Transcript EARS_Rebernig_27May03-NEU - Eionet-SI

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The Federal Environment Agency is THE
expert authority of the federal
government for environmental
protection
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HISTORY
 1985 The Federal Environment Agency is founded by the
Environmental Control Act.
 1998 Environmental Control Act, amended version
 Annual flat subsidy
 Possibility of additional income from project work
 1999 The Federal Environment Agency acquires the status
of a limited liability company.
 2000 Ownership is represented by the Federal Minister of
Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management
(BMLFUW).
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FACTS AND FIGURES
 annual flat subsidy according to Environmental Control Act:
15.3557m Euro per year (Budget of BMLFUW)
 additional income from project work, most of which comes
from BMLFUW
 turnover (in millions of Euro):
1999
18.4
2000
19.2
2001
22.4
2002 **
22.2
2003*
26.2
2001
267
2002
279
2003*
283
 staff (numbers):
1999
242
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2000
260
* Planned value; ** preliminary value
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UMWELTBUNDESAMT - KEY TASKS
 Environmental control (state of the environment
reporting)
 Technical expertise and innovation
 Support law inforcement
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 The Federal Environment Agency is not an
implementing agency (like e.g. UK environment
agency)
 Implementation of legislation is competence of
the „Bundesländer“ (Federal Provinces), partly
competence of the BMLFUW
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COOPERATION MINISTRY (BMLFUW) UMWELTBUNDESAMT (I)
 Annual working programm to be drawn up by the
Federal Environment Agency
 to be endorsed by BMLFUW; by this
authorisation is given to budget and content of
the working programm
 Minister appoints managing director; can give
instructions to him (ref.: legal status !)
 4 members of the „Aufsichtsrat“ (supervisory
board) nominated by the Minister, 2 by the
Finance Ministry
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COOPERATION MINISTRY (BMLFUW) UMWELTBUNDESAMT (II)
 Tight cooperation between the units of the
BMLFUW and of the Agency
 additional, project related funds to be negotiated
between BMLFUW and Agency
 BMLFUW is delegating more and more tasks to
the Agency (WFWD, radiation monitoring, fuel
quality monitoring, waste data registry, ET
registry, ...)
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 Communication: partialy conflict of interests ->
close interaction
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COOPERATION WITH
STATISTIK AUSTRIA
 Statistik Austria (Austrian statistical office) has been given
comparable status: annual flat subsidy, additional income
from project work
 Core competence: economic and social data; partly
environment data
 Most of environment data are with the Federal Environment
Agency
 As for public tasks cooperation is as between public
institutions: in principle good cooperation
 Budgetary situation of Statistik Austria is problematic ->
funds for environmental statistics have been reduced or
financed directly by the ministry
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ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
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„The Federal Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and
Water Management, in the common interest for the protection of
the environment as a whole, and especially in the interest of the
conservation, improvement and restoration of natural and healthy
living conditions for humans, animals and plants, has to
a) monitor, and assess continually, the state and
development of the environment and of environmental
pressures,
b) evaluate this state and development within his scope of
responsibilities for the general issues of environmental
protection and environmental policy, and
c) make the results of such environmental control
available to the competent authorities, the National
Assembly, the Federal Assembly and the general
public.“
For the fulfilment of these tasks the Minister of Environment uses
the support of the Federal Environment Agency.
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ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
Legislation
Administration
Environmental
Control
Companies/
Consumers
Environment
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 Main product: State of the Environment Report
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TECHNICAL EXPERTISE &
INNOVATION
The Federal Environment Agency is the link between science
and administration. The interdisciplinary and multiple
approach allows the quick and competent elaboration of
comprehensive expertise for current issues in national and
international environmental policy.
The technical expertise is provided by the experts of the
Federal Environment Agency in their relevant fields as well as
by their cross-media approach involving the IT sector and
chemical analyses.
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The integration of international, Europe-wide and national
environmental information and data is the basis for the Federal
Environment Agency‘s function as THE hub for environmental
information.
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SUPPORTING LAW ENFORCEMENT
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The Federal Environment Agency supports the federal government (in particular
the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water
Management) with the enforcement of many environmental laws, especially:
 Waste Management Act
 Law for the Clean-up of Contaminated Sites
 Biocidal Product Act
 Notification unit for chemicals
 Emissions register acc. to national and international requirements
 Genetic Engineering Act
 Air Quality Protection Act
 Information exchange according to IPPC Directive
 Competent body for registration pursuant to the Environmental
Management Act/EMAS Regulation
 Fuel quality monitoring according to EU Directive
 Environmental Information Act
 Federal Act on Environmental Impact Assessment
 Water Act, implementation of Water Framework Directive
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INTERNATIONAL
 Sending of representatives to international bodies
 European Environment Agency (EEA):
• National Focal Point (NFP) for EEA
• Partner in the European Topic Centres (ETCs)
for Air and Climate Change, Water, Terrestrial
Environment as well as Waste and Material Flows.
• National Reference Centres of the EEA in the areas of
Air and Climate Change, Water, Waste and Material
Flows, Nature Conservation, Biodiversity, Transport, Land
Cover, Agriculture, Energy, Urban Environment, State-ofthe-Environment (SoE) Reporting und Indicators, Noise,
Communication and Policy Instruments
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INTERNATIONAL
Pursuant to the Environmental Control Act of 1998 the Federal
Environment Agency is entitled to additional funds
and to carry out tasks that are in the general interest.
 Twinning projects: supporting EU candidate countries
(Slovenia, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary,
Slovenia, Lithuania, ...) with the adaptiation and/or
implementation of their environmental legisation
 EU PHARE projects: e.g. creating environmental legislation
for Bosnia-Herzegovina
 Participation in the research promotion programme of the EU
 The Federal Environment Agency has become a partner of
central and eastern European countries in the field of all
environmental issues.
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Cooperation
Slovenia – Umweltbundesamt
Examples of Projects 2002-2003
 Project 1:"Chemical Safety" SL 99/IB/EC-04
Contact: Helmut Witzani/Eugen Anwander, PAA
 Project 2 (TWL): “Implementation of Air Quality
and Climate Change” SL 02/IB/EN/03/TL
Contact: Ruth Baumann/Wolfgang Spangl
 Project 3 (TWL): “Development of Information
and Reporting Systems” SL 02/IB/EN/01/TL
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Contact: Ulrike Staerk
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Cooperation
Slovenia – Umweltbundesamt
Positive experience
 Good knowledge of the relevant EU legislation and the
national situation in all areas relevant to the projects
 Expression of concrete needs from Slovenian experts
 Improved cooperation among the inspectorates in Slovenia
in the field of chemicals inspections
 Twinning Chemical Safety: building of a platform on which a
successful and sustainable Twinning partnership between
Slovenia and Austria was established, while also
representing a solid basis from which Slovenia may
proceed in order to assume an active role as a future
member state.
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Cooperation
Slovenia – Umweltbundesamt
To be looked after
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 time needed for preparing contracts (Twinning
on Chemical Safety)
 keeping of time schedules and agreed dates in
order to provide for the availability of Slovenian
experts
 find solution to the problem of getting data from
non-public institutions without paying (such as
the university, Centre for Soil and Environmental
Science)
 further clarification of responsibilities for topics
and contact persons
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Future Co-operation (1)
Means partnership between EU Member State
institutions from 2004:
 Exchange technical experience in application of
existing and new EU legislation in all relevant
areas  inform each other about priorities
 Joint applications and attachment of individual
experts to teams for international projects (EC
and other)
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Future Co-operation (2)
Means partnership between two active EIONET
Member States and their NFPs:
 Within present Twinning Light Project –
Environmental Information & Reporting
 to improve operative international co-operation in
environmental monitoring and reporting
throughout Europe  e.g. Reportnet-Project for
EEA/EC in 2004-2005
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Future Co-operation - Reportnet (3)
Intends to help administrations by documenting all
environmental reporting of European countries to
international organisations in a transparent way:
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 What, when, to whom (Reporting Obligations
Database - ROD)
 Who (Directory)
 Deliveries documented  Central Data
Repository (CDR)
 Contact: Johannes Mayer at
[email protected]
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Future Co-operation (4)
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 Air quality
- Harmonization of software architecture and
applications (e.g. periodic daily/monthly national
reports)
- AQ Modelling (e.g. ozone maps)
- Mobile Services (Information of the public and
expert support utilities on mobile devices, e.g.:
on-call duties, AT tools could be tailored to SI
needs)
 Biocides/Chemicals
- Austrian Information System could be adapted
to SI requirements (starting 2004)
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Future Co-operation (5)
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 Waste Management Information System
- Cooperation in design and implementation of
information system
 Integrated Environmental Information System
(water, soil, …)
- Harmonization of strategies, methods and
tools
- Cooperation in system design and
implementation
- Integration of available components (e.g.
