It is over. This meeting that took place in February in Trieste, was the last one on the series of the Working Group (WG) 2. The first meeting took place in Barcelona in November 2012 and after five and a half years of discussions, the first draft is here.

   Some of the hot issues, that have arisen during the last meetings were brought again to the experts. Will there be finally more assessors doing the olfactometric measurement? Will the time to analyse a bag after sampling change? Will there be a new reference substance to calibrate the panel? Will there be a new design of sampler for passive sources? How will be finally uncertainty handled?

   This document presents the information required by the Colombian environmental regulator as a requirement for a production system that has to do with the thermal treatment of animal by-products, specifically the tallow used for the production of solid soap of the company JABONES EL TIGRE Y LA ROCA S.A.

   For the elaboration of the study, an evaluative research methodology has been used with the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness of the system of control of atmospheric emissions by absorption in water with the scrubber of the company. Initially, the obligations imposed by the national authorities are identified through the regulations defined by the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development.

J.E. Rincón^1*, B.I. Delgado², E.G. Pinilla³

1. Student Chemistry. Last term, University of Francisco José de Caldas.
2. Plant chemical engineer, MsC Chemistry, University of Francisco José de Caldas.
3. General Manager, Jabones El Tigre y Roca S.A.