Caspian Report - Issue: 07 - Spring 2014
Davide Tabarelli 46 Environmental effects of the Trans Adriatic pipeline Davide Tabarelli NE Nomisma Energia
On April 17 th 2014, the TAP consortium handed an updated, 1,200 page version of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment of the Italian section of the TAP project, as required by Italian authorities. Italy is probably the most difficult place on earth to build new industrial infrastructures, at least judging from the troubles encountered by any proposed energy project over the last several decades. In Italy almost all new producing plants or infrastructures are likely to face some opposition, and this is even more so for projects involving energy. Things are especially difficult in some areas, notably southern regions like Apulia, where TAP should come ashore. In order to get an idea of the highly complex environment faced by companies, it is helpful to begin with a brief summary of the lengthy and tortuous permissions process. Let’s start with the endpoint: on April 17 th 2014, the TAP consortium handed the Italian Ministry of Environment (MATTM) and the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage (MINBAC) an updated, 1,200 page version of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment of the Italian section of the TAP project, as required by Italian authorities. After evaluating 12 alternative routes for the pipeline, as requested by MATTM and MINBAC in March, the document confirms that the one coming ashore near San Foca is the best solution in environmental, technical and socio-economic terms. The TAP consortium restated that the pipeline will be ready for operation in 2019. This was the last step in a very complex path towards attaining the relevant environmental authorisations for the project, as the 5.6 GB of publically available documents produced by the consortium stand to testify. The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a technical-administrative procedure that, according to Legislative Decree no. 152/2006, is normally carried out by an ad hoc decision making process by competent agencies (Conferenza dei Servizi). The Conferenza dei Servizi review the decisions of all governmental agencies involved in the EIA procedure, including central and local governments. This type of coordination is designed to guarantee that all stakeholder interests are taken into consideration, while enabling the EIA to comply with its schedule, which should not exceed 150 days. For the TAP, as for any natural gas pipeline of that relevance, Legislative Decree no. 152/2006 requires an EIA procedure, in order to carefully 47 CASPIAN REPORT, SPRING 2014
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Davide Tabarelli<br />
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