1 ETIV - EMAS Technical Implementation and Verification 1 Palermo CASE STUDY: “EMAS registration...

1ETIV - EMAS Technical Implementation and Verification 1

Palermo CASE STUDY: “EMAS registration of the Environmental Department of Viterbo Province (Italy)”

CITY OF PALERMOAntonio Mazzon (local project coordinator)

Ciro Spataro (technician and case study editor) Phone: +39.091.333304

energiaemobilitasostenibile@comune.palermo.itwww.comune.palermo.it

http://spazioinwind.libero.it/ambientepalermo/index-energia.html

in collaboration with:

ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT OF VITERBO PROVINCE “case study”Dr. A. Pozzi (Environment Department), responsible of EMS

Dr. Bertola (Environment Department), collaborator of EMS [email protected] - www.provincia.viterbo.it/ambiente/emas/default.htm

“EMAS registration of the Environmental Department of Viterbo Province (Italy)”


“EMAS registration of the Environmental Department of Viterbo Province (Italy)”

This project has been funded with support from the European

Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the

author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any

use which may be made of the information contained therein.


Important Lakes of Provincial territory for the Unit’s competences

Provincial territory

Geography of the territory


www.provincia.viterbo.it

The Etruscans in the Tuscia region

PROVINCE OF VITERBO: HISTORY & NATURE


”everybody tells to respect the environment,

who owns this logo produced the evidence.

EMAS, public administrations and productive activities can adopt it.

Credibility, efficiency and clearness”

Province of Viterbo (Italy)

Registered UNIT: Environment Department

EMAS registration number: I-000106December 2000

The logo of the Unit


From policy to EMAS registration implementing the Environmetal Management System

All steps necessary to sets up and implement EMAS regulation in public/private organizations

E M A S F R A M E W O R K


President of Province* EMAS promotin

Committee

Environment Sector (Unit) Councillor (AD)

High Direction R Representant for the

EMS (RAD)

Sector 7- Land protection & air

pollution

Land protection

Serv. Responsible

Air Pollution Serv.

Responsible

Administrative office

Responsible of the EMS (RSGA)

Sector 6- Water protection

Responsible

Laws reg. Observatory & legal office

Env. Info desk

EMAS Resp. – planning,

information and manag. EMAS

and LA21

Water protection

Serv. Responsible

Waste management

Serv. Responsible

Env. Education

Serv. Responsible

Sector 8- Planning

Administr. Office

Urban and Land planning

Serv. Responsible

Env. Protection &

Natural Parks Serv.

Responsible

Energetic resources protection

(Law 412/93) Serv.

Responsible

THE UNIT STRUCTURE

O f f i c e s

S e c t o r s


• The Tevere river

• The Hydrographic area including the coastal zone and the lake of Bolsena

• The Fiora river.

List of important Protected natural areas: Natural reserve of Vico lake Natural reserve of Rufeno mountain Suburban Regional park of Martunarum Suburban Regional park of Valle del Treia Natural reserve of animal population of “Saline di Tarquinia” Natural reserve of Selva del Lamone and “Valle del Fiora” The comprensory of Cimini mountains Lake of Bolsena The calanchi of “Civita di Bagnoreggio”

THE GEOGRAPHY AND ITS IMPORTANCE FOR THE UNIT ACTIVITIES AND COMPETENCES

The Province of Viterbo is divided in 3 important areas for water resource:


THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY OF THE PROVINCE OF VITERBO

The Province of Viterbo: 60 Municipalities in a wide area called TUSCIA Romana located north of Rome between the Tevere River and the Tyrrhenian Sea.

Province of Viterbo was aware of own competences’ importance and actions on the local territory with regards to env. protection and human safeguard. In respect to this principle the Province intends to carries out actions to improve the Env. performances.

Basic principles of the Env. Policy of Viterbo Province Citizen consultation to get their approvalTo elaborate territorial plans identifying measurable objectives and responsibilitiesTo verify the Environmental plan by means of monitoring actionsWorking to get the right balance between private initiative and social needsProtection of natural resources and energyUsing the land in a sustainable way linking economic development and env. compatibilityTo improve the knowledge of the local environment of the Province of ViterboTo promote possible strategic alternatives in the territory management policyIdentifying tools to promote and disseminate the env. education amongst citizens and the EMAS regulation amongst economic actorsTo comply with relevant environmental legislation.


