Bihor Environmental Protection Agency*

Authorization of activities included in Annex no.1 of OMMAP no. 1798/2007 for approving the procedure for issuing the environmental permit, with subsequent amendments and completions, by issuing the administrative act that establishes the conditions and/or operating parameters of an existing activity or a new activity with possible significant environmental impact, mandatory when commissioning.

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 H.G. no. 1076/2004 with subsequent completions and amendments.

The request and performance of laboratory analyses for air samples, according to the laboratory's working standards, which concludes 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

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 for in Annex I, Section 2

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.

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 operation of collection/temporary storage/treatment/recovery/disposal, hereinafter referred to as the recipient, in compliance with the provisions of this decision.

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

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

(4) The recipient of hazardous waste, upon receiving the form for approving the transport of hazardous waste, may accept the transport or may request additional information from the sender. If the recipient accepts the transport, they sign and stamp the form for approving the transport of hazardous waste.

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

(6) When determining the recipient and the route for transporting hazardous waste, the sender will consider, as much as possible, the observance 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 responsibilities:

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

c) to verify whether the transport of hazardous waste respects the regime of protected natural areas and Natura 2000 sites.

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 agents shall prepare and submit to the territorial environmental protection agencies elimination plans for all equipment and materials containing designated compounds in quantities greater than the minimal quantities.

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

(3) The elimination plans prepared by economic agents 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 the established technological norms are fully respected.

(5) The territorial environmental protection agencies check the elimination plans submitted by economic agents, requesting possible modifications or additions, so that they can be approved and become definitive. One copy of the final form of the elimination plan is retained by the territorial environmental protection agency, and another copy remains with the economic agent responsible for the designated compounds.

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

Legislation

-ORDER no. 344/708/2004 for the approval of the 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 on the protection of the environment and in particular of the soil, when sludge from treatment plants is used in agriculture.

Obligations of producers, respectively of users of sewage sludge

The sludge producer has the following obligations:

1. to notify the territorial environmental authority and sludge users about the possible pollutants present in the sludge;

2. to identify the sludge user and the agricultural areas (including sensitive ones) that meet the necessary conditions for the use of sludge, based on soil studies carried out, at the indirectly written of the producer, by the territorial offices of pedological and agrochemical studies;

3. to contact the sludge user and to assess the possibilities of using the sludge.

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

a) the quantities of sludge generated and the quantities of sludge 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 performed on the sludge;

d) identification data of sludge users;

e) data on the location of the agricultural area on which the sludge is to be applied;

f) the probable spreading period;

g) the type of crop;

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

The request and performance of laboratory analyses for waste samples (representing wastewater) according to the working standards within the laboratory, which concludes with the issuance of a Test Report that includes 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.

Normative acts:

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

The activities of harvesting, capturing and/or purchasing and/or marketing plants and animals from the wild flora and fauna, terrestrial and aquatic, in a live or semi-processed state, or some parts or products thereof, of mineral flowers, of plant fossils and fossils of vertebrate and invertebrate animals, on national territory or for export, may be organized and carried out only by authorized natural or legal persons, in accordance with the provisions of the procedure of Order 410/2008.

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

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