The action includes: a) Preparation of rescue plans for oily animals for Pomeranian Voivodeship, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship and West Pomeranian Voivodeship .; b) Regular updating of plans for both voivodeships based on the latest available substantive knowledge and detailed cooperation arrangements between entities responsible for helping oily animals; c) Organization of regular exercises in communication between the responsible entities and in carrying out a rescue operation for oily animals on the coast, at least once a year / two years. As part of the action, the best national and international knowledge and experience should be used, as well as helpful documents such as """"The rules for helping oily animals in the central Baltic Sea"""" """"(WWF Polska, 2014).

After the modification, the action will consist in building a sense of responsibility for the environment among farmers by transferring knowledge about the importance and nature of the conflict at the interface between agriculture and the environment from various perspectives - from the global perspective to the agricultural farm perspective. The transferred knowledge should include, inter alia: - historical outline of the conflict in the context of the growing population of the planet and intensification of agriculture, - fields of conflict and the nature of pressures and influences, including, inter alia, expansion of agricultural land at the expense of natural ecosystems, irrigation and shrinkage of water resources, fertilization and eutrophication, pesticides and their health and population effects in nature and in humans, greenhouse gas emissions and global warming, odor emissions and their impact on human well-being, - examples of the current fields of conflict from Poland, including the disappearance of many habitats and species associated with the traditional agricultural landscape (bog grasslands, peat bogs, orchid meadows, butterflies, amphibians, etc.), deterioration of the avifauna of agricultural areas, liquidation of swamps, ponds, mid-field trees, effects concentration of agricultural production in the form of """""""" basins """""""" of industrial farms, specific examples and statistical data on the share of agriculture in the eutrophication of surface waters and terrestrial habitats (forests, peatlands, grasslands, etc.) and in greenhouse gas emissions, - methods of reducing the impact of agriculture applied on farms and beyond. First of all, training materials (lesson plans, presentations, pdf brochures, films, etc.) will be developed for both advisers / trainers and farmers. The next two-day training for advisers / trainers will be carried out. It is initially assumed that approximately 1,000 people will be trained in 16 voivodships. Dissemination of knowledge among farmers will take place through several channels: - webcasted workshops / trainings (initially assumed about 50 meetings a year for 4 years, about 4,000 participants on site and several dozen thousand online), - educational and information materials published on the CDR and WODR websites (brochures, films, presentations, etc.), - personal contacts between advisers and farmers as part of the provision of individual services.

After the modification, the action will be: 1) developing guidelines for conducting environmental impact assessments for projects involving the exploration and extraction of minerals from the seabed, 2) agreeing the guidelines with the minister responsible for the environment, 3) conducting training of administration employees in the application of the guidelines. The guidelines will be developed, inter alia, on the basis of documents from the European Commission and HELCOM, a review of experiences and best practices in European countries and a review of experiences and previous practices in Poland. The guidelines will present the indicated approach to issues such as: - analysis of potential threats related to the exploration and extraction of minerals, - minimum requirements for techniques for prospecting and extracting minerals, - minimum requirements for inventory and pre-implementation monitoring, including inventory of nature, cultural heritage and potentially dangerous anthropogenic objects (wrecks, dumped ammunition, etc.), - the method of assessing impacts that are difficult to measure, including impacts on living organisms, - method of assessing cumulative effects. The training will cover employees of institutions involved in EIA and geological concessions.

