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Limitation of Emissions of Certain Atmospheric Pollutants Regulations, 2018
SLIDE 2 Limitation of Emissions of Certain Atmospheric Pollutants Regulations
- Transpose Directive 2016/2284 (Deadline: 1 July 2018)
- Narrows EU LV - WHO Guideline gap
- Achieves in part EU obligations under CLRTAP
- Sets limits of the total mass of SO2, NOx, nmVOC, NH3
and PM2,5 to be emitted by Malta by 2020 and by 2030.
SLIDE 3 Current situation and emission reductions
- Emissions of SO2 have decreased by 84% over 2005 due to
improvements in the quality of the fuel fired, use of the interconnector and the shift to gas
- Emissions of NOx have decreased by 48% over 2005 mainly due to
higher generation efficiency at the power plant, use of the interconnector, shift to gas and to a minor extent the rejuvenation of the vehicle fleet
- NH3 emissions have decreased by 16% over 2005 mainly due to
decreases in the number of animal heads
- PM2,5 emissions have decreased by 45% over 2005 due to
improvements in power generation and road transport sector
SLIDE 4 Emission Ceilings vs. 2016 emissions
1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000
PM2.5 NH3 NMVOC NOx SO2 Emission loads in Mg Pollutants 2030 2020 2016
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Pollutant Sector % contribution to national total NOx Road Transport: PCs 21,3 National Navigation 21,3 Public electricity 20,4 Road Transport: HDV 16,7 Road Transport 9,6
Key Source Categories I
Source: 2016 NEI
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Pollutant Sector % contribution to national total SO2 Public Electricity 84,0
Key Source Categories II
Source: 2016 NEI
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Pollutant Sector % contribution to national total NH3 Manure management – dairy cattle 25,2 Manure management – swine 20,6 Manure management – laying hens 19,8 Manure management – broilers 12,1 Manure management – non dairy cattle 10,3
Key Source Categories III
Source: 2016 NEI
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Pollutant Sector % contribution to national total PM2,5 Public Electricity 16,0 Road Transport: PCs 15,3 Road Transport: LDVs 15,1 Road Transport: tyre & brake wear 13,4 Road Transport: HDVs 10,3 National navigation 8,6 Road transport: Automobile road abrasion 7,2
Key Source Categories IV
Source: 2016 NEI
SLIDE 9 Pollutant Sector % contribution to national total NMVOC Road transport: Gasoline evaporation 28,7 Domestic solvent use including fungicides 17,0 Road transport: Passenger cars 14,5 Biological treatment of waste
land 12,7 Food and beverages industry 5,4 Distribution of oil products 5,0
Key Source Categories V
Source: 2016 NEI
SLIDE 10 Reporting Obligations
Report Deadline Frequency First Report due Emissions Inventory 15 February Yearly 2017 Emission Projections 15 March Biennial 2017 Informative Inventory Report 15 March Yearly 2017 Large Point Source Emissions 01 May Every 4 years 2017 Spatially-disaggreagted emissions 01 May Every 4 years 2017 National Air Pollution Control Programmes 1 April Every 4 years 2019 Ecosystem monitoring network indicators 1 July Every 4 years 2018 Ecosystem monitoring data 1 July Every 4 years 2019
SLIDE 11 Other
- Administrative penalties for lack of cooperation
(provision of data)
SLIDE 12 Consultation Procedure
- The draft Regulations are undergoing inter-ministerial and
public consultation
- Available from the following link:
https://era.org.mt/en/Pages/Draft-Policies.aspx
- Comments will be received by email on
international.affairs@era.org.mt, until 4th May 2018
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