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La Prcocedura Di Valutazione D'impatto Ambientale STUDIO DI INSERIMENTO DI IMPATTO AMBIENTALE’ VILLA LE TORTORE Località Campo Inglese - PONZA REGIONE LAZIO DIPARTIMENTO ISTITUZIONALE Direzione Regionale Demanio, Patrimonio e Provveditorato STUDIO DI INSERIMENTO DI IMPATTO AMBIENTALE per la VALORIZZAZIONE DEL COMPLESSO IMMOBILIARE DENOMINATO VILLA LE TORTORE nel Comune di Ponza (LT) Località Campo Inglese 1 STUDIO DI INSERIMENTO DI IMPATTO AMBIENTALE’ VILLA LE TORTORE Località Campo Inglese - PONZA REGIONE LAZIO STUDIO DI INSERIMENTO DI IMPATTO AMBIENTALE PER LA VALORIZZAZIONE DEL COMPLESSO IMMOBILIARE DENOMINATO VILLA LE TORTORE NEL COMUNE DI PONZA – Località Campo Inglese (Convenzione 21 Aprile 2008) PROPONENTE Regione Lazio Dip. Istituzionale Direzione Regionale Demanio, Patrimonio e Provveditorato COORDINAMENTO DEGLI ASPETTI PAESAGGISTICO-AMBIENTALI E URBANISTICI Arch. Rodolfo Violo PROGETTAZIONE Pietro Renzi Architetti Associati COLLABORATORI Arch. Rosanna Capone Arch. Emanuela Chiodetti Arch. M. Sanità Turzo Roma, maggio 2009 2 STUDIO DI INSERIMENTO DI IMPATTO AMBIENTALE’ VILLA LE TORTORE Località Campo Inglese - PONZA INDICE 3 STUDIO DI INSERIMENTO DI IMPATTO AMBIENTALE’ VILLA LE TORTORE Località Campo Inglese - PONZA REGIONE LAZIO.......................................................................................................................................................................2 SCHEDA INFORMATIVA SINTETICA DESCRITTIVA DEL PROGETTO PER IL QUALE SI REDIGE LO STUDIO DI FATTIBILITA’ 4 SCHEDA DEL TERRITORIO - LE ISOLE PONTINE.....................................................................................................5 SOGGETTO PROPONENTE.................................................................................................................................................7 INTRODUZIONE....................................................................................................................................................................8 GLI OBIETTIVI......................................................................................................................................................................9 ASPETTI CHE CONCORRONO ALLO STUDIO DI INSERIMENTO AMBIENTALE...........................................10 QUADRO DI RIFERIMENTO PROGRAMMATICO......................................................................................................10 VINCOLI TERRITORIALI_______________________________________________________________________11 Individuazione dei beni e dei vincoli presenti nel territorio_______________________________________________11 Norme PTP____________________________________________________________________________________12 Descrizione delle previsioni del Piano Regolatore Generale______________________________________________14 QUADRO DI RIFERIMENTO PROGETTUALE.............................................................................................................15 Dimensionamento degli interventi__________________________________________________________________15 Schema degli interventi di progetto__________________________________________________________________16 DESCRIZIONE DELL’AMBITO DI INTERVENTO___________________________________________________19 GEOLOGIA___________________________________________________________________________________19 CARATTERISTICHE DEL TERRITORIO INTERESSATO_____________________________________________21 ANALISI DELLE COMPONENTI AMBIENTALI____________________________________________________21 ATMOSFERA__________________________________________________________________________________21 L’inquinamento atmosferico_______________________________________________________________________22 Valutazione e gestione della qualità dell’aria ambiente__________________________________________________22 Le competenze dello stato e degli Enti territoriali_______________________________________________________23 in materia di inquinamento atmosferico______________________________________________________________23 Metodologia____________________________________________________________________________________23 Sostanze inquinanti______________________________________________________________________________24 Inquinanti organici_______________________________________________________________________________24 Inquinamenti inorganici___________________________________________________________________________25 Caratterizzazione meteoclimatica dell'area di intervento_________________________________________________27 Rischi di inquinamento atmosferico_________________________________________________________________27 Tab.03.1 Atmosfera______________________________________________________________________________28 AMBIENTE IDRICO____________________________________________________________________________29 Rischi inerenti la natura idrologica del terreno_________________________________________________________29 Rischi d’inquinamento delle falde idriche_____________________________________________________________29 Tab. Acque superficiali___________________________________________________________________________29 Tab Acque sotteranee____________________________________________________________________________30 SUOLO E SOTTOSUOLO________________________________________________________________________31 Inquadramento geomorfologico e geolitologico________________________________________________________31 Geologia______________________________________________________________________________________31 Geofisica______________________________________________________________________________________31 Oceanografica__________________________________________________________________________________32 Rischi di dissesto legati ai movimenti di terra__________________________________________________________32 Tab Suolo e Sottosuolo___________________________________________________________________________33 LA VEGETAZIONE_____________________________________________________________________________34 Tab. Flora_____________________________________________________________________________________35 La fauna_______________________________________________________________________________________36 Rischi di alterazione degli aspetti morfologici, faunistici e vegetazionali____________________________________36 Tab. Fauna_____________________________________________________________________________________37 ECOSISTEMI__________________________________________________________________________________38 Ecosistemi_____________________________________________________________________________________39 SALUTE PUBBLICA____________________________________________________________________________40 RUMORE E VIBRAZIONI_______________________________________________________________________41 Influenza del rumore sull’udito e sulla psiche__________________________________________________________41 Caratterizzazione delle sorgenti di rumore da traffico veicolare____________________________________________42 4 STUDIO DI INSERIMENTO DI IMPATTO AMBIENTALE’ VILLA LE TORTORE Località Campo Inglese - PONZA Rischi d’inquinamento acustico____________________________________________________________________43 Rumore e Vibrazioni_____________________________________________________________________________44 RADIAZIONI IONIZZANTI E NON IONIZZANTI____________________________________________________45 Rischi elettromagnetici___________________________________________________________________________45 IL PAESAGGIO________________________________________________________________________________46 Visuali________________________________________________________________________________________47 Visibilità dal mare_______________________________________________________________________________48 Visibilità dai principali assi viari____________________________________________________________________48 Rischi d’interferenza con i beni storico monumentali____________________________________________________48 Rischi di alterazione delle visuali panoramiche________________________________________________________48 Il Paesaggio____________________________________________________________________________________49 Visuali________________________________________________________________________________________50 ASPETTI SOCIO ECONOMICI___________________________________________________________________51 Aspetti socio economici__________________________________________________________________________52 CONCLUSIONI________________________________________________________________________________53 04. VALUTAZIONE FINALE D’IMPATTO.....................................................................................................................53 Rischi d’inquinamento atmosferico__________________________________________________________________54 Rischi d’inquinamento delle falde idriche_____________________________________________________________54 Rischi per smaltimento rifiuti urbani e tossico nocivi____________________________________________________54 Rischi di dissesto legati ai movimenti di terra__________________________________________________________55 Rischi di alterazione degli aspetti morfologici, faunistici e vegetazionali____________________________________55 Rischi d’inquinamento acustico____________________________________________________________________55 Rischi elettromagnetici___________________________________________________________________________56 Rischi d’interferenza con i beni storico monumentali____________________________________________________56
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