Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTR)

European Commission Proposes Simplifying Amendments To EU Batteries And Industrial Emissions Portal Regulations (COM(2025) 981)

COM(2025) 981 is a Commission proposal that would make targeted amendments to the EU Batteries Regulation and the Industrial Emissions Portal Regulation to clarify producer and SVHC labelling obligations for batteries and ease reporting requirements for livestock and aquaculture operators. If adopted, it would tighten extended producer responsibility coverage, shift some battery design and labelling expectations, and reduce administrative costs for farms and aquaculture while maintaining environmental information flows for EU-level monitoring.

24 May 2026, 21:09eur-lex.europa.euEuropean Union

Arizona ADEQ Reminds Permit Holders To Submit 2025 Emissions Inventory Reports By 1 June 2026

Arizona’s Department of Environmental Quality has confirmed that 2025 air emissions inventory reports for ADEQ-permitted sources are due by 1 June 2026 under Arizona Administrative Code R18-2-327. This reporting cycle underpins air compliance and fee calculations, so Arizona facilities with ADEQ air permits—excluding Maricopa and Pima county programs and certain rock product permittees—should verify whether they are on the reporting lists and ensure timely submission.

20 May 2026, 07:13static.azdeq.govUnited States

EU Council Presidency Clarifies Optional Livestock and Aquaculture Reporting Exemption Under Industrial Emissions Portal Regulation

The EU Council Presidency’s March 2026 explanatory note on the Environment Omnibus Regulation clarifies that proposed exemptions from certain Industrial Emissions Portal reporting duties for livestock and aquaculture installations under Regulation (EU) 2024/1244 would be optional for Member States, not mandatory. If adopted, this could lead to divergent reporting coverage across the EU, so operators and industry groups should monitor national positions and plan for continued environmental data reporting where authorities choose not to apply the exemption.

18 May 2026, 16:12data.consilium.europa.euEuropean Union

EU Council Presidency Proposes Reporting Exemptions Under Regulation (EU) 2024/1244 for Livestock and Aquaculture Installations

In March 2026 the Council Presidency tabled a compromise amendment to Regulation (EU) 2024/1244 that would let Member States exempt livestock and aquaculture installations from much of the individual environmental data reporting required by the Industrial Emissions Portal. If adopted, environmental authorities could assume responsibility for collecting waste, wastewater and resource‑use data from these sectors, significantly reducing operator reporting burdens but making national implementation choices critical for visibility of emissions and resource footprints.

15 May 2026, 12:21data.consilium.europa.euEuropean Union

Slovakia Issues Preliminary Information on Amending Decree 248/2023 on Stationary Air Pollution Sources (PI/2026/108)

Slovakia’s Environment Ministry has issued a preliminary information notice (PI/2026/108) for a draft amendment to Decree 248/2023 on stationary air pollution sources to transpose new EU industrial emissions and pollutant reporting rules by July 2026. Operators of combustion plants, waste incineration facilities and intensive livestock installations should expect tighter emission conditions, an expanded list of regulated air pollutants and enhanced reporting obligations, with a formal consultation planned from June 2026.

11 May 2026, 18:53slov-lex.skSlovakia

Castilla y León Updates Environmental Authorisation for Luresa Resinas Rosin Derivatives Plant (Orden MAV/399/2026)

In April 2026 Castilla y León tightened the integrated environmental permit for Luresa Resinas’ rosin derivatives plant to reflect new EU best available techniques for waste gas management and updated Spanish waste and pollution laws. The company must meet stricter VOC and combustion emission limits, enhance monitoring and diffuse-emission controls, and complete BAT-linked management-system and reporting obligations within set deadlines, which may require investment in process optimisation and control systems.

8 May 2026, 08:28bocyl.jcyl.esSpain

Mexico ASEA Proposes NOM-026-ASEA-2026 on RETC Reporting for Hydrocarbons Sector

Mexico’s hydrocarbons safety regulator ASEA is consulting on draft NOM-026-ASEA-2026, which would establish a RETC reporting list of 125 priority pollutants, with activity-specific thresholds and technical criteria, for operators and hazardous-waste service providers across the hydrocarbons value chain. If adopted, companies in Mexico’s hydrocarbons sector will need to track and report specified VOCs, POPs, PFAS, heavy metals and greenhouse gases exceeding new annual thresholds in their Cédula de Operación Anual, tightening emissions transparency and environmental compliance expectations for upstream, midstream and downstream operations.

7 May 2026, 19:29members.wto.orgMexico

Iowa DNR Reminder: 2025 Minor Source Air Emissions Inventory Due 15 May 2026

Iowa’s Department of Natural Resources is reminding facilities in central Iowa and all portable plants to file their 2025 Minor Source Emissions Inventory by 15 May 2026. Failure to meet this deadline could create permit or enforcement risks, so affected sites should confirm coverage, assemble emissions data, and ensure submissions are made through the state’s SLEIS reporting system.

5 May 2026, 15:40iowadnr.govUnited States

South Holland Adopts 2026 Mandate for Omgevingsdienst Zuid-Holland Zuid

South Holland has adopted a new 2026 mandate decision that formally delegates wide-ranging environmental permitting, supervision and enforcement powers under the Omgevingswet to the Omgevingsdienst Zuid-Holland Zuid, effective 1 May 2026. This clarifies how industrial emissions, PRTR reporting, groundwater and waste-related responsibilities are split between the province’s environmental services, signalling where operators will now coordinate on compliance and face inspections.

5 May 2026, 07:21zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nlNetherlands

Chile Ministry of Environment Seeks to Join Escazú Expert Group on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers

At Escazú Agreement COP4 in April 2026, Chile signalled its intention to join a new regional expert group to develop guidance on strengthening pollutant release and transfer registers while reporting ongoing implementation of its national Escazú plan. This early governance move does not yet create new reporting obligations for Chilean facilities but could shape medium-term changes to RETC design and data requirements as Latin American PRTR frameworks converge.

