Development of an easy and flexible risk assessment tool as a part of the planning of environmental inspections linked to European environmental law and the RMCEI (easyTools)

This is a report of “easyTools”. The main objective of this project, executed in 2010 and 2011, was to develop an easy and flexible risk assessment tool as part of the planning of environmental inspections linked to European environmental law (IED and SEVESO) and the RMCEI. The annexes offer supplementary materials like the project's terms of reference for both years, progress reports, and a workshop report. Importantly, Annex 3 provides a detailed report on the questionnaire responses from various IMPEL member countries regarding their current risk assessment practices. This report highlights the diverse criteria and methods employed across Europe, illustrating the need for a more standardized approach.

Under navnet ‘easyTools’ har et projektteam under ledelse af Tyskland indsamlet oplysninger om de risikovurderinger, der anvendes i hele Europa. På baggrund af disse oplysninger blev der udviklet og testet en ny regelbaseret metode, kaldet Integrated Risk Assessment Method (IRAM). The easyTools "Risk Assessment Guidance Book" introducerer Integrated Risk Assessment Method (IRAM), en regelbaseret metode til miljørisikovurdering og inspektionsplanlægning. IRAM hjælper med at prioritere inspektionsaktiviteter baseret på risiko og afbalancerer påvirkning og operatørens præstation2. Den bruger både påvirkningskriterier (miljøeffekt) og kriterier for operatørens ydeevne (sandsynlighed for effekt) kombineret med vægtningsfaktorer til at bestemme risikokategorier og inspektionsfrekvenser. IRAM-værktøjet, der er tilgængeligt på IMPEL's hjemmeside, understøtter denne metode og giver fleksibilitet til forskellige inspektioner, herunder dem, der er relateret til direktivet om industrielle emissioner (IED) og Seveso III-direktivet. 

For several years IMPEL worked on the subject of inspection planning in the project Doing the right thing (DTRT). DTRT introduced the environmental inspection cycle. Important steps in that cycle are setting priorities and defining inspection targets and related performance indicators.