| | Waste-related Conditions in Environmental Permits |
| | 1,71 | | MB |
| | 202 | | stron |
| | 4349 | | ID | Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) |
| | 2005 | | rok |
| | Contents |
| | Foreword . 3 |
| | Summary . 7 |
| | Proposals for further work 8 |
| | 1 Introduction 10 |
| | 2 Legal background . 13 |
| | 2.1 General background .13 |
| | 2.2 Implementation of the Waste and IPPC Directives 14 |
| | 2.2.1 Implementation of the waste directives 14 |
| | 2.2.2 Implementation of the IPPC Directive 17 |
| | 2.3 Defi nition of waste .23 |
| | 2.3.1 Guidance on the defi nition of waste 23 |
| | 2.3.2 Diffi culties with the defi nition of waste .23 |
| | 2.3.3 Special diffi culties .24 |
| | 2.4 General requirements on uniformity .24 |
| | 2.4.1 Implementation tools to ensure uniformity .25 |
| | 2.4.2 Typical causes of non-uniformity .25 |
| | 2.4.3 Variations in waste requirements .26 |
| | 2.4.4 Research concerning uniformity .26 |
| | 3 Authorities and organisations . 27 |
| | 3.1 Competent authorities .27 |
| | 3.2 Other organisations 29 |
| | 4 Waste-related conditions in the permit procedure 31 |
| | 4.1 Approach and guidance .31 |
| | 4.2 Application documents .32 |
| | 4.2.1 Required waste information in the application .32 |
| | 4.2.2 Other required information .33 |
| | 4.2.3 Application forms 33 |
| | 4.3 Permit consideration 34 |
| | 4.3.1 Waste management in permit consideration 34 |
| | 4.3.2 Effects of changes in waste generation on an existing permit 35 |
| | 4.3.3 Other waste-related directives in permit consideration .36 |
| | 4.4 Permit conditions 37 |
| | 4.4.1 Conditions for prevention, recovery and disposal 37 |
| | 4.4.2 Binding permit conditions in use or in future use 38 |
| | 4.4.3 Some examples of permit conditions .39 |
| | 4.5 Best Available Techniques (BAT) in the permit procedure 41 |
| | 4.5.1 Usefulness of the BREFs .41 |
| | 4.5.2 Data and problems in BREFs .41 |
| | 4.5.3 Development of BREFs and use of other sources 41 |
| | 4.5.4 National sector evaluation of BREFs 42 |
| | 5 Voluntary environmental management systems . 43 |
| | 5.1 General background .43 |
| | 5.2 EMAS and ISO 14001 .44 |
| | 5.3 Other environmental management systems 47 |
| | 6 Monitoring, reporting and inspection 49 |
| | 6.1 General background .49 |
| | 6.2 Monitoring system and frequency 49 |
| | 6.3 Monitoring parameters 51 |
| | 6.4 Reporting system 53 |
| | 6.5 Inspection and enforcement .55 |
| | 7 Access to information concerning waste-related issues . 59 |
| | 7.1 General questions about access to information 59 |
| | 7.2 Access to information in the permit procedure and monitoring .59 |
| | 7.3 Access to information in inspection 63 |
| | 8 Conclusions . 64 |
| | 8.1 Key diffi culties .64 |
| | 8.1.1 Defi nitions 64 |
| | 8.1.2 Implementation of the directives and national laws 64 |
| | 8.1.3 Application documents .64 |
| | 8.1.4 Guidance .64 |
| | 8.1.5 Permit consideration 64 |
| | 8.1.6 Use of BREFs .65 |
| | 8.1.7 Publicity versus confi dentiality 65 |
| | 8.1.8 EMS .65 |
| | 8.1.9 Monitoring and reporting 65 |
| | 8.1.10 Enforcement 65 |
| | 8.2 Good practice .66 |
| | 8.2.1 The defi nitions 66 |
| | 8.2.2 Implementation of the directives and the national laws 66 |
| | 8.2.3 Application forms 66 |
| | 8.2.4 Permit consideration 66 |
| | 8.2.5 Permit conditions .66 |
| | 8.2.6 Use of BREFs .68 |
| | 8.2.7 EMS .68 |
| | 8.2.8 Monitoring and reporting 68 |
| | 8.2.9 Enforcement 68 |
| | 8.2.10 Training .69 |
| | 8.3 Proposals for further work 69 |
| | 8.3.1 Legal issues .69 |
| | 8.3.2 Permit conditions and BAT 69 |
| | 8.3.3 Guidance 69 |
| | 8.3.4 Monitoring 69 |
| | 8.3.5 EMS .70 |
| | 8.3.6 Development of administration 70 |
| | 8.3.7 Study on the practical implementation of the waste directives and the IPPC Directive for one |
| | industrial sector .70 |
| | 8.3.8 Study on impacts of the Aarhus Convention 70 |
| | 8.3.9 Further study on permitting for one sector .70 |
| | 8.3.10 Study on monitoring .70 |
| | 8.3.11 Guidance on waste inspection .70 |
| | References and literature 71 |
| | Acronyms and abbreviations 72 |
| | Annex I. Compilation of the answers to the questionnaire . 73 |
| | Annex II. Final programme of the IMPEL waste seminar in Helsinki 9.–11.5.2004 162 |
| | Annex III. Study on best available techniques reference documents and waste management / |
| | minimisation. . 167 |
| | Annex IV. Waste prevention in the environmental permit procedure in Finland . 187 |
| | Documentation pages . 197 |