MORIS – multipurpose environmental
information system based on generic data
structure; GIS)
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Selected Topics
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LIST OF TOPICS
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 Waste Management and
Waste Technology
 Contaminated Sites
 Chemical Analyses
 Biosafety
 Biocidal Products
 Soil Information System
 Chemicals
 Air Emissions
 Energy
 Integrated Plant
Technologies
 Climate & ABCC
 Agriculture
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Noise
Air Quality Control
Sustainability & Biodiversity
Nature Conservation
Regional Planning
Radiation Protection
Environmental Data
Environmental Assessment
Environmental Information
Act
Environmental Management
Transport
Forests
Water
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WASTE MANAGEMENT & WASTE
TECHNOLOGY
 Target/Task: extensive stocktaking of waste management
- state of the art technology of waste treatment processes
- building and operating electronic registers for waste data
 Contents:
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 Elaborate basic principles for waste management issues
(Federal Waste Management Plan, waste prevention and
recovery schemes)
 Basic principles for the determination of the state of the art
technology of waste treatment processes
 Waste quality requirements ( for use in industrial plants) and
waste product quality requirements
 Keeping of the Waste Data Network (hazardous wastes)
and of the Waste Management Plant and Substance
Databases
 Contact Persons:
DI Dr. Brigitte Karigl, [email protected]
DI Hans-Jörg Krammer, [email protected]
1090 Wien
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CONTAMINATED SITES
 Task/Target: protect human health and the environment
from the negative impact of contaminated sites (abandoned
landfills and derelict industrial sites); important role in the
enforcement of the Law for the Clean-up of Contaminated
Sites
 Contents:
 registration: register of suspected contaminated sites, register
of contaminated sites
 assessment: checking of risk assessments, priority
classification
 application of integrated management strategies for the
protection of soil and groundwater
 development of efficient methods for risk assessment and for
the investigation and clean-up of contaminated sites
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 Contact Person:
DI Martin Schamann, [email protected]
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ANALYSIS - ENVIRONMENTAL
CONTROL
 Target/Task: Environmental analysis as part of long-term
environmental monitoring projects and specific measuring
projects designed to describe the state of the environment
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ambient dioxin concentration monitoring
Integrated Monitoring (UN-ECE)
precipitation monitoring
monitoring of heavy metal concentrations in mosses
Water Quality Monitoring Ordinance – priority substances in
running waters
 Contact Persons:
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Dr. Gundi Lorbeer, [email protected]
Mag. Dr. Andrea Hanus-Illnar, [email protected]
Mag. Dr. Sigrid Scharf, [email protected]
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ANALYSIS - INNOVATION
 Task/Target: applied research and pilot projects concerned
with environmental analysis, coming before any measures
of environmental policy, providing the basis for national and
international discussion
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hormones und xenohormones
pharmaceutical substances, disinfectants
suspended particles (components and source allocation)
polybrominated flame protection agents
 Contact Persons:
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Dr. Gundi Lorbeer, [email protected]
Mag. Dr. Andrea Hanus-Illnar, [email protected]
Mag. Dr. Sigrid Scharf, [email protected]
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ANALYSIS - ENFORCEMENT
 Target/Task: As part of the enforcement of laws,
ordinances and guidelines, the laboratory carries out
inspections on behalf of the departments of the federal
government, shows where there is need for action and
monitors efficient implementation.
