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55 Amendments of Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN related to 2022/0345(COD)

Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
(8) In order to ensure that the integrated urban wastewater management plans are cost-effective, it is important that they are based on best practices in advanced urban areas taking into account the availability of digital tools. Therefore, the measures to be considered should be based on a thorough analysis of the local conditions and should favour a preventive approach aiming at limiting the collection of unpolluted rain waters and, optimising the use of existing infrastructures to generate energy savings and contribute to emission reduction. With a preference for green’ develop and blue developments and investments, new grey infrastructures should only be envisaged where absolutely necessary. In order to protect the environment, in particular the coastal and marine environment, and public health from being adversely affected by the discharge of insufficiently treated urban wastewater, secondary treatment should be applied to all discharges of urban wastewater from agglomerations of 1 000 p.e. and above.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
(14) Exonerations from the extended producer responsibility obligations should nevertheless be possible where products are placed on the market in small quantities, i.e. less than 2 tonnes of products, since the additional administrative burden for the producer would in such cases be disproportionate compared to the environmental benefits. Exonerations should also be possible when the producer can demonstrate that no micro-pollutants are generated at the end of life of a product. It might be the case for instance where it can be proven that the residues from a product are rapidly biodegradable in the wastewaters and the environment or not reaching the urban wastewater treatment plants. The Commission should be empowered to adopt implementing acts to establish detailed criteria to identify the products placed on the market that do not generate micro-pollutants in wastewaters at the end of their life. When developing these criteria, the Commission should take into account scientific or other available technical information, including relevant international standards.deleted
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
(16) The evaluation has also shown that the wastewater treatment sector offers the opportunity to significantly reduce its own energy consumption and to produce renewable energy, for example by better use of the available surfaces in urban wastewater treatment plants for solar energy production or by producing biogas from sludge. The evaluation also illustrated that, without clear legal obligations, only partial progress can be expected in this sector. In this context, Member States should be required to ensure that the total annual energy used by all urban wastewater treatment plants on their national territory treating a load of 10 000 p.e. and above does not exceed the production of energy from renewable sources as defined in Article 2(1) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council44, by those urban wastewater treatment plants. That objective should be progressively met with interim targets by 31 December 2040. Reaching this energy neutrality target will contribute to reduce the avoidable greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the sector by 46 %, while supporting the achievement of the 2050 climate neutrality objectives and related national and Union objectives, [such as the objectives set out in Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council45. Encouraging EU-based biogas or solar energy production while enhancing energy efficiency measures in line with the Energy Efficiency First principle46, which means taking utmost account of cost-efficient energy efficiency measures in shaping energy policy and making relevant investment decisions, will also help reduce the Union energy dependence, one of the objectives expressed in the Commission "Repower EU" Plan47. It is also in line with Directive (EU) 2018/844 of the European Parliament and of the Council48and with Directive (EU) 2018/2001 in which urban wastewater treatment sites are qualified as ‘go-to' areas for renewables, meaning a location designated as particularly suitable for the installation of plants for the production of energy from renewable sources. In order to reach the objective of energy neutrality via optimal measures for each urban wastewater treatment plant and for the collection system, Member States should ensure that energy audits are carried out in accordance with Article 8 of Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council49every four years. Those audits should include an identification of the potential for cost- effective accompanied by an action plan laying down a set of measures to be taken by the plants in order to reduce their energy consumption. Those audits should include an identification of the potential for reduction of energy consumption in line with the energy efficiency first principle,cost-effective recovery and use of waste heat onsite or via a district energy system, oruse or production of renewable energy following the criteria set out in Annex VI to Directive 2012/27/EU. _________________ 44 Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82). 45 Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 contributing to climate action to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 26). 46 Commission Recommendation (EU) 2021/1749 of 28 September 2021 on Energy Efficiency First: from principles to practice — Guidelines and examples for its implementation in decision-making in the energy sector and beyond 47 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: REPowerEU Plan (COM/2022/230 final). 48 Directive (EU) 2018/844 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 amending Directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings and Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 210). 49 Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC (OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 1).
