The Right Value for the Environment
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ARPAV. THE RIGHT VALUE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT Environmental Prevention and Protection Agency of the Veneto Region | www.arpa.veneto.it ARPAV How ARPAV operates More than fifteen years have gone by since the referendum that intro- Organisation duced a dedicated management system for environmental prevention Central structure and protection in the Veneto region: ARPAV - the Regional Agency for Offices Environmental Prevention and Protection. Prevention is fostered through ongoing research, training, information, and environmental education, Regional and Provincial while Protection is guaranteed through environmental control and moni- Divisions toring activities aimed at ensuring both the safety of the territory and Functions the health of those who live in it. Over the last decade, the development Organisation of environmental legislation has led to profound changes in both the Observatories Tools and facilities scope and substance of ARPAV’s functions and responsibilities: important new tasks have been assigned to the Agency, which has consolidated its Task distinctive role as an Entity fundamental to governing sustainable eco- Monitoring the environment nomic and territorial development in the Veneto. This is the new context · Air in which ARPAV is called upon to operate, becoming an increasingly im- · Water portant technical and scientific partner equipped to engage in dialogue · Waste with the various tiers of government - first and foremost the Veneto Re- · Soil gion, but also the Provinces and Municipalities - in order to represent and · Physical Agents manage policies aimed at safeguarding the environment. This brochure, · Industrial Risk · Major Works which is part of a broader communication project aimed at the various · IPPC sectors of our public, is designed to illustrate ARPAV’s mission, the ser- · Nature and Biodiversity vices it offers and the activities it carries out. It is important to realise that, · Energy in a constantly evolving scenario, what is fundamental is to effectively Prevention and research for transmit our distinctive skills, which are invariably aimed at ensuring sus- sustainable development tainable development in the Veneto and safeguarding the health of those · Environment and Health who live here. We feel sure that the “culture of communication” we hope · Sustainability Education to convey in this way - and indeed others - will be welcomed as a concrete · School of Specialization for Environment sign of our commitment to protecting and promoting the environment. · Information and Communication · Environmental Management Systems This is our mission, one that is acutely aware of the value of the historical · Environmental Assessment roots of our region and the sense of regional identification that is such a · Cooperation vital part of our heritage. In the Veneto, enterprising spirit, skill, hard work Territorial Protection and a constant drive for innovation have always gone hand in hand with Services respect for the environment. · Weather · Regional Centre of Civil Protection and Territorial Safety “Nature is an infinite sphere of which the centre is everywhere and the circumference nowhere.” Blaise Pascal Our reputation Addresses 3 ARPAV. 4 General Management Administrative Management Technical Management Registered Office: via Matteotti 27, 35137 Padua Registered Office: via Matteotti 27, 35137 Padua Registered Office: via Matteotti 27, 35137 Padua E-mail E-mail E-mail [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Telephone and Fax Telephone and Fax Telephone and Fax +39 049 8239341 +39 049 660966 +39 049 8239302 +39 049 8239362 +39 049 8767610 / 633 / 645 +39 049 8767670 Office Office Office via Matteotti 27, 35137 Padua via Matteotti 27, 35137 Padua Piazzale Stazione 1, 35131 Padua HOW ARPAV OPERATES Set up by the Vene- programmes approved by the relevant Regional Specialization for Environment. The Administrative to Region with Law no. 32 in 1996, ARPAV’s mission Committee set up as part of Regional Law no. 32 Management takes care of all the administrative is to ensure environmental protection and preven- of 1996. The specific technical and scientific skills activities related to human resources, accounting, tion in the Veneto. To do so, the Agency operates of the large number of professional figures who financial statements and management control, on two complementary fronts, divided into man- work for the Agency guarantee a multi-disciplinary as well as purchases and asset management. The datory and non-mandatory institutional areas. On approach to environmental issues and problems Technical Management is in charge of the promo- the mandatory institutional front, ARPAV supports and therefore to the fulfilment of the tasks