1. 2 nd BERCEN exchange program for the environmental enforcement agencies and inspectorates April 8 - 12, 2003 Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria Authors:Anita Pokrovac Patekar Jasna Paladin-Popović Examples of accidents and near accidents in Croatia

2. Examples of accidents and near accidents in Croatia A ccident at the storehouse hazardous waste at the PUTO incineration plant in Zagreb Ministry of Environmental Protection and Physical Planing (MEPPP) laid down the obligation of adopting Environmental Intervention Plans

3. Examples of accidents and near accidents in Croatia A ccident at the storehouse hazardous waste at the PUTO incineration plant in Zagreb Environmental Intervention Plans  Obligations: All legal or natural persons that manufacture, store, process, transport, collect or perform other activities involving hazardous substances  The subject of the Plans: Plans have to prescribe all steps of action in cases of accidents in conformity with EPA 40 and CFR 68 and a calculation for threat zones  Plans must be submitted to the respectiv county exspert commissions

4. Examples of accidents and near accidents in Croatia A ccident at the storehouse hazardous waste at the PUTO incineration plant in Zagreb Environmental Intervention Plans OPERATOR interv.plan OPERATOR interv.plan OPERATOR interv.plan OPERATOR interv.plan THE COUNTIES OR THE CITY OF ZAGREB County interv.plans THE COUNTIES OR THE CITY OF ZAGREB County interv.plans THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA National interv.plan

5. Examples of accidents and near accidents in Croatia A ccident at the storehouse hazardous waste at the PUTO incineration plant in Zagreb Environmental Intervention Plans  Today:  Most of the persons under obligations to adopt intervention plans have not done so as yet  In most counties no expert commissions have been established and consequently the submitted plans have not been assessed  Most cuonties have not adopted county intervention plans  The Gouvernment of the Republic of Croatia has not adopted the national intervention plan

6. Examples of accidents and near accidents in Croatia A ccident at the storehouse hazardous waste at the PUTO incineration plant in Zagreb Environmental intervention Plans If the accident hapend:  Polluter has to inform the emergency information center (EIC) and implement measures from the plan in case of accidents  EIC checks the information though the police  Police provide security of the site  EIC calls the intervention and expert units and county ecological headquaters  If the accident is of local charakter – the county ecological headquarters heded by the county prefect  If the accident is of major charakter – the national ecological headquarters headed by the Minister of Environmental Protection

7. Examples of accidents and near accidents in Croatia A ccident at the storehouse hazardous waste at the PUTO incineration plant in Zagreb Environmental Intervention Plans  All the above quoted is prescribed by law and the situation in practice should correspond to these provision But, unfortunately reality is different !!

8. Examples of accidents and near accidents in Croatia A ccident at the storehouse hazardous waste at the PUTO incineration plant in Zagreb

10. The PUTO incineration plant in Zagreb

11. Examples of accidents and near accidents in Croatia A ccident at the storehouse hazardous waste at the PUTO incineration plant in Zagreb

14. August 01, 2002. 7.30 p.m.

15. Examples of accidents and near accidents in Croatia A ccident at the storehouse hazardous waste at the PUTO incineration plant in Zagreb

17. Several km near the fire place

18. Examples of accidents and near accidents in Croatia A ccident at the storehouse hazardous waste at the PUTO incineration plant in Zagreb

20. The day after

21. Examples of accidents and near accidents in Croatia A ccident at the storehouse hazardous waste at the PUTO incineration plant in Zagreb

23. Conclusion: 1.Neither the head of the ecological headquarters of the city of Zagreb nor any of its members were on site 2.No expert team members who could provide expert assessment of possible accident consequences, rescue measures and tehnical intervention measures were on the site 3.The environmental inspector took an active role in this accident

24. Examples of accidents and near accidents in Croatia A ccident at the storehouse hazardous waste at the PUTO incineration plant in Zagreb Thank you for your attention !