Source: https://www.riigiteataja.ee/en/eli/ee/520062017003/consolide/current
Timestamp: 2020-02-22 14:15:55
Document Index: 698574562

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 3', '§ 50', '§ 881', '§ 882', '§ 1151', '§ 3', '§ 7', '§ 50', '§ 50', '§ 56', '§ 33', '§ 40', '§ 73', '§ 881', '§ 28', '§ 882', '§ 41', '§ 1151', '§ 113', '§ 113', '§ 140', '§ 73', '§ 170', '§ 176']

§ 3 Application of Administrative Procedure Act and General Part of the Environmental Code Act
§ 50 Amendment of integrated environmental permits
§ 881 Application for permit for waste incineration plant or waste co-incineration plant
§ 882 Contents of permits for waste incineration plant or waste co-incineration plants
§ 1151 Re-use
30.01.2019 RT I, 22.02.2019, 1 01.10.2019, partially 04.03.2019
20.02.2019 RT I, 15.03.2019, 5 25.03.2019
§ 3. Application of Administrative Procedure Act and General Part of the Environmental Code Act
[RT I, 21.12.2019, 1 - entry into force 01.01.2020]
(1) The Administrative Procedure Act shall apply to the administrative procedure provided for in this Act, taking account of the specifications provided for in this Act.
(2) Chapter 5 of the General Part of the Environmental Code Act shall apply to the proceedings of integrated environmental permits (hereinafter integrated environmental permit) provided for in this Act, taking account of the specifications provided for in this Act.
(1) Substance means any chemical element or compounds of chemical elements, with the exception of radioactive substances for the purposes of subsection 6 (1) of the Radiation Act, genetically modified micro-organism for the purposes of clause 2 2) of the Contained Use of Genetically Modified Micro-organisms Act, and genetically modified organism for the purposes of subsection 2 (2) of the Release into Environment of Genetically Modified Organisms Act.
[RT I, 15.03.2019, 5 - entry into force 25.03.2019]
(2) An integrated permit authorises the operation of all or any part of an installation in a manner which guarantees that the activities carried out in the installation and included in any of the categories of activities or subcategories thereof specified in this Act have minimum possible impact on the environment, human health and well-being, property and cultural heritage. The requirements provided for in a permit shall guarantee the protection of water, air and soil and the management of waste generated by an installation in a way which prevents the transfer of contamination from one medium to another, such as water, air and soil.
(3) In the following Chapters of this Act, a permit shall denote:
2) an integrated permit in Chapter 3, 4 and 5 or an environmental permit in the case an integrated permit is not mandatory;
(1) For the purpose of this Act, the term groundwater has the meaning provided for in § 7 of the Water Act.
[RT I, 22.02.2019, 1 - entry into force 01.10.2019]
(4) [Repealed - RT I, 21.12.2019, 1 - entry into force 01.01.2020]
14) capture for geological storage of carbon dioxide emitted by installations operating in the areas of activity specified in clauses 1)-13) of this subsection;
15) independently operated treatment of waste water discharged from installations operating in the areas of activity specified in clauses 1)-14) of this subsection, with the exception of treatment of waste water in the water treatment plants of a public sewerage system.
(2) An integrated permit is required for the operation of an installation as a whole if the activities exceed in at least one area of activity of the installation, for which an integrated permit is required, the threshold capacity for the subcategory of activities established on the basis of subsection 19 (3) of this Act.
(1) [Repealed - RT I, 21.12.2019, 1 - entry into force 01.01.2020]
(11) An application for an integrated environmental permit contains the data and annexes provided for in subsections 42 (1) and (3) of the General Part of the Environmental Code Act, subsection 91 (2) of the Atmospheric Air Protection Act, subsection 78 (1) of the Waste Act and subsection 190 (1) of the Water Act.
(2) [Repealed - RT I, 21.12.2019, 1 - entry into force 01.01.2020]
(3) The information listed in clauses 41 (2) 1)-16) of this Act shall be annexed to an application.
(6) The minister responsible for the area shall establish by a regulation the detailed requirements for applications for integrated environmental permits and the data composition and the procedure for submission of applications.
