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IvankaIvanka TodorovaTodorovaExecutive Environment AgencyExecutive Environment Agency

NRC on Soil ContaminationNRC on Soil Contamination

Legal and administrative basisLegal and administrative basis?? Frame:Frame: Environment Protection ActEnvironment Protection Act

?? Regulation for issuing of integrated pollution prevention and Regulation for issuing of integrated pollution prevention and control control permitspermits……

?? Regulation for issuing of prevention of major industrial Regulation for issuing of prevention of major industrial accidents and control accidents and control permitspermits……

?? EnvEnv Assessment of plans and programsAssessment of plans and programs?? EnvEnv Impact Assessment of development proposalImpact Assessment of development proposal?? MonitoringMonitoring?? ControlControl

?? SectoralSectoral::?? “old” Soil Protection Act“old” Soil Protection Act-- not in force, needed to be adoptednot in force, needed to be adopted?? Waste management ActWaste management Act?? Water ActWater Act?? Air ActAir Act?? Underground resourcesUnderground resources?? etcetc

?? Ordinance N3 on content of harmful substance in soils/ Ordinance N3 on content of harmful substance in soils/ limit valueslimit values

?? Agricultural Soil protection Act/MAFAgricultural Soil protection Act/MAF

National Programs and Action National Programs and Action PlansPlans?? National Environment Strategy and action National Environment Strategy and action

Plan for 2000Plan for 2000-- 20062006?? National Program for reduction of the National Program for reduction of the

number and hazardous of landfills and old number and hazardous of landfills and old contaminated sites/ Program for Landfill contaminated sites/ Program for Landfill Directive implementationDirective implementation

?? Specialized governmental decisions for Specialized governmental decisions for ?? Closing/ conserving of inefficient mining Closing/ conserving of inefficient mining

activitiesactivities?? EcoEco-- Audits in cases of privatization of public Audits in cases of privatization of public

properties (Report for assessment of previous properties (Report for assessment of previous ecological damages)ecological damages)

?? Agricultural polluted soils by industrial activitiesAgricultural polluted soils by industrial activities

SummarySummary

?? no special separate no special separate legislative/program and planlegislative/program and plan

?? No clear definitionNo clear definition?? No completed Ordinance/ guidance No completed Ordinance/ guidance

for assessment in generalfor assessment in general?? Only indirect positionOnly indirect position

too many questions and gapstoo many questions and gaps

Responsible bodiesResponsible bodies

?? Ministry of Environment and WaterMinistry of Environment and Water--for policy and its implementationfor policy and its implementation?? and and Executive Environment AgencyExecutive Environment Agency--

for monitoring and information system, for monitoring and information system, inventory, permission issuinginventory, permission issuing

?? Ministry of Agriculture and ForestMinistry of Agriculture and Forest-- for for agricultural soil managementagricultural soil management?? and and Soil Resource Agency/ Soil Soil Resource Agency/ Soil

InstituteInstitute for soil diversity mapping and for soil diversity mapping and research activitiesresearch activities

Data bases and managementData bases and management

?? Central collection in EEACentral collection in EEA?? Central reporting network to Central reporting network to

national and international bodies national and international bodies by CIRCLE and CDRby CIRCLE and CDR

?? ORACLE Data Base: from ORACLE Data Base: from regional to central DB to CDRregional to central DB to CDR

Diffuse Soil ContaminationDiffuse Soil Contamination

Data on Heavy metal (Zn, Cu, Data on Heavy metal (Zn, Cu, PbPb, , CdCd, As, , As, Hg + organic C) soil contamination in Hg + organic C) soil contamination in agricultural and pasture soilsagricultural and pasture soils

?? Source of informationSource of information-- National Soil Monitoring National Soil Monitoring System/ ISO standards for sampling and analyses, System/ ISO standards for sampling and analyses, regularly annual reportingregularly annual reporting?? I level: ~400 points;I level: ~400 points;?? II level more~50 points for heavy metal control, 20 II level more~50 points for heavy metal control, 20

points for POP, 70 sites for acidification, 12 sitespoints for POP, 70 sites for acidification, 12 sites--salinizationsalinization;;

?? additionaladditional-- calculation and mapping of soil erosion calculation and mapping of soil erosion loses, critical level etc.loses, critical level etc.

?? StructureStructure-- well organised, be met with QA/QC well organised, be met with QA/QC standards, needed of revision in compliance with standards, needed of revision in compliance with new EUnew EU-- requirements?requirements?

Diffuse Soil ContaminationDiffuse Soil Contamination

Data on sewage sludge Data on sewage sludge applicationapplication

?? Source of informationSource of information-- National Report on National Report on implementation of National Ordinance N implementation of National Ordinance N 262/ 2000, is in compliance with Council 262/ 2000, is in compliance with Council Directive 91/692/EECDirective 91/692/EEC

?? MAFMAF-- the responsible bodythe responsible body?? BEEA report to EEA by CDR uploadedBEEA report to EEA by CDR uploaded

There is no agricultural area treated with There is no agricultural area treated with sewage sludge in Bulgariasewage sludge in Bulgaria

Local soil contaminationLocal soil contamination

Until nowUntil now?? Clear definition using the Clear definition using the

European practice/ European practice/ ISO/DIS ISO/DIS 1038110381--55

?? Register of Local Soil Register of Local Soil ContaminationContamination-- under under constructionconstruction

?? Twice reporting to EEATwice reporting to EEA-- Data Data Request 2000 and 2002Request 2000 and 2002

Local soil contaminationLocal soil contamination

On going activitiesOn going activities covering the covering the management process of contaminated management process of contaminated sites in generalsites in general

11-- st step:st step: source identificationsource identification?? Municipal waste disposal sitesMunicipal waste disposal sites?? Industrial waste disposal sitesIndustrial waste disposal sites?? Mining sitesMining sites?? Industrial and commercial sitesIndustrial and commercial sites?? othersothers

Local soil contaminationLocal soil contamination

22--nd step: site investigationnd step: site investigation?? Based on available informationBased on available information?? Visited on spotVisited on spot

33--rd step: build the registerrd step: build the register?? Clear structure relevance for Clear structure relevance for

fulfillment of reporting obligationfulfillment of reporting obligation?? Identify the right way for regularly Identify the right way for regularly

data flow and collection data flow and collection

Soil degradation processesSoil degradation processes

?? Soil erosionSoil erosion?? Soil sealingSoil sealing?? Soil compactionSoil compaction?? AcidificationAcidification?? SalinizanionSalinizanion

InventoryInventory-- current statuscurrent status

Contaminated sitesContaminated sites?? Special register is not Special register is not

completedcompleted?? No good legal baseNo good legal base?? No clear approach and No clear approach and

definitiondefinition?? Time table:Time table:

?? 2003?2003?-- landfills landfills inventory will be inventory will be completedcompleted

?? 20042004-- mining areas/ mining areas/ waste disposal will be waste disposal will be covered; What is the covered; What is the status of “Mining Waste status of “Mining Waste Directive”?Directive”?

?? ?? industrial and ?? industrial and commercial sitescommercial sites-- need need methodological supportmethodological support

?? ~6000 sites are identified~6000 sites are identified

Agricultural soilAgricultural soil?? Special register is Special register is

available/ ASRavailable/ ASR-- MAF and MAF and BEEABEEA-- MOEWMOEW

?? WellWell-- organized organized approach, legal based, approach, legal based, good experience and good experience and data basedata base

?? Digital mapDigital map?? ~0.7% of agricultural ~0.7% of agricultural

territory is pollutedterritory is polluted

Remediation activities and Remediation activities and expenditureexpenditure?? No clear legal baseNo clear legal base?? Regulation on land Regulation on land

recultivationrecultivation relevant to relevant to physical degradation/ physical degradation/ MAFMAF

?? Regulation on control Regulation on control activitiesactivities relevant to relevant to remedationremedation in cases of in cases of accidents and “polluter accidents and “polluter pay principle” / MEWpay principle” / MEW

?? Clear administrative Clear administrative measures and measures and administrative penalty administrative penalty liabilityliability

?? Investigation methodsInvestigation methodsincl. risk assessment: incl. risk assessment: available some guidance/ available some guidance/ instructionsinstructions

?? Financial funding Financial funding mechanismmechanism: State : State Budget, Enterprise for Budget, Enterprise for management of management of envenv. . protection activities within protection activities within MOEW, Word Bank, MOEW, Word Bank, ISPA, PHARE..ISPA, PHARE..

?? ~99% of expenditure are ~99% of expenditure are state not privatestate not private

?? Deadline for remediation Deadline for remediation of old contaminated sites of old contaminated sites (landfills(landfills--5135) 2007/15 5135) 2007/15 Mil EUR covering by Mil EUR covering by municipal budget municipal budget

Suggestion for further Suggestion for further activitiesactivitiesOn local soil On local soil

contaminationcontamination?? Uniform Program Uniform Program

and EURand EUR--Net on Net on contaminated sitescontaminated sites

?? More efforts to More efforts to thetheguidance/ ISO guidance/ ISO standards standards completed intocompleted intoclear approach clear approach and definitionand definition

On diffuse soil On diffuse soil contaminationcontamination

?? More easierMore easier--needed of uniform needed of uniform list of controlled list of controlled contaminants, contaminants, grid??grid??