ENVIRONMENTAL DATA

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ENVIRONMENTAL DATA MANAGEMENT IN ESTONIA Leo
Saare
EEA SEIS country visit November 8, 2007
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ESTONIAN ENVIRONMENT INFORMATION CENTRE (EEIC)

• Established on January 1, 1993
• Aim
• to collect, process and publish information about
  Estonian nature, state of environment and factors
  influencing it.
• to provide reliable environmental information for
  Estonian decision makers as well as wider public
  and organizations both in Estonia and abroad

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Tasks

• Collection, analyzing and publishing of
  environmental information
• SoE reports, thematic reports etc
• Estonian NFP for European Environment Agency
• National, EU and international data reporting
• Coordinating of State Monitoring Programme
• Keeping and developing of Environmental Register
• administrating environmental information systems
• Competent Body of EMAS and EU Eco-Labeling
• Administrating of Emissions Trading Registry

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Legal basis for data collection

• Arhus Convention, 2001
• Public Information Act, (2000) 2007
• Environmental Register Act, 2002
• Environmental Monitoring Act, 2005
• MoE decrees on procedures for national data
  collection on activities related to air
  pollution, waste generation and water pollution
  etc

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PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGISTER ACT (i)

• INTEGRATION OF DATABASES coherent environmental
  data
• OFFICIAL DATA data in environmental register is
  the only official environmental data
• RELIABLE DATA stop using other data than this in
  the register for
• international data exchange
• issuing environmental permits
• compiling development plans
• environmental state assessment etc

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PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGISTER ACT (ii)

• PURPOSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGISTER provide state
  and local authorities and the public information
  for
• state of environment
• issuing environmental permits
• environmental impact assessments
• compilation of development plans etc.
• environmental restrictions
• international environmental data exchange

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PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGISTER ACT (iii)

• SOURCE DOCUMENTS FOR ENTRY INTO THE REGISTER
• legislative act (e.g. data of protected natural
  object)
• environmental permit (e.g. waste data)
• program (e.g. monitoring data)
• report of research or inventory (e.g. data of
  growing forest)
• planning (e.g. data of recreational areas)
• contract (e.g. CITES to a certain extent)

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MAINTENANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGISTER

• environmental data in time and space and gives
  the database a form that enables to use data
  according to internationally approved principles
• Environmental Register operates by its
  interlinking mechanisms (information systems)
  which contain documents, maps, classification,
  entries, applications, publication, clients,
  client support and archive etc.

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ACCESS TO ENVIRONMENTAL REGISTER

• Data in the environmental register is public
• Everyone has the right to examine public data in
  the environmental register free of charge and to
  download data
• Authorised processor (EEIC) of the register
  restricts access to the data in the Environmental
  Register in case
• the data is in process
• the publication of data will endanger public
  safety, cause environmental damage or disturb
  protected species in their habitats
• the data includes confidential information on
  business, industrial and intellectual property
• the publication of data is prohibited by law
• has been identified that the data is incorrect

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QUALITY ASSURANCE OF THE DATA

• EEIC controls if the provided data meet the
  requirements and returns the data which do not
  meet. Data provider is obligated to deliver the
  correct data to the Environmental Register

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PUBLICATION OF THE DATA

• EEIC shall publish the public data held in the
  register in web within ten days

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STORING OF THE DATA

• EEIC shall maintain the archives of the
  environmental register.
• Data shall be retained in the archives for
  indefinite time.

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MAIN OUTPUTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGISTER

• Environmental Register web application
• Environmental Indicators web application
• Environmental Monitoring webpage
• SoE reports, thematic reports etc
• National, EU and international environmental data
  reporting

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FUTURE PLANS

• Develop web application according to user needs
• Rise the quality of data
• Improve inquiries
• Accessibility to other information systems (eg
  SEIS)
• Develop geo-database
• Implementation of INSPIRE directive in the
  environmental data handling

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IS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITShttp//klis.envir.ee/k
lis

• Environmental permits of natural resources,
  waste, water and air
• Integrated environmental permits, packaging
  recovery certificate, polychlorinated
  biphenylinventory sheets, consignment notes and
  handling licences for hazardous waste
• GMOs
• CITES species
• State Packaging Register

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IS OF WASTE DATAhttps//jats.keskkonnainfo.ee/

• Type of waste produced and handled in Estonia
• Quantity of generated and handled waste
• Origin of generated and handled waste
• Data regarding waste handlers
• Waste producers
• Waste brokers
• Waste handling sites
• Transboundary movement of waste

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IS OF ESTONIAN NATUREwww.eelis.ee

• Estonian nature conservation areas and protected
  natural monuments
• Imported individuals of introduced species
• Key biotopes
• The Book of Virgin Nature
• Game trophy data
• Hunting district data
• Habitats and Estonian protected species
• Species registered in Estonia
• Documents related to protected objects
• Place of finding of introduced species
• Naturally sensitive areas
• Risk areas of environmentally hazardous objects
• Groundwater intakes
• Surface water intakes
• Waterbodies
• Marine islands
• Waste management facilities
• Depositories of radioactive waste
• Environment monitoring data

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IS OF AIR POLLUTION SOURCEShttps//osis.keskkonna
info.ee

• data about stationary sources
• emissions of pollutants (by companies, counties,
  sectors of economy, total of Estonia)
• use of fuels (by counties, total of Estonia)
• use of solvents, paints and adhesives
• data about area sources of pollution
• Emissions are calculated by administrative units
  (county), on the basis of data from the
  Statistical Office and emission factors (emission
  per production/energy unit)

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IS WATER
State Environmental Register
Output
MoE County Environmental Departments State
Inspectorate
Surface water
Estonian Statistical Office Eurostat
Groundwater
European Commission
European Environment Agency
Marine water
Helcom
Estonian-Russian Intergovernmental
Transboundary Water Commission
Water use
Public
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FUEL MONITORING DATABASEhttp//kytus.keskkonnainf
o.ee

• results of fuel (petrol and diesel) monitoring
  since 2006 (fuel monitoring itself has been done
  in Estonia since 2004)
• location of gas stations
• reports of liquid fuel quality to the European
  Commission
• SOON monitoring data on light heating oils,
  heavy fuel oils, biofuels and ship fuel

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REGISTER OF PRODUCTS OF CONCERNhttp//proto.envir
.ee

• products of concern
• produced in Estonia
• marketed in Estonia
• imported in Estonia
• exported from Estonia
• producers of products of concern
• recovery of waste generated from products of
  concern
• utilisation of waste generated from products of
  concern

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Estonian Environment Information Centre Mustamäe
tee 33 10616 Tallinn ESTONIA Phone 372 673
7577 Fax [phone] www.keskkonnainfo.ee info_at_
ic.envir.ee
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DEMOS

• IS of Environmental Permits. Erkki Meikas, Deputy
  Director of EEIC
• IS of Estonian Nature. Uudo Timm, Head of
  Environmental Register Bureau, EEIC
• Estonian Environmental Register. Uudo Timm, Head
  of Environmental Register Bureau, EEIC