Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (Registro de Emisiones y Transferencia de Contaminantes) Undersecretariat for Environmental Protection General Bureau of Air Quality and PRTR Bureau of Industry Regulation and PRTR
Pollutant Release and Transfer Register
(Registro de Emisiones y Transferencia de Contaminantes)
Undersecretariat for Environmental ProtectionGeneral Bureau of Air Quality and PRTRBureau of Industry Regulation and PRTR
Mexico has developed measures to proect the
environment and health from toxic substances
associated with human activity:
Laws, regulations and standards
International treaties
Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR)
Environmental audit program
Background
Agenda 21 (1992): actions to assess, prevent and control the risks associated with chemicals released in polluting activities
PRTR Background
OECD (1996): promotion of PRTR as a tool to track and release environmental information
Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992): preparation and update of national greenhouse gas inventories
AustraliaBelgiumCanadaKorea DenmarkUnited StatesFinlandGreat BritainHungaryIrelandItalyJapanNorwayNetherlandsCzech RepublicSlovakiaSwedenSwitzerland
Countries with PRTRs
Mexico
PRTR in North America
US Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) (1987)
Canadian National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) (1993)
Mexican Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (Registro de Emisiones y Transferencia de Contaminantes—RETC) (2004)
Action Plan to Enhance the Comparability of PRTRs in North America
What is the PRTR in Mexico?
Release into water
Transfer in waste
Releaseinto air
Soil release Transfer to sewer
National public database consisting of releases and transfers of 104 substances
Public InformationName: Address:Substance released and/or
transferred:Reporting year:
An environmental policy instrument to compile, integrate and release public information on potential environmentally hazardous pollutants, from a wide variety of sources
IndustryIdentifies raw material wasteDetermines inventory levelsEstablishes production indices
SocietyProvides environmental information and information on possible risk exposure
GovernmentSupports the establishment of environmental policies and enforcement
AcademiaInformation on the development of research projects to support decision-making
SEMARNAT
Benefits
Scope
Coordination
agreementsSustainable
strategic planning
Improved legalframework
PRTRPRTR
National Development Plan
Air quality
programs
Waste management
Direct regulation
National environmental
information
Transparencyand objectivity
Ecological zoning
PRTR Legal Framework
Political will
Amendment to Art.109 Bis of the General Ecological
Balance and Environmental Protection Act (LGEEPA),
December 2001
Transparency and Access to Information Act, June 2002
(federal)
PRTR Regulation, June 2004 (federal)
Ministerial Accords, 2005
- Electronic annual operating certificate (COA)
- List of 104 PRTR reporting substances
Amendment to Art. 109 BIS
Transparency Act
PRTR substance list
COA
form
PRTR Regulation
The Secretariat, states, Federal District and municipalities must create a PRTR within their respective jurisdictions
Persons responsible for pollution sources must provide the information necessary to integrate the register
Information shall be public and have the effect of reporting
Amendment to LGEEPA Art. 109 Bis
PRTR Legal Framework
PRTR Regulation Article 9
Those listed in LGEEPA Art. 111 Bis
Hazardous waste generators
Those discharging wastewater into national water bodies
Establishments subject to reporting include:
Public environmental information includes:
Name of the individual or corporate name of the establishment
Releases and transfers of pollutants
Geographical location of the establishment
PRTR Regulation Art. 25
Annual Operating Certificate (COA)
IGeneral technical information
IIAir pollutant releases
IIIWater releases and transfers
IVHazmat generation and transfer
VPRTR substance releases
and transfers
Reported data
Federal, State and Municipal Competencies
Federal State Municipal
Water
Air
Soil
Waste
Release11 sectors
Release National waters
TransferHazardous
waste
ReleaseHazardous
waste
ReleaseState sector
Transfer Special handling
Release Service
companies
Transfer
Sewer
Transfer Municipal solid
waste
PRTR Substances
6Greenhouse Gases
17 Montreal Protocol
12Persistent organic
compounds (POCs)
104 PRTR substances
50 substances comparable to NPRI & TRI
CFC HCFCs
HBFCTET
Halons BrM
Climate ChangeCOCO22 CHCH44NN22O CF O CF HFC SF6HFC SF6
PCBsAldrinChlordaneDDTDieldrinEndrinHexachlorobenzene
HeptachlorMirexToxapheneDioxinsFurans
Other substances classified per:Persistence,
Bioaccumulation,Toxicity
Draft Standard on PRTR Substances
Technical and methdological bases forestablishing a PRTR list (UNAM)
Analysis of substances used in industries under federal jurisdiction(IPN)
Analysis and assessment of PRTR reporting thresholds (CEC)
Analysis of substances used in Mexicoon COA, customs, pesticides and toxicsubstances (Cicoplafest), and chemicalindustry association (ANIQ) (Semarnat)
Development of PRTR substance list(UNAM)