The scope of activities covers the implementation of recommendations prepared by the Interministerial Team for threats resulting from hazardous materials deposited in the maritime areas of the Republic of Poland, approved by the Council of Ministers on January 19, 2022. As a result of the work carried out, the Team developed the following recommendations for the Council of Ministers. 1. Appointment, by a new ordinance of the Prime Minister for the period until 2027 with the possibility of extension, of a team for hazardous materials deposited in the maritime areas of the Republic of Poland, whose task would be, in particular, to coordinate the cooperation of ministries responsible for activities related to monitoring and neutralization of hazards caused by dumped hazardous materials. 2. Securing financing sufficient to support the team's work and carrying out the operations to screen and neutralize the two most threatening wrecks: Franken and Stuttgart. 3. Commissioning the team to prepare a draft of special regulations (at the statutory level) comprehensively regulating the issues related to the possible removal of threats caused by hazardous materials submerged in the maritime areas of the Republic of Poland. It is initially assumed that: - the works will use the achievements and experience of the Baltic countries, including Poland, - the principles of prioritizing research will be determined on the basis of the current knowledge about the distribution and nature of threats, - on the basis of the established hierarchy of priorities, subsequent facilities and areas will be successively examined, - monitoring studies will cover, among others, the condition of the facilities and the risk of sudden releases, the distribution of toxic substances concentrations around the facilities, the risk of substance migration, substance concentrations and their impact on living organisms, - each time the result of the research will be recommendations for further treatment of the facilities, including the determination of the latest permissible dates for subsequent tests, - annual amounts will be allocated to monitoring tests, ensuring the possibility of a thorough analysis of all potential threats related to the deposition of oil derivatives, conventional ammunition and chemical weapons on the seabed within a dozen or so years.

The action includes: a) the development of plans to combat petroleum pollution at sea shore, taking into account: - identification of hazards related to pollution by petroleum-derived substances and other dangerous substances on the sea shore in terms of threats to the marine and terrestrial environment, - procedures for initiating, notifying and carrying out pollution response actions at seaside, - the rules of cooperation between the services responsible for carrying out the action. b) the organisation of regular exercises in communication and anti-pollution operations.

After modification, the action will include: - construction of a new, multi-purpose anti-pollution vessel (successor to m / s Kapitan Poinc), - modernization of the existing ship (m / s Czeslaw II) - purchase of an automatic system for collecting pollutants from the water surface, - purchase of 4 - 5 boats to combat pollution in shallow and sheltered waters.

The WWF has been running the web fishing programme since 2011. Research institutions and fishing organisations are involved in this type of activities. However, there is still a lack of a systemic approach and the actions taken are carried out on too small a scale. In 2019, the MARELITT Baltic project was completed, which developed m.in best practices for abandoned fishing gear and its disposal. The action will consist in the continuation of work related to the fishing of nets in cooperation with fisheries associations with financial support from external funds on the model of the Operational Programme """"Fisheries and Sea"""" for the years 2014-2020. The action will include the financing and organisation of actions to retrieve lost fishing gear. In order to make the most of the experience and conclusions of the MARELITT project presented in the document """"The Baltic sea blueprint"""", including m.in recommendations aimed at facilitating the removal of fishing nets: - Provision of reception facilities in fishing ports, including separate containers or storage facilities for used or fishfish caught from the sea. - Provision of pre-processing sites in fishing ports where nets can be dismantled and large objects and lead links removed. - Carry out regular collection 2-4 times a year, depending on the volume of waste in the form of nets fished from the sea, along the coast in each country, from port to port, in order to minimize collection costs and avoid empty transports. - Establish a sorting system from existing waste sorting companies to enable the disposal of nets removed from the sea. - Supporting alternative treatment technologies in existing incineration or other rendering plants, e.g. steam reforming or pyrolysis used for electronic and hospital waste, which can also process spectrum networks. Inclusion in the competition regulations under EU funds and national measures of recommendations from the environmental impact assessment carried out as part of the MARELITT Baltic project (regarding the method of catching waste – lost or otherwise lost fishing nets). We also propose to add a provision on the exclusion of Natura 2000 sites from the scope of operation and to carry out an analysis of areas to be designated for the action of catching lost fishing gear, i.e. recognition of waste accumulation areas in accordance with the methodology from the MARELITT Baltic project. In order to obtain uniform, consistent data allowing for analysis, it is proposed to establish a requirement to report the results of actions to retrieve lost fishing gear - type of net, location, etc.

Cyclically, at least once a year, the organization of actions such as """"Cleaning the world"""", consisting in cleaning the banks of rivers and lakes by volunteers. An information campaign to encourage the maximum number of volunteers, which will allow the action to cover as many rivers as possible on the longest sections. The action is coordinated by PGW WP and locally implemented by local governments and local initiatives with experience in organizing this type of action.

