Post-normal Rationality in Assessment of Environmental Damage and Environmental Risk

There are environmental risks in the process of economic activity of enterprises that threaten the financial stability of enterprises and the rights of citizens to a favorable habitat. The introduction of environmental insurance will speed up and streamline the process of environmental recovery and create a mechanism for guaranteed elimination of environmental damage under these conditions. The article is based on the analysis of Russian and foreign experience of environmental risk management in the production of products and services. Environmental insurance is one of the most universal and widespread instruments in this field. The problems of legislative and methodological issues of the introduction of this kind of insurance in the Russian Federation are considered.

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An Environmental Risk Assessment of Filling Stations Using the Principles of Security Management. A Case Study in the Slovak Republic

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su132212452 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (22) ◽

pp. 12452

Author(s):

Katarína Mäkká ◽

Katarína Kampová ◽

Tomáš Loveček ◽

Katarína Petrlová

Keyword(s):

Risk Assessment ◽

Environmental Risk ◽

Environmental Risk Assessment ◽

Slovak Republic ◽

Strict Liability ◽

Environmental Damage ◽

Assessment Procedure ◽

The European Union ◽

Environmental Liability ◽

Risk Sources

The issue of environmental risk assessment currently deserves great attention. In order to protect the environment, maintain healthy living conditions, and prevent environmental damage, the member states of the European Union have adopted a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage. The directive classifies two types of operators with different liability regimes for environmental damage, namely, the regime with no-fault (strict) liability and liability for fault. With the adoption of the directive, among experts, operators and the general public have posed questions about how to assess the risk of environmental damage. At present, there is still no uniform procedure for assessing environmental risks, which would create a comprehensive methodological framework for assessment for this type of risk. Due to the non-existent risk assessment methodology for operators with strict liability regimes and the lack of a systematic search for risk sources, a risk assessment procedure is proposed that provides guidance in a sequence of several steps on how to implement the obligations arising from the adopted Environmental Liability Directive. The proposed procedure was verified on a specific operator with a strict liability regime. The environmental risk analysis performed through the proposed procedure provided information on possible operational problems and verified its applicability. Last but not least, the use of the proposed procedure makes it possible to identify serious sources of risk and to establish necessary preventive measures to prevent the occurrence of environmental damage.

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Application of Environmental Risk Analysis to Groundwater Protection

Water Science & Technology ◽

10.2166/wst.1988.0085 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

pp. 87-93 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

M. O. Ettala

Keyword(s):

Risk Analysis ◽

Environmental Risk ◽

Environmental Risks ◽

Economic Losses ◽

Environmental Damage ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Operational Risks ◽

Sources Of Pollution ◽

Groundwater Supply ◽

Environmental Risk Analysis

Industrial hazards can be divided into risks relating to property, persons, know-how and operations. The operational risks include risks to the environment, against which the industry in generally not insured. Environmental risk management is necessitated by the growth of legislation for environmental protection, by the economic losses involved in environmental damage and by the unfavourable image created by such damage for the industry. In 1985-1987, environmental risk analysis was applied at four factories and four refuse disposal systems in the fields of chemistry, forest industry and foodstuffs. The analysis covers organization of the different process stages, air pollution, waste disposal and problems connected with the surface and ground-water. Consideration of the groundwater risks must take into account the hydrogeological conditions, sources of pollution, use and monitoring of groundwater, and estimation of magnitude of damage. A wide variety of factors affecting the quality of the groundwater supply must also be included in the analysis. As in normal risk analysis, the study consists of identification and quantification of the risks and comparison of alternative measures. However, environmental risks were not found to be identifiable solely by fault tree of action error analysis, by hazard and operability study (HAZOP) or by management oversight and risk tree (MORT) analysis. As in other fields, specialists are needed for a site study of groundwater issues in the factories. Check lists were prepared for use when the personnel at different organization levels are interviewed. Serious environmental risks were found to be caused by deficiencies in the functioning of the organization, in information and allocation of responsibility. Permits, agreements, etc. had frequently been disregarded and many technical deficiencies had endangered the groundwater quality or supply.

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Information Acquisition and Disclosure of Environmental Risk

The B E Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy ◽

10.1515/bejeap-2017-0043 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Aditi Sengupta

Keyword(s):

Environmental Risk ◽

Information Acquisition ◽

Preventive Measures ◽

Scientific Evidence ◽

Environmental Hazards ◽

Environmental Damage ◽

Public Disclosure ◽

Probability Of Occurrence ◽

Production Processes

Abstract Firms often invest resources in acquiring scientific evidence to evaluate the actual (more accurate) risk (i.e., the probability of occurrence) of any potential environmental hazards that might result from their own production processes and use this information in taking optimal preventive measures. In a symmetric duopoly where the acquired information about environmental risk is observed privately by the firms, I show that requiring firms to publicly report this information increases the strategic incentive of firms to invest in information acquisition. However, the net expected environmental damage of an investing firm is lower if there is no public disclosure.

