The Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security has published the directorial decree with which the adopts the guidelines for the management of odorous emissions from industrial plants and activities.
The guidelines provide an important reference framework to be used in the investigative and decision-making procedures of the competent authorities regarding environmental authorizations and for the future development of regional and state legislation.
In this regard, the guidelines concern the criteria and methods of application of article 272-bis of Legislative Decree 152/2006, a rule which governs, on a general level, odorous emissions produced by plants and activities.
The "addresses" apply directly to the establishments covered by the fifth part of Legislative Decree 152/2006 (subject to single environmental authorization - AUA, emissions authorization or derogating authorization regimes) and indirectly , as a protection criterion to be used in the authorization investigation, to installations subject to integrated environmental authorization - AIA.
The "Guidelines" also apply in cases in which the emissions authorization is absorbed in the AUA or in other single authorizations (such as those relating to waste or renewable sources) and in cases in which the emissions authorization (or the AUA in which this has been absorbed) is issued for plants in which the simplified authorization procedures for waste are activated.
Without prejudice to the power of the regions to identify further activities , the guidelines provide an initial "reference" list of plants and activities with a potential odor impact which must take odor emissions into consideration in the authorization applications and identify a series of preliminary procedures applicable to different situations, especially depending on the presence of plants and activities on the "reference" list or in further general categories identified by the regional authorities.
In particular, for the phases of the authorization process in which it is more feasible/effective to intervene on odorous emissions, it is envisaged that the operator's fulfillment could be modulated, at the choice of the regional authorities, with an extended procedure or a simplified investigation procedure.
Lastly, there is a specific regulation for plants for which crisis situations emerge during operation (resulting from reports, site inspections, etc.). In such cases, a special preliminary investigation procedure is envisaged, in which local and territorial authorities and the authorities and technical agencies competent in environmental and health matters also participate, called upon to evaluate the need to activate the review or update of the authorization and subsequently on the timing of the consequent adaptation by the operator.
The regional autonomy remains firm in implementing the guidelines with the most appropriate forms and tools in order to ensure the due level of protection.
The 5 attachments to the addresses contain the technical rules for carrying out the activities of preparing the authorization application, for carrying out the preliminary investigations and for the control activities. (Source: https://www.mase.gov.it/ )
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ANNEX 4
ANNEX 5
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The guidelines provide an important reference framework to be used in the investigative and decision-making procedures of the competent authorities regarding environmental authorizations and for the future development of regional and state legislation.
In this regard, the guidelines concern the criteria and methods of application of article 272-bis of Legislative Decree 152/2006, a rule which governs, on a general level, odorous emissions produced by plants and activities.
The "addresses" apply directly to the establishments covered by the fifth part of Legislative Decree 152/2006 (subject to single environmental authorization - AUA, emissions authorization or derogating authorization regimes) and indirectly , as a protection criterion to be used in the authorization investigation, to installations subject to integrated environmental authorization - AIA.
The "Guidelines" also apply in cases in which the emissions authorization is absorbed in the AUA or in other single authorizations (such as those relating to waste or renewable sources) and in cases in which the emissions authorization (or the AUA in which this has been absorbed) is issued for plants in which the simplified authorization procedures for waste are activated.
Without prejudice to the power of the regions to identify further activities , the guidelines provide an initial "reference" list of plants and activities with a potential odor impact which must take odor emissions into consideration in the authorization applications and identify a series of preliminary procedures applicable to different situations, especially depending on the presence of plants and activities on the "reference" list or in further general categories identified by the regional authorities.
In particular, for the phases of the authorization process in which it is more feasible/effective to intervene on odorous emissions, it is envisaged that the operator's fulfillment could be modulated, at the choice of the regional authorities, with an extended procedure or a simplified investigation procedure.
Lastly, there is a specific regulation for plants for which crisis situations emerge during operation (resulting from reports, site inspections, etc.). In such cases, a special preliminary investigation procedure is envisaged, in which local and territorial authorities and the authorities and technical agencies competent in environmental and health matters also participate, called upon to evaluate the need to activate the review or update of the authorization and subsequently on the timing of the consequent adaptation by the operator.
The regional autonomy remains firm in implementing the guidelines with the most appropriate forms and tools in order to ensure the due level of protection.
The 5 attachments to the addresses contain the technical rules for carrying out the activities of preparing the authorization application, for carrying out the preliminary investigations and for the control activities. (Source: https://www.mase.gov.it/ )
DECREE
ATTACHMENT 1
ANNEX 2
ANNEX 3
ANNEX 4
ANNEX 5
ADDRESS LINES