The Unit identifies and defines the following actions’ principles:

To issue authorizations of Water Safeguard Sector competence to protect water resources of most vulnerable systems.To improve the activities related to the waste water system control To guarantee active participation to the Institutional Committees of the Area Authorities improving the relationships with Reclamation Association to manage the water works of Region property.To define, with ARPA (Regional Environmental Protection Agency of Lazio) protocols to foresee, inside own organization, specialized personnel with the aim to manage the analysis of data.To issue authorization of the Land Protection Sector to protect water regime and stability of lands.To protect and increase the value of natural issues of the provincial area, in particular forests, helping to build an aware use of the forest land called Parco di Passo Montagna.

THE UNIT ENVIRONMENT POLICY


The Unit identifies and defines the following actions’ principles (cont):

Optimize the technical-organizative management related to the authorizations for the air emissions.To prevent pollution from waste management.To define and apply an authoritative procedure for controlling, monitoring and reclamation of territory regarding the electromagnetic pollution assuring in this way the protection of the human health.To promote use of renewables and energy saving practices by means of planning tools, incentives and training.To carry out good preliminary evaluations of environmental impacts before starting new works.To give wide value to the experience of the Environmental Educational Laboratory, promoting initiatives to guarantee a sustainable development of human activities with the needs of the environment protection.To examine the possibility to choose eco goods and services supplying with To promote self control procedures for those companies that granted the EMAS or ISO 14001 norm.

THE UNIT ENVIRONMENT POLICY


At the beginning of the EMAS process the Env. Review was elaborated in order to know all relevant information concerning the territorial competences and the sphere of the Unit’s activities/services.

….Also to evaluate direct/indirect environmental aspects and related effects under normal, extraordinary and emergency conditions.

…. to identify all main and secondary critic states.

: a starting point from which to drive the future policy of the Unit

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW


Identification of Influence level in relationship to the effective intervention power of the Unit. It can be:

LOW: related to those env. aspects for which the influence can be driven by means of awakening activities (waste delivering to recycling points), or by means proposal of voluntary Agreements with local actors.

HIGH: related to those aspects managed by suppliers of goods/services that can be influenced by particular agreements. The influence can be also driven by means of planning tools (regulation of hydro-geologic bonds), authorizations (authorizations to air emission), controls (controls of water discharge in shallow water layers).

The priority class is determined, for the considered aspect/impact, on the base of a score (P):

P (priority class) = I (importance level) x G (influence grade).



1st step……Identification of importance related to the Unit env. aspects (Env. Review) showed in the schedule

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

Analysis of activities

Criteria to define an aspect/impact as significant

Criteria to evaluate the priority

Identification of all env. Aspects/impacts

Identification of env. significative Aspects/impacts

env. Aspects placed in priority classes


2nd Step …. Identification of main critic states with specification of:

Aspect / activity Direct / indirect Nature of the impact

Issuing of authorizations to use water resources

Indirect Use of not renewable resourcesexample


Use of paper, electricity, water, combustibles for heating systems, gasoline for car fleets, wastes from Unit’s activity and streets cleaning activity, monitoring activities on the barrages that forms water store.

Production of paper waste in 2001: 34% less compared to 2001. Collection of paper by means of specialized enterprises. Other wastes collected are: hazardous wastes (copier toner).

Database of water, gas, methane, diesel, electricity, gasoline consumptions by the Unit is available.

Water consumption of the Unit: awareness rising actions for the employees. Involved the Building Office of provincial administration in order to optimize the water network maintenance.

Electricity consumption: records for single employee show decreasing trend after some awareness rising action started in 2000.

Consumption of combustibles are constant for gasoline cars and decreases for diesel cars. The Unit is working to keep efficient the car fleet and low the combustibles consumptions. Air emission showed positive results concerning the main pollutants.

The Unit offices equipped with conditioning systems use Freon gas; this gas is kept under constant control by law.There are offices with asbestos elements in the Unit building; it was decide to remove them thank to specialized enterprises.

In the Unit building there is a big diesel tank used for the heating system; it was planned to control the seal of the tank in order to avoid leakage of diesel into the ground and possible contamination.