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Waste monitoring (borders, companies)
Air Quality Protection Act
Fuel quality monitoring (FQMS)
Checking animal feeding stuffs for dioxin (FM)
 Contact Persons:
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Dr. Gundi Lorbeer, [email protected]
Mag. Dr. Andrea Hanus-Illnar, [email protected]
Mag. Dr. Sigrid Scharf, [email protected]
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BIOSAFETY
 Target/Task: Participation in the enforcement of the
Genetic Engineering Act, improvement of the risk
assessment and monitoring of genetically modified
organisms (GMOs)
 Contents:
 Comments on release and product applications involving
GMOs (in Austria and in the EU)
 Concepts: risk assessment, monitoring (surveillance)
 Practice: GMO analysis, monitoring
 traceability, coexistence
 Contact Persons:
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Dr. Helmut Gaugitsch, [email protected]
Dr. Andreas Heissenberger, [email protected]
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BIOCIDAL PRODUCTS
 Target/Task: assessment according to the Biocidal Product
Act; support of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and
Forestry, Environment and Water Management with the
enforcement of the Biocidal Product Act and
support of the EU Commission in matters of harmonisation;
information of potential applicants
 Contents:
 substance and product-related risk assessment
• of new and „existing“ biocidal active substances in the
10-year working programme of the EU
• of biocidal products in the authorisation procedure
 focus: replacement of high-risk products and procedures by lowrisk products and procedures
 advice on biocidal products
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 Contact Person:
Dr. Elisabeth Fassold, [email protected]
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SOIL INFORMATION SYSTEM
 Target/Task: BORIS is a computer-based soil information
system providing national soil data gathered from all of
Austria and thus providing the basis for effective soil
protection
 Contents:
 currently more than 1.5 million entries on 10,000 sites
(environmental soil surveys of the federal provinces,
environmental forest soil surveys of the Institute of Forest
Ecology (BFW), radio caesium survey as well as another 25
investigations)
 for the first time Austria-wide analyses of soil pollution
 calculations of heavy metal inputs exceeding „critical loads“ are
carried out for Austria as part of a Europe-wide project
 Contact Person:
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Mag. Alarich Riss, [email protected]
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COOPERATION IN BORIS
BMBWK
MontanUni
ESB
BMLFUW
BOKU
BFW
BMF
AGES
BAB
FLD
FLD
ÖBG
BAW
ARCS
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Governmental authorities of the federal provinces,
municipal departments of Linz and Vienna
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CHEMICALS
 Target/Task: The safe handling of dangerous chemical
substances improves the protection of health and the
environment. It requires correct assessment of prevailing
risks and correct knowledge transfer.
 Contents:
 carrying out of tests with newly developed substances before
their placing on the market and providing data
 assessment of chemicals based on expert opinion
 information on dangerous chemical substances and expert
support for the monitoring of chemicals
 Contact Person:
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Dr. Helmut Witzani, [email protected]
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AIR EMISSIONS
 Target/Task: Supporting the Federal Ministry of Agriculture,
Forestry, Environment and Water Management and the EU
by compiling emission reports and inventories and thereby
complying with UN and EU reporting obligations
 Contents:
 compilation of greenhouse gas and air emission inventories,
accredition as monitoring unit planned for the autumn of 2003
 emission sources and trend analysis: evaluation of measures,
emission projections, inventories of the federal provinces
 plant emission survey: preparation for emission trading
and the cross-media UNECE pollutant release and transfer
register (PRTR)
 Contact Person:
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DI Manfred Ritter, [email protected]
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ENERGY
 Target/Task: contribute to improving the state of the
environment with regard to energy and related areas (e.g.
greenhouse gases)
 Contents:
 assessment of the environmental impact of energy-relevant
areas (modelling tool: GEMIS)
 renewable energy sources
 energy efficiency – integrated approach
 Contact Person:
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Dr. Herbert Wiesenberger, [email protected]
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INTEGRATED PLANT TECHNOLOGY
 Target/Task: contribute to improving the state of the
environment by implementing state-of-the-art technologies
(BAT) in Austria and Europe, analysis of measures
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 surveying and describing current state-of-the-art technologies
in the fields of industry and energy and the cost of their
implementation
 proposing emission limit values and their monitoring as well as
their reporting obligation formats
 representing Austria as national experts in technical working
groups (EU BAT documents)
 estimating reduction potentials for individual pollutants
including climate gases in the field of industry
 evaluating the environmental impact of new regulations for
industrial plants in Austria
 Contact Person:
Dr. Ilse Schindler, [email protected]
1090 Wien
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CLIMATE & AUSTRIAN BUREAU FOR
CLIMATE CHANGE
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 Target/Task: Climate change/protection has been included in all subject
areas covered by the Federal Environment Agency and is therefore treated
as a cross-cutting issue.
