{"id":1003,"date":"2013-08-14T10:08:27","date_gmt":"2013-08-14T08:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.epasoluzioni.it\/?page_id=1003"},"modified":"2014-08-13T09:35:53","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T07:35:53","slug":"environmental-impact-study-burning-waste-as-fuel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/epasoluzioni.it\/en\/case-studies\/environmental-impact-study-burning-waste-as-fuel\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Impact Study – Burning waste as fuel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Case study – Environmental Impact Study: burning waste as fuel<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The project is owed to the constant commitment of the client to contain the heavy cost of energy production. This cost is strictly related to market price of the particular fossil fuels used; the study aimed at demonstrating that all the choices environmentally compatible had been evaluated.<\/p>\n

The Environmental Impact Study (EIS) evaluated the effects on the environment in relation to traditional raw materials\u00a0replacement –\u00a0in particular of fossil fuels – with waste recovered from other industrial processes.<\/p>\n

ANALYSIS<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first step, working together with the client, aimed at the production of the study presented to authorities, summarized as follows:<\/p>\n

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Regulatory framework<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Result: identification of possible and effective strategies<\/strong> to submit the application, and definition of preventive “action limits”<\/strong> (also considering project characteristics), in order not to necessarily fall within the scope of authorization procedures other than the EIA procedure.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

After having carefully evaluated the need to start a public procedure of Environmental Impact Assessment<\/span>, it was defined how this procedure could configure with the existing IPPC authorization (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control) – EIA procedure in Italy is inserted into a “change management” public IPPC procedure. It was also examined whether there was a need to evaluate aspects of the authorization procedures of the\u00a0“Major accident risk”\u00a0 legislation (Legislative Decree 334\/99, as amended). It was also checked whether some protected areas were present near the industrial site. Some protected areas or other landscape features could trigger the need for other specialist assessments. There was the presence, in this case, of Sites of Community Importance and Special Protection Areas (“Habitat” Directive 92\/43\/CEE), which requires the activation of additional procedures of “Effects Assesment”, with relative sector studies for the assessment of impacts just on these habitats, protected at European Community level.<\/span><\/p>\n

Project design<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Result: possible evidence of <\/em><\/span>different quality of<\/em><\/strong><\/span> direct air emissions<\/strong> (deriving from fuel composition) and indirect air emissions (deriving from increased vehicular traffic). It might be necessary to evaluate aspects related to health risk, noise<\/strong> and influence on the <\/em><\/span>quality of soil and water<\/em><\/strong><\/span>, though probably less important than air emissions quality.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

From the analysis of \u00a0a “zero version” project<\/span>, and from information related to equipment and environmental emissions, discharges, noise generated from the site, and the potential impact on the quality of soil, there was evidence that there may be potential “points of contact” with the external environment. And the main sources of possible burden to environment<\/span> were identified.<\/p>\n

Environmental framework<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Result: defined the need to use models<\/strong> (simulating falls of pollutants from chimneys) and the need for specialized studies<\/strong>, as 4 Sites of Community Interest and Special Protection Areas are present within 10 km from the site.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

This phase, clearly important, has provided the evaluation of the environmental quality of the area<\/span> from all available data (monitoring and historical data):<\/p>\n