Risk Evaluation Study for the Safety of work places of the Unit and an Evacuation Plan. Training programme was also carried out in 2002 to give personnel information upon fire-prevention and evacuation systems.

Means of transport used by employees to reach the Unit offices and length of the home-work journeys and car pooling. 60% of personnel travel by car driving about 30 km and traveling almost alone. That because most of them come from neighboring towns.

DIRECT ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS


Other example of direct env. aspect…

DIRECT ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS

km to reach the Unit office

28,00%

39,00%

33,00%from 0 to 10 km

from 10 to 30 km

more than 30 km

Car sharing for home-work journeys

65%16%

6%13%

lonely travellers

with 1 person

with 2 persons

with more than 2 pers

Car sharing for home-work journeys of employees

home-work journeys of employees


The Unit focused attention on administrative and planning decisions = capacity to improve the efficiency of administrative system.

EMAS PROMOTIONThe Unit promotes and disseminates the adoption of EMAS regulation for organizations of provincial territory.

WATER SECTOR Low availability of data regarding the use of water resources in provincial territory.Increasing of the abusiveness phenomenon related the use of water and low control of the water derivations.Water Resources Office is working to conclude opened dossiers for authorizations of water collection, to optimize the management of water resources and keep under control the whole provincial water resources.Monitoring of river and lake watersAuthorizations of urban/industrial water discharge Authorizations to build structures on water courses (pipeline, crossing structures, covering structures)

98,389,6

77

65

50

00

20

40

60

80

100

1999 2000 2001 target2002

target2003

target2005

Table showing the acts produced by Water resources office – in % - to conclude dossiers related to authorizations for water use (superficial and underground water) and targets.

The trend of activity carried out to issue authorizations of long-time terms, and related targets, set up on the base of average time needed by Unit personnel to complete a procedural act based on the available resources.

INDIRECT ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS (more important than DIRECT ENV. ASPECTS for the Unit)


INDIRECT ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS

MANAGEMENT OF WASTES: Collection of recycled wastes

PLANT FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT: specific competences are: 1) registration of plants for recovering not dangerous wastes thanks to simple procedures (communication dossiers according national legislation); 2) the Provincial Plan for waste management and control activities for waste management plants.

MANAGEMENT OF EXHAUSTED OILS: Collection of exhausted oils requires the authorization of the Provincial administration USE OF MUD IN AGRICULTURE: it is responsible of the authorizations for using muds CLEANING OF PROVINCIAL STREETS

QUALITY OF AIR: competences consists of authorizations releasing for air emission of productive activities HYDRO GEOLOGIC BONDS: release specific prescriptions regarding buildings in those case where it is

planned the land moving USE OF FORESTED AREAS: authorizations released in the cases of use of forested areas.

THE ENERGY SECTOR Unit runs many activities regarding the energy AUDIT OF HEATING SYSTEMS control conformity of the heating systems with the requirements of

technical norms and analysis of emissions according to modalities reported in internal procedures PROVINCIAL ENERGY PLAN to improve the process of energy transformation and reduce energy

consumption in the provincial territory

SENSITIVENESS, INFORMATION END ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION raising awareness campaigns


Concerning the indirect environmental aspects the Unit authorizations are very important. They are linked with procedures regulated by criteria and time for single issuing. The authorizations are:

IO – S1- 1 Licences issuing for small derivation IO – S1- 2 Licences issuing for yearly water collectingIO – S1- 7 Licences issuing for water dischargeIO – S1- 10 Licences issuing for water purposesIO – S3- 1 Management Hydro Geologic bond OfficeIO – S3-2 Management of forested areas OfficeIO – S4-1 Management of air pollutionIO – S4-3 Authorizations for long-distance electric lines.

The Unit management and issuing of the authorizations is very crucial for the sustainable management of the provincial territory. The Unit has fixed specific times for releasing a certain number of authorizations and every year the targets are verified and revisited by the EMS Responsible.

IMPORTANT AUTHORIZATIONS ISSUED BY THE UNIT


The following table shows sample of the work relationships between the Unit and other Sectors of the Province and the Unit influence level.

