On the PRTR Announcement (Waste and Wastewater Management)

Dear Member,
With reference to the letter sent to our Chamber by the Provincial Directorate of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change of the Governorship of Elazığ, as is known, the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (KSTK) Regulation was published in the Official Gazette dated 4 December 2021 and numbered 31679.

Within the framework of Article 8 of the KSTK Regulation, titled "Registration of the facility in the KSTK system", and
Article 26, titled "Entry into force", the registration in the KSTK System of facilities whose main
activity, among the activities listed in Annex-1 of the Regulation, falls under the sectors "Waste and wastewater management" and "Paper and wood production and processing"
will be carried out by the Department of Laboratory Measurement and Monitoring of our Ministry as of 4 December 2023.

The "Information and Announcement Text" for the third registration period of the KSTK System is available in the "News" section of the website of the General Directorate of EIA, Permits
and Inspection and in the
"Announcements" section of the KSTK website, and is also submitted for your information as an annex to our letter.

Facilities whose main activity falls under the sectors "Waste and wastewater management" and "Paper and wood production and processing"
will submit their applications
to the Ministry between 4 December 2023 and 4 June 2024, and facilities whose registration applications are approved will report their 2024 pollutant release and transfer data by the end of March 2025 electronically.

Annex: On the PRTR Announcement

Kind regards,
Elazığ Chamber of Commerce and Industry