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Art. 1 Aim and scope of application
1 This Ordinance is intended to guarantee public access to information on pollutant release and the transfer of waste and of pollutants in waste water by means of a register. 2 It applies to facilities with installations in accordance with Annex 1.
Art. 2 Definitions
In this Ordinance: a. PRTR means Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (Register relating to pollutant release and the transfer of waste and of pollutants in waste water); b. installation in accordance with Annex 1 also includes two or more installations of the same type in a single facility that together exceed the capacity threshold for that type of installation; c. facility means one or more installations in close proximity to each other that are operated by the same owner or operator as a single operational unit; d. owner or operator means the owner of a facility or person who actually operates a facility; e. pollutant means a substance or group of substances in accordance with Annex 2; f. release means the introduction of pollutants into the air, the water or the land either deliberately or accidentally, directly or through sewer systems without final waste-water treatment, in particular by spillage, emission, discharge, injection, disposal or dumping; g. transfer means the deli
let. i — SR 814.610