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
(20) In order to ensure a proper implementation of this Directive and notably the respect of the emission limit values, it is important to monitor discharges of treated urban wastewater into the environment. The monitoring should be done through the establishment at national level of a mandatory prior authorisation system in order to discharge the treated urban wastewater into the environment. In addition, in order to prevent unintentional dischargecontinuously prevent accidental acute leakages and chronic diffuse leaks of plastic biomedia into the environment from urban wastewater treatment plants using this technique, it is essential to include in the discharge authorisations specific obligations to. To this end, the use of appropriate retention solutions such as grids, mesh, and the continuously monitor and prevent such dischargesing of biomedia prior to discharge should be mandated to effectively prevent any release into the environment.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
(25) Sustainable Development Goal 6 and the associated target requiring Member States to ‘achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations’ by 2030.56Furthermore, Principle 20 of the European Pillar of Social Rights57states that everyone has the right to access essential services of good quality, including water and sanitation. Against that background, and in accordance with the recommendations in the WHO Guidelines for Sanitation and Health58and the provisions of the Protocol on Water and Health59Member States should tackle the issue of access to sanitation at national level. That should be done through actions aimed at improvensuringaccess to sanitation for all, for example by setting up sanitation facilities in public spaces, as well as by encouraging the availability of appropriate sanitation facilities in public administrations and public buildings free of charge and\or making them affordable to all. Sanitation facilities should allow the safe management and disposal of human urine, faeces and menstrual blood. They should be safely managed, which implies that they should be accessible to all at all times, including for people with particular needs, such as children, older persons, persons with disabilities and homeless people, that they should be placed in a location that ensures minimal risk to the safety of users, and that they should be hygienically and technically safe to use. Such facilities should also be sufficient in number to ensure that the needs of people are met and waiting times are not unreasonably long. _________________ 56 Resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September 2015 (A/70/L.1) 57 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions Establishing a European Pillar of Social Rights (COM/2017/0250 final). 58 WHO Guidelines on Sanitation and Health, 2018. 59 Protocol on Water and Health to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes, 17 June 1999.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 199 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
(29) Additional monitoring is necessary to verify compliance with the new requirements concerning micro-pollutants, non-domestic pollution, energy neutrality, all GHG emissions, including nitrous oxide, methane and storm water overflows and urban runoff. Such monitoring supports National Inventory Reporting, provides the necessary infrastructure to implement IPCC Guidelines for monitoring and enables the future development of action plans for science- based mitigation aligned with the Paris Agreement. To verify the performance of the quaternary treatment concerning the reduction of micro- pollutants in urban wastewater discharges, it is sufficient to monitor a limited set of representative micro-pollutants. The monitoring frequencies should be aligned to the current best practices, as currently practiced in Switzerland. To remain cost- effective, those obligations should be adapted to the size of the urban wastewater treatment plants and of the agglomerations. The monitoring will also contribute to provide data for the overall Environmental Monitoring Framework as set up under the 8th Environmental Action Programme63, and more specifically feed the Zero Pollution Monitoring Framework underpinning it 64and support digital transition in the water sector in line with the EU’s Digital Strategy. _________________ 63 Decision (EU) 2022/591 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 April 2022 on a General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030 (OJ L 114, 12.4.2022, p. 22). 64 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Pathway to a Healthy Planet for All EU Action Plan: 'Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil' (COM/2021/400 final).
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 265 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) ‘urban runoff’ means rainwater, snow or meltwater from agglomerations collected by combined or separate sewers or by mechanical means;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 267 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) 'storm water overflow’ means discharge of untreated or partially treated urban wastewater in receiving waters from combined sewers or from urban wastewater treatment plants caused by rainfall;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 307 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 16
(16) ‘micro-pollutant’ means a substance, including its breakdown products, that is usually present in the environment and urban wastewaters in concentrations usually below milligrams per litre and which can be considered hazardous or being a carrier to hazardous substances to human health or the environment based on any of the criteria set out in Part 3 and Part 4 of Annex I to Regulation EC69; _________________ 69 Regulation EC 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (OJ L 353 31.12.2008, p 1).