 supporting the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and
Water Management in international climate negotiations, participation in
national and international forums
 Management of the ABCC – Austrian Bureau for Climate Change
 Contents:
 EU: system for monitoring greenhouse gas emissions
 council working groups (expert level)
 OECD: Annex I expert group
 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
 Subsidiary bodies of the Framework Convention on Climate Change
(SBI/SBSTA)
 Austrian Standards Institute, CEN, ISO
 Contact Person:
Dr. Klaus Radunsky, [email protected]
1090 Wien
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AUSTRIAN BUREAU FOR CLIMATE
CHANGE
Climate research
Portalfunktion
Klimaforschung
interface
UBA-intern
within
the Fed. Env. Agency
von innen
Internal
to nach
external
außen
von außen
External
to nach
internal
innen
StartClim und FloodRisk
Internationalisation
of StartClim through e.g.
scientific advisory council
special
support for
projects of the 6th EU
Framework Programm
research service
SCAN-EU-CC
ABCC
International networks:
ProClim (CH)
UK activities
DEKLIM, ...
 Contact Person:
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ABCC – Austrian Bureau for Climate Change
Dipl.-Geogr. Martin König, [email protected]
1090 Wien
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AGRICULTURE
 Target/Task: European agricultural policy increasingly
demands consideration of environmental aspects.
Therefore we are participating in the development and
application of (comparable) assessment methods for
investigating the effects of agriculture on the environment.
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drawing up nutrient balances
agri-environmental indicators
estimating erosion
participation in the ÖPUL team of evaluators
potentials of organic farming
organic fertilisers and their impact on the environment
(compost, slurry & biogas slurry, sewage sludge)
 Contact Person:
Mag. Alarich Riss, [email protected]
1090 Wien
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NOISE
 Target/Task: assessment and contribution to noise
reduction
 Contents:
 participation in the implementation of the Directive relating to
the Assessment and Management of Environmental Noise:
establishment of a noise register at the Federal Environment
Agency
 looking after the „Forum Schall“ working group of the federal
provinces: collecting knowledge and views of experts from the
federal provinces
 Contact Persons:
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Dr. Elisabeth Friedbacher, [email protected]
Mag. Roman Ortner, [email protected]
1090 Wien
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AIR QUALITY CONTROL
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 Target/Task: preparation of basic technical expertise for air quality protection
 Contents:
 measuring air pollutants, thereby enforcing the Air Quality Protection Act
and the Austrian Ozone Act, and as part of the Environmental Control
Act and international monitoring programmes (EMEP, GAW), as well as
measurements carried out for third parties
 EU reference laboratory, provision of calibration standards of gaseous
air pollutants for other monitoring network operators in Austria
 national and international reporting obligations
 Supporting the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment
and Water Management with the development and implementation of
legal requirements
 participation in international forums (EU, UN/ECE, CEN)
 studies relevant for environmental policy
 Contact Person:
Dr. Ruth Baumann, [email protected]
Spittelauer Lände 5
1090 Wien
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SUSTAINABILITY & BIODIVERSITY
 Target/Task:
 link between research and administration
 platform for information and data relevant for
sustainability and biodiversity
 basic principles for implementing the strategy of
sustainability and biodiversity
 Contents:
 contribution to sustainability and biodiversity monitoring,
reporting on sustainability, ...