The action will consist of: - analysis of technical measures currently used in Poland to prevent waste from rainwater and general sewage systems from entering waters (m.in the universality and effectiveness of using bins in manholes, the effectiveness of settling tanks used in catching waste, methods of securing storm spillways, other methods and techniques used), - analysis of best practices and innovative solutions used in other countries, - discussion of existing problems and possible solutions in industry forums (conferences, meetings, workshops), - development of a strategic document presenting the current situation and proposed technical, organizational, educational, financial and legal solutions, - dissemination of the document by Polish Waters and industry organizations, - implementation by state authorities of legal solutions postulated in the strategy (e.g. regulations on the equipment of sewage treatment plants, rainwater drainage wells and storm spillways, places where rainwater flows into rivers) and financial solutions (e.g. co-financing programs for solutions protecting water against waste from rainwater and general sewage systems).

It is proposed to include in the national and provincial waste management plans provisions regarding actions to prevent the ingress of waste into the marine environment, in particular: - the possibilities of cleaning and cleaning and the provision of adequate infrastructure and facilities for these activities in municipalities situated on the coast or rivers, - to carry out the necessary modernisation of odad collection systems and installations and facilities for the management of waste, in particular municipal waste, in order to prevent waste from entering the aquatic environment.

The measure is aimed at limiting the negative displacement of spoil within waters, while maintaining an appropriate level of protection of the land environment. Due to administrative procedures, the most common method of spoil management is its management within waters, which is related to the degradation of the marine environment. It is proposed to carry out an analysis on the possibility of changing the legal provisions on reducing the formation of dredging spoil, safe management of dredging spoil and waste resulting from spoil processing. As part of the task, conclusions resulting from the developed guidelines and completed projects will be analyzed: - Guidelines for an ecosystem-based methodology for the selection of a marine sediment deposition site and for the management of coastal lapping sites in the South-Eastern Baltic Sea - SMOCS - Sustainable Management of Contaminated Sediments in the Baltic Sea - http://www.dredgdikes.eu. - practical implementation of recommendation 36/2 of HELCOM and subsequent updates of the above-mentioned reporting recommendations Development of guidelines for dealing with sediments (dredging spoil), including the development of an algorithm for dealing with dredging works in the case of contaminated sediments. Performing an analysis of the legal possibilities of using, including end-of-waste, for uncontaminated spoil in order to facilitate management outside the waters - analysis of the legal status and necessary changes in legislation.

The aim of the activity is to identify the situation in Poland through the implementation of the project, including: - selection of several dozen catchments of combined sewerage, located in several cities and representing a representative sample reflecting the differences in the size of sewage systems, as well as topographic and climatic conditions in Poland, as well as differentiation in terms of groundwater level and technical condition of the network, - an overview of the techniques used in the world for monitoring storm surges, - examining the frequency and volume of discharges and their dependence on rainfall and thaw, - examination of the composition of the discharged sewage, including concentration of suspended solids, BOD5, COD, total nitrogen, ammonium nitrogen, nitric nitrogen, total phosphorus and phosphate phosphorus, heavy metals (Hg, Pb, Cd, Zn, Cu, Cr) and persistent organic pollutants ( PBDE, heptachlor, benzo-a-pyrene), - analysis of the dependence of the composition of wastewater on such variables as the nature and size of the catchment area as well as the duration and intensity of rainfall, - estimation of the size of loads discharged by storm overflows on a Polish scale. In addition, as part of the action, a strategic document will be developed, presenting the possibilities of limiting the impact of storm overflows on the environment and outlining the directions of legal and technical actions in the field of storm overflow management, if such actions prove to be justified in the light of the analyzes carried out.

