The Norwegian PRTR

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The Norwegian PRTR

• Setting up an appropriate institutional structure

• Øyvind Hetland

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The Norwegian PRTR
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The institutional framework starting point

• From the Guidance on Implementation of the
  Protocol on PRTRs
• Are the existing institutions and systems
  adequate for carrying out the various tasks and
  obligations?
• One should perform a review of existing systems
  to monitor and register polluting emissions,
  including how information on pollutant releases
  currently flows among the various institutions.
• In Norway, the Agency has an important role in
  collecting emission data from different sources
  into one database

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Institutional structure in Norway
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Climate and Pollution Agency (Klif)

• Directorate under the Ministry of Environment
• Manage and enforce acts and regulations, and
  carry out audits and inspections
• Monitor and inform about the state of the
  environment
• Instruct and guide regional and local
  environmental authorities
• Provide expert advice, assessments and
  suggestions to the Ministry of the Environment
  and other governmental institutions
• Participate in international environmental and
  development cooperation

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Legal Structure in Norway
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Permits

• Permits are necessary if an (industrial) activity
  has emissions that might have a significant
  effect on the environment
• We have not established any specific activity or
  emission thresholds at which a permit is required
• Exercise of discretion, case by case assessment
• Generally, the emission standards are based on
  BAT (Best Available Techniques), but we also
  considering the condition of the affected
  recipients
• Both the Agency and the County Governors give
  permits on the same legal basis
• As a general rule, smaller facilities with low
  emissions are regulated by the Counties, and the
  bigger facilities with higher emissions are
  regulated by the Agency

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Reporting Requirements Onshore Industry and
Landfills

• The permits include measuring and reporting
  requirements
• 11.2. Measurement of emissions and reporting to
  Klif
• ...The Company shall submit a report on its
  total emissions to air and water, noise in the
  surroundings, waste quantities and energy
  consumption. Any deviations from the applicable
  requirements and the way in which such deviations
  are dealt with shall also be reported. The report
  shall be submitted by 1 March of the following
  year on standard forms issued by Klif...

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Emission Data Flow Onshore Industry and
Landfills
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My Facilities
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Publication of Emission Data

• The Agency has the overall responsibility for
  publishing the emission data on the Norwegian
  PRTR web site
• We aim to publish the data in June the following
  year
• Before the official announcement, the Agency goes
  through most of the data that are presented on
  the web site as an extra quality check
• The Agency and Statistics Norway collaborate on
  the calculation of emissions from diffuse sources
  (Households, agriculture, transport and products)

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• Thank you for your attention!