CONVENTION ON LONG-RANGE TRANSBOUNDARY AIR POLLUTION
Expert Group on Ammonia Abatement
26-28 April 2006, Průhonice (Czech Republic)
Seventh meeting of the Expert Group, to be held jointly with the Task Force on
Emission Inventories and Projections (TFEIP) Expert Panel on Agriculture and
Nature
Provisional agenda
The agenda consists of items required to facilitate the review of the 1999 Protocol to
Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone (the Gothenburg
Protocol), both Annex II (Table III, Emission Ceilings for Ammonia) and Annex IX
(Measures for the Control of Emissions of Ammonia from Agricultural Sources).
Wednesday, 26 April
Welcome address by hosts from the Czech Republic
1.
Introduction.
09.15 Aims of the Convention’s Task Force on Emission Inventories and
Projections’ (TFEIP) expert panel on Agriculture and Nature. Ulrich Dämmgen, Nick
Hutchings, Chairmen of Agriculture and Nature Panel.
09.30 Information about the 2006 IPCC Guidelines and their link with the
EMEP/CORINAIR Atmospheric Emission Inventory Guidebook. Nick Hutchings,
Ulrich Dämmgen, Chairmen of Agriculture and Nature Panel.
2.
Presentation of draft Guidebook chapters
10.00 until afternoon, as required
 10 09 Manure management regarding nitrogen species (Nick Hutchings and/or
Ulrich Dämmgen)
 10 05 Manure management regarding carbon species (Jim Webb)
 10 01 Progress in chapter 10 01 (Mark Theobald)
 10 XX PM emissions from arable agriculture (Torsten Hinz and/or Klaas van der
Hook)
 Brief presentation of the current EC commissioned project "EU25 PM 2.5
inventory for the year 2000" (Denier van der Gon)
Participants are invited to report on their experience with the establishment of national
emission inventories (indicate gaps, weak points)
Items still pressing:
 There is a need to improve the sections of the Emission Inventory Guidebook that
deal with agriculture. Users seem confused.
 There is agreement that we need to move to an N-flow approach to calculating
emissions.
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There is a lack of good agricultural activity data in many countries.
Discussion about the treatment of uncertainties (activity data and emission
factors)
Coffee and lunch breaks in this session to be agreed.
End of session no later than 17.00 h.
Agenda for the Expert Group on Ammonia Abatement Meeting
Thursday, 27 April
1.
Introduction.
09.00 Objectives of the Expert Group and expectations of the Working Group on
Strategies and Review (WGSR). Richard Ballaman, Chairman of WGSR.
09.30 Aims of the meeting. Promotion of the Framework Advisory Code of Good
Agricultural Practice for Reducing Ammonia Emissions.
Links with the
Convention’s Expert Group on Techno-economic Issues (EGTEI) and EECCA (East
European, Caucasian and Central Asian) countries, database of emission factors. J
Webb. Chairman, Expert Group on Ammonia Abatement.
10.00 Coffee
10.30 Revision of Guidance Document EB.AIR/WG.5/1999/8 – Introduction and
sections I, II, V and VI. J Webb.
10.55 Results of the 2006 emission reporting round under the Convention,
particularly regarding the need for improved ammonia emission inventories, including
in EECCA countries. Brinda Wachs, Convention secretariat.
11.20 Gaseous emissions from deep litter systems for dairy cattle. G-J Monteny.
Agrotechnology and Food Innovations, Wageningen.
11.45 Improvement of ventilating systems for animal houses as a potential ammonia
abatement technique. Natalia Kozlova. North-West Research Institute of Agricultural
Engineering and Electrification, Russia..
12.10 New system for litter drying in broiler houses. G-J Monteny. Agrotechnology
and Food Innovations, Wageningen
12.35 Lunch
13.30 Presentation on newest Dutch development in a) combined biological and
chemical filters on pig & poultry housings b) dairy cows feed adaptation and milk
ureum. Bronno de Haan. RIVM, NL.
13.55 German legislation regarding erection of new buildings housing livestock.
Helmut Döhler. KTBL, Germany.
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14.20 Russian environmental legislation with regard to farm pollution sources.
Alexey Afanasyev. North-West Research Institute of Agricultural Engineering and
Electrification, Russia.
14.45 Implementation of IPPC to the pig industry in Spain. 1 Housing. Carlos
Pineiro.
15.10 Tea and coffee
15.40 Implementation of IPPC to the pig industry in Spain. 2 Storage and spreading.
M. José Sanz.
16.05 Integrated measures to reduce ammonia emission from agriculture.
Monteny.
G-J
16.30 Emission factors – UK collation. J Webb
19.00 Dinner
Friday 28 April
09.00 Update of COGAP and adoption by signatory states. J Webb
09.25 Modelling ammonia emissions with a high temporal resolution. Nick
Hutchings.
09.50 Combined measuring/modelling approach to quantify fluxes of N species
between ambient air and a forest (and a crop rotation). Ulrich Dämmgen. FAL,
Germany
10.15 Coffee
10.45 Establishment of a sub-group to collate information on abatement costs.
Martin Ryan, Defra, UK.
11.10 Costs of abating ammonia emissions from pig production in Spain. Carlos
Pineiro,
11.35 Ideas for a database of emission measurements.
Denmark
Nick Hutchings.
DIAS
12.30 Lunch
13.30 Discuss arranging a workshop with the EECCA countries on emission
inventories and ammonia abatement. J Webb
13.50 The work of the EAGER group. Harald Menzi.
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14.15 Brief outline of the proposed “Workshop on Atmospheric Ammonia: detecting
emission changes and environmental impacts” (4-6 December 2006, Edinburgh) in
cooperation with the Task Force on Measurement and Modelling. J Webb
14.30 Annoncement of first International Ammonia Conference, the Netherlands
March 2007. G-J Monteny. Agrotechnology and Food Innovations, Wageningen.
14.40 Agreement of conclusions and recommendations and preparation of Chairman’s
Report for submission to the Working Group on Strategies and Review at its 38 th
session (18-22 September 2006, Geneva). J Webb