SECTORS MAIN ACTIVITIES -SERVICES INFLUENCE OF THE UNIT

Budget and economic planning, General Affairs and Legal, Civil Protection, Public Education, School Buildings

General Affairs (archive management and Record Office, Contracts, Administrative acts and computer system).Audit Office (accounting and economic management, financial fiscal and property management)Management of Legal Affairs, Judicial activities for protection of the Province interests.Legal Consultancy to Municipalities, School Buildings

Drawing of the yearly budget and economic plan. Indication to choose suppliers.Production of fines and penalties in environmental matters.Participation to local territorial plans. Technical advices to Legal Office.Definition of details for the modernization of Provincial structures.Support activities to prevent fires in local natural areas of Passo Montagna.

THE INFLUENCE OF THE UNIT ON OTHER SECTORS OF THE PROVINCE

Planning and maintenance of street works, transport.

Maintenance of provincial roads.Fire prevention Provincial Plan to coordinate local activities.Maintenance and management of buildings (not schools) of the Province.Public Transport Service

Involvement in the Environmental Energetic Plan to promote use of sustainable sources of energies regarding the urban transport service.Involvement in the territorial plan elaboration (infrastructures network).Influence on the decisions related the traffic planning.

S o m e e x a m p l e


Env. Policy Env. Significant aspects Register of laws and regulations Audit results

Env. Objectives

Env. Indicators

Env. Targets

Env. Targets

Env. Programme

Laws necessities

Deadlines

Best available technology

Economic/financial & human needs resources

ModalitiesResponsibilitiesHuman/economic resourcesTime

Env. Objectives and targets

ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMME OF THE UNIT

Schedule showing Unit’s environmental objectives and targets.


During the definition of the Env. Programme the Unit takes into account:

• The commitments included in the Env. Policy, to improve the management of territory and the quality, present and future, of the citizens’ life in a sphere of sustainable development.

• The significant aspects and impacts emerged by the Env. initial review, starting from those one with high priority.

• The point of view of interested actors (according to the subsidiary principle) upon the Unit Env. Programme with particular regards to:

1. Local administrations, as Municipality and Mountain Communities;2. Administration with a basic role for the territory management as the Regional

Environmental Protection Agency;3. The productive activities of the Province, even throughout Associations and their

representatives;4. University of Tuscia and other Cultural and Scientific Associations;5. Citizens and category of social life of community.



2001 2002 2003 2004 2005To conclude the authorization procedures (ex art. 6 e art. 15 DPR 203/88) related new plants or modif ication of existent ones.

15.500

To conclude the 5% of the authorization procedures for actual plants w ith particular attention to the vulnerability of the area and typology of polluting substances

internal human resources

To revise the expenses necessary to authorizations requests made by eneterprises concerning existing plants (ex art.12 DPR 203/88)


To develop a database on the base of similar projects (Emilia Romagna, Lombardia)


Industrial Association of

Viterbo province

Responsible of air emission Service

Responsible of air emission Service

Environmental Programme of the UNITObjective and targets deriving from general commitments included in the Policy relating also to very critic environmental aspect

Targets already gotOBJECTIVE: To improve the knowledge and the quality of air emission coming from industrial activities in the provincial territory

TARGETS ACTIONSResources

in €uroActions in progress (in %)

Bodies involved in the

process

Target Responsible

To rise the number of

enterprises with

authorizaion for air

emission in the provincial

territory. To make more

efficient the management

of air emission database

70% 31.12.2002

100% 30.09.2002

100% 31.12.2003


OBJECTIVE: To improve the knowledge and the quality of air emission coming from industrial

activities in the provincial territory

Example of the framework elaborated by the Unit



2001 2002 2003 2004 2005Agreemnet w ith ARPA to identify methodology and times of actions on committments related the Law 61/94 so to avoid overlapping of competences of Province of Viterbo and ARPA (control of air emission, w astes, electromagnetic pollution, etc.)

To approve framew orks w ith ARPA to identify the body that w ill w ork in order to release environmental authorizationsTo define relationship betw een the Unit and competent authorities w orking for the releasing of authorizations concerning w ater resources and hidro geologic assect

To stimulate the local bodies (Autorità di bacino) in order to f ill the gaps in the f ield of w ater resources and hidro geologic assect. That by means of documented actions of the Unit

To identify detailed control spots in the issues: air, w ater, earth.