The aim of the action is to broaden and disseminate knowledge on the impact of bottom fishing on benthic communities and the circulation of matter, including nutrients, in the Polish part of the Baltic Sea. The research program, based on both in situ research and laboratory experiments, should be structured in such a way as to answer at least the following questions: - what is the relationship between the species composition and abundance of benthic communities on the frequency of bottom fishing, - what is the scale of sediment re-suspension as a result of bottom trawling with various types of gear, - what is the scale of the release of organic matter, nutrients and hazardous substances to the water column as a result of bottom trawling with various types of gear (including comparison of the content in the intensively trawled and non-tarred bottom and in the water column above the intensively trawled and non-tarred bottom). The results should concern various types of bottom and trawling depth, representative for the Polish part of the Baltic Sea. In addition, the activity will include a review of the world literature on the impacts of bottom fishing on the marine environment and methods of reducing these impacts. In addition to the strictly scientific and research part, the action will include the development of guidelines for the licensing authority for commercial sea fishing on the regulation of bottom fishing (optimal tools among those already available on the market, permitted frequency of trawling in the same places depending on local conditions, conditions excluding trawling due to the impact on the environment). As part of the action, proposals for indicators to assess features 6 and 7 in high seas should be developed and submitted to the relevant HELCOM groups and the European Commission, unless such indicators are previously agreed internationally.

The activity consists in carrying out surveys of representative installations emitting significant amounts of heavy metals into the air or water. These reviews should take the form of joint ventures by external experts and the plant's services, aimed at identifying weak points in the environmental economy, resulting in the emission of heavy metals. It is initially assumed that the activities will cover commercial power engineering installations, steel, zinc and lead smelters, zinc and lead mines and selected municipal wastewater treatment plants. The analysis will cover, inter alia, the processes of wastewater treatment, exhaust gas dedusting, flue gas desulphurization, management of leachate from heaps and reduction of dusting from heaps. Methods to improve these processes in specific installations will be proposed, as well as more general guidelines for reducing heavy metal emissions from individual industries, as well as possible indications for changes in the regulations on the permissible levels of metal releases. These guidelines should then be used by environmental authorities issuing integrated permits, possibly permits for waste water discharge, air emissions or waste management. It is assumed that the participation of enterprises in the action will be voluntary. The selection of installations to be included in the action should take into account, inter alia, the will to cooperate, the current emission level and the representativeness of the technologies used by individual plants for solutions in a specific industry.

All KTM 15 measures within II update of River Basin Management Plans for Odra River and Vistula River, in particular (in reference to river water bodies and transitional and coastal waters) the following measure categories: RW: RWP_06 (measures aimed at water management inspections and reviews of water permits), RWP_09 (measures related to the update of the environmental protection program in terms of efficiency improvement concerning the reduction of pollutant inflows to the water body) TW/CW: -

All KTM 21 measures within II update of River Basin Management Plans for Odra River and Vistula River, in particular (in reference to river water bodies and transitional and coastal waters) the following measure categories: RW: RWP_01 (Wastewater management measures related to the reduction of municipal pressures (in agglomerations and non-urbanized areas)), RWP_09 (measures related to the update of the environmental protection program in terms of efficiency improvement concerning the reduction of pollutant inflows to the water body) TW/CW: TWCWP_01 (Wastewater management in agglomerations – a measure related to the implementation of KPOSK (groups of measures related to improving water quality and reducing the inflow of pollutants from municipal sources)), TWCWP_04 (rainwater management - measure concerning non-urbanized areas (groups of measures related to improving water quality and reducing the inflow of pollutants from municipal and industrial sources))

All KTM 3 measures within II update of River Basin Management Plans for Odra River and Vistula River, in particular (in reference to river water bodies and transitional and coastal waters) the following measure categories: RW: RWP_02 (control measures of agricultural activities - control measures of the implementation of the Nitrate Program and related to the use of plant protection products), RWP_04 (educational measures for farmers dedicated to water bodies where sources of agricultural pressure contributing to poor water status have been identified) TW/CW: -

After modification, the action is: - modernization of the MPS Gdynia depot, including the modernization and construction of rainwater and industrial sewage systems with separators on its lines throughout the entire base, as well as the purchase and installation of devices for remote measurement and ecological monitoring of tank tightness - integration of fuel installations on the premises of MPS Gdynia with MPS Debogórze along with the implementation of the technological part.