040-0051/02 – Environmental Impact Assessment (PVŽP)
| Gurantor department | Department of Occupational and Process Safety | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Dr. Ing. Aleš Bernatík | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Jana Neplechová, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2005/2006 | Year of cancellation | 2013/2014 |
| Intended for the faculties | FBI | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The aim of this subject is evaluation of major accidents affecting the environment and synthesis of risk analysis methods.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Summary
The course covers the explanation of basic terms for the needs of studying the
environmental impacts of accidents (the environment, ecology, etc.),
legislation in the area of environmental protection (EIA, IPPC, and others),
environmental management (ISO 14 000, EMAS) and methods of the assessment of environmental impacts of accidents.
Compulsory literature:
Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee : Environmental Technologies Industry and Global Markets, Interagency Environmental Technologies, Californian University, 2008, 115 p.
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment: Industry, technology, and the environment: competitive challenges and business opportunities: summary , Congress of the U.S., Office of Technology Assessment, 1993, University of Minnesota, 38 p.
Environmental and safety impacts of nanotechnology: what research is needed? : hearing before the Committee on Science, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, November 17, 2005
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
No others requirements
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Environment and environmental protection, explanation of basic terms,
environment, creation and protection of environment, ecology and environmental factors.
2. Global environmental issues (global warming, ozone layer disruption,
Melting glaciers, smog, ...).
3. Partial abiotic components of environment fate of pollutants
in the Environment.
4. Emergencies and accidents within the context of the SEVESO Directive,
Historical examples major accidents the impacts on the environment.
5. The classification of dangerous substances, safety data sheet requirements, resources
information on hazardous substances.
6. Legislation in the field of the environmental protection - Environment
general, air protection, water protection, waste management.
7. Environmental impact assessment- (EIA), explaining the principles of procedure,
documentation content.
8. Integrated prevention – IPPC, explanation of the principles of procedure, the application model of integrated permit.
9. Management systems in industries, Environmental management system
- ISO 14000, EMAS and other systems.
10. Introduction to the prevention of major accidents, explaining the terms hazards and risk, Risk analysis, perception of risk.´
11. Methods of environmental impact assessment of environmental, overview of available
Methods of impact assessment of environmental accidents.
12. The methodology assessment of environmental risks, analysis of European Union methods for long-term releases to the environment, case study of methods.
13. Introduction of new methods for environmental impact assessment of major accidents; the method of H & V (hazards and vulnerability) methodology; methodology ENVITech03, Program Proteus II.
14. Reserve
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction