The Role of Inter-Sectoral Partnerships in Development of

Regional and Local PRTRs

Elena Vasileva, Volgograd-Ecopress

Olga Speranskaya, Eco-Accord/IPEN

Russia, Volgograd region

Информационный центр

environmental emergency wastewater collection/evaporation ponds of

Khimprom and Kaustic companieswastewater collection ponds with their

overall area of 160 km2 caused air, soil and groundwater pollution on the area of 720 km2

More that 50 chemicals compounds were identified in the pollution zone (chlorine, organofluorine compounds, phenols, arsenic, lead, vinyl chloride, etc.)

The Southern Industrial Zone of Volgograd, Russia

Industrial Zone, Russia

Industrial facility, Russia

Wastewater collection

PRTR pilot initiative in Volgograd

SAICM GPA: WORK AREAS ADDRESSING KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION

Develop a national PRTR/emission inventory design process involving affected and interested parties.

PRTR pilot initiative in Volgograd

STAGES OF PRTR DEVELOPMENT

Step 1: establishment of a working group, incorporating:

non-governmental organisations;representatives of governmental environmental

authoritiesindustrial facilitiesmedical and technical research and education

facilitiesmass media outlets 

 

PRTR pilot initiative in Volgograd

Step 2: selection of a facility (criteria):a major facility, with particularly hazardous

toxic pollutants in its emissions and releases (the largest emissions/releases in qualitative and quantitative terms)

top managers of the facility are ready to implement a policy of open provision of information on its emissions and discharges

a well equipped analytical laboratoryactive public involvement.

PRTR pilot initiative in Volgograd

18 enterprises (chemical, petrochemical, metallurgical, mechanical industry, housing and public utilities)

Toxic releases and emissions into water and air, waste

For reporting purposes, 32 chemicals were selected as the most relevant pollutants in the Southern Industrial Zone of Volgograd

PRTR pilot initiative in Volgogradammonium nitrogennitrogenaluminumaniline saltbenzenepH

PRTR pilot initiative in Volgogradsuspended solid particlesvinylidene chloridevinyl chloridedichloroethaneferriferrouscalciumdimethylbenzene

PRTR pilot initiative in Volgogradmethylene chloridesolid residuesynthetic surfactantspetrochemicalsnickelnitrate ionsmercury

PRTR pilot initiative in Volgogradsulphatesulphidemethylbenzenetrichlorethanephenols

PRTR pilot initiative in Volgograd

phosphatesphosphorousfluorideschlorinechloridechlorine methylchloroform

PRTR pilot initiative in VolgogradStep 4: software application with

information on:sampling pointslist of chemicalsemission limits for water, air and waste

Further stepsCollect data and update the databaseAccess to computerDissemination of the system among

other facilitiesPlanning transition from "end-of-the-

pipe" control to control of a chemical's life cycle at the facility

Further steps

INCREASE THE NUMBER OF FACILITIES

IMPROVE THE REPORTING SYSTEM ON WASTE (types/components)

WORK WITH FACILITIES ON DATA INTERPRETATION

WORK WITH NGOs, CITIZENS AND MEDIA ON DATA INTERPRETATION

Further stepsdevelopment of PRTRs at local and

regional levels is the most optimal way for introduction of a system of environmental reporting in Russia.

Stakeholder participation: NGOs, facilities, media

develop PRTRs at the base of governmental environmental enforcement bodies or at the base of major industrial facilities-polluters

Volgograd Project follow up:

•Virtual NGO Forum on PRTR development – coordinated by Greenwomen NGO (Kazakhstan), Eco-Accord (Russia) with financial support from UNITAR