BALTIC SEAENVIRONMENT PROCEEDINGS No. 59 - Helcom

At the next stage negotiations may be called for to assess
the results of new studies and to make sure that applica-
tion documents are sufficient. At the same time more infor-
mation on details and likely permit conditions might be
exchanged. It should, however, be pointed out that the
enterprise prepares the application documents independently
and that no definite agreements on permit conditions can
be made at this stage. The aim of achieving an understanding
is mainly to speed up the handling of the case.
When a permit is issued the permit conditions might not
satisfy the enterprise or the authorities concerned. At
this stage, the court appealed to might initiate negotiations
between the enterprise and the authority. The aim of the
negotiations is to help the court to find the right solution
and to accelerate the procedure.
2.2 Implementation of permit conditions
There ought to be an understanding between the enterprise
and the supervising authority on the interpretation of the
permit and the permit conditions. There also ought to be
an agreement on the supervision policy. It is therefore
most important to agree upon a monitoring, control and
reporting program, that is documented and approved at a
responsible level.
The effluent and air emission monitoring programs are
mostly carried out by the enterprise itself or by a consul-
tant payed for by the enterprise. The control and reporting
system should also include record-keeping at strategic
processes and plants like wastewater treatment plant, and
reporting on the use of raw materials and chemicals. Since
monitoring is quite expensive it is important to find a
costefficientcontrolprogram. However, it shouldbeunders-
tood that the supervising authorities' need for information
is great. Moreover, it should be pointed out that the super-
vising authority always has the right to make inspections,
take samples, check the diaries, talk to the staff and so
on.
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