Reporting rules for companies that will receive an integrated environmental permit have been established

The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine has developed requirements for the content and form of the operator's report on compliance with the conditions of the integrated environmental permit (IEP), which will be submitted once a year no later than March 31.

The ministry has published the relevant draft order, which will enshrine these rules, on its official website. It is entitled “On the approval of requirements for the content and form of the installation operator's report on compliance with the conditions of the integrated environmental permit.”

We remind you that paragraph 6 of part 6 of Article 10 of the Law of Ukraine “On Integrated Prevention and Control of Industrial Pollution” provides that, based on the results of monitoring emissions and monitoring land and groundwater pollution, the operator shall submit to the permitting authority, through the Unified State Register of Integrated Environmental Permits, a report of the installation operator on compliance with the conditions of the IEP.

When and how often the report will be submitted

Operators of installations will be required to submit this document once a year, no later than March 31 of the year following the reporting year.

If the enterprise has received a derogation, the Ministry of Environment may establish an obligation to submit the report more than once a year.

The report may be submitted by the operator itself or by an authorized representative. In this case, the document shall be signed with a qualified electronic signature in the user's electronic office on the EcoSystem platform.

What information will need to be included in the report

The installation operator's report consists of a general and a main part.

In the general part, the enterprise shall indicate the following information:

1. The name of the legal entity or the surname, first name, and patronymic (if any) of the individual entrepreneur.
2. The name of the installation.
3. The IDD number and date of issue.
4. A description of the installation and its activities.
5. The contact details of the installation operator.
6. Surname, first name, patronymic (if any) of the authorized representative of the installation operator.
7. Contact details of the authorized representative of the installation operator.
8. Documents confirming the installation operator's authority to carry out technical operation of the installation.

In the main part of the report, the following information on compliance with the IDD conditions must be provided:

1. Maximum permissible emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere, conditions for emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere; requirements and measures provided for by legislation in the field of atmospheric air protection.
2. Limits on water abstraction and use, limits on pollutant discharges, other characteristics of water use (water transfer, discharge of return (waste) water, use of water in recycled and reused water supply systems), conditions for special water use; requirements and measures provided for by water legislation.
3. Maximum permissible values for noise, vibration, and other types of pollution.
4. Requirements and measures provided for by waste management legislation, and measures for accounting for and managing waste generated by the facility.
5. Requirements ensuring the protection of land and groundwater; requirements and measures provided for by land protection legislation.
6. Special measures necessary in connection with local natural conditions and technical characteristics of the facility (in particular, minimization of air pollution) to protect human health; requirements and measures provided for by legislation in the field of public health and sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population.
7. Measures to ensure the efficient use of raw materials and energy; requirements and measures provided for by legislation in the field of energy efficiency.
8. Requirement to conduct an environmental audit and energy audit in cases provided for by legislation.
9. Measures to prevent accidents and minimize their consequences (requirements for regular implementation and evaluation of the effectiveness of measures taken to prevent emissions into the ground and groundwater).
10. Requirements for measures related to conditions other than normal operating conditions of the installation, in particular start-up, shutdown, leakage, malfunction, short-term downtime, and cessation of operation of the installation.
11. Requirements for monitoring emissions, including methodology, measurement frequency, and procedure for evaluating measurement results.
12. Requirements for minimizing long-range or transboundary pollution.
13. Requirements for the operator of the installation to monitor compliance with maximum permissible emissions or a reference to the relevant legal requirements for such monitoring.
14. Requirements for regular implementation and evaluation of the effectiveness of measures taken to prevent emissions to land and groundwater.
15. Requirements for monitoring soil and groundwater pollution for the presence and concentration of hazardous substances used, produced, or released by the installation or generated as a result of its activities, which are likely to be found on the industrial site and may cause soil and groundwater pollution within the industrial site.
16. Requirements, including frequency, for submission to the permitting authority based on the results of emission monitoring and pollution monitoring.

Recently, EcoPolitic reported that the Ministry of Ecology has published a draft order that contains requirements for a basic report and assessment of land and groundwater pollution, as well as its methodology.