Alex Radway Policy Advisor Process Industries Regulation.
-
date post
18-Dec-2015 -
Category
Documents
-
view
218 -
download
0
Transcript of Alex Radway Policy Advisor Process Industries Regulation.
![Page 1: Alex Radway Policy Advisor Process Industries Regulation.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062714/56649d265503460f949fce13/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Alex RadwayAlex Radway
Policy Advisor
Process Industries Regulation
![Page 2: Alex Radway Policy Advisor Process Industries Regulation.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062714/56649d265503460f949fce13/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
![Page 3: Alex Radway Policy Advisor Process Industries Regulation.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062714/56649d265503460f949fce13/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Environment Agency for England and Wales
![Page 4: Alex Radway Policy Advisor Process Industries Regulation.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062714/56649d265503460f949fce13/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Environment Agency - what we doEnvironment Agency - what we do
• Flood defence
• Water resources
• Fisheries, Recreation and Navigation
• River water quality
• Waste
• Radioactive materials
• Environmental regulation of large industry
![Page 5: Alex Radway Policy Advisor Process Industries Regulation.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062714/56649d265503460f949fce13/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Environmental regulation of industryEnvironmental regulation of industry
• Integrated Pollution Control (IPC)
– 1990, UK
• Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC)
– 1996, Europe
![Page 6: Alex Radway Policy Advisor Process Industries Regulation.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062714/56649d265503460f949fce13/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Industries coveredIndustries covered
• Energy
• Metals
• Minerals
• Chemicals
• Waste
• Other
![Page 7: Alex Radway Policy Advisor Process Industries Regulation.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062714/56649d265503460f949fce13/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Best Available Techniques (BAT)Best Available Techniques (BAT)
• most effective and advanced
• techniques not just technology
• prevent, then control
• cost / benefit balance
• ‘environment as a whole’ *
• basis for emission limits
• published guidance
• constantly evolving
![Page 8: Alex Radway Policy Advisor Process Industries Regulation.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062714/56649d265503460f949fce13/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Environment as a wholeEnvironment as a whole
Energy
Raw materials
Odour
Air emissions
Heat
NoiseVibration
Waste
Contaminated land Water / sewer discharges
![Page 9: Alex Radway Policy Advisor Process Industries Regulation.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062714/56649d265503460f949fce13/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Measures of environmental impactMeasures of environmental impact
• Air
– Environmental Quality Standards
– Air Quality Strategy
• Water
– Environmental Quality Standards
– Direct Toxicity Assessment
• Land
– Contamination reports
![Page 10: Alex Radway Policy Advisor Process Industries Regulation.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062714/56649d265503460f949fce13/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Permits to operatePermits to operate
• “Prior approval”
• Operational conditions
• Implicit use of BAT
• Emission limits based on BAT
• Operator monitoring and returns
• Breach notification
• Improvement programme
• Permit review
• Charges on Operator
![Page 11: Alex Radway Policy Advisor Process Industries Regulation.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062714/56649d265503460f949fce13/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Permit enforcementPermit enforcement
• Regular inspection
• Notices
– Enforcement
– Prohibition
• Prosecution
– fines
– jail sentences
![Page 12: Alex Radway Policy Advisor Process Industries Regulation.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062714/56649d265503460f949fce13/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Consultation on applicationConsultation on application
• Organisations with responsibility for:
– Health & Safety
– Local communities
– Food standards
– Nature conservation
– Human health
– Fisheries
![Page 13: Alex Radway Policy Advisor Process Industries Regulation.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062714/56649d265503460f949fce13/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Public involvementPublic involvement
• Advertisement of application
• Public registers of information
– held at local offices
– application, permit, monitoring etc.
• Pollution Inventory
• Web-site
• Engagement with environmental groups
![Page 14: Alex Radway Policy Advisor Process Industries Regulation.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062714/56649d265503460f949fce13/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
![Page 15: Alex Radway Policy Advisor Process Industries Regulation.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062714/56649d265503460f949fce13/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Sulphur dioxide emissions to airSulphur dioxide emissions to air
0
200,000,000
400,000,000
600,000,000
800,000,000
1,000,000,000
1,200,000,000
1,400,000,000
1998 1999 2000 2001
Year
Re
lea
se
(K
g)
WASTE INDUSTRIES
CHEMICALS
OTHER INDUSTRY
MINERAL INDUSTRIES
METAL INDUSTRIES
FUEL AND POWER
![Page 16: Alex Radway Policy Advisor Process Industries Regulation.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062714/56649d265503460f949fce13/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
Benefits to the environment Benefits to the environment
• Improved river water quality
• Better local & regional air quality
• ….. but continuing land contamination
![Page 17: Alex Radway Policy Advisor Process Industries Regulation.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062714/56649d265503460f949fce13/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
Benefits to operatorsBenefits to operators
• better understanding of processes
• more knowledgeable about emissions
• aware of effects of emissions
• more questioning of existing practices
• improved better environmental performance
• more aware of public interest & concern
![Page 18: Alex Radway Policy Advisor Process Industries Regulation.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062714/56649d265503460f949fce13/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
Legislative burdenLegislative burden Sources:
• World
• European
• National
• Regional
Target:
• New regime
• Industry
• Substance
![Page 19: Alex Radway Policy Advisor Process Industries Regulation.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062714/56649d265503460f949fce13/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
Proportionate controlsProportionate controls
• Small operations with no emissions
• Range of permit conditions
• Priority pollutants
• Focus on main pollutant sources
• Complementary tools
![Page 20: Alex Radway Policy Advisor Process Industries Regulation.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062714/56649d265503460f949fce13/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
Risk-based regulationRisk-based regulation
• Confidence in operator:
– Operator and Pollution Risk Appraisal (OPRA)
– Environmental Management Systems
– monitoring systems (OMA & MCERTS)
reduced inspection frequency & charging
![Page 21: Alex Radway Policy Advisor Process Industries Regulation.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062714/56649d265503460f949fce13/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
ConsequencesConsequences
• Climate change
• Rising sea levels
• Winter storms more severe
• Widespread floods
![Page 22: Alex Radway Policy Advisor Process Industries Regulation.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062714/56649d265503460f949fce13/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
Environment Agency visionEnvironment Agency vision
• “to put the environment at the heart of industry's thinking”
![Page 23: Alex Radway Policy Advisor Process Industries Regulation.](https://reader036.fdocuments.net/reader036/viewer/2022062714/56649d265503460f949fce13/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
Where to find out moreWhere to find out more
UK: www.environment-agency.gov.uk
www.defra.gov.uk
Europe: www.europa.eu.int
www.eea.eu.int
www.eippcb.jrc.es