To elaborate temathic papers

Collaboartion w ith ARPA to define an aggreement for monitoring activities

To define an agreement document w ith Fire Department and Sanitary Bodies to exchange data and plan on the site visits on the heating sytems

To elaborate a databank w ith audits on the f iles provided by Fire Department and Sanitary Bodies

Fire Deprtment , Sanitary public

bodies

Responsible Service of

Safeguard of energy resources (Law : DPR 412/93)

Responsible Sector 6 and 7

Organize the information regarding

heating systems of

the provincial territory

internal resources

60% 31.12.2002

80% 31.12.2003

90% 31.12.2004

100% 31.12.2005

ARPA

To make the state of the art before

the building of the

LATERA Central

5.10070%

31.12.2001100%

30.06.2002

To rise the quality of

env. Control - define and actuate a

more efficient

system to colect data in the territory

ARPA , Autorità di bacino

Responsible Sector 6 and 7

70 % 31.12.2002

100 % 31.12.2003

internal resources

Targets already gotOBJECTIVE: To improve the knowledge of the environment and make efficient the environmental control in the territory

TARGETS ACTIONSResources

in €uroActions in progress (in %)

Bodies involved in the

process

Target Responsible

Environmental Programme of the UNITObjective and targets deriving from general commitments included in the Policy relating also to very critic environmental aspect


To know what to do and how to do !

EMS - ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: THE CORE OF EMAS REGULATION !

The EMS is addressed to the accomplishment of the Env. Policy and it also foresees the following actions:

• Identification of roles and duties, like: The commitment for the Unit’s Political Responsible (Alderman) to supply guidelines and

resources The nomination of Direction Delegate (now covered by Services 6,7 & 8) The nomination of an EMS Responsible figure.

• to identify and evaluate the env. aspects and impacts related to the initial phase of Env. Review that involve the interested parts.

• to audit the progress of the Env. Programme and its redefinition.• the identification and updating of law regulations related to the Unit activities so to know the

comply level.• the definition of criteria to select goods/services’ suppliers which take into account the principles of

environmental sustainable behaviours. • the management of the documental part of the System and of dossiers.• the management of the external relationships and communication, in particular with citizen by

means of the Env. Info Desk and the Unit’s website. • the Management of data and monitoring activities so to individuate the Unit’s env. performances.• the individuation and solving of possible Unit environmental not-conformity. Identification of

corrective actions and operative aspects of activities related to significative env. aspects.• definition of internal evaluation criteria for the env. compatibility of the single authoritative

procedures.• management of monitoring and controlling activities of the territory.


FACTS FOR AN EFFICIENT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN THE UNIT:

EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATION ENTERPRISES PARTICIPATION RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE UNIT AND EXTERNAL ACTORS PROMOTING COMMITTEE OBSERVATORY OF MUNICIPALITIES THE EXECUTIVE COMMISSION SPECIFIC AGREEMENTS PROVINCIAL FORUM

The efficiency of the EMS is verified by: 1) a periodic planned Audit carried out by internal or external qualified personnel; 2) Periodic Re-exam of the System and its performances by the Unit Political Responsible (Alderman) so to start improvement strategies.

One more important side of the EMS is to guarantee updated information to citizen.

EMS - ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: THE CORE OF EMAS REGULATION !


PROMOTING COMMITTEETo support the EMAS registration phase an Agreement was signed between the main local administrations and the local organizations involved in the territory in order to create The EMAS Promoting Committee, a body of technical consultation of the Provincial Administration. Bodies involved are: National EMAS Committee - ARPA of Lazio Region - Province of Viterbo - Municipality of Viterbo - Chamber of Commerce, Industry Agriculture and Fishery - Observatory of Municipalities of the Viterbo Province - University of TusciaCredit Institutes - Industry Association of Viterbo Province.

OBSERVATORY OF MUNICIPALITIESThe Observatory which includes 12 Municipalities of the Province has the main commitment to collect information useful to identify all main problems related to the local environment and to drive specific request based on proposals produced by citizens to the Unit organization. The proposals and advices are collected by Info Desk offices and are used to individuate new objectives to include in the Env. Programme and to facilitate the EMAS dissemination in the local area.

