Bihor Environmental Protection Agency*

Legal basis

DECISION no. 1,061 of September 10, 2008 regarding the transport of hazardous and non-hazardous waste on the territory of Romania

​ (1) The transport of hazardous waste is carried out from the generator or holder, hereinafter referred to as the sender, to the economic operator who carries out the collection/temporary storage/treatment/recovery/disposal operation, hereinafter referred to as the recipient, in compliance with the provisions of this decision.

(2) The sender fills in a form for the approval of the transport of hazardous waste, the model of which is presented in Annex no. 1.

(3) The form for the approval of the transport of hazardous waste, signed and stamped, is sent to the recipient of the hazardous waste.

(4) The recipient of the hazardous waste, upon receiving the form for the approval of the transport of hazardous waste, may accept the transport or may request additional information from the sender. If the recipient accepts the transport, he signs and stamps the form for the approval of the transport of hazardous waste.

The form for the approval of the transport of hazardous waste, signed and stamped by the recipient, is sent to the county environmental protection agency in whose territorial area the treatment/recovery/disposal facility is located, in order to obtain its approval for the transport of hazardous waste, the maximum response time being 7 working days from the receipt of all requested information.

(6) When establishing the recipient and the transport route for hazardous waste, the sender will take into account, as much as possible, the respect of the proximity principle, which requires that waste be recovered and disposed of as close as possible to the place of generation.

(7) The county environmental protection agency in whose territorial area the treatment/recovery/disposal facility is located has the following duties:

a) to sign and stamp the form for the approval of the transport of hazardous waste, only after verifying and analyzing the information provided, if it agrees with the treatment, recovery, or disposal operations applied to the hazardous waste by the recipient;

b) to request additional information from the sender of hazardous waste, from the operator of the treatment/recovery/disposal facility, or from the National Environmental Guard, as appropriate;

c) to verify if the transport of hazardous waste complies with the regime of protected natural areas and Natura 2000 Sites.

Authorization of activities included in Annex no.1 of Law 278/2013 regarding industrial emissions, after completing the steps according to Order 818/2003, in situations where the installations comply with the provisions of the legislation in force.

The issuance of the administrative act confirming the integration of environmental protection aspects into the plan or program subject to adoption, according to the provisions of Government Decision no. 1076/2004 with subsequent additions and amendments.

Legislation

-ORDER no. 344/708/2004 for the approval of Technical Norms regarding environmental protection and especially soils, when TECHNICAL NORMS are used from August 16, 2004 regarding environmental protection and especially soils, when sewage sludge is used in agriculture
-Directive 86/278/EEC regarding environmental protection and in particular soil protection, when sludge from treatment plants is used in agriculture.

Obligations of producers and users of sewage sludge

The sludge producer has the following obligations:

1. to inform the territorial environmental authority and sludge users about any pollutants present in the sludge;

2. to identify the sludge user and agricultural lands (including sensitive ones) that meet the necessary conditions for sludge use, based on pedological studies prepared, at the producer’s request, by the territorial offices of pedology and agrochemistry studies;

3. to contact the sludge user and assess possibilities for sludge use.

To obtain the application permit based on the operating authorization of the treatment plant, the sludge producer must send the competent territorial authority, at least one month before the spreading period, data regarding:

a) quantities of sludge generated and quantities supplied for use in agriculture;

b) the composition and characteristics of sludge, according to the sludge characterization indicators in this order;

c) the type of treatment carried out on the sludge;

d) identification data of sludge users;

e) data about the location of the agricultural area where sludge is to be applied;

f) the probable spreading period;

g) crop type;

The request and performance of laboratory analyses for waste samples (representing wastewater) according to the laboratory's working standards, which conclude with the issuance of a Test Report containing the analysis results.

The laboratory complies with SR EN ISO/IEC 17025 - General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories, but is not RENAR accredited

Regulatory acts:

-Method standards used in the laboratory
-Order 890/2009 for the amendment of certain normative acts that establish fees in the field of environmental protection - works and services provided in Annex I, Section 2

The activities of harvesting, capturing and/or acquiring and/or trading plants and animals from wild flora and fauna, terrestrial and aquatic, whether alive or semi-processed, or parts or products thereof, mine flowers, plant fossils and vertebrate and invertebrate animal fossils, on national territory or for export, may be organized and carried out only by authorized individuals or legal entities, in accordance with the provisions of the procedure of Order 410/2008.

Authorization requests are resolved within a maximum of 15 working days from the date of registration, provided that the applicant's submitted documentation is complete.

If the documentation is not complete, the competent authority is obliged to notify the applicant, within a maximum of 10 days, about the missing documents in the authorization file.

The request and performance of laboratory analyses for air samples, according to the working standards within the laboratory, which are finalized with the issuance of a Test Report that includes the results of the analyses.

The laboratory complies with SR EN ISO/IEC 17025 - General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories, but is not RENAR accredited.

Normative acts:

Method standards used in the laboratory
Order 890/2009 for the amendment of certain normative acts that establish fees in the field of environmental protection - the works and services provided in Annex I, Section 2

The issuance of an administrative act establishing the conditions and, where applicable, the measures for environmental protection that must be observed in the implementation of a project, according to the provisions of Law 292/2018

Authorization of activities included in Annex no. 1 of OMMAP no. 1798/2007 for the approval of the procedure for issuing the environmental permit, with subsequent amendments and completions, by issuing the administrative act which sets the conditions and/or operating parameters of an existing activity or a new activity with potential significant impact on the environment, mandatory upon commissioning.

Legal basis

DECISION no. 173 of March 13, 2000 (*updated*), for regulating the special regime regarding the management and control of polychlorinated biphenyls and other similar compounds

ART. 17

(1) Economic operators shall draw up and submit to the territorial environmental protection agencies elimination plans for all equipment and materials containing designated compounds in quantities greater than the minimum quantities.

(2) The elimination plans shall be drawn up according to the model presented in Annex no. 7.

(3) The elimination plans drawn up by economic operators must specify that equipment containing designated compounds in concentrations between 50 and 500 ppm may continue to be used until the end of their useful life, provided that all established technological norms are fully respected.

(5) The territorial environmental protection agencies verify the elimination plans submitted by economic operators, requesting any necessary modifications or completions, so that they can be approved and become final. One copy of the final version of the elimination plan shall be retained at the territorial environmental protection agency, and another copy shall remain with the economic operator responsible for the designated compounds.

(6) The documents and instructions for completing them for the transfer of designated compounds to another location are established in Annex no. 8. A copy of the documents shall be transmitted by the territorial environmental protection agency to the fire prevention and extinguishing authorities.