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:forbidden: IPPC Licensing :forbidden: (Environmental pollution covered by…
:forbidden: IPPC Licensing :forbidden:
Environmental pollution covered by the IED
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Surface water e.g. nearby bodies of water like lakes and rivers being contaminated with waste products
Waste water emissions into the sewage system have to be screened for toxic substances that might contaminate treated sewage i.e. no one pipe cleaning system
daily rates of emissions.
Max Emission per unit time
Emissions into the ground water such as heavy metals being depositied via air emissions onto the ground and then seeping into the aquifer
Atmospheric emissions e.g. particulates, CO2 and methane
The EPA is created in 1992
Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) licenses were installed in 1994
Changed to Integrated Pollution Prevention Control (IPPC) 1998
Licence which covers all emissions, regulation of waste, energy usage and resources
Aim of the IPPC is to prevent or reduce emissions and control industrial use of energy and resources to stop pollution
A single integrated licence which covers the emissions from a facility and the environmental management of the area
Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) was implemented in 2014
Impact on Ireland: two main changes
Changes how the first schedule of the EPA 1992 act is to be interpreted (this gives the list of activities)
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Extend the scope of the activities categories contained within it
Regarding IPPC for industries, Ireland had already licensed most industries. Impact was mostly on waste industries
Moved from LA license to EPA- IED license
Control and monitoring
Emissions to Groundwater: Chemicals can find their way into the underlying groundwater. Testing depends on weather it is a green field site or a site with previous industrial use.
Testing is normally by drilling bore holes around the site and pumping samples to determine the contamination level. Method is GC/MS for VOC's and chlorinated solvents
Major agricultural industry- land spreading of sludge wastes
ambient monitoring includes monitoring of ambient air quality or monitoring of river quality upstream/downstream of an effluent discharge
Section J: Accident prevention & Emergency response
Section K: Remediation, Decommissioning, restoration & aftercare
Periodic measurements
has to be conducted for all major pollutants as specified in the conditions to approval. Initial measurement after construction or substantial change. Periodic measurement once year. Carried out by accredited/designated laboratories
Continuous measurements
some more polluting BAT industries have to conduct continuous measurement for selected pollutants
report
measurement results have to be submitted to the competent authority. AER (annual environmental report)
Penalties for Licence Violation
Fees exceeding 12'000 euro can be issued for breaking the terms of the licence.
Waste water emissions to sewer and surface Waters
Run-off water is the water from hard surfaces on site (roofs, carparks, etc.) which may have collected chemicals from spillages
Point source emissions are monitored in one outfall where all parameters are measured