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 343 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 23
(23) ‘plastic biomedia’ means any plastic support used for the development of the bacteria, including but not limited to biocarriers, biobeads, polystyrene beads, that are needed for the treatment of urban wastewaters;.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 418 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
By 31 December 2025, Member States shall establish a list of agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e. where, considering historic data and state- of-the-art climate projections, including seasonal variations, one or more of the following conditions apply:
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 435 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point iv a (new)
(iva) the requirements set out in Article 1 of the Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 447 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Integrated urban wastewater management plans shall be made publicly available to the Commission on request. in line with the Aarhus Convention and the public shall be given early and effective opportunity within appropriate time frame to express their opinion on the draft plan.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 482 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
By 31 December 203026, Member States shall ensure that discharges from 50 % of urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 100 000 p.e. and above and not applying tertiary treatment on [OP please insert the date = the date of entry into force of this Directive] are subject to tertiary treatment in accordance with paragraph 4.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 488 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
By 31 December 20350, Member States shall ensure that all urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 100 000 p.e. and above are subject to tertiary treatment in accordance with paragraph 4.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 510 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
By 31 December 20350, Member States shall ensure that for 50 % of the agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e. that are discharging into areas included in the list referred to in paragraph 2 and not applying tertiary treatment on [OP please insert the date = the date of entry into force of this Directive] urban wastewater entering collecting systems is subject to tertiary treatment in accordance with paragraph 4 before discharge into those areas .
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 521 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
By 31 December 204035, Member States shall ensure that urban wastewater entering collecting systems is subject to tertiary treatment in accordance with paragraph 4 before discharge into areas included in a list referred to in paragraph 2 with regard to all agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 548 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) 82,590 % for total phosphorus and 80 % for total nitrogen by 31 December 2035;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 552 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) 905 % for total phosphorus and 85 % for total nitrogen by 31 December 2040.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 592 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
On 31 December 203027, Member States shall have established a list a list of areas on their national territory where the concentration or the accumulation of micro-pollutants represents, including micro-plastics, as well as endocrine disruptors, may represent a hazard or a risk for human health or the environment. Member States shall review that list every five years thereafter and update it if necessary.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 607 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point f
(f) areas where additional treatment is necessary to meet the requirements set out in Directives 2000/60/EC, 2006/118/EC, and 2008/105/EC and 2008/56/EC. The risk assessment referred to in the second subparagraph shall be communicated to the Commission on request.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 611 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) Special Areas of Conservation as designated under Directive 92/43/EEC and Special Protection Areas under Directive 79/409/EEC constitutive of the Natura 2000 ecological network.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 614 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point f b (new)
(fb) Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas (PSSAs) as designated and adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 648 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27 to amend the Table 3 in Annex I to add indicators, target levels and a minimum percentage of substance discharges to drainage basins. This includes the removal of micro-plastics in quaternary treatment of discharges from urban wastewater treatment plants referred to in paragraphs 1 and 3. The minimum removal percentage for micro-plastics will take into latest scientific knowledge on the harmfulness of micro-plastics, the best available technology to remove microplastics from wastewater, and the results of the list of Member States risk assessments on micro-pollutants referred to in paragraph 2 and Article 21 paragraph 1 point e.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 696 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall exonerate producers from their extended producer responsibility under paragraph 1 where the producers can demonstrate any of the following: (a) the quantity of the product they place on the market is below 2 tonnes per year; (b) the products they place on the market do not generate micro-pollutants in wastewaters at the end of their life.deleted
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 835 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that energy audits of urban wastewater treatment plants and collecting systems are carried out every four years accompanied by an action plan laying down a set of measures to be implemented by the plants in order to reduce their energy consumption. Those audits shall be carried out in accordance with Article 8 of Directive 2012/27/EU and include an identification of the potential for cost-effective usereduction of energy consumption in line with the "energy efficiency first" principle, recovery and use of waste heat onsite or via a district energy system, or production of renewable energy, with a particular focus to identify and utilise the potential for biogas production, while reducing methaneprocess gas emissions. The first audits shall be carried out:
