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Workshop of the Task Force on Heavy Metals – Berlin, 12/13 April 2012 1European IPPC Bureau
Review process
for the Non-Ferrous Metals Industry BREF
and effects on the draft guidance document V. Primary and secondary
non-ferrous metal industrynon-ferrous metal industry
Rainer Remus
European IPPC Bureau
Sustainable Production and Consumption Unit
Joint Research Centre – Institute for Prospective Technological Studies
26 March 2012
Workshop of the Task Force on Heavy Metals – Berlin, 12/13 April 2012 2European IPPC Bureau
Review process for the NFM BREFThe original Non Ferrous Metals Industry BREF wasadopted in December 2001 and was one of the first BREFsin a series of 33 documents. Consequently it was foreseenas one of the first BREFs to be reviewed.
The review process started in 2006 under IPPC DirectiveThe review process started in 2006 under IPPC Directive96/61/EC and will finalise under new Industrial EmissionsDirective 2010/75/EU (IED)
Strengthening of BAT and the role of the BAT referencedocuments (BREFs)
ELVs in permits should be based on BAT to ensure thatunder normal operating conditions, emissions do notexceed the emission levels associated with BAT (BAT-AELs).
Workshop of the Task Force on Heavy Metals – Berlin, 12/13 April 2012 3European IPPC Bureau
Steps in the review process for the NFM BREF
December 2006 Activation of the TWG for the review of the Iron and Steel BREF and submission of TWG wishes
September 2007 TWG kick off meeting
November 2008 First draft of the review of the Iron and Steel BREF (2000 comments received)
July 2009 Second draft of the review of the Iron and Steel BREF (1260 July 2009 Second draft of the review of the Iron and Steel BREF (1260 comments received)
Beginning of 2010
The draft NFM BREF document was considered by the EIPPCB to not be ready for a final meeting which was envisaged for 2010.
November 2011 Start of restructuring and rewriting of the Techniques to consider sections and a new data collection
? Forum opinion on the full BREF including BAT conclusions
? Adoption of the BAT conclusions by the Committee
Workshop of the Task Force on Heavy Metals – Berlin, 12/13 April 2012 4European IPPC Bureau
Current status of the review process for the NFM BREF
• The whole document has to be overworked according to
new rules laid down in the BREF Outline and Guide
document as indicated in a decision recently adopted by
the Commission (see http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:063:0001:0039:EN:P
DF) .
• Restructuring, disaggregating and rewriting of the
Techniques to consider in the determination of BAT
sections (BAT candidate sections)
Workshop of the Task Force on Heavy Metals – Berlin, 12/13 April 2012 5European IPPC Bureau
Current status of the review process for the NFM BREF
• BAT conclusions and BAT-AELs proposed in the second
draft are mainly based on expert judgement and are not
sufficiently supported by the information included in the sufficiently supported by the information included in the
relevant sections of this document
• A new data collection of individual plant specific data
according to the aforementioned decision considering the
new BAT candidate structure was necessary
Workshop of the Task Force on Heavy Metals – Berlin, 12/13 April 2012 6European IPPC Bureau
Non ferrous metals BREF review and effects on the draft guidance
document V. Primary and secondary non-ferrous metal industry
(annex II, categories 5 and 6)
• We do not see a need to give so much emphasize to mercury
emissions in secondary aluminium and manganese production.
Mercury is also emitted during the production of other refractory Mercury is also emitted during the production of other refractory
metals and during the production of ferro-alloys.
• The equivalent application of ceramic and fabric filters as BAT will
be checked in the review of the NFM BREF. In many cases we
doubt that ceramic filters are applied and/or show the same
performance.
• HEPA filter are non regenerative filter for small off-gas volumes.
Used for relevant applications?
Workshop of the Task Force on Heavy Metals – Berlin, 12/13 April 2012 7European IPPC Bureau
Non ferrous metals BREF review and effects on the draft guidance
document V. Primary and secondary non-ferrous metal industry
(annex II, categories 5 and 6)
• The removal efficiencies for dust and mercury and the associated
residual emission concentration values will be revised and may
change. change.
• Additionally, the removal efficiencies for dust and mercury included
and the associated residual emission concentration values in the draft
guidance document seem to be not consistent in many cases.
Workshop of the Task Force on Heavy Metals – Berlin, 12/13 April 2012 8European IPPC Bureau
Non ferrous metals BREF review and effects on the draft guidance
document V. Primary and secondary non-ferrous metal industry
(annex II, categories 5 and 6)
• The list of furnaces/processes in the NFM BREF for the production of
copper, lead, zinc, precious metals, aluminium will not be used for the
conclusions of BAT. The reason for this is that the information on conclusions of BAT. The reason for this is that the information on
energy consumption and cross media effects is considered not
sufficient to exclude any furnace/process type
• The BAT-AEL will be mainly based on emissions to water and air.
Workshop of the Task Force on Heavy Metals – Berlin, 12/13 April 2012 9European IPPC Bureau
All BREFs can be downloaded free of charge from the EIPPCB website
http://eippcb.jrc.es/reference/
Thank you for your attentionRainer Remus
European IPPC [email protected]
Tel.: +34 954 488 290http://eippcb.jrc.es