Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) licensing has recently been implemented across the EU. Ireland has a relatively long histroy of integrated licensing dating back to 1994, and emissions data submitted in Annual Environmental Reports (AERs) to the EPA may be used to infer the success of this licensing. However, it can be difficult for regulators and policy-makers to discern overall trends in environmental performance, and identify priority emissions, from the 28 emission-parameters routinely reported for individual installations. We devised an Environmental Emissions Index (EEI) model, based on Life Cycle Impact Assessment characterisation, normalisation and weighting methodologies, to compare and aggregate 20 key mass annual emissions reported in AERs. Six major environmental impact categories were considered. A sectoral pollution trend was derived for the Pharmaceutical manufacturing sector from 1995 to 2007, and used to estimate the change in pollution intensity of Pharma prodcution over this time. The influence of IPPC licensing on pollution intensity was estimated based on a survey of the industry. Sectotal pollution trends were also derived for the Chemical, Food & Drink, and Power Generation sectors, from 2001 to 2007.

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SAFER-Data Display URL	https://eparesearch.epa.ie/safer/iso19115/display?isoID=169
Resource Keywords	IPPC, emissions, pollution, industry
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Code	2006 FS-NE-38-M4-Jon
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Theme	Socio-Economics
Resource Availability:	Public-Open
Limitations on the use of this Resource	The data authors must be appropriately acknowledged for any use of, or reference to, these data. Please use citation below.
Number of Attached Files (Publicly and Openly Available for Download):	5
Project Start Date	Wednesday 20th September 2006 (20-09-2006)
Earliest Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Saturday 1st January 1994 (01-01-1994)
Most Recent Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Monday 1st January 2007 (01-01-2007)
Published on SAFER	Wednesday 21st April 2010 (21-04-2010)
Date of Last Edit	Wednesday 21st April 2010 at 14:35:26 (21-04-2010)
Datasets or Files Updated On	Wednesday 21st April 2010 at 14:35:26 (21-04-2010)

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These data relate to IPPC regulated installations throughout Ireland.

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The following is a list of projects, datasets, and resources on SAFER-Data from which users downloaded attachments from soon after downloading attachments from this resource IPPC emissions to air and water. You can view the full description for projects, datasets, and resources by using the links supplied.

• PM10 chemistry data starting 2005 for Carnsore Point, Oak Park, Malin Head View Full Metadata Description
• Strategic Environmental Assessment Workshop Series View Full Metadata Description
• Nutrient levels and the zebra mussel population in Lough Key View Full Metadata Description
• Towards a National Soil Database View Full Metadata Description
• Emissions from IPPC Industry: Quantifying Pollution Trends and Regulatory Effectiveness View Full Metadata Description

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