The final draft of the BREF for the Intensive Rearing of Poultry or Pigs (IRPP) has been issued on the 14/08/2015. The Deadline to receive Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) Article 13 Forum comments ends in just two weeks, the 5th of October 2015. This document is about to reach the end of the Sevilla process.
The Sevilla Process is a name given to the drafting of "Best Available Techniques" (BAT) Reference Documents (BREF) according to Article 16 (2) of the IPPC Directive.
Offensive odor issues has been constantly increasing in Colombia. Main source activities have been related to the agricultural and service sectors. The Colombian legislation has recognized offensive odors as a contaminant since 1979. However a more specific regulatory instrument was not carried out until 2006.
M.Cabeza, M.Gaitán
Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible – Dirección de Asuntos Ambientales Sectorial y Urbana - Colombia
Let's imagine a typical case study. A company wants to start an intensive pig Farm very close to a small village. This company proposes the operation of an intensive pig unit with the capacity for 2500 sow places and 14,000 places for rearing production pigs. This Intensive Unit will include an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant with subsequent biogas combustion for the treatment of pig manures and slurries generated by the intensive farming activities, and mixed with imported maize and spoiled wheat straw.
Although the facility will be surrounded predominantly by arable farmland, the site will be located on the edge of the village. The closest residential properties will be within 100 m of the proposed Installation boundary. A Prison with 300 inmates will be also within 250 m of the boundary.
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