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 856 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) by 31 December 203028 for urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e. and the collecting systems connected to them.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 869 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall ensure that the total annual energy from renewable sources, as defined in Article 2(1) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001, produced from the wastewater and sludge on-site or off- site at national level by urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 10 000 p.e. and above is equivalent to at least:
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 880 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) 50 % of the total annual energy used by such plants and their collecting systems by 31 December 2030;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 894 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) 75 % of the total annual energy used by such plants and their collecting systems by 31 December 2035;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 906 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) 100 % of the total annual energy used by such plants and their collecting systems by 31 December 2040.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 935 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that the urban waste water treatment plants built to comply with the requirements set out in Articles 5, 6, 7, and 8 are designed, constructed, operated and maintained to ensure sufficient performance under all normal local climatic conditions. When designing the plants, seasonal variations of the load shall be taken into account.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 951 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall systematically promote the reuse of treated wastewater from all urban wastewater treatment plants. Where treated wastewater is reused for agricultural irrigation, it shall comply with the requirements established under Regulation (EU) 2020/741 . , and may derogate to Article 7, paragraphs 1 to 4 to benefit from the agronomic value of the treated wastewater. Member States shall deploy a Water Reuse plan for municipal, industrial, agricultural, and environmental uses, taking into account climate change projections on the availability of water, to alleviate the pressures on the quantitative status of groundwater bodies as referred to in Directive 2000/60/EC, and surface water bodies in which treated urban waste water is discharged.The Water Reuse plan shall be adopted by: a) [24 months after adoption of the Directive] for wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 100 000 p.e. and above; b) [5 years after adoption of the Directive] for wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 10 000 p.e. and above.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1049 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Member States shall take all necessary measures to improvensure access to sanitation for all, in particular for vulnerable and marginalised groups.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1061 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) identify categories of people including Roma people, refugees and homeless persons, without access, or with limited access, to sanitation facilities, including vulnerable and marginalised groups, and provide reasons for such lack of access;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1069 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) for all agglomerations of 10 000 p.e. and above, encouragtake the necessary measures to ensure the establishment of a sufficient number of sanitation facilities in public spaces, which are freely and, in particular for women, transgenders and non-binary people, safely accessible.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1085 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that sludge management routes are conform to the waste hierarchy provided for in Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC. Such routes shall maximize prevention, re-use and recycling of resources and minimize the adverse effects on the environment and human health. Due to potential negative health risks, sludge shall not be applied to agricultural land.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1098 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27 to supplement this Directive by setting out the minimum reuse and recycling rates for phosphorus and nitrogen from sludge, in order to take into account available technologies for phosphorus and nitrogen recovery in sludge. The delegated acts on phosphorus and nitrogen recovery should be based on the current highest rate of recovery achieved in Member States as a minimum baseline.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1108 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the direct and indirect greenhouse gase emissions produced by all operational activities of the urban wastewater treatment plant, and the energy used and produced by urban wastewater treatment plants and collecting systems of above 10 000 p.e.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1115 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) the amount, composition and destination of snow and snowmelt removed from the agglomeration.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1116 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. For all agglomerations of 10 000 p.e. and above, Member States shall ensure that competent authorities monitor the concentration and loads of pollutants from storm water overflows and urban runoff discharged into water bodies .deleted
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1143 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. For all agglomerations of above 10 000 p.e., Member States shall perform a broad chemical screening, in order to identify substances that cause concern for aquatic life, drinking or bathing water quality or that indicate non-compliant discharges for industry discharging to sewers.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1153 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) by 31 December 2025, set up a data set containing information on all direct and indirect green house gas emissions from all operational activities with a breakdown between different gasses, emission sources, and on the total energy used and renewable energy produced by each urban wastewater treatment plant of 10 000 p.e. and above as well as a calculation of the percentage of achievement of the targets set out in Article 11(2) and update that data set annually thereafter;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1185 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that adequate and up-to-date information on urban wastewater collection and treatment is available to the public online, in a user- friendly and customised way, and in line with open data principles, in each agglomeration. The information shall include at least the data listed in Annex VI.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1224 #
