Environmental monitoring
Environmental Monitoring is one of the most important phases in the design process as is the accurate verification of environmental impacts of different phases of construction and operation of the work. There is a focus on areas of greatest sensitivity, identified for various environmental components interfered. This phase is a result of the implementation and approval of the Environmental Monitoring Project (EMP).
The EMP is drawn up by the proposer of the work during the design stage, with the aim of providing a framework of the overall status of the environment and of evaluating the effectiveness of any mitigation action.
The Environmental Monitoring Project is regulated in Italy by Law 163 / 2006 and is part of the documentation to be produced for final and as built design.
It is an integral part of the EIA process and therefore is included in the Environment Impact Study in accordance with Italian Law 27/12/1988 and 152/2006. It is defined as the tool to provide the real measure of the evolution of the environmental components during different stages of implementation of the project.
Concerning EIA procedures, the regulatory acts that manage the development of EMP are the Guidelines for the preparation of the Environmental Monitoring Project (PMA) of works subject to Environmental Impact Assessment. The document is drafted by the Ministry of Environment and Land and Sea Protection – Department for Environmental Assessments with the contribution of ISPRA. This document is the update of the existing “Guidelines for Environmental Monitoring Project” of Law 21.12.2001, # 443) – Rev. 2 of 23rd July 2007″.