 development of innovative and implementation-oriented
principles for the conservation and sustainable use of
biodiversity (e.g. criteria and indicators for sustainable
hunting)
www.umweltbundesamt.at
Spittelauer Lände 5
 Contact Person:
DI Josef Hackl, [email protected]
1090 Wien
G. Rebernig – visit to EARS, 27 May 2003
NATURE CONSERVATION
 Target/Task: contribute to the conservation and
development of the diversity of nature and landscape as
the basis of life for man, flora and fauna
 Contents:
 strengthen the acceptance of nature conservation in society
(www.naturschutz.at, model development)
 basic principles of Natura 2000
 Red Lists of threatened animals and biotope types
 international agreements (Convention on Biological Diversity,
Ramsar Convention)
 inventories of selected habitats
 landcover surveys (CORINE Landcover)
 topical studies of national parks
www.umweltbundesamt.at
Spittelauer Lände 5
1090 Wien
 Contact Person:
DI Maria Tiefenbach, [email protected]
G. Rebernig – visit to EARS, 27 May 2003
REGIONAL PLANNING
Vienna 1958
 Target/Task: promote
environmental issues in
regional planning
 Contents:
 sustainable regional structures
 Growth of built-up area (target
of the Austrian sustainability
strategy)
 urban sprawl
 habitat fragmentation
 precaution against natural
risks (floods)
www.umweltbundesamt.at
Spittelauer Lände 5
1090 Wien
Vienna 1997
 Contact Person:
DI Gebhard Banko,
[email protected]
G. Rebernig – visit to EARS, 27 May 2003
RADIATION PROTECTION
 Target/Task:
 supporting and advising the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry,
Environment and Water Management topical issues of nuclear policy,
occasionally representing viewpoints of the Federal Ministry of
Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management in national
and international forums (EU, IAEA, FUKO of the Austr. Academy of
Sciences)
 operation of the Austrian radiation early warning system
 studies of radionuclides in the environment
 Contents:
 co-ordination of expert knowledge about the Temelin Roadmap and
transboundary EIAs
 co-ordination unit of the forum for nuclear issues
 mobility of radionuclides in the Alpine area
www.umweltbundesamt.at
Spittelauer Lände 5
1090 Wien
 Contact Person:
Dr. Karl Kienzl, [email protected]
G. Rebernig – visit to EARS, 27 May 2003
ENVIRONMENTAL DATA –
CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT
www.umweltbundesamt.at
Spittelauer Lände 5
 Target/Task: comprehensive management of the environmental data of the
federal government; supporting enforcement in the field of data
management; environmental information
 Contents:
 data network and database systems:
• air quality data network
• waste data network
• chemicals register
• water quality monitoring system
• register of suspected contaminated sites and register of
contaminated sites
 comprehensive applications tailored to specific demands
 www.umweltbundesamt.at
• unbureaucratic information of the public
on the state of the environment
 Contact Person:
Dr. Konrad Zirm, [email protected]
1090 Wien
G. Rebernig – visit to EARS, 27 May 2003
ENVIRONMENTAL DATA –
INNOVATION
 Target/Task: developing the platform of environmental data
for the federal government
 Contents:
www.umweltbundesamt.at
Spittelauer Lände 5
1090 Wien
 development of specific innovative applications:
• establish waste management data registers
• establish the electronic administration programme for the
Biocidal Products Act
• establish central radiation protection registers
 stepping up the development of web-based geographic
information systems
• inventory of wetlands, Streamer, Water Framework Directive
(groundwater)
 www.umweltbundesamt.at
• new design of the homepage
 networks with national and international partners
 Contact Person:
Dr. Konrad Zirm, [email protected]
G. Rebernig – visit to EARS, 27 May 2003
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
 Target/Task: contribute to the enforcement of the EIA of
2000, methodical work on Environmental Impact
Assessment (EIA) and Strategic Environmental
Assessment (SEA)
 Contents:
 Co-ordination of viewpoints presented by the Federal Ministry
of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management
on Environmental Impact Statements (EIS)
 maintenance of the EIA documentation/database
 Workshop SUPport – Strategic Environmental Assessment
in practice (Graz, 24th April 2003)
 Contact Persons:
www.umweltbundesamt.at
Spittelauer Lände 5
DI Klara Brandl, [email protected]
DI Sabine Mayer, [email protected]
