REDIA Analysis of the environmental inspections in different Autonomous Communities of Spain Jesús Angel Ocio REDIA Committee member Córdoba, 15th April 2010

1.Gamma Project: background 2.Objectives 3.Collection of the information. 4.Analysis of results 5.Conclusions OUTLINE

BACKGROUND  Constitution of REDIA in 2009: Ministry and regions  Need for an initial picture of environmental inspection in Spain

OBJECTIVES To know inspection planning and execution in the regions Identification good practices Opportunities for REDIA projects To build environmental inspection capacity.

COLLECTION OF INFORMATION Questionnaire filled by 11 regions (10 validated) Covers about  25 million people  2800 IPPC sites  200 inspectors IPPC activities % of total number 1. Combustion2% 2. Metals8% 3. Mineral industry5% 4. Chemical industry10% 5. Waste8% 6.1. Paper2% 6.2. Textile1% 6.3. Tanneries0% 6.4. Slaughterhouses4% 6.5. Animal sub products1% 6.6. Agro industry/farms58% 6.7. Organic solvents1%

COLLECTION OF INFORMATION 1. Planning 4. Performance monitoring 1b. Setting priorities 1c. Defining objectives and strategies 1d. Planning and review 1a. Describing the context 3. Execution and Reporting 2. Execution Framework

PLANNING Describing the context-Inspection strategy Region N inspectors N IPPC sites N sites /inspector * * Includes mainly inspectors for no IPPC

PLANNING Describing the context-Inspection strategy Inspection (Administration) Control (Accredited bodies) Inspection-control SELF-MONITORING

PLANNING Setting priorities Risk assessments are used in at least 40% regions validated Region of Madrid: Non routine inspections Group of operators with env. permits Industrial sectors with no env. Information: risk assessment Location Complexity-size: n workers, budget, n of different activities Applicable legislation: n of norms to comply with Concrete level: example of Navarra and Basque Country

PLANNING Objectives and targets Most of the regions Objectives based on activity indicators as number of inspections or increase in compliance Some regions Objectives on a risk based approach Moving from RISK BASED APPROACH RESULTS (OUTCOMES) BASED MANAGEMENT

RESULTS BASED MANAGEMENT INPUTS Resources OUTPUTS Activities INTERMEDIATE OUTPUTS Change in behaviour ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMES Environmental impact Resources IU: human, technical Analysis Audits and inspections Analytical determinations Warnings, fines, … Increase in compliances Improvement in management Risk reduction Improvement in env. quality Decrease contaminant loads. Indicators

PLANNING Example: VOCs control in low Cadagua Valley Bilbao metropolitan area Air quality monitoring sites Chromatograph ~ 62 VOCs BTEX BILBAO

PLANNING Example: VOCs control in low Cadagua Valley Bilbao area IPPC Sites Bilbao area IPPC sites MondThursFridaySaturdSundayTuesWed

PLANNING Example: VOCs control in low Cadagua Valley Bilbao area IPPC Sites Bilbao area IPPC sites

PLANNING Example: VOCs control in low Cadagua Valley Present situation: Compliance with the benzene limit value in ambient air Occasional peaks of VOCs (benzene) Objective Control the peaks of VOCs in ambient air Actions Specific VOCs monitoring campaigns in ambient air Source-receptor techniques to assign the sources and their contribution Enforcement of the IPPC permit orientated to the main sources

PLANNING Inspection plans and reviews Present situation: Most of the regions have inspection plans Variable degree of detail and period of time Different criteria for the approval and communication of the plans “Doing the right things” good reference Good practice Inspection plan of the Autonomous Community of Madrid Opportunities Common basis for the regional inspection plans: inspection indicators and information to report to the Commission.

INSPECTION Execution framework Inspection handbook Objective: To control bias For each point to check What the inspector should check Criteria to decide when in compliance Criteria to classify the severity of non-compliance Inspectors qualification (Cataluña: Accreditation Unit) Accreditation criteria for environmental control bodies Qualification of the control staff by the accreditation unit Training conditions Experience in environmental control Audit of a real control by Accreditation unit

INSPECTION Execution and reporting Information management system (Madrid) ENV. DEPARTMENT SITE ADSL MOBILE RESOURCES

Head of unit Inspection plan Inspector Environmental information system Inspection IT Local Inspection IT Report export Plan download Report import Report export Report import Plan import Inspection Report export Store signed report Enclose signed report image to database Inspection execution

INSPECTION Execution and reporting Electronic report on-site (Madrid- Basque Country) Introducing permit in IT On-site report Office report Action proposal Describe only facts or evidence List and classification of potential non- compliances Proposal to the Director and legal department of actions

INSPECTION Performance monitoring RISK ASSESSSMENT Budget Resources Analyses Compliance assessment Follow-up Risk band I Risk band II ACTIVITIES N inspections Analyses Warnings Fines RESULTS Environ. improvement Investment Risk reduction INPUTS Efficiency Efficacy Inspection Prioritisation

CONCLUSIONS REDIA has already proved to be useful for some regions Several good practices have been identified. The electronic reports and information management systems can be out marked Ideas for new projects  Minimum criteria for planning and reporting (e.g. indicators)  Inspection handbook Professional recognition of inspection by society: Ensuring technical competence of inspectors Communication strategy to public (Aarhus convention) Development of the legal basis for inspection work

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