5 May 2026, 07:10mma.gob.clChile

Zuid-Holland Adopts 2026 Mandate Decision for Omgevingsdienst West-Holland

Zuid-Holland has adopted a new 2026 mandate decision that formally delegates wide-ranging environmental permitting, supervision and enforcement powers to Omgevingsdienst West-Holland, effective 1 May 2026. Industrial operators in the West-Holland service area, particularly Seveso, IED and PRTR sites and groundwater-sensitive activities, should now treat this body as their primary provincial regulator for approvals and sanctions.

4 May 2026, 20:08zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nlNetherlands

Zuid-Holland Delegates 2026 Environmental Permitting and Enforcement Powers to DCMR Milieudienst Rijnmond

In April 2026 Zuid-Holland adopted a new mandate decision delegating wide-ranging environmental permitting, supervision, PRTR and Seveso/IED enforcement powers to DCMR Milieudienst Rijnmond, effective 1 May 2026. This consolidates DCMR’s role as the main operational authority for major industrial installations in Zuid-Holland under the Omgevingswet regime, shaping where operators interact on permits, inspections, incidents and sanctions.

4 May 2026, 20:07zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nlNetherlands

EU JRC Publishes Brief on Depollution and Bank Financing Conditions

The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre has issued a 2026 policy brief showing that euro area banks are tightening loan terms for high polluters and rewarding depollution, drawing on existing EU water, biodiversity, chemicals and sustainable finance frameworks. This signals mounting financial and supervisory pressure on pollution-intensive sectors such as chemicals, semiconductors, batteries and photovoltaics to cut emissions and improve data disclosure, even in the absence of new binding legislation.

4 May 2026, 18:21publications.jrc.ec.europa.euEuropean Union

Netherlands (RIVM) Publishes Updated Methodology for Calculating Air Emissions from Energy, Industry and Waste Sectors

RIVM has issued the 2026 methodology for calculating air emissions from the Netherlands’ energy, industry and waste sectors, setting out how national inventories are compiled to meet international and EU reporting obligations. For companies, this clarifies the assumptions behind Dutch greenhouse gas and air pollutant reporting under UNFCCC, the Paris Agreement, CLRTAP and EU air and climate law, without directly changing permit emission limits but signalling how inventory data may inform future policy and scrutiny.

3 May 2026, 14:57rivm.nlNetherlandsEuropean Union

California Air Resources Board Requires HARP EIM v2.3.0 for 2025 Point Source Emission Reporting

California’s Air Resources Board has released HARP EIM v2.3.0, bundling updated CEIDARS utility tables and database schema changes and making this version mandatory for 2025 point source emission inventory reporting. Air districts and facilities that submit California point source inventories will need to upgrade HARP EIM, apply the new NEI-to-AERMOD source-type crosswalk, and align QA/QC and Excel import workflows now to ensure 2025 submissions validate and are accepted without rework.

29 Apr 2026, 12:18ww2.arb.ca.govUnited States

Luxembourg PRTR Adds New Facilities to Public Register

Luxembourg's pollutant release and transfer register has been updated to include several additional industrial and municipal facilities in the national public register. This expands transparency on where significant emissions and waste transfers occur in Luxembourg but does not itself create new regulatory obligations.

29 Apr 2026, 12:18prtr.aev.etat.luLuxembourg

EU Council Consolidates Member-State Comments on Environment Omnibus Simplification for Batteries and Industrial Emissions Portal

In March 2026 the Council of the EU issued a working document consolidating 15 Member States’ comments on the Environment Omnibus simplification proposal to amend the EU Batteries Regulation and the Industrial Emissions Portal Regulation. These positions show where governments may back or resist changes to producer definitions, hazardous-substance labelling, battery repairability and industrial reporting burdens, shaping how far regulatory simplification will go for battery value chains and intensive livestock and aquaculture operators.

27 Apr 2026, 17:50data.consilium.europa.euEuropean Union

Netherlands Issues Decision Note on Implementing Revised Industrial Emissions Directive and PIE Regulation (Kamerstuk 36864)

The Dutch government has approved a decision note and accompanying documents for bill Kamerstuk 36864, confirming how it will implement the revised EU Industrial Emissions Directive and the new Industrial Emissions Portal Regulation, including tighter rules for large industrial installations and intensive livestock farms, and a 2035 deadline for fully digital, consolidated permits. Strategically, the note signals accelerated implementation with reduced consultation on subordinate legislation, meaning operators should expect faster-moving permit and reporting changes, more public transparency on emissions and permits, and less time to influence the detailed Dutch rules.

25 Apr 2026, 10:51zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nlNetherlands

Ukraine CMU Adopts Resolution 412/2026 Amending Emissions Reporting Procedure

Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has adopted Resolution No. 412/2026 to amend the procedure governing how operators with air emission permits submit and publish compliance reports. This change may affect emissions-reporting workflows and transparency expectations for Ukrainian industrial operators, so EHS and environmental teams should review the revised requirements once the official text is available.

24 Apr 2026, 08:38me.gov.uaUkraine

Castilla y León Modifies Environmental Authorisation for Benteler España Burgos Plant (MNS 9)

In April 2026, the Castilla y León environment ministry approved a non-substantial modification (MNS 9) to the integrated environmental authorisation for Benteler España’s automotive components plant in Burgos. The update reconfigures emission sources and limits, tightens VOC and particulate controls, and revises hazardous and non-hazardous waste obligations, requiring the site’s HSE team to adjust monitoring, reporting, and storage practices.

22 Apr 2026, 20:59bocyl.jcyl.esSpain