REPORTS FOR THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
PURSUANT TO THE COMMON FORMAT[1] FOR THE SUBMISSION OF DATA
AND INFORMATION UNDER ARTICLE 12 OF REGULATION (EC) No 850/2004 ON PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS[2]
A- ANNUAL REPORT ON CONTROL ON PRODUCTION, PLACING ON THE MARKET (Article 12(2))
SECTION I: GENERAL INFORMATION
1. Member State: Poland
2. Name and title of contact officer: Arkadiusz Dzierżanowski
Head of the Division on Waste Management Planning at the Department of Waste Management of the Ministry of the Environment
3. Full name of the institution: Ministry of the Environment
4. Mailing address: Wawelska Str. 52/54
00-922 Warsaw
Poland
5. Telephone number: +4822 5792591
6. Fax number: +4822 5792795
7. E-mail address:
8. Date of the report (dd/month/yyyy): 19 October 2007
SECTION II: CONTROL ON PRODUCTION, PLACING ON THE MARKET
1. Production of substances listed under Annex I or II to Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 (hereinafter “Annex I or II”)
1.1. Year of the report: 2006
1.2. Have any of the chemicals listed in Annex I or II been produced in your Member State during the period covered by this report? No.
1.2.1 If the answer to question 1.2 is "Yes", please specify the name of the substance(s) and the corresponding volume(s) produced (in kg).
2. Placing on the market of substances listed under Annex I or II
2.1. Year of the report: 2006
2.2. Have any of the chemicals listed in Annex I or II been placed on the market in your Member State or exported from your Member State during the period covered by this report? No.
2.2.1 If the answer to question 2.2 is "Yes", please specify the name of the substance(s) and the corresponding volume(s) exported and/or placed on the market (in kg). In case of export or import, please specify the exporting or importing country(ies).
B- TRIANNUAL REPORT ON THE APPLICATION OF REGULATION (EC) No 850/2004 (Articles 12(1) and 12(3)).
SECTION I: GENERAL INFORMATION
1. Member State: Poland
2. Name and title of contact officer: Arkadiusz Dzierżanowski
Head of the Division on Waste Management Planning at the Department of Waste Management of the Ministry of the Environment
3. Full name of the institution: Ministry of the Environment
4. Mailing address: Wawelska Str. 52/54
00-922 Warsaw
Poland
5. Telephone number: +4822 5792591
6. Fax number: +4822 5792795
7. E-mail address:
8. Date of the report (dd/month/yyyy): 19 October 2007
SECTION II: STOCKPILES
1. Are there in your Member State any notified stockpiles of any substance listed in Annex I or II and the use of which is permitted?No.
1.1. If the answer to question 1 is "Yes", please, specify the name of the substance(s). For each specified substance, specify for each stock the year in which it was identified, its nature, its content (% or mg/kg), its volume (kg), its location and the measures taken to manage it.
2. Are there in your Member State any notified stockpiles of any substance listed in Annex I or II and the use of which is not permitted?No.
2.1 If the answer to question 2 is "Yes", please, specify the name of the substance(s). For each specified substance, specify for each stock the year in which it was identified, its nature, its content (% or mg/kg), its volume (kg), its location and the measures taken to manage it.
SECTION III: RELEASE REDUCTION, MINIMISATION AND ELIMINATION
1. Has your Member State developed an action plan on the substances listed in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 (hereinafter “Annex III”)?Yes.
1.1. If the answer to question 1 is "No", please specify why.
1.2. If the answer to question 1 is "Yes", please, specify the name of the substance(s) for which you have release data. For each specified substance, specify for which compartment (i.e., air, water, land) you have release data. For each specified compartment, give the release in g TEQ/year (WHO-TEF[3] 2005) or in kg/year.
Releases into the air, according to data for 2005 were as follows:
– PCDD/PCDF: 417.3 g TEQ/year (according to the category system of emission sources used in the “Standardized Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Dioxin and Furan Releases”, which is recommended by UNEP. Emission factors have also been used that were based on the results of emission measurements carried out at different facilities releasing dioxins and furans into the air in Poland);
– HCB: 8.96 kg/year (data from the national emission inventory estimated according to SNAP emission sources);
– PCB: 2281 kg/year (data from the national emission inventory estimated according to SNAP emission sources; this inventory will be subject to an in-depth revision);
– PAH: 165369 kg/year (data from the national emission inventory estimated according to SNAP emission sources).
