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BULGARIAN COMPETENT AUTHORITIES IN THE FIELD OF IPPC. Kalin Iliev Ministry of Environment and Water Bulgaria. BULGARIAN LEGISLATION IN THE FIELD OF IPPC. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT (SG 91/2002) – Chapter VІІ, Section ІІ – “Integrated Permits”
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BULGARIAN COMPETENT AUTHORITIES IN THE FIELD OF IPPC Kalin Iliev Ministry of Environment and Water Bulgaria
BULGARIAN LEGISLATION IN THE FIELD OF IPPC • ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT (SG 91/2002) – Chapter VІІ, Section ІІ – “Integrated Permits” • Ordinance on the terms and procedure for issuance of integrated permits (for the construction and operation of new and for the operation of existing industrial installations and facilities) (SG 26/2003) • Seven methodologies issued by the Minister of Environment and Water
BULGARIAN COMPETENT AUTHORITIES IN THE FIELD OF IPPC MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND WATER (MOEW) • Transposition of the requirements of the Directive into the Bulgarian legislation • Issuance, review and amendment of Integrated Permits (IP) • Coordination of competent bodies activities on the preparation of draft projects for IP • Ensures the utilization of the information obtained during the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for relevant production sites as part of the procedure for preparation of draft IP • Develops all necessary subsidiary legislation acts – ordinances, instructions, methodologies, etc
BULGARIAN COMPETENT AUTHORITIES IN THE FIELD OF IPPC EXECUTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY (EEA) • Elaborates the drafts of integrated permits • Maintains public information for issuance, review and amendment of integrated permits • Maintains public information for the results of the required monitoring as prescribed in the integrated permits • Supplies information to the European Environmental Agency
BULGARIAN COMPETENT AUTHORITIES IN THE FIELD OF IPPC REGIONAL INSPECTORATES OF ENVIRONMENT AND WATER (RIEW) • Control over the application of the issued integrated permits • Assist the EEA in the evaluation of applications for issuance of IP and preparation of draft of IP BASIN DIRECTORATES • If needed - assist the EEA in the evaluation of applications for issuance of IP and preparation of draft of IP • If needed – together with the RIEW exercise control over the application of the issued IPs
PROCEDURES FOR ISSUANCE OF INTEGRATED PERMITS • The operator submits an application for issuance of IP to the EEA • EEA together with RIEW (BD) checks whether the application is in compliance with the requirements of the Ordinance • When the application is in compliance with the legal requirements – public access is organized – 30 days • The CA prepares a technical assessment (containing the applicable conditions and information gathered during the public access to the application) • The draft permit is coordinated with the relevant directorates in the MOEW and the relevant RIEW – 30 days
PROCEDURES FOR ISSUANCE OF INTEGRATED PERMITS • Public access to the draft integrated permit – 30 days • If no objections are made (by the public or by the operator) the EEA proposes that an IP should be issued • The Minister of Environment and Water issues the integrated permit for: - maximum 5 months for new installations - maximum 8 months for existing installations 9. The compliance control is carried out by the RIEW on which territory the relevant installation is situated
ISSUED PERMITS • 2004 –23 FOR METALURGICAL AND CHEMICAL SITES, RAFINERIES • 2005 – 53 SITES FOR MINERAL AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTIONS, LARGE COMBUSTION PLANTS • BY 31.10.2007 – AROUND 230 ISSUED PERMITS
IMPLEMENTATION OF EPER DECISION IN BULGARIA • Operators of IPPC installations are obliged to prepare annual reports – art.125, item 5 EPA • EEA supports a public registry with data in PRTR format • The permit holder is required to submit data on each of the parameters (86) where releases exceed the stated thresholds
IMPLEMENTATION OF EPER DECISION IN BULGARIA • Data submitted by the operators in their Annual reports will be used by the EEA to fill in the Registry • The EEA will submit the required data to the European pollutant emission register • Bulgaria will start reporting after accession, meaning that the first report will be sent in December 2008