THE EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONThe Commission has the main aim to make operative the participation and involvement of interested local actors and guarantees the pursuing of objectives included in the Env. Programme. The body is formed by the same figures who signed the Agreement.The Commission President is the Unit Delegate (RAD – Referent High Direction) which convokes periodic meetings to discuss: 1) the respect of commitments included in the Env. Policy, 2) the verification of the Env. Programme progresses and the operation of the EMS, 3) the respect of commitments regarding the bodies that signed the Agreements with the Unit, 4) the Observatory’s works execution.

EMS - ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: INTEGRATED ACTIONS FOR THE EMS IMPLEMENTATION


SPECIFIC AGREEMENTS Every Agreement is made in a way to: To point out the objectives of the Env. Programme that are strictly connected to the body’s

competence. Include commitments statements to pursue the planned objectives for both the Unit and the

body who sign up the Agreement. Identify in a clear way Responsible persons for both the Unit and the body and giving them

specific objectives to achieve. Define all actions (of the Unit and the body) that must be carried out for the achievement of

objectives. Define precise time to accomplish all actions. Define control systems of the programme execution regarding objectives and responsibilities. Define modalities to use by Responsible persons to communicate with the Direction High

Responsible and Executive Commission.

PROVINCIAL FORUM The Unit manage and update its website www.provincia.vt.it . One of the most interesting side of

the website is the creation of a public forum which the mediator is the EMS Responsible. In 24 hours he gives answers to all those citizens questions regarding the provincial env. issues.

News regarding training modules, seminars, projects and initiatives related to the env. are reported. The forum is also a box where to send suggestion regarding the Env. Policy and Programme in

order to share as much as possible with citizen the Administration actions. A monthly exam of the citizens communications in the forum is made. Suggestions will be

examined and evaluated, and answers are given back promptly

EMS - ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: USEFUL TOOLS


EMS - ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMProcedures and instructions

N° 16 procedures

PA 1- Env. AspectsPA 2 – Legal prescriptions and othersPA 3 – Objectives/targets and ProgrammesPA 4 – TrainingPA 5 – Internal CommunicationPA 6 – External CommunicationPA 7 – Files ManagementPA 8 – Goods and services SupplyingPA 9 – Operative controlPA 10 – Emergencies ManagementPa 11- Surveillance and MeasuresPA 12- No conformity, corrective and prevention actionsPA 13- Records ManagementsPA 14- Internal Env. AuditPA 15– Re-examination of DirectionPA 16– Involvement of interested parts and Promoting Committee

and n° 25 operative instructionsThey are related to the following Activities:

Land Protection Sector related to hydro geologic bond and interventions on forest areas.

Audits of the Heating systemsAdministrative functions for protection of air quality.Management of authorization to build the long

distance power line.Waste management Office.Water protection Service.Water analysis made by the Provincial Laboratory,

management of the waste produced from laboratory activities. Modality of use for the Unit cars.

Management of the Env. Impact assessment related to regional projects under the competence of the Unit.

Behaviour norms for the Unit personnel and the cleaning personnel in order to minimize water and energy consumption and to promote the recycling of urban wastes (toner, paper).

Management modalities of the administrative procedures for the fines in the area of wastes and water protection.

And elaboration of a manual to explain all employees procedures and operative instructions


President of Province and Environment Sector (Unit)

Councillor

High direction referent (RAD)

EMS Responsible

Promoting Committee

Specific Agreements Env. Policy

Env. Programme

Unit organization

Executive Commission Municipalities Observatory External bodies Citizen Forum

CITIZENS

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EMAS STRUCTURES AND INVOLVED LOCAL ACTORS


A pre-evaluation inspection visit was carried out by the private Quality Certification Institute “Certiquality” of Milan. It was possible to evaluate the preparation level of personnel of the Unit about the implementation of EMS according the ISO 14001 norm, and evaluate the involvement of the Management office, the documents produced, the EMS knowledge level of personnel and its diffusion and application inside the Unit. The audit work was also helpful: 1) to make sure the Env. Management related activities and results are in harmony with the Env. Programme; 2) to verify the Env. performances of the Unit.

It was certainly one of the most important steps made by the Unit because it represented the initial footprints in the long adventure of the EMAS process. It was shown that employees were trained to adopt in the correct manners all EMAS procedures and the work made resulted very sound as the Unit got the registration without any particular problems. Considering the wide competences of the Unit (water, discharges, natural areas management, etc.) it must be said that the experience of Viterbo Provincial Administration represents the first real sound experience of EMAS registration in Italy for pulic administrations.