2. Has your Member State developed measures in order to identify sources of substances listed in Annex III? Yes.
2.1. If the answer to question 2 is "Yes", please describe the measures developed.
A study entitled “Inventory of Dioxin and Furan Releases in Poland” has been carried out in 2002, which included identification of the sources of the substances in question. The study presents, inter alia:
· location of installations covered by the “Standardized Toolkit for Identification and Quantification of Dioxin and Furan Releases” of 2001;
· activities of these installations;
· levels of emission factors typical for the Polish production plants;
· estimated emission from these installations.
The results obtained were used for estimating emissions and releases of PCDDs/PCDFs, HCB and PCBs into the environment and products for the year 2000 for the purposes of the “National Implementation Plan for the Stockholm Convention” (NIP).
Furthermore, the “National Strategy for Environmental Protection against Persistent Organic Pollutants” has been prepared and approved by the Council of Ministers in 2002, which included the strategic measures for reducing emissions of persistent organic pollutants.
In 2006 the National Strategy has been uptaded in the context of the approach presented in the “Community Strategy for Dioxins, Furans and Polychlorinated Biphenyls” of 2001.
3. Has your Member State developed measures in order to characterise sources of substances listed in Annex III? Yes.
3.1. If the answer to question 3 is "Yes", please describe the measures developed.
Measurements of emissions of air pollutants have been performed, taking due account of the financial possibilities, in facilities emitting PCDD/PCDF, HCB and PCBs, including those that were carried out under the project leading to the preparation of the “National Implementation Plan for the Stockholm Convention”, which was financed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), as well as those carried out under the Polish-Danish project entitled “Reduction of Dioxin Emission from the Metallurgical Sector in Poland”, financed by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (from DANCEE funds). The results of measurements constituted the basis for the verification of POPs emission factors used in emission inventories.
Inventories of PCDD/PCDF, HCB, PCB and PAH emissions into the air are carried out on an annual basis in Poland.
Pilot projects concerning the system of registering pollutants released into the air (in the Śląskie and Małopolskie Voivodships) and an institutional and expertise framework for the EPER reporting (together with the guidelines and the electronic reporting format) have been developed under the MATRA Project and performed with the assistance of the Government of the Netherlands and the Dutch partners. In 2006 Poland has submitted to the European Commission emission data for the year 2004 from facilities covered by the IPPC Directive and subject to reporting under the EPER. They are available on the Community website dedicated to EPER (http://eper.ec.europa.eu/eper). Emission sources have been identified and emission levels determined, inter alia for PCDD/PCDF and HCB emissions into the air in order to collect those data. Work on the final implementation of the national component of the EPER is currently underway.
4. Has your Member State developed measures in order to minimise sources of substances listed in Annex III? Yes.
4.1. If the answer to question 4 is "Yes", please describe the measures developed.
In 2002 an “Inventory of Dioxin and Furan Releases in Poland” has been carried out within the framework of the Polish-Danish cooperation programme (http://www.mos.gov.pl/2strony_tematyczne/ochrona_powietrza/konwencje_ekologiczne/konwencja_sztokholmska/Dioxin_Inventory_Report_for_Poland.pdf), which includes, inter alia, emission reduction measures divided into those reducing the actual generation of dioxins and furans and to those determining reduction of their releases into the environment..
The “National Implementation Plan for the Stockholm Convention”, which has been developed for Poland, includes 11 measures aiming at the reduction of persistent organic pollutant emissions from both the industrial and the municipal sector. The municipal sector covering households (dwellings) constitutes the main source of dioxin and furan emissions into the air, estimated at around 37% of the national emission level for these pollutants. Among measures taken following the Plan is the Polish-Danish project on the “Reduction of Dioxin Emission from the Metallurgical Sector in Poland”, which enabled:
· taking measurements of the real emissions of PCDD/PCDF, PCBs, HCB and selected metals at 20 installations at industries producing: aluminium, zinc, copper, steel, castings from cast steel and cast iron, sinters of iron ore;
· carrying out of the national inventory of dioxin emissions for 2002 from the ferrous and non-ferrous metal production performed with the use of verified emission factors, as recommended by UNEP Chemicals;
· formulating recommendations regarding primary and secondary production methods for certain installations taking due account of economically efficient activities and capital investments aimed at the reduction of emissions in Poland from the industry sector in question.
