Scottish Pollutant Release Inventory (SPRI)

The Scottish Pollutant Release Inventory is a publicly accessible electronic database of releases of pollutants to all environmental media that will:

• deliver the system by which Scotland will comply with the requirements of a Community Regulation on the implementation of a European – Pollutant Release and Transfer Register
  
• help facilitate discussion and public participation in environmental matters and decision making
  
• aid delivery of data for policy makers, academics and the public
  
• support the prevention and reduction of pollution
  
• allow comparison of releases within industry and with other types of releases in Scotland, the UK and Europe e.g. road traffic and domestic heating, where such data is available
  
• provide generic information on the pollutants.

SEPA intends that it will, as appropriate, consult and inform in advance those required to submit information and to provide guidance on the requirements of the system. It is recognised that the requirements for information to be collected may be changed from time to time due to the addition or removal of pollutants or changes to reporting thresholds etc as more information becomes available or European reporting requirements change.

• The requirements for the 2007 data collection can be viewed here  (642k).

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The Scottish Government is currently consulting on “The Implementation of the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) Regulation and a UK Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (UK-PRTR)”. A separate consultation has been issued by the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in conjunction with the other devolved administrations and departments concerned. The responses from this consultation will be analysed and considered along with responses from the Defra consultation.

This consultation, and all other Scottish Government consultation exercises, can be viewed online on the consultation web pages of the Scottish Government website .