation of brownfield in Lithuania The contamination types of the objects of potential environmental contamination Figure of the location of contaminated sites by contamination types in Lithuania Derelict buildings in Lithuania

Brownfields in Baltic States - Lifelong Educational Project CZ/08/LLP-LdV/TOI/ Introduction Lithuania is situated at the centre of Europe. The capital is Vilnius. The total number of inhabitants is about 3,5 mln. It is a state of Central Europe belonging to the Baltoscandian region. Lithuania covers 65,200 km 2 and has a land border approximately 1,747 km in length. Compared to other Baltic States, Lithuania has the shortest border with the Baltic Sea coast. The coastline is 94 km long. Lithuania has three levels of territorial organization and administration: the national level; the regional level (10 counties); and the local level (56 municipalities, including 44 administrative districts, and 12 city municipalities). The local goverment is responsible for administering the land, and regulating land-use and physical planning.

Brownfields in Baltic States - Lifelong Educational Project CZ/08/LLP-LdV/TOI/ Situation of brownfield in Lithuania There is no official definition for brownfield in Lithuania, commonly these territories are understood as formerly used industrial (derelict) land which needs revitalization (or remediation). The term of brownfield is used very rarely in Lithuania. Such terms as contaminated territories (especially historic contamination), potential contaminated objects (earlier sartorial databases of military facilities, municipal landfills and oil spills of petrol stations, radioactive contaminations, chemical plants and storages (pesticide, fertilizer), derelict buildings (ownerless, lith. “bešeimininkiai”) are used normally in this country. This field is superintended by the Contaminated and Polluted Areas and Waste Division of Ministry of Environment, State Service for Protected areas, State Territorial and Construction Inspectorate and Lithuanian Geological Survey.

Brownfields in Baltic States - Lifelong Educational Project CZ/08/LLP-LdV/TOI/ The contamination types of the objects of potential environmental contamination The objects of industry, energy, transport and services. The objects of storage and regeneration of contaminating materials. The objects of the animal breeding. The most dangerous to the geological environment are the derelict, abandoned or demolished technical territories, the oil storages and boiler-houses from the first type of the objectives. Such objects are often turned into scrap dumps. Mostly the soil and water are contaminated with oil products also well or reservoirs of oil residues and contaminated water are often found in these areas. The biggest part of contaminated sites is mostly contaminated with Petroleum Hydrocarbons.

Brownfields in Baltic States - Lifelong Educational Project CZ/08/LLP-LdV/TOI/ The location of contaminated sites by contamination types in Lithuania Sources: LGT

Brownfields in Baltic States - Lifelong Educational Project CZ/08/LLP-LdV/TOI/ Brownfields in Kaunas, Lithuania Former textile factory KAUNO AUDINIAI, Present shopping and entertainment centre AKROPOLIS

Brownfields in Baltic States - Lifelong Educational Project CZ/08/LLP-LdV/TOI/ Derelict buildings in Lithuania The buildings that do not have owners. For the construction of planned to take court action for the recognition mechanism, 363 objects in 2007 already recognized. Most of the buildings are abandoned, derelict or semi destroyed and the conditions of them are emergency. Some of them are the former of piggeries, cow-houses, droppings, mechanical workshops, various stores. Public administration made the lists of derelict buildings which has no owner (or whose owners are unknown) as well as organized the recognition mechanism procedures by initiative of the National Territorial (Spatial) Planning and Construction Inspectorate under the Ministry of the Environment. According to the lists (mentioned above) of 2007, 19 such objects (Pagėgiai municipality - 5, Skuodas district - 5, Siauliai district -7 and Raseiniai district - 2) were demolished and cleaned their territory, using state budget funds.

Brownfields in Baltic States - Lifelong Educational Project CZ/08/LLP-LdV/TOI/ Conclusion What did we learn?  What is situation of brownfield is in Lithuania like  Which of the main terms are used in Lithuania instead of brownfield and why  What are the contamination types of the objects of potential environmental contamination in Lithuania

Brownfields in Baltic States - Lifelong Educational Project CZ/08/LLP-LdV/TOI/ Thank you for your attention „This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.“