1090 Wien
G. Rebernig – visit to EARS, 27 May 2003
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
ACT
 Target/Task: expert contribution to the amendment of the
Environmental Information Act, development of a design for
up-to-date environmental information
 Contents:
www.umweltbundesamt.at
Spittelauer Lände 5
1090 Wien
 supporting the implementation of the new EU Information
Directive
 maintaining the Environmental Data Catalogue
 design/strategy for the Federal Environment Agency as
platform for environmental information
 international: Aarhus Convention
 event on „up-to-date environmental information:
Environmental Information Act“ organised jointly with the ORF
(Austrian Broadcasting Corp.) on 14th November 2003
 Contact Persons:
Dr. Helmut Gaugitsch, [email protected]
Dr. Konrad Zirm, [email protected]
G. Rebernig – visit to EARS, 27 May 2003
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
 Target/Task: stepping up the environmental performance of
companies; contribution to the enforcement of the
Environmental Management Act/EMAS Regulation
 Contents:
 EMAS: maintaining the list of registered organisations,
supporting companies in terms of environmental
performance and motivation
 sustainability reports at company level:
elaboration of criteria and co-ordination of stakeholders
 Contact Persons:
www.umweltbundesamt.at
Spittelauer Lände 5
Dr. Elisabeth Friedbacher, [email protected]
DI Monika Brom, [email protected]
1090 Wien
G. Rebernig – visit to EARS, 27 May 2003
TRANSPORT
 Target/Task: assessment and contribution to the reduction
of transport-related emissions
 Contents:
 driving forces in the traditional and alternative way:
elaboration of up-to-date recommendation for politics (e.g.
ecopoints for heavy goods vehicles) and companies (e.g.
Vienna Airport)
 traditional and alternative fuels: elaboration of up-to-date
recommendations for politics and companies
(e.g. bioethanol, biodiesel)
 data: drawing up of national (e.g. OLI) and individual emission
balances (e.g. Brenner mountain route)
 Contact Persons:
www.umweltbundesamt.at
Spittelauer Lände 5
Dr. Elisabeth Friedbacher, [email protected]
DI Günther Lichtblau, [email protected]
1090 Wien
G. Rebernig – visit to EARS, 27 May 2003
FOREST
 Target/Task:
 conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in forests
 reduction of forest pollution
 contribution to the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol
 Contents:
 carbon balance of forests
 bioindication of specific pollutants
(e.g. organic pollutants, heavy metals)
 operation of the Austrian UN-ECE Integrated Monitoring
site in a forest ecosystem (national park of the Limestone Alps)
 elaboration of the basic principles for the conservation and
sustainable use of biodiversity (forest surveys in areas protected
under nature conservation laws, ...)
 Contact Person:
www.umweltbundesamt.at
DI Josef Hackl, [email protected]
Spittelauer Lände 5
1090 Wien
G. Rebernig – visit to EARS, 27 May 2003
WATER
 Target/Task: nationally and internationally known and
recognised competent water authority
 Contents:
 Maintaing the Austrian Water Quality Monitoring System and
other national water databases
 supporting the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry,
Environment and Water Management in the field of water
protection (in particular implementation of new EU provisions)
 supporting the EU in the field of European water protection
(including future EU member states)
 Imformation, support and advice
 Contact Person:
www.umweltbundesamt.at
Dr. Wilhelm Vogel, [email protected]
Spittelauer Lände 5
1090 Wien
G. Rebernig – visit to EARS, 27 May 2003
WATER
State of Austrian waters
-maintaining the water quality
monitoring system
-analyses, regular adaptation
(data management)
State of European waters
-method development
-measurements
-advice
Conceptual work
-karst water protection strategies for Austria
-karst documentation
-evaluation concept for floodplain areas
Development of the
EU water law
-support of the European
Commission
- support of the EEA
analyses
WATER
Consulting
-advice for companies
-training
Danube
data management
Information on the state of waters
-public domain
-experts
-contributions to SoE Report
-presence on the Internet
Implementation of the EU water law
-support of the Federal Ministry (BMLFUW)
-support of the European Commission
-support of candidate countries
(Czech Republic, Slovenia, ...)
www.umweltbundesamt.at
Spittelauer Lände 5
1090 Wien
G. Rebernig – visit to EARS, 27 May 2003