1. IPPC Directive Discussion on Reporting on ELV and BAT 4th Reporting Questionnaire, Q IEEG meeting 7 December 2010

2. Content of the presentation
1 Background
2 Choice of sectors and installations
3 Identification of installations
4 Technical details
5 Permit conditions and emission data
6 Abatement techniques
7 Further planning

3. Background

4. Background: fourth IPPC questionnaire
Legal basis for adoption
Article 17(3) of Directive 2008/1/EC
Directive 91/692/EEC
Questionnaire adopted on 29 November 2010
following positive vote in the Committee
Questionnaire published in OJ on 30 November 2010 (COM Decision 2010/728/EU)
Q 6.1 needs guidance to set sectors and agree on the specific information to be reported
This information is key to assess the progress on the implementation of BAT through individual permits in particular by comparing ELVs and actual emissions with BAT-AELs

5. Background: Electronic Reporting Tool
XML Web-based Electronic Reporting Tool
EEA ReportNet Platform
Architecture based on the last ERT
Excel based template for Q2.1
Examining permitting status
Service Contract (in final stages before being awarded)
Functionalities of previous ERT
Feasibility study for offline tool
Improved operation (ad hoc study of technical possibilities)
Centralised support by COM
To be ready and operational by Sep 2011

6. Background: Electronic Reporting
To learn more about the ReportNet Tool
General information on the Platform
CIRCA materials on the previous ERT
Some key ideas
IT technologies are not very flexible
The whole system is under development

7. Choice of sectors and selection of installations
(to be used to respond to Q 6.1)

8. Sectors and installations: proposal
Considering BREF revision calendar
Trying to cover air and water issues
To a large extent present all across the EU
Sector 1: Surface Treatment of Metal and plastics
Activity 2.6 of the IPPC Directive [idem IED] and 2.f of the E-PRTR
A particular sub-sector could be chosen upon proposal of the IEEG to increase homogeneity
Sector 2: Manufacture of ceramic products by firing
Activity 3.5 of the IPPC Directive [idem IED] and 3.g of the E-PRTR

9. Sectors and installations: individual installations
Limited to a maximum of 10 installations per Member State, 5 for each sector
Two selection mechanisms
6 installations E-PRTR based (3 each sector) Data, top polluters, sum of the main polluters to water (surface treatment) and main polluters to air (ceramics)
4 additional installations (2 each sector) upon proposal of the MS. Preferably smaller sizes.
Sector 1: Surface Treatment of Metal and plastics
Pollutants: E-PRTR Heavy metals + TOC + N + P [water]
Sector 2: Manufacture of ceramic products by firing
Pollutants: NOx, SO2, PM10 [air]

10. Identification of installations

11. Identification: fields
No major changes compared to previous reporting cycle
Main new aspects:
Direct E-PRTR identification for E-PRTR facilities
Pre-filled templates for each installation

12. Technical details of the installations

13. Technical details: fields
No major changes compared to previous reporting cycle
Description based on installation level with disaggregation at level of individual plants/lines
Permitted capacity
Number of lines/plants (each individual industrial setting in terms of product output and techniques involved )
For each plant/line:
Name
Type of process
Description
Main emission sources
Only those connected totally or partially to main activities (surface treatment and ceramics firing)
Number
Type
Identification of plants/lines connected
The tool will ask the information on ELV/BAT/emission data and abatement techniques for each emission source

14. Technical details: individual line/plant
“each industrial setting in terms of product output and techniques involved”
Example surface treatment

15. Technical details: main emission sources
Only connected to main activity
Can connect several lines (tick box)

16. Permit conditions and emission data

17. ELV, BAT and emission data: approach
Three stages approach
1) ELV (as set in permit or GBR) for each emission source
Pollutant specific
A source can have more than one ELV per pollutant (e.g. load + concentration)
2) Monitoring requirements per source
pollutant specific (ELV)
3) Actual emission data
2 levels:
Total annual emissions (load)
Measured values (concentrations): average, minimum and maximum

18. ELV, BAT and emission data: multiple ELV
Possibility to have more than one ELV per source/per pollutant
Tonnes/year
mg/Nm3 (monthly)
mg/Nm3 (daily)

19. ELV, BAT and emission data: pollutants
Air
Surface Treatment
NOx, HCl, HF, dust, NH3, VOC
Ceramics
PM10, SOx, NOx, HF, HCl, NMVOC, E-PRTR Heavy metals + V
Water
All E-PRTR pollutants to water beside pesticides
Suspended solids, AOX, E-PRTR Heavy metals, TOC

20. ELV, BAT and emission data: ELVs
ELV to be provided for each substance, each source (or N/A)
Multiple ELV are possible for each substance
Different logic (load, concentration value)
Different monitoring conditions, averaging periods
What to report?
Substances based on current BREFs and other valid scientific information (see document for details on specific substances proposed)
For each ELV:
Type (concentration or load)
The figure, the units, the reference conditions and the period

21. ELV, BAT and emission data: monitoring
Important to analyse the emission data
Distinguish continuous and periodic
If periodic: the frequency has to be provided
For load-based ELV the emission data will only be the annual total load and neither monitoring requirements nor emission data will be required

22. ELV, BAT and emission data: emission data
Common approach for periodic and continuous monitoring (although adjusted to specific characteristics)
Total annual emissions (load)
To make the database analysis easier
To provide data for non E-PRTR facilities or E-PRTR facilities containing several IPPC installations with other industrial activities
Used also to judge the load-based ELVs
CONTINUOUS (only concentration-based ELV):
Minimum value over the year ([ ], reference conditions for air, compliance)
Average ([ ], reference conditions for air, compliance)
Maximum ([ ], reference conditions for air, compliance)
PERIODIC (only concentration-based ELV):
Average of all measures ([ ], reference conditions for air, compliance)

23. Abatement techniques

24. Abatement techniques: fields
General description requested with a text field for each item
Commission open to a further development of this item
Need to provide harmonized information
Reference to BREFs (terminology, sections, …)
Moving towards a pollutant specific text box?
References to the emission sources affected to make analysis possible (link with ELV and emission levels)

25. Further planning

26. Future plan: Key dates Framework paper: List of installations
7 December 2010: IEEG Meeting for general orientation
22 December 2010: framework paper draft 2
15 January 2011: written comments for framework paper
28 January 2011: final framework paper
As of February 2011: development of ERT
September 2011: ERT operational
List of installations
28 January 2011: proposal of installations based on E-PRTR
30 March 2011: deadline for proposal of 4 additional installations and comments on COM proposal
15 April 2011: draft list circulated to MS
15 May 2011: deadline for final comments on draft list
31 May 2011: final list to be used
Bold indicates task for Member States

27. Thank you Daniel Martín-Montalvo Álvarez daniel.martin@ec.europa.eu
DG Environment - Unit C3 Industrial emissions