040-0353/01 – Environmental Protection and Safety (EPS)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Occupational and Process SafetyCredits5
Subject guarantorIng. Kateřina Sikorová, Ph.D.Subject version guarantorIng. Kateřina Sikorová, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementCompulsory
Year1Semestersummer
Study languageEnglish
Year of introduction2018/2019Year of cancellation
Intended for the facultiesFBIIntended for study typesFollow-up Master
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
MAR33 Ing. Kateřina Sikorová, Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Credit and Examination 2+2

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

The aim of this course is to clearly and comprehensively inform students about the meaning, definition and components of environment and their protection from the safety point of view.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Tutorials

Summary

The course focuses on the explanation of the basic concepts for studying the negative impacts to the environment (accident, pollution), legislation in the area of environmental protection (SEA, EIA, IPPC, and others), environmental management (ISO 14 000) and methods for the environmental impact assessment caused by accidents.

Compulsory literature:

EC, 2012. Council Directive 2012/18/EU of 4 July 2012 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous sub-stances. Official Journal of the European Communities (SEVESO Directive III). Vince, I., 2007. Major Accidents to the Environment. Butterworth-Heinemann, 320 p. ISBN 9780750683890.

Recommended literature:

Scott, A., 1998. Environment – Accident Index: Validation of Model. Journal of Hazardous Materials 61, pp. 305–312. ISSN 0304-3894. Sikorova, K., Bernatik, A., Lunghi, E., Fabiano, B., 2017. Lessons learned from environmental risk assessment within the framework of Seveso Directive in Czech Republic and Italy. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, pp. 47-60. DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2017.01.017.

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. Introduction to environmental protection and negative impacts to the environment in terms of safety. 2. Water protection and pollution. 3. Air protection and pollution. 4. Soil and Nature protection and pollution. 5. Waste protection and pollution. 6. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA, SEA). 7. Integrated Prevention and Pollution Control (IPPC). 8. Environmental management system (EMS). 9. Safety Management System according to SEVESO Directive. 10. Environmental Impact Assessment caused by major accidents. 11. Methodology - H&V index and Environment Accident Index. Case study. 12. Firefighting waters and their ecotoxicity. 13. Ecoterrorism. 14. Excursion – Waste water treatment, Hazardous waste incinerator.

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2019/2020 Summer semester, validity until: 2022/2023 Summer semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Credit and Examination Credit and Examination 100 (100) 51
        Credit Credit 30  10
        Examination Examination 70  21 3
Mandatory attendence participation: Excused absence in the exercises - 2 hours. Environmental accident presentation. Preperation of a semester project on a given topic. Exam - written and oral part.

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Conditions for subject completion and attendance at the exercises within ISP: Environmental accident presentation. Preperation of a semester project on a given topic. Exam - written and oral part.

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Occurrence in study plans

Academic yearProgrammeBranch/spec.Spec.ZaměřeníFormStudy language Tut. centreYearWSType of duty
2024/2025 (N1022A020001) HSE Professional P English Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2023/2024 (N1022A020001) HSE Professional P English Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2022/2023 (N1022A020001) HSE Professional P English Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2021/2022 (N1022A020001) HSE Professional P English Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2020/2021 (N1022A020001) HSE Professional P English Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2019/2020 (N1022A020001) HSE Professional P English Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan

Occurrence in special blocks

Block nameAcademic yearForm of studyStudy language YearWSType of blockBlock owner

Assessment of instruction



2021/2022 Summer