Furthermore:
· Legal regulations have been introduced on integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC); dioxin and furan emission standards have been approved for installations used for waste incineration and co-incineration; the use of best available techniques (BAT) has been recommended, in particular in processes carried out in installations that lead to POPs releases;
· In the previous years the industry, including the metallurgical sector, has undergone restructuring by eliminating the majority of blast furnaces and complete elimination by 2003 of open-hearth furnaces as the major processes used earlier in steel production;
· More effective air pollution control systems (APCS) are being implemented, for instance, in copper, zinc and lead metallurgy substantial emission reductions have been achieved by processing flue gases for the production of sulphuric acid;
· Successive modernisation of combustion processes is being carried out, especially in individual household furnaces or stoves, along with the improvement of flue gas cleaning from coal-fired boilers and the construction of small highly efficient boilers fired with oil or gas;
· Measures are taken to implement the programme on the reduction of the so-called “low emission sources”, whose environmental effects also cover POPs emission reduction.
These measures include:
- the development of central heating systems to eliminate individual furnaces or stoves in densely populated areas,
- modernisation of heating systems fired with coal and biomass,
- a progressive change in the fuel structure, leading to the use of fuels that are environmentally less harmful, and aiming at the elimination of low-quality hard coal used in combustion processes in individual households,
- public education related to threats and hazards resulting from the use of low-performance furnaces and boilers as well as to those associated with the burning of certain types of wastes other than those permitted by relevant legislation.
In relation to the reduction of PAH emissions, formed unintentionally during fuel combustion processes carried out under oxygen deficiency, the following measures were taken:
- elimination of many usually small outdated coke production plants at steel works;
- changes introduced in the aluminium production technology using the Soederberg process,
- modernization of the technology for producing coal electrodes,
- closing down of one of the two aluminium production plants,
- in-depth changes in the quality of fuels for high-compression engines,
- introduction of an IPPC system based on best available techniques (BAT),
- currently implemented programme on the reduction of the so-called “low emission”,
- further up-grading of the quality of fuels used in high-compression engines (Diesel engines).
Data presented in the table below demonstrate the effectiveness of measures taken in Poland in reducing PCDD/PCDF, HCB and PAH emissions.
Substance* / Unit / Emission in 1988 / Emission in 2005PCDD/PCDF / g TEQ / 986.3 / 416.4
HCB / kg / 56.0 / 8.9
PAH / Mg / 275.6 / 165.3
* data submitted by Poland to EMEP
SECTION IV: IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
1. Has your Member State developed a National Implementation Plan (NIP) in accordance with Article 7 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants ? Yes.
1.1. If the answer to question 1 is "No", please explain why.
1.2. If the answer to question 1 is "Yes", please, indicate the date(s) on which it has been communicated to the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention, to the Commission and to the other Member States.
The “National Implementation Plan for the Stockholm Convention” (NIP) has been prepared in the period 2002-2004 with the use of the financial mechanism for the Convention (i.e. financed by the Global Environment Facility - GEF). The NIP has been accepted by the Minister of the Environment and is available both in Polish and in English on the Ministry’s website:
(http://www.mos.gov.pl/2strony_tematyczne/ochrona_powietrza/konwencje_ekologiczne/konwencja_sztokholmska/NIP-Poland-pol.pdf), (http://www.mos.gov.pl/2strony_tematyczne/ochrona_powietrza/konwencje_ekologiczne/konwencja_sztokholmska/NIP-Poland-eng.pdf).
The NIP has not been oficially communicated to the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention, to the Commission and to the other Member States as Poland is still only a signatory to the Stockholm Convention.
1.2.1. Did you give the public early and effective opportunities to participate in the development of your NIP? Yes.
1.2.1.1. If the answer to question 1.2.1 is "No", please explain why.
1.2.1.2. If the answer to question 1.2.1 is "Yes", please describe briefly how.
Public participation in the development of the “National Implementation Plan for the Stockholm Convention” (NIP) in Poland was ensured through:
1) the activity of the national Steering Committee for the GEF Project: Enabling activities to facilitate early action on the implementation of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) (GF/POL/01/004), and