Trans-boundary pollution

A receptor model analysis in western Germany separated nitrate-rich from sulphate-rich secondary aerosols, with the latter being accompanied with vanadium and nickel [7]. Such factor composition pinpoints to heavy oil combustion sources which can be found, e.g. in oil refineries, off-shore platforms and overseas ships. In addition, trans-boundary pollution from eastern European countries is a significant source. 

Type IV Risk characterisation - Lack of data exists on the level of compliance, compliance monitoring and enforcement for a high level risk that requires specific safety measures to ensure adequate protection. - Insufficient monitoring or modelling data exists to determine the extent of trans-boundary pollution caused by emissions to environment. - Exposure data of ecosystems and humans via the environment primarily depend on emissions from incorrectly disposed products. 

For industrial processes, the authorisation process should be limited to instances when the reporting of monitoring data from point source emissions with a high potential for causing trans-boundary pollution cannot demonstrate adequate control - see Definitions in Appendix 1.1. 

If environmental concentrations result from point sources of trans-boundary pollution, a programme of environmental monitoring corresponding to set emission level values should be proposed to control the point source emission. 

Restrictions on industrial uses should apply to control point source emissions resulting in trans-boundary pollution that have been demonstrated to be a major contribution to the cause of reported negative impacts to human health or the environment. 

Air quality monitoring carried out at the international level is concentrated in background pollution stations as part of BAPMoN and EMEP networks. Also the local trans-boundary pollution along the Danube River is monitored in several stations. At the local level, common pollutants (SO2, NO2, NH3, suspended powders) are measured at all stations and specific... 

Prut River s basin (Romania). A possible source of trans-boundary pollution with heavy metals... 

The obtained values for atmospheric deposition in the Prut River catchment are lower than those obtained in Transilvania (Stan et al, 2001), similar to those obtained in the Eastern Carpathians and higher compared to the Republic Moldova (Figure 7). This supports the conclusion that no trans-boundary pollution of the investigated elements from Romania to the Republic of Moldova could be considered. 

Estimation of trans-boundary pollutant loads and emissions to the sea Albuferra Convention Ospar Convention Barcelona Convention... 

Albufeira Convention - the signatory countries of the Albufeira Convention are Spain and Portugal, and its objective is the estimation of trans-boundary pollutant loads. 

M. MoUere, Pre-combustion capture a powerful concept against long-range, trans-boundary pollution, in EGTEI-EmTech50-500 Conference Rome, 2011. 

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