4) [repealed - RT I, 21.12.2019, 1 - entry into force 01.01.2020]
6) [repealed - RT I, 21.12.2019, 1 - entry into force 01.01.2020]
[Repealed - RT I, 21.12.2019, 1 - entry into force 01.01.2020]
(3) [Repealed - RT I, 21.12.2019, 1 - entry into force 01.01.2020]
(5) [Repealed - RT I, 21.12.2019, 1 - entry into force 01.01.2020]
(6) [Repealed - RT I, 21.12.2019, 1 - entry into force 01.01.2020]
(8) [Repealed - RT I, 21.12.2019, 1 - entry into force 01.01.2020]
(9) [Repealed - RT I, 21.12.2019, 1 - entry into force 01.01.2020]
(11) An integrated environmental permit contains the data provided for in subsection 53 (1) of the General Part of the Environmental Code Act, subsection 98 (1) of the Atmospheric Air Protection Act, subsection 81 (2) of the Waste Act and subsections 193 (1) and (2) of the Water Act.
1) [repealed - RT I, 21.12.2019, 1 - entry into force 01.01.2020]
2) [repealed - RT I, 21.12.2019, 1 - entry into force 01.01.2020]
181) requirement to submit to the issuer of the permit, regularly and at least once a year, information based on the results of emissions monitoring and other required data or, in the case provided for in subsection 44 (5) of this Act, a summary of the results of emissions monitoring that enables a comparison with the waste levels achievable with the best available techniques;
(5) The data composition of integrated environmental permits and the procedure for issue thereof shall be established by a regulation of the minister responsible for the area.
(8) In the case of testing and using emerging techniques, the issuer of permits may grant temporary derogations from the application of the requirement of best available techniques and the emission limit values determined on the basis thereof, equivalent parameters, technical measures and other preventive measures appropriate for prevention of pollution for the term of up to nine months if the use of the emerging technique is stopped thereafter or at least the emission level associated with the best available techniques is achieved in the activities related to such technique.
(1) If the activity of the installation is included in the list of the areas of activities established on the basis of subsection 155 (1) of the Atmosphere Air Protection Act, the permit shall not include an emission limit value for emissions of greenhouse gases, unless this is necessary in order to ensure that no contamination is caused at local level.
(4) The provisions of subsections (1)-(3) of this section do not apply to installations which are temporarily excluded from the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading.
13) priority substances and priority hazardous substances established on the basis of subsection 76 (1) of the Water Act.
(3) The issuer of the permit shall also determine emission limit values for other polluting substances which are likely to be emitted from the installation concerned in significant quantities into the environment.
(1) The emissions monitoring requirements specified in clause 41 (2) 11) of this Act shall be determined on the basis of the requirements for self-monitoring contained in the applicable BAT conclusions, ensuring the availability of the results of emissions monitoring for the same periods and under the same reference conditions as in the case of emission levels achievable with the best available techniques.
(7) [Repealed - RT I, 21.12.2019, 1 - entry into force 01.01.2020]
§ 50. Amendment of integrated environmental permits
An integrated environmental permit shall be amended, in addition to the provisions of subsection 59 (1) of the General Part of the Environmental Code Act:
1) if changes in the best available techniques make it possible to substantially reduce emissions or the hazard created thereby without imposing excessive costs;
2) in order to prevent accidents, techniques different from those determined by the integrated permit are required;
(1) The issuer of permits may suspend an integrated permit in part or in full for up to one year on the bases provided for in § 50 of this Act.
An integrated environmental permit is revoked, in addition to the provisions of subsection 62 (1) of the General Part of the Environmental Code Act, if:
1) it has become evident that the issuer of permits or the Environmental Inspectorate has been submitted false information or falsified documentation;
2) the contamination caused by the installation is of such significance that the significant adverse impact caused thereby on the environment, human health, well-being, property and cultural heritage cannot be prevented without fundamental technological restructuring which requires application for a new integrated permit;
3) the operator has repeatedly or significantly violated the safety requirements in a dangerous enterprise or an enterprise liable to be affected by a major accident and thereby caused a risk of accidents or an accident and the Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority or the Rescue Board has proposed to the issuer of permits to revoke the integrated permit;
4) it has become evident that the techniques used in the installation do not allow to achieve the emission level associated with the best available techniques or the emission level provided for in the BAT conclusions.
(11) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to cattle breeding installations specified in clause 19 (2) 8) of this Act.
1) if the operator is required to prepare a baseline report in accordance with subsection 165 (3) of this Act but the soil or groundwater contamination has been caused by an activity permitted by an integrated permit prior to the first reviewing of the integrated permit of the installation and after the entry into force of this Act; or
(4) The operator shall immediately notify the issuer of permits of the results of the assessment conducted in accordance with subsections (1)-(3) of this section and the aftercare measures implemented.