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Soil contamination in the area of magnesite mining in urban and agrarian land

IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science ◽

10.1088/1755-1315/900/1/012043 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 900 (1) ◽

pp. 012043

Author(s):

L Stofejova ◽

D Fazekasova ◽

J Fazekas

Keyword(s):

Soil Contamination ◽

Environmental Risk ◽

Potential Risk ◽

Slovak Republic ◽

Soil Sampling ◽

Laboratory Research ◽

Environmental Damage ◽

Risk Elements ◽

The World ◽

State Of The Environment

Abstract Contamination of soil with potential risk elements is one of the most pressing environmental problems in the world and causes serious environmental damage, but also threatens human health. This paper presents the results of research that was focused on analyzing soil contamination in the field of magnesite mining in urban and agrarian land nearby the former factory in Košice (Slovakia). Field and laboratory research were performed. Soil sampling was performed in 10 localities of the studied area. The content of risk elements (Cd, Hg, Pb, Cr, Zn, Cu, As, Ni, Mn, Mg) in soils was analyzed under laboratory conditions. The obtained data expressed as average concentrations of metals in sampled soils, as well as background values of the contents of monitored elements for the soils of the Slovak Republic, were used to assess soil pollution and identify the environmental risk. The acquired knowledge about the contamination of the soil with risk elements in the area around the former magnesite factory in Košice could help in the planning of remediation measures and improve the state of the environment in the studied area.

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Risk Management to Ensure Environmental Safety at Enterprises

10.15688/nsr.jvolsu.2018.3.6 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 51-58

Author(s):

Anna Matveeva

Keyword(s):

Risk Management ◽

Environmental Factors ◽

Environmental Risk ◽

Environmental Safety ◽

Environmental Risks ◽

Economic Conditions ◽

Environmental Damage ◽

Environmental Risk Management ◽

Industrial Enterprises

The article raises the issue of environmental risk management for the formation of measures to ensure environmental safety in industrial enterprises. A classification of environmental risks is given depending on the nature and type of environmental impact. The paper describes the methods of environmental risk management. On the basis of which it is possible to build a further strategy of the enterprise to reduce or prevent the occurrence of risks depending on risk-forming factors of the environment. The concept of environmental risk management in an enterprise should be developed taking into account the economic conditions inherent in a particular enterprise, depending on the climatic and economic conditions of the region. Each industrial enterprise is unique in its field of activity, production volumes and a set of external and internal environmental factors. Therefore, environmental risk management can be classified as a targeted action aimed at choosing the optimal strategy for the enterprise to minimize environmental damage. The paper is proposed an algorithm for managing environmental risk for enterprises.

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Environmental Risk Assessment of a Diesel Fuel Tank: A Case Study

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13126537 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (12) ◽

pp. 6537

Author(s):

Alena Oulehlova ◽

Irena Tušer ◽

David Rehak

Keyword(s):

Environmental Risk ◽

Diesel Fuel ◽

Operating Conditions ◽

Fuel Tank ◽

Environmental Damage ◽

Mining Company ◽

Accident Severity ◽

Environmental Component ◽

Fuel Leakage

The article deals with the application of the environmental damage assessment procedure and H&V index II method to the diesel fuel tank storage facility in a sand mining company using a case study. The procedures enabled the researchers to semi-quantitatively assess the operated diesel fuel tank’s impact on the selected environmental components and the possible damage risk by the leakage of stored fuel. It was discovered, by assessing the operating conditions, the state of the environment at the mining facility, and the risk of a diesel fuel leakage accident, that it is not necessary for the company to implement further steps in the field of environmental damage minimization. The H&V index II method examined both the impacts of diesel fuel leakage on soil, biotic component, groundwater, surface water, and the impact of flammable substances on the biotic environmental component in six steps. Slight or significant impacts were identified depending on the environmental component during the determination of the accident severity. The accident severity, together with the estimated probability, was plotted in the risk matrix which resulted in acceptable risks for all affected environmental components. The results of both approaches showed that the diesel fuel leakage in the mining company represents an acceptable environmental risk in relation to the countermeasures implemented so far.

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