Liepaja Region’s experience in permits issue process Liepaja Regional Environment Board Ingrīda Sotņikova (371) ; (371)

Liepaja Region’s experience in permits issue process Liepaja Regional Environment Board  Liepaja Region has 13 A category installations, 11 from it already exist  Division of A category permits by industry sectors: Energetic - 1 Metal production and processing – 1 Mineral ware production – 1 Refuse management – 2 Textile industry – 1 Farms – 7 (6 – pigs, 1- poultry farm)

Atļauju izsniegšanas pieredze Liepājas reģionā Izsniegtas A kategorijas atļaujas – 7  a/s “Lauma” (2002.g. februāris) – tekstilrūpnīca  a/s “Brocēni” (2002.g.decembris) – cementa rūpnīca  SIA “Nīckrasti” (2003.g.decembris) – putnu ferma  SIA “Druvas Unguri” (2004.g.aprīlis) – cūku ferma “Unguri”  SIA “Druvas Unguri” (2004.g.aprīlis) – cūku ferma “Straumēni”  SIA “Druvas Unguri” (2004.g.aprīlis) – cūku ferma “Krasti”  a/s “Liepājas metalurgs” (2004.g.aprīlis) – tērauda ražošana un metālapstrāde

A category permits issue process – 1  Discus and assessment about used BAT in the application (experts, inspectors, installation’s technicians);  Assessment of BAT for industry sector and needs it to introduce (experts, installation’s technicians);

BREF located on the web page of the State Environmental Impact Assessment board.  Descriptions of the BAT by industry sectors produced and validated by European Commission  Descriptions of the BAT issued by Irish agency of The Environment Protection  Descriptions of the BAT guide “Pollution Prevention and Abatement Handbook” issued by International Bank  The Helsinki Commission recommendation (HELCOM)

A category permits issue process – 2  Financial assessment of new BAT introducing with assessments profits for an environment (experts, installation’s technicians and economists)  According of time for new BAT introducing and put it in conditions of the permit (experts, installation’s managers)

Problems - 1 Liepaja Regional Environment Board A category permit  If operator delegate to make an application to another firm, often an application haven’t good quality  All BREF and BAT haven’t translated to Latvian (textile processing, pigs growing, metal production and so on)  Environment Region Board hasn’t specialists with knows all production technologies

Problems - 2 Liepaja Regional Environment Board A category permit  Existence of installations with use technologies, with EU already hasn’t use (haven’t BAT and BREF)  Frequently changes and contradictions in lows acts obstruct to produce quality permit  Deficit of human and material resources