(5) The issuer of permits has the right to require the implementation of additional aftercare measures if the measures taken by the operator fail to ensure compliance with the requirements of subsections (1)-(3) of this section.
(2) Decisions made on issue of integrated permits and amendments thereof and decisions made upon review of integrated permits on refusal to amend the requirements of integrated permits shall be made accessible in the Information System for Environmental Decisions.
(1) If the activities of a proposed installation or an installation which activities are substantially changed for the purposes of § 56 of this Act may have a significant adverse impact on the environment of another Member State of the European Union or if this is required by another Member State of the European Union which finds that the activities of the installation may have a significant adverse impact on its environment, the issuer of permits shall submit the information specified in subsection 47 (1) of the General Part of the Environmental Code Act to the Ministry of the Environment.
(4) If an installation proposed or substantially changed in another Member State of the European Union may have a significant adverse impact on the Estonian environment, the Ministry of the Environment shall require the submission of the information specified in subsection 47 (1) of the General Part of the Environmental Code Act by the competent authorities of such Member State.
(5) Upon receipt of the information specified in subsection (4) of this section, the Ministry of the Environment shall notify and involve the public pursuant to the procedure specified in §§ 33-36 of this Act. The notices shall be disclosed at the expense of the Ministry of the Environment.
(1) In the case specified in subsection 61 (1) of this Act, the issuer of permits shall notify the Ministry of the Environment of the decision made on the application and forward the following information.
1) the reasons for making the decision on issue of an integrated environmental permit, including the results of the consultations held prior to making the decision and disclosure of the application for the integrated environmental permit and the draft integrated environmental permit, and an explanation how these results were taken into consideration upon determining the permit requirements;
(3) In the case specified in subsection 61 (4) of this Act, the Ministry of the Environment shall disclose the respective information specified in subsection (1) of this section upon receipt of such information in the manner provided for in §§ 40 and 60 of this Act.
The possessors of large combustion plants which received a building permit for construction of the plants after 27 November 2002 shall investigate whether combined production of heat and power is possible and technically and economically justified and construct the plants in areas where a demand exists for both power as well as heat.
The gases from a combustion plant shall be discharged into the ambient air through a stack, the height of which is calculated in such a way that the emissions of polluting substances in the gases discharged through it shall not cause exceeding of the limit values of the ambient air contamination levels established for the protection of human health or the critical levels established for the protection of ecosystems on the basis of the Atmosphere Air Protection Act.
(1) The issuer of permits may grant the operator of a large combustion plant a derogation in writing from the obligation to comply with the limit values of emissions of polluting substances during a period of ten days in the cases where a plant which normally uses only gaseous fuel and which would otherwise need to be equipped with waste gas abatement equipment has to exceptionally use other fuels because of a sudden interruption in the supply of gas.
1) the measured result of the average emissions of any calendar month declared admissible does not exceed the emission limit values established for large combustion plants on the basis of § 73 of this Act;
(5) The terms defined in subsections (1) and (2) of this section cover the entire technical unit and the site thereof, including all incineration or co-incineration lines, waste reception, storage and on-site pretreatment facilities, waste, fuel and air supply systems, boilers, facilities for the treatment of exhaust gases, on-site facilities for treatment or storage of residues and waste water, stacks, control devices and systems for incineration processes and systems for monitoring and recording incineration conditions.
§ 881. Application for permit for waste incineration plant or waste co-incineration plant
(1) In addition to the data and annexes required in §§ 28 and 29 of this Act, an operator of a a waste incineration plant or waste co-incineration plant must submit to the issuer of the permit in an application for an integrated environmental permit:
1) information concerning the technology and equipment used which demonstrate the compliance of the design, construction and operation of the plant with the requirements of this Chapter, taking into account the categories of waste to be incinerated or co-incinerated;
2) information concerning the use of heat generated during the waste incineration or co-incineration;
3) information concerning the quantities of waste to be generated during incineration, waste to be recovered, including recycled, and waste to be disposed of as well as measures for the prevention and reduction of generation of waste.
(2) In the case an integrated environmental permit is not mandatory, an operator of a a waste incineration plant or waste co-incineration plant must submit to the issuer of the permit in an application for an environmental permit the data required clauses (1) 1)-3) of this section in addition to the data and annexes provided for in subsections 42 (1) and (3) of the General Part of the Environmental Code Act, subsections 91 (1) and (2) of the Atmospheric Air Protection Act, subsection 193 (1) of the Water Act and subsection 78 (1) of the Waste Act.