In the audit phase like in the other phases of EMAS the Responsible of EMS was side to side with all personnel of the Unit providing daily technical and logistical support. During a meeting between Palermo ETIV project responsible and Viterbo Env. Unit EMS Responsible (18-19 December 2003) it was practically shown the EMS Responsible work. Evidences of the EMS work was also showed by employees of the Unit which provided information concerning specific procedures adopted by the Unit during daily work.

On 25 may 2002 the Certiquality Institute confirmed the Unit EMS conformity to ISO 14001.

AUDIT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM


THE ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT OF THE UNIT AND THE EMAS REGISTRATION

Last step of EMAS process was the dissemination of work results.It was defined an Environmental Statement to show the commitments of the Unit during the EMAS implementation phases. The Statement was approved by the Provincial Council with a deliberation act and then validated, on 24 July 2002, by the Certiquality Institute, environmental verifier body recognized on European level and independent body.

The document was approved by the Ecoaudit-Ecolabel National Committee – (EMAS Italia) on 26 September 2002 and on 15 October 2002 the President of National EMAS Committee, Mr. Giuseppe Bianchi, officially communicated the EMAS registration of the Unit giving the number I-000106 for Italy.

The registration was transmitted to the European Union for publishing the information in the Official Gazette of European Union.


SCHOOL OF EMAS CONSULTANTS FOR THE CERAMIC AND FOOD SECTORS

The Provine of Viterbo in collaboration with the Lazio Region set up a national school for EMAS consultant and environmental verifiers with the aim to train new proessional figures to help Small Enterprises in many sectors:

to comply with the law regulation and other committments required by EMAS regulation to elaborate and put in practise the EMS and internal Audit.

The course was designed for 26 people with degree and specific knowledge of: science and technology of the environment environmental and technical issues related the management of plants environmental legislation environmental management systems methods and procedure of audit technical knowledge of those specific activities to audit.

The certification got with this training scheme can be considered as an easy way to gain - in a second time - the qualification of EMAS Verifier recognized in all European Union territory for SME of 15 employees in the specialization area. This rule come out by a decision of the Ecoaudit-Ecolabel Italian Committee (Reviw n. 3 of 10 Januray 2002).


SCHOOL OF EMAS CONSULTANTS FOR THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

EMAS consultants for public administrations in the Provincial Territory of Viterbo and Rome

Thanks to a “LIFE” funded Project (with the participation of 7 Municipalities of Viterbo Provincial area and 7 Municiplaities of Roma Provincial area) it was possible to set up a school for EMAS consultants specially designed to drive the public administrations towards the EMAS process.New professional figures will help the local public institutions to respect all rules of the EMAS regulation, elaborating environmental management systems and carriying out internal audits.

The course, designed for 15 students, focuses attention on:

environmental and technical issues related the management of plantsenvironmetal legislationsenvironmental management systemsmethods and procedure of audit activities and services carried out by local institutions

The students experiment the application of EMAS regulation in these municipalities for 10 days and they are also driven by a specialized tutor to carry out the Audit activity. At the end of the stage a certification is released to those students that fully pass the final examination.


BROCHURES TO DISSEMINATE EMAS AMONGST LOCAL ECONOMIC ACTORS AND CITIZENS

Laboratory of Environment Education of the unit: a place where to find useful brochures on the environment protection

Manifesto of the EMAS school for environmental consultants and auditors


It is directly managed by the Unit and it is EMAS registered.

THE NATURAL AREA OF PINETA PARCO PASSO MONTAGNA

The Unit promotes the fruition of the area



Brochure Of SustainableDevelopment in the Province of Viterbo



Provincial Energy PlanOf the Province Of Viterbo

Brochure of Tourist Area in the Province of Viterbo With The EMAS logo



Brochure Of historical and natural walks Brochure concerning the Water saving (2003: international year of the water)


A particular thank for the elaboration of the case study is addressed to

Dr. A. Pozzi (Environment Department), responsible of EMSDr. Bertola (Environment Department), collaborator of EMS [email protected] - www.provincia.viterbo.it/ambiente/emas/default.htm

ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT OF VITERBO PROVINCE

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