Improving permitting, inspection and enforcement

Regional Environmental Protection Agency’s (REPA) etablished on

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Introduction

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•Pieter-Jan van Zanten•Content• History• ‘Wahr’, ‘Ist’ and ‘Soll’• National coöperation• International coöperation• First achievements• Questions and discussion

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What happened?????

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Professional P, I, and E needs:

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• Organization (less, more powerfull, etc) • Capacity• Skilled staff• Back-up from politics and senior-staff• Dedication• Solid funding• ....

And Cooperation in- and between agency’s, police, etc

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About cooperation:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aofjMGfZ53M

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‘Wahr’ situation

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Seveso-directive Environmental+ Law

‘Ist’ situation

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‘Soll’ situation

• Established, professional and well known institutes • Obvious partner in permitting, inspection and enforcement• Good cooperation with Public Prossecutor, Police and other inspectorates• Meeting (inter)national quality standards• Efficient with scarce resources• Merging of Seveso- and Environmenmental+ REPA? (less REPA’s?)• ......• ......

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Development of:

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• Quality standards for organization, staff and processes;• (permanent) education• Defining service levels in- and externaly• ICT-infrastructure

But most of all:

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REPA in national perspective

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• Planning on bases:• risk-orientation• case-type (i.e. accountmanagement, permitting, inspection, etc)• products- and services (industry, agri, construction, etc)

• Cooperation on inspection and enforcement with Public Prossecutor, Police and other inspection agency’s;• Chain-approach on toxic waste, soil, asbestos, etc

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REPA in international perspective

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Operating in context:•7th EAP• Seveso III• Minimum criteria for environmental inspections• Developping IPPC directive• Developping IED, BAT-reference documents

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International cooperation

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• Cooperation on inspection and enforcement with Public Prossecutor, Police and other inspection agency’s;• Chain-approach on toxic waste, soil, asbestos, etc

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Enforcement priorities and projects:

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• Polluted soil• Asbestos• Air scrubbers at mega farms

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Questions?

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Thank You for Your attention!

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