1. European environmental bureau
Christian Schaible
Industrial Production Policy Manager

2. INTRO ‘Burning: The Evidence’ Report
EEB study on how (selected) Member States make information on industrial activities publicly available
Examines how various websites are used to share permitting and other environmental information
Relates to provisions under the EU’s Industrial Emissions Directive (IED)
Public launch and Interactive maps to follow soon on

3. Scope
Focus was not release data but availability of key documents (e.g. permits, inspection reports, compliance reports / monitoring data)
Assessment of user-friendliness of the database (e.g. search functions) and public participation options
Common ranking criteria were used, sampling was focused on Large Combustion Plants only

4. FINDINGS Topical issue: general setup (portals)
National level portals or with detailed links to regional permitting information
Irish / Bulgarian model recognised as best search function, French and Walloon (Belgium) also ranks highly
Irish most powerful tool (RSS feeds), enabling advanced notice before decisions taken, also DK

5. FINDINGS Topical issue: Permits
Almost half of countries did not provide permits online!
provide consolidated version of permits
allow text search within the permits
Need IED Electronic Permit Template (EPT) for reporting purposes (e.g. ELV and averaging periods indicated for EU-level PRTR to automatically extract datafields)

6. FINDINGS Topical issue: inspection reports
No harmonised approach (even within same countries)
Requirement of publication within 4 months after site visit not met
IRL, NO, Walloon (BE) best practice. Also French region (PACA)
Minimal expectations: inspection date, issues checked, proposed actions at draft and decision stage, exchange with operator and follow up

7. FINDINGS Topical issue: compliance / performance reports
Operator required to report on compliance annually against permit conditions, documentations missing
Soil pollution (baseline) or remediation reports missing
IRL, IT, NO, LV good, IT on emissions monitoring data
NORWEGIAN PRTR good basis: plant-specific page with latest consolidated permit, inspection/compliance reports, release data combined with flow rates on air/water, production outputs data, permit emission limits in release graphs
continuous monitoring results to be made available (US EPA Air Markets Programme, Chinese real time monitoring Apps)

8. Links to national portals
Available in the report... !
Interactive maps and launch soon… check

9. EEA DATA use (LCP work) Example 1: LCP (coal) work
PRTR data (average ) used for EEB / Greenpeace May 2015 report, impact pathways ExternE +CBA CAFé method, health impact valuation EEA(2014)
Purpose: influence the discussions on BAT-determination

10. EEA DATA use (LCP work) Example 2: LCP (coal) work
PRTR data used for joint NGO publication “Lifting Europe’s Dark cloud” report

12. EEA DATA use (LCP work) Example 3: LCP (coal) work
E.g.2 LCP-D data used for September 2017 Study on LCP BREF implementation for Germany (coal) – Focus on NOx and mercury-
Purpose: show emission reduction potential by applying BAT

16. “QUICK FIX” E-PRTR (taken from ‘Burning: the evidence report’
Copy Norwegian PRTR system (essential data missing)
latest consolidated permit
inspection/compliance reports
release data combined with flow rates on air/water
production outputs data
permit emission limits in release graphs

17. “QUICK FIX” LCP-D Solutions
Upgrade user-friendliness (search criteria)
Fuel type search (split solids Lignite/Hardcoal, liquid, gaseous)
sector type search
CHP yes/no?
operating regime (baseload/mid-merit/peak etc
legal status (various derogations now offered by IED)

18. “QUICK FIX” LCP-D Solutions
(taken from ‘Burning: the evidence report’
Complement data entries
Concentration levels (automatic calculations
Emission reduction potential under BREF compliance scenari?
External health costs valuation (EEA methods)
Integrate ENTSO-E electricity outputs data
display any permit review information
allow direct reporting of CEM data (uploads of excel files)

19. Thank you! www.eeb.org @Green_Europe @EuropeanEnvironmentalBureau
The EEB gratefully acknowledges the financial support from the LIFE Programme of the European Union. This communication reflects the organizers’ views and does not commit the donors.