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Agency control system for projects related to Law no 93_01

Last update: 20/10/2004

One of the aims of Law no. 93/01 is to realize a network of collaboration between Environmental Agencies, that can operate over the whole national territory. 
An important element to reach a homogeneous control system is to “… adapt and qualify the network with laboratory equipment required to carry out environmental controls”. This need developed a series of projects financed by the same Law no. 93/01 and managed by Regional Agencies (ARPA) and Provincial Agencies (APPA) for environmental protection. Projects regard metrology applied to different environmental matrices and the development of national laboratories of reference. Particularly complicated analytical methods which require very high implementation, maintenance and training costs were also considered.
Projects managed by ARPA /APPA agencies with reference to Law no. 93/2001 developed in 2004-2005 are summarized below:

Title Topic Supervision
Development of an Information System on operational capacities of data formation activities ( Line 1)
Controls
ARPA Lombardia
Development of a Quality Management System (SGQ) in APAT/ARPA/APPA agencies ( Line 2)
Data Quality
ARPA Veneto
WATER
 
 
Biological parameters for the environmental quality of surface and marine/coastal waters( ProJECT 3aBIO)
Water quality
ARPA Marche
Basic parameters (macrodescriptive) provided by Legislative Decree no.152/99 as amended by Legislative Decree no. 258/00 for surface, marine/coastal and transition waters ( ProJECT 3aMIS)
Water quality
ARPA Umbria
AIR
 
 
Sampling and tests for the characterization of atmospheric emissions with reference to Presidential Decree no. 203/88 ( Project 3bEMIS)
Air emission
ARPA Liguria
Security programme for the quality of air assessment networks ( Project 3bGQ)
Air quality
ARPA Emilia- Romagna 
Substances on air quality as provided by Directive no. 96/62/EC and Directive no. 99/30/EC respectively, implemented by Legislative Decree no. 351/99 and Ministerial Decree no.60/02 ( Project 3bMIS)
Air quality
ARPA Liguria 
SOIL AND WASTE
 
 
Chemical and physical characterization of waste as required by the national and European regulations in force ( Progetto 3cRIF)
Waste
ARPA Friuli Venezia Giulia 
The ARPA agency system for the management of contaminated sites ( Progetto 3dSUO)
Contaminated soils
ARPA Lazio
Implementation/homogenization/adjustment of basic methods for the measurement of electromagnetic fields ( Project 3eCEM)
Physical agents 
ARPA Puglia
CONTROLS: LABORATORIES OF REFERENCE
 
 
Dioxin tests (PCDD,PCDF), PCB, IPA for all environmental and food origins
( Project 4a)
Data quality
ARPAT ARPA Basilicata
Starting the realization of the first national network nodes (laboratories of reference) for plant protection product residues in all environmental matrices ( Project 4b)
Data quality
ARPA Sicilia
Realization of the first national network nodes (laboratories of reference) for the assessment of asbestos in all environmental matrices( Project 4c)
Data quality
ARTA Abruzzo


Interrelations between the various projects are managed by a News Group (“Gruppo di interesse Progetti”) established in accordance with Law no.93/01. This Group is managed through the CIRCA web site of the Italian National Focal Point EIONET network, where details on the projects can be downloaded.  A specific section of the web site is dedicated to document transmission and to the exchange of remarks between the various parties. There is also a shared folder where all documents of joint projects are saved.
From a technical and managerial point of view, the APAT manages and coordinates projects defined by Law no. 93/2001 that involve ARPA/APPA agencies.
Some of these projects provide the establishment of a national laboratory network for the following tests:

  • dioxin; - PCDD (Polychlorodibenzodioxins) and PCDF (polychlorodibenzofurans)-; polychlorobiphenyls (PCB); polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in the environment and in food;
  • plant protection products
  • asbestos. 

At the same time, all projects have the aim of:

  • establishing the progress of ARPA agencies’ analytical capacity;
  • training ARPA personnel in target regions
  • defining guidelines for the preparation of a laboratory model.

For further information:
Progetti_Lg9301@apat.it