§ 882. Contents of permits for waste incineration plant or waste co-incineration plants
(1) In addition to the data specified in and referred to in § 41 of this Act, the following shall be indicated in an integrated environmental permit of an waste incineration plant or waste co-incineration plant:
1) the total capacity of a waste incineration plant or waste co-incineration plant in the case of waste incineration or co-incineration;
2) the maximum duration of any technically unavoidable stoppages, disturbances or failures of the purification devices or the measurement devices during which the emission limit values of polluting substances are not deemed exceeded.
(2) In addition to the data specified in subsection (1) of this section, the following shall be indicated in an integrated environmental permit of a waste incineration plant or waste co-incineration plant which incinerates hazardous waste:
1) the minimum and maximum mass flows in a specific period of time of the hazardous waste incinerated and the calorific value thereof;
2) the maximum permitted content of polychlorinated biphenyls, pentachlorophenol, chlorine, fluorine, sulphur, heavy metals and other polluting substances.
(3) In the case an integrated environmental permit is not mandatory, the data required in clauses (1) 1) and 2) of this section and, in the case hazardous waste is incinerated, in clauses (2) 1) and 2) of this section shall be indicated in an environmental permit of a waste incineration plant or waste co-incineration plant in addition to as provided in subsection 53 (1) of the General Part of the Environmental Code Act, subsection 98 (1) of the Atmospheric Air Protection Act, subsection 193 (1) of the Water Act and subsection 81 (2) of the Waste Act
6) the description of the waste;
The issuer of permits shall immediately notify the rural municipality and city governments of the service area of a plant and other persons who are significantly concerned by the closure thereof of the need to close the plant specified in subsection 106 (1) of this Act or an application for closure submitted by the operator thereof, and shall publish the notice on initiation of the procedure for closure of the plant in a local or county newspaper, in the official publication Ametlikud Teadaanded and on the website of the Environmental Board.
(2) Fugitive emissions are any emissions of volatile organic compounds into air, soil and water by means other than emissions from a stack or abatement equipment, including emissions into air, soil and water of solvents contained in any products, unless otherwise provided for pursuant to subsection 137 (1).
§ 1151. Re-use
Re-use for the purposes of this Chapter means the re-use of organic solvents recovered from an installation for any technical or commercial purposes, including use as a fuel, except for disposal of re-usable organic solvent as waste.
5) buses of categories M2 and M3, trailers of categories O1, O2, O3 and O4;
51) metallic and plastic surfaces including surfaces of airplanes, ships, trains, and other such surfaces;
1) flexography or printing technique which involves the use of liquid inks, which dry through evaporation, and image carriers of elastic photopolymers where the printing areas are above the non-printing areas;
2) heatset web offset;
3) publication rotogravure or rotogravure printing activity used for printing magazines, brochures, catalogues or similar products where the material to be printed is fed into the machine from a reel as distinct from separate sheets. and using toluene-based inks;
4) rotogravure printing;
5) rotary screen printing or web-fed printing activity in which liquid inks, which dry through evaporation, are passed onto the surface to be printed by forcing them through a porous image carrier, in which the printing area is open and the non-printing area is sealed off;
(3) Heatset web offset printing for the purposes of clause (2) 2) of this section means a web-fed printing activity in the case of which an image carrier is used in which the printing and non-printing areas are in the same plane, where web-fed means that the material to be printed is fed to the machine from a reel as distinct from separate sheets. The non-printing area is treated to attract water and reject ink. The printing area is treated to receive and transmit ink to the surface to be printed. Evaporation of printing inks takes place in an oven through evaporation of solvent where hot air is used to heat the printed material.
(4) Rotogravure printing for the purposes of clause (2) 4) of this section means a printing activity using liquid inks, which dry through evaporation, and a cylindrical image carrier in which the printing area is below the non-printing area. The recesses are filled with ink and the surplus ink is cleaned off the non-printing area before the surface to be printed contacts the cylinder and lifts the ink from the recesses.
(1) Product surface cleaning means the removal of dirt using organic solvents from the surface of product or material.
(2) Product surface cleaning is not deemed to include removal of dirt using organic solvents from equipment and work surfaces.
(1) An operator who has no obligation to hold an integrated permit in accordance with subsection 19 (2) of this Act or an obligation to hold an air pollution permit in accordance with subsection 79 (3) of the Atmosphere Air Protection Act shall register its operation with the Environmental Board for operation in the areas of activity specified in § 113 of this Act, if the activities thereof exceed the threshold capacity specified in § 113 of this Act and if the emissions of volatile organic compounds within one production territory of the installation is less than 0.5 tonnes per year (hereinafter operator subject to registration).
