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3.6 Artificial stream and pond system field trip In the afternoon, the participants visited the UBA artificial Stream and Pond System. In this facility, the influence of certain chemicals on the aquatic system and the flora and fauna within is tested. Therefore they have set up a large testing area and laboratory for water streams and fish. They can use different sources of (contaminated) water to predict the effects of a spill in an aquatic system. The facility is run by fifteen experts from the UBA. 3.7 Waste Shipment Regulation enforcement exercise Ms. Lilija Dukalska from Latvia and Mr. Huib van Westen from the Netherlands presented an exercise for the participants about waste shipments of tar containing asphalt granulate (TAG). The exercise was based on real cases of waste shipments from the Netherlands to the Baltic states (Lithuania and Latvia). The documents were made anonymous because of the ongoing investigations and shared with the participants who were divided in four subgroups. Then the participants were then asked to solve the case as far as possible and to share the solutions with the audience. There were six questions that were posed to the subgroups: 1. Was it possible to ship the waste to Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania only accompanied with Annex VII during 2009 if we consider this material as non-hazardous waste? 2. How would you classify particular material - waste/not waste, hazardous/non-hazardous? 3. What would you consider to be ‘recovery’? 4. Can this material be used without any treatment or recovery for road construction purposes? 5. What is your position concerning person who arranges the shipment – does it have to be under jurisdiction of country or dispatch or it can be under jurisdiction of any country? 6. Are there similar cases or experiences in your country with asphalt granulate? IMPEL-TFS NCP Exchange Days FINAL Report 11/46 28- 29 September 2011 – Berlin, Germany January 2012
The case proved to be a difficult one where it was hard to prove that the shipments in question consisted of hazardous waste materials. In Latvia the material is considered B2130 under the Basel convention Annex IX and 17 03 02 under the European Waste Catalogue. Further requirements are: • The concentration of benzol(a)pyrene should not be 50 mg/kg or more (i.e. asphalt waste must be included in „green list”); • Asphalt waste can be shipped in Latvia only for recycling (recovery) purposes; • For the reloading at the port the appropriate permit for polluting activities must be obtained; • For the recovery facility the appropriate permit for polluting activities must be obtained; • The standards used in road construction must be reached for the recovered material. The contracts and documents also have proven to be falsified by the companies in question. The subgroups had similar outcomes of the questions. In practice, the countries that were involved had different opinions about the materials and what should happen with it. Due to close cooperation between the sending and receiving countries it was possible to solve the case and investigate and prosecute the companies who were involved. 3.8 Feed back meeting IMPEL-TFS Waste Sites Project Directly prior to the NCP Exchange Days another IMPEL-TFS meeting took place in Frankfurt, Germany. The project concerned is the IMPEL-TFS Waste Sites Project that is being led by the regional German authority in the province of Hessen. Several of the NCPs are participating in this project and were also present at this project start meeting. Mr. Pedro Santana from the Portuguese authorities gave a short impression of the meeting and the most important outcomes. The project has an upstream approach where the origin of most waste shipments, the waste facilities, are the core of the project. By taking this approach, authorities hope to prevent illegal waste shipments from taking place in the first place. A guideline for the inspection of waste facilities will be tested in the project by performing inspections at waste facilities in the participating countries. More information on the project can be obtained via http://impel.eu/projects/waste-sites or at the IMPEL secretariat. IMPEL-TFS NCP Exchange Days FINAL Report 12/46 28- 29 September 2011 – Berlin, Germany January 2012
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