MINISTRY OF WATERS AND THE

1. MINISTRY OF WATERS AND THE WORLD BANKENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ROMANIA AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION CONTROL PROJECT WBTF 050327-RO MANURE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES Stefan NICOLAU M&E Specialist, PMU Torun (Przsysiek), Poland, September 17-20, 2002

2. Project Development Objective: • The overall project development objective is to increase significantly the use of environmentally-friendly agricultural practices in the project area and thereby reduce nutrient discharge from agricultural sources in Romania to the Danube River and Black Sea. ROMANIA - AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION CONTROL

3. PROJECT FUNDS: TOTAL: US$ 10.80 mil. • GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY: US$ 5.10 mil. • GOVERNMENT OF ROMANIA: US$ 5.70 mil. ROMANIA - AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION CONTROL

4. Project Components Component 1: Activities in the Calarasi Judet • Manure Management Practices • Promotion of Environment-friendly Agricultural Practices • Integrated Management of Boianu-Sticleanu Polder and Ecological Restoration of part of the Calarasi-Raul Polder: • Soils and Water Quality Monitoring. Component 2: Strengthening National Policy and Regulatory Capacity Component 3: Public Awareness and Replication Strategy ROMANIA - AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION CONTROL

5. Nutrients Management • Imported in the Project area – Factory-made fertilizers; • Locally produced - Organic Fertilizers from manure. ROMANIA - AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION CONTROL

6. Total Livestock Number in the Project Area ROMANIA - AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION CONTROL

7. Number of Livestock at the Household Level ROMANIA - AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION CONTROL

8. Existing Manure Management Practices • Livestock housing systems is rudimentary with accumulation of dung plus urine and effluent that is allowed to soak into the ground. Only few households have simple tanks for collecting effluent. Solid waste is generally dumped by the roadside or left in the water-courses. ROMANIA - AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION CONTROL

9. Concept of waste handling at the Household Level • Locate the waste store close to the livestock housing. • Avoid double handling of the waste before the store. • Provide impermeable storage for the solid livestock waste. • Stack the waste to reduce run off. • Stack the waste to increase storage capacity. • Provide catchment to effluent run off and urine. • Direct all rainfall onto roofs away from waste. • Provide facilities for the optional composting of waste within the storage areas. • Provide sufficient storage period for over winter storage this should be a minimum of 1 month. ROMANIA - AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION CONTROL

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11. The Subject of Communes’ Application:Grants on a cost-sharing basis for the following package of investments: • Construction of village-level solid waste manure facilities and small storage bunkers with effluent collection facilities at the household level, as well as supply of equipment for manure handling and spreading. • Tree planting on the commune degraded land. • Planting of shelterbelts/windbreaks, hedge rows, narrow vegetative barriers, filter strips and riparian buffers. • Wellhead protection, demonstration program. • Improvement of Communes’ pastures as well as the management of communal grazing land. ROMANIA - AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION CONTROL

12. Comunas’ Committment a) Availability of land meeting the following requirements: • The land is rightfully owned by the Comuna authority. • The land is suitable for the proposed construction objective. • The land is non-arable land. ROMANIA - AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION CONTROL

13. b) Availability of equipment for manure handling and spreading: • Tractor • Trailer • Spreader • Tanker c) The commune is ready to provide collection service for the households without transport facilities. d) The commune is committing to obey applicable environmental legislation on manure operation. e) The commune endorses the manure storage design proposed by the PPU and approved by the Calarasi County Council. ROMANIA - AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION CONTROL

14. f) The commune obtained the permits and authorizations for construction as follows: • Land planning certificate (issued by the County Council). • OCAOTA permit. • Permit from the Centre for Preventive Medicine. • ICLPUAT authorization. • Water Management Company permit. • Environmental Impact Assessment Study. • Environmental authorization. • Construction Permit. ROMANIA - AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION CONTROL

15. g) The commune would provide the funds required and will be responsible for the O&M of the manure storage, complying with applicable environmental legislation. h) The commune agrees to be the guarantee for the householders selected to receive support for the construction of the household bunkers and well head protection, that they will properly use the materials given by the Project for the agreed construction purposes. i) The commune is committed to participate in the tree planting program, providing the land and the labor for planting and maintaining the trees, according with the Project provisions. j) The commune is committed to work with the Project to increase the use of environment-friendly agricultural practices among the farmers, facilitating the training activities and workshops organized by the Project for farmers. ROMANIA - AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION CONTROL