it is en- and coordinates environmental policy provided trusted with. ARPAV has both a central and a de- tion, planning and implementation of services re- for by specific relevant legislation promoted by volved structure. The central control structure is garding the technical and scientific activities the the Veneto Region and the Provinces and, on their embodied by the General Management, assisted Agency is entrusted with, as well as coordinating behalf, carries out the required control and moni- by the Administrative Management and the Tech- research, information, education and environmen- toring services, also in collaboration with other nical and Scientific Management. The organisation tal communication activities. It is directly responsi- entities and institutions. On the non-mandatory in- of the Agency is also devolved both to the seven ble for coordinating activities related to the waters, stitutional front, the Agency acts as a scientific and Provincial Divisions, one located in each province environmental impact assessment and studies and technical partner of Local Bodies in the Veneto and of the Veneto, and to the two supra-territorial Re- actions regarding the effects on human health the players that form part of the region’s economic gional Divisions. when pressure is placed on the environment. fabric. In this area, ARPAV organises and takes part in programme agreements and draws up con- CENTRAL STRUCTURE The General Manage- ventions and contracts, thus helping to monitor ment’s main task is to guide and coordinate the OFFICES A pivotal role in ARPAV’s activities is specific environmental activities promoted and Technical and Administrative Areas and the Provin- played by the network of offices the Agency has implemented throughout the region. It also carries cial and Regional Divisions. It oversees and keeps throughout the Veneto. The city of Padua plays out research and study activities, produces publi- tabs on the progress made in achieving targets, host to the organisational structure of the General cations and organises information and training en- and weighs up resources acquired, costs and serv- Management, which occupies the various offices counters, all aimed at encouraging and supporting ices offered in order to ensure the organisation of of the Administrative and Technical Managements. sustainable growth in the area. the Agency functions effectively and efficiently in Each provincial capital has offices representing the the pursuit of its aims. The General Management is respective Provincial Divisions, which also house ORGANISATION The Agency is an instrumen- responsible for the organisation of the quality sys- tal body of the Veneto Region, which operates tem, the activities pertaining to the development the Laboratories of the specific Regional Division. independently from an administrative, organi- and management of information systems, press Also in the province of Padua, in the splendid set- sational, technical and accounting point of view, relations, front office activities, risk prevention and ting of the Euganean Hills, are the offices of the Re- in compliance with three-year plans and yearly protection and the coordination of the School of gional Meteorological Centre. 5 THE REGIONAL AND ProvinCIAL DIVISIONS. THE RIGHT VALUE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT REGIONAL DIVISION FOR TERRITORIAL SAFETY REGIONAL LABORATORIES DIVISION Meteorological Centre Administration Provincial Laboratory of Treviso Avalanche Centre Provincial Laboratory of Belluno Provincial Laboratory of Venice Regional Hydrological Service Provincial Laboratory of Padua Provincial Laboratory of Verona Hydrographic and Regional Civil Protection Centre Provincial Laboratory of Rovigo Provincial Laboratory of Vicenza PROVINCIAL DIVISION OF PADUA PROVINCIAL DIVISION OF BELLUNO PROVINCIAL DIVISION OF ROVIGO Environmental Systems Service Environmental Systems Service Environmental Systems Service Territorial Service Territorial Service Territorial Service Air Observatory Service PROVINCIAL DIVISION OF TREVISO SME Environmental Monitoring PROVINCIAL DIVISION OF VENICE Environmental Systems Service Environmental Systems Service Territorial Service Territorial Service Soil Service Industrial Risk and Decontamination Service Waste and Composting Service PROVINCIAL DIVISION OF VERONA PROVINCIAL DIVISION OF VICENZA Environmental Systems Service Environmental Systems Service Territorial Service Territorial Service Physical Agents Observatory Chemical /Tanning Industries Service - Olfactometry 6 REGIONAL DIVISION FOR TERRITORIAL SAFETY via del Candel 65, 32100 Belluno Tel. +39 0437 098211, Fax +39 0437 098200 - [email protected] REGIONAL LABORATORIES DIVISION via Rezzonico 37, 35131 Padua Tel. +39 045 8016905, Fax +39 045 8016600 - [email protected] PROVINCIAL DIVISION OF BELLUNO