Member States shall ensure that, in accordance with the relevant national legal systemAarhus Convention, members of the public concerned have access to a review procedure before a court of law, or another independent and impartial body established by law to challenge the substantive or procedural legality of all decisions or acts or omissions subject to Articles 5, 6, 7 or 8 or 11 of this Directive when at least one of the following conditions is met:
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1229 #
2. Member States shall determine at what stage the decisions, acts or omissions referred to in paragraph 1 may be challengdeleted.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1232 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Aarhus Convention determines what constitutes a sufficient interest and impairment of a right, consistent with the objective of giving the public concerned wide access to justice. To that end, non-governmental organisations promoting environmental protection and meeting any requirements under national law shall be deemed as having a sufficient interest or having rights capable of being impaired for the purpose of paragraph 1 of this Article.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1235 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. This Article shall not exclude the possibility of a preliminary review procedure before an administrative authority and shall not affect the requirement of exhaustion of administrative review procedures prior to recourse to judicial review procedures, where such a requirement exists under national law.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1284 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part B – point 5
5. Authorisations for discharges from urban wastewater treatment plants using plastic biomedia shall include an obligations to permanently monitor and prevent all unintentional biomedia release in the environment.ccidental acute leakages and chronic diffuse leaks by requiring:
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1285 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part B – point 5 – point a (new)
a) The declaration of the technologies used for biological wastewater treatment, including the type and volume of plastic biomedia; (b) The provision of a hazard identification and risk assessment outlining operational safety and reliability of wastewater treatment plants operations. When used, plastic biomedias should be considered as a potential risk for the environment and preventive measures should be taken; (c) A detailed description of the specific WWTP retention equipment installed to prevent plastic biomedia release in the receiving environment and integrate its control as part of regular monitoring operations; (d) Frequent control by competent authorities to ensure the presence and proper functioning of the equipment set to prevent plastic biomedia accidental acute leakages and chronic diffuse leaks; (e) Mandatory report to competent authorities of any unintentional discharge and/or accidental spill and implementation of immediate security controls to evaluate the efficiency of the system in such case.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1288 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part C – point 1 – point c
(c) the wastewater treatment plant is designed and equipped to abate the polluting substances contained in the non- domestic wastewater can be abated by the urban wastewater treatment plant;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1290 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part C – point 1 – point d
(d) where an urban wastewater treatment plant treats discharges from an installation holding a permit referred to in Article 4 of Directive 2010/75/EU, the pollutant load from the discharges of that plant does not exceed the pollutant load that would be discharged if the discharges were released directly from the installation and were compliant with the emission limit values set in accordance with Article 15(3) of that Directive and any additional measures taken in accordance with Article 18 of that Directivecompliance with the strictest possible emission limit values set according to the strictest range of Best Available Technique (BAT);
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1291 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part C – point 1 – point e
(e) the pollutant load in the discharge from the urban wastewater treatment plant does not deteriorate the good ecological status or potential or good chemical status of the receiving water body and does not prevent that water body from achieving such status, in accordance with the objectives set out in Article 4 of Directive 2000/60/EC. The upstream operator shall ensure at the site boundary compliance with relevant maximum allowable concentrations set pursuant to Directive 2008/105/EC, as amended;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1310 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 1
1. Areas located in the catchments of the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, parts of the North Sea identified as sensitive to eutrophication under Directive 2008/56/EC and, parts of the Adriatic Sea identified as sensitive to eutrophication under Directive 2008/56/EC, the French part of the North Atlantic, and the Bay of Biscay identified as sensitive to eutrophication in EEA Report on Nutrient enrichment and eutrophication in Europe’s seas, No 14/2019;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1369 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 4 – point c
(c) finally, where necessary to achieve the objectives referred to in point 2, additional mitigation measures including the adaptation of the infrastructure for the collection, storage and treatment of urban wastewater or the creation of new infrastructures with a priority to green infrastructure such as vegetated ditches, treatment wetlands and storage ponds designed in order to support biodiversity Where relevant, water reuse shall be considered in the context of the development of the integrated urban wastewater management plans referred to in Article 5.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI