Dr Bernard Hyde EPA Climate Change and Environmental Research Programme Agricultural Statistics Liaison Group Thursday 18 th November 2010 CSO Ardee Road Rathmines Dublin 6 Environmental Protection Agency ID: 932497
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Agricultural Activity Data Requirements for National Emission InventoriesDr. Bernard Hyde, EPAClimate Change and Environmental Research Programme
Agricultural Statistics Liaison Group
Thursday 18
th
November 2010
CSO,
Ardee
Road,
Rathmines
,
Dublin 6
Slide2Environmental Protection AgencyThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has responsibilities for a wide range of licensing, enforcement, monitoring and assessment activities associated with environmental protectionLicensing and permitting
Environmental enforcement
Resources and waste management
Climate Change
Environmental monitoring
Environmental assessment
Advice and guidance
Water Framework Directive
Slide3National Emission InventoriesGreenhouse Gas InventoriesUN Framework Convention on Climate Change and Kyoto Protocol
EU Monitoring Mechanism Decision (280/2004/EC)
Air Pollutant Inventories
UNECE Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP) and its 8 Protocols
National Emission Ceilings Directive (2001/81/EC)
Large Combustion Plant Directive (2001/80/EC)
Slide4What do we report?Greenhouse Gas InventoriesInventories on CO2
, CH
4
, N
2
O, HFCs, PFCs and SF
6
annually (15
th
Jan to EU and 15
th
April UNFCCC)
National Inventory Report (UNFCCC 15
th
April)
Air Pollutant Inventories (15
th
February annually CLRTAP)
Main pollutants;
NO
x
, SO
2
, NMVOC, NH
3
and CO
Particulate matter; TSP, PM
10
and PM
2.5
Heavy metals;
Pb
,
Cd
, Hg (priority) As, Cr, Cu, Ni, Se and Zn (additional)
Persistent Organic Pollutants; Dioxins (PCDD/PCDF), PAHs, HCB (mandatory) PCBs (voluntary)
National data gridded every 5
th
year (EMEP 50km x 50km)
Informative Inventory Report (15
th
March annually)
Slide5What do we report? (contd)Large Combustion Plant Directive (LCPD)
Inventories on
NO
x
, SO
2
and Dust annually (30
th
Sept)
National Emission Ceilings Directive (NECD)
NO
x
, SO
2
, NMVOC and NH
3
annually (31
st
Dec)
National Emission Projections – Future emission trends
Slide6National Emission Inventory
Livestock
N fertiliser
Cattle
Sheep
Pigs
Poultry
Fert type
Grassland
Tillage
Grazing
Housed
Manure Management
Housing type
Duration
Storage
Land application
Manure
type
Land usage
Manure
type
Store type
Duration
Slide7National Emission Inventory
Livestock
N fertiliser
Cattle
Sheep
Pigs
Poultry
Fert type
Grassland
Tillage
Grazing
Housed
Manure Management
Housing type
Duration
Storage
Land application
Manure
type
Land usage
Manure
type
Store type
Duration
Slide8Animal No’s and DisaggregationJune and December censusCattleDairy CowsSuckler
Cows
Bulls
Cattle 0-1
Cattle 1-2
Cattle >2 yrs
Sheep
Lowland and Upland ewes
Lowland and Upland rams
Lowland and Upland lambs
Lowland and Upland other sheep >1 yr old
Slide9Animal No’s and DisaggregationPigsGilts in PigGilts not yet servedSows in PigOther Sows for breeding
Boars
Pigs under 20 kg and above 20 kg
Poultry – DAFF
Horses, goats, mules and asses
Fertilizer stats
– DAFF
Lime stats - DAFF
Slide10Crop statistics and disaggregationGrasslandSilageHayRough Grazing
Tillage Crops
Winter and spring barley
Winter and spring wheat
Winter and spring oats
Other crops – beet, peas, pulses etc
Slide11Other statistics of interestCensus of AgricultureDED analysis for gridded dataAgricultural machinery
Farm Structures Survey
Manure Management Practices
Slide12Other statistics of interestPackaging wastesPlastics (feed, fertiliser and seed bags, animal health, agrochemical etc)Glass (animal health, agrochemicals)Metals (oil drums, sheep dips)
Paper and cardboard
Non-packaging plastics
Silage and horticulture films and sheets
Bale twine, wrap, cores
Animal health wastes – spent sheep dip, syringes, needles, swabs, dressings, aerosols, unused medicines etc.
Slide13Other statistics of interestAgrochemicals – unused (pesticides, dessicants, adjuvants), washingsMachinery waste waste fuels (engine, gear and lubricating oils) batteries, tyres, scrap machinery parts
Construction and demolition wastes
Other wastes – paints, asbestos, fluorescent tubes, electrical equipment (possible PCB’s, CFC’s)