Regulation No. 62 of the Minister of Environment validating the Procedure for Keeping Records of Calculated and Incoming Pollution Charges and Submitting the Relevant Information

Procedure for Keeping Records of Calculated and Incoming Pollution Charges and Submitting the Relevant Information Regulation No. 62 of 22 June 1999 of the Minister of Environment Pursuant to subsection 2 of section 17 of the Pollution Charges Act, I hereby establish as follows: 1. environmental departments responsible for keeping records of calculated and incoming pollution charges, shall submit information on pollution charges calculated and received for the previous calendar year (regarding that the term of payment of pollution charges for IV quarter is 25 January of the following year) as a print-out and in electronic form (Excel Programme) to the Ministry of the Environment by 1 July of each year in compliance with the formats presented in the Annexes to this Procedure; 2. the information shall be submitted as a breakdown between enterprises whose aggregate calculated pollution charges make up 90% of the pollution charges calculated in the county; 3. if the list of enterprises referred to in clause 2 of this Procedure does not include enterprises whose obligation to pay pollution charges has been substituted for the obligation to finance environmental protection activities, in accordance with section 19 of the Pollution Charges Act, data on the pollution charges calculated for, and paid by, these enterprises shall be added to the submitted information in accordance with clause 1 of this Procedure; 4. if the enterprises that have made investments in environmental protection since 1995 are not listed among the enterprises referred to in clause 2 of this Procedure, data on pollution charges calculated for, and paid by, these enterprises shall be added to the submitted information in accordance with clause 1 of this Procedure; 5. an explanatory note shall be attached to the data, indicating the following information with regard to the reporting period concerned: 5.1. structural changes of the enterprise; 5.2. data on substitution of pollution charges; 5.3. total investments of the enterprise covered from different financing sources. Minister Heiki Kranich Secretary General Sulev Vare Annex 1 to Regulation No. 62 of 22 June 1999 of the Minister of Environment Discharge of pollutants into water bodies, ground water and soil; pollution charges calculated and paid for ………….(year) Enterprise Object DN RC Substance Discharge of pollutant (tonnes) CC Amou (EEK Total including Calcu In compliance with the permit Exceeding the volumes established by the permit Without permit Total BOD7 Suspended solids N P Phenols Oil SO4 pH Total x x x x x Abbreviations: DN –discharge number; RC – coefficient of recipient; CC – coefficient of compliance (0.5 or 1.0); N – nitrogen compounds; P – phosphorus compounds; oil – oil and oil products; SO4 –sulphates; pH – hydrogen ion exponent. The submitted data (except data on pollution charges paid) shall be broken down between individual pollutants and all objects and discharges of the enterprise. Thereafter the total pollution charge of the enterprise shall be calculated. Data on pollution charges paid shall be submitted as a total amount of pollution charges paid per each individual object and enterprise. Annex 2 to Regulation No. 62 of 22 June 1999 of the Minister of Environment Air emissions; pollution charges calculated and paid for ………….(year) Enterprise Object LC Pollutant* Emission of pollutant (tonnes) Amount of pollu Total Including Calculated In compliance with the permit Exceeding the volumes established by the permit Without permit Total In comp with perm 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) CO2 Total x x x x Note: * name of pollutant according to subsections 1 and 3 of section 8 of the Pollution Charges Act. Abbreviations: LC – coefficient of location The submitted data (except data on pollution charges paid) shall be broken down between individual pollutants and all objects of the enterprise. Thereafter the total pollution charge of the enterprise shall be calculated. Data on pollution charges paid shall be submitted as a total amount of pollution charges paid per each individual object and enterprise. Annex 3 to Regulation No. 62 of 22 June 1999 of the Minister of Environment Volumes of waste; pollution charges calculated and paid for ………….(year) Enterprise Object LC CC Type of waste Volumes of waste (tonnes) Amount of (EEK) Total Including Calculated In compliance with the permit Exceeding the amounts established by the permit Without permit Total In co wi pe 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) Total x x x x Note: * type of waste according to subsection 1 of section 10 of the Pollution Charges Act. Abbreviations: LC – coefficient of the location of depositing site; CC - coefficient of compliance with the requirements established for depositing sites. The submitted data (except data on pollution charges paid) shall be broken down between individual types of waste and individual objects of the enterprise. Thereafter the total pollution charge of the enterprise shall be calculated. Data on pollution charges paid shall be submitted as a total amount of pollution charges paid per each individual object and enterprise.