(2) Where an operator certifies to the issuer of permits that the application to the implementation of the fugitive emission limit values is technically and economically not feasible, the issuer of permits may grant a derogation to such installation from the obligation to comply with the emission limit values unless granting of the derogation would result in significant adverse impact on the environment, human health, well-being, property and cultural heritage, and if the operator certifies to the issuer of permits that the operator uses the best available techniques.
An operator shall substitute the substances or mixtures which are classified as carcinogens, mutagens or toxic to reproduction due to their content of volatile organic compounds under Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and which are assigned or need to carry the hazard statements H340, H350, H350i, H360D or H360F as soon as possible and to the maximum volume possible by less hazardous substances or mixtures to the extent technically and practically possible which is defined in the product chemical safety report in accordance with the procedure provided for in the Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
(1) In order to protect human health and the environment, controlled conditions are implemented in operating installations to prevent the release into the environment of volatile organohalogen compounds carrying the hazard statement H341 or H351, insofar this is technically and economically possible.
(2) The content of volatile organic compounds specified in subsection (1) of this section must comply with the emission limit values established based on subsection 137 (1) of this Act.
1) the content of volatile organohalogen compounds or the hazard statement H341 or H351 and the content of volatile organic compounds carrying the risk phrases specified in § 140 of this Act must comply with the emission limit values established for each area of activity on the basis of subsection 137 (1) of this Act;
3) the derogations granted from the emission limit values provided for in subsections 137 (2) and (4) of this Act.
(3) In addition to the provisions of this Division, the requirements provided for in the Atmosphere Air Protection Act also apply to disclosure of information concerning installations using organic solvents.
2) the mother liquors arising from the filtration phase following hydrolysis of the titanyl sulphate solution from installations applying the sulphate process; including the acid waste associated with such liquors, containing overall more than 0.5 per cent free sulphuric acid and various heavy metals and including such mother liquors which have been diluted until they contain 0.5 per cent or less free sulphuric acid;
3) waste from installations applying the chloride process containing more than 0.5 per cent free hydrochloric acid and various heavy metals, including such waste which has been diluted until it contains 0.5 per cent or less free hydrochloric acid;
(4) An operator shall perform monitoring in compliance with the standards of the European Committee for Standardization or, in the absence thereof, in compliance with the standards of the International Organization for Standardization, or if these are unavailable, national or another international standards which ensure equivalent scientific quality of metering data.
(5) The results of environmental inspections shall be drawn up in the form of inspection reports which include the inspection results, describe the compliance thereof with the requirements of the permit issued to the installation, and conclusions of the need to take further measures. The report shall be sent to the installation and made public in the Information System for Environmental Decisions of the Ministry of the Environment and on the website of the Ministry of the Environment within two months after on-site inspection of the installation.
(11) Regular inspections of the cattle breeding installations specified in clause 19 (2) 8) of this Act may be carried out less frequently than once every three years.
(2) [Repealed - RT I, 15.03.2019, 5 - entry into force 25.03.2019]
shall be punished by a fine of up to 300 euros.
(4) The requirements for existing large combustion plants provided for in subsections 79 (2) and (5), clause 80 (1) 4) and subsection (9) of this Act shall be implemented as of 1 January 2016.
Until the decisions of the European Commission containing the BAT conclusions enter into force, the BAT reference documents adopted by the European Commission before 7 January 2011 shall apply as the BAT conclusions for the purposes of this Act, except in the cases provided for in subsections 44 (3)-(7) of this Act.
1) the operator of the combustion plant has confirmed in writing to the Minister of the Environment and the issuer of permits not later than by 1 January 2014 and the issuer of permits has provided for in the permit that the operator undertakes not to operate the combustion plant during the period from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2023 for more than 17,500 operating hours;
(5) If a combustion plant was, on 6 January 2011, a part of a small isolated system and accounted at that date for at least 35 per cent of the electricity supply within the specified system and the emissions of the combustion plant do not comply, due to the technical characteristics of the plant, with the emission limit values established for existing large combustion plants on the basis of § 73 of this Act, the number of operating hours specified in clause (1) 1) of this section during the period from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023 is 18,000 and the due date for submission of the information specified in clause (1) 2) of this section is 1 January 2020.
§ 170. – § 176. [Omitted from this text.]
1 Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (OJ L 334, 17.12.2010, pp. 17-119).