Descrizione 1
Fabrizio Vazzana, Francesca Pepe
The indicator analyses the type of substances or categories of dangerous substances/mixtures most widespread in establishments at risk of major accidents, present on the national territory and declared by the managers of the establishments subject to Legislative Decree 105/2015. Among the categories of dangerous substances (Annex 1 - part 1 of Legislative Decree 105/2015) most widespread in quantitative terms, those belonging to Section “P” - Physical hazards, in particular flammable liquids, are found. Also very widespread are substances dangerous for the environment that fall into the danger category “E” - Dangers for the environment. The regions with the greatest presence of toxic substances are Lombardy and Sardinia followed by Emilia Romagna and Piedmont. While the region with the greatest quantities of flammable substances is Sicily, followed by Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lombardy and Sardinia. There is a significant presence, distributed throughout the Italian territory, of flammable liquefied gases and natural gases (LPG and methane) and petroleum products.
It is possible to obtain useful information for the hazard map associated with a plant, in addition to the activity carried out, also from the quantities, typology and properties of the hazardous substances and mixtures present in it. This indicator analyses the typology of substances or categories of hazardous substances/mixtures most widespread in plants at risk of major accidents, present on the national territory and declared by the managers of the plants (lower and upper threshold) subject to Legislative Decree 105/2015, as specified respectively in Annex 1 - Part 1 (categories of hazardous substances) and Part 2 (specified hazardous substances) of the same decree.
Estimate the prevalent nature of the risks to which humans, air, soil, subsoil, groundwater and surface water are subject in relation to the presence of certain dangerous substances and mixtures in establishments at risk of major accidents.
D. Lgs. 105/2015
Descrizione 2
ISPRA-MASE, Inventario Seveso
ISPRA, Annuario dei dati ambientali - Vari anni
It depends on the timeliness and accuracy of the information that reaches ISPRA from the managers, now subjected to a validation process before approval.
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Qualificazione dati
All information comes from the National Inventory of establishments likely to cause major accidents, provided for by Article 5, paragraph 3 of Legislative Decree 105/2015. https://www.rischioindustriale.isprambiente.gov.it/seveso-query-105/Default.php
https://www.rischioindustriale.isprambiente.gov.it/seveso-query-105/Default.php
National, Regional
2019-2024
Qualificazione indicatore
All information is taken from the National Inventory of establishments likely to cause major accidents, provided for by Article 5, paragraph 3 of Legislative Decree 105/2015. The inventory allows the extraction of an Excel file that allows to extrapolate after different steps, the data necessary for updating the indicator.
At present, given that a sufficient level of knowledge has now been reached for managers in filling out the notification form and in the correct classification of the substances present, significant fluctuations are not to be expected in the future.
Compared to the previous survey in December 2023, a considerable increase in substances hazardous to the environment is highlighted, identified in Sardinia and Liguria, while the other total quantities remain almost constant.
Dati
Tabella 1-Quantità complessiva sostanze per categorie
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Tabella 2-Quantità complessiva sostanze specificate
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Tabella 4-Dettaglio (maggiore diffusione) sostanze specificate per regione
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Quantitativi di preparati e sostanze pericolose - Pericoli per la salute (sezione "H") (2024)
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Quantitativi di preparati e sostanze pericolose - Pericoli fisici (sezione "P") (2024)
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Quantitativi di preparati e sostanze pericolose - Pericoli per l'ambiente (sezione "E") (2024)
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Tabella 3-Quantità complessiva sostanze per categorie per regione
In Tables 1 and 2, for useful information, the following are indicated: - the number of occurrences per hazard class. Please note that in this case substances belonging to more than one hazard class appear more than once; - the number of establishments that have notified the substance; - the total amount of substance present on the national territory resulting from the sum of the quantities present in the establishments that have notified it; - the hazard indications for each substance or category of substances; Among the categories of hazardous substances in Annex 1 - part 1 of Legislative Decree 105/2015, which are most widespread in quantitative terms, we can note the category of substances belonging to Section “P” - Physical hazards, in particular flammable liquids. Also very widespread are substances hazardous to the environment that fall into the hazard category “E” - Hazards for the environment (Table 1). Among the hazardous substances specified in Annex 1 - part 2 of Legislative Decree 105/2015, there is a significant presence, distributed throughout the Italian territory, of flammable liquefied gases and natural gases (LPG and methane) and petroleum products (gasoline, diesel, kerosene and fuel oil). The significant presence of methanol and oxygen is also revealed; finally, even if concentrated in some regions, particularly significant quantities of ammonium nitrates and anhydrous ammonia are highlighted. For a more detailed analysis, the distribution of the notified substances on the Italian territory at regional level was also analyzed (Tables 3 and 4). The hazardous substances included in Annex 1 Part 1 are grouped into categories with similar hazardous characteristics, namely: section “E” - Hazards for the environment and section, section “H” - Hazards for health (which includes substances with acute toxicity), section “O” - Other hazards, section “P” - Physical hazards (which includes explosive, flammable and comburent substances). The regions with the greatest presence of toxic substances are Lombardy and Sardinia, followed by Emilia Romagna and Piedmont. It should be noted that the region with the greatest quantities of flammable substances is Sicily, followed by Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lombardy and Sardinia. Similarly, Sicily is the region with the greatest quantity of substances hazardous to the environment, followed by Lombardy. The hazardous substances included in section O - Other hazards are present in less significant quantities and the regions with the greatest quantities are Tuscany and Lombardy. As regards the substances notified in Annex 1 - part 2 of Legislative Decree 105/2015, some of the most widespread substances in Italy have been reported, such as liquefied gases and methane, petroleum products, methanol, oxygen, chlorine and toluene diisocyanate. It should be noted that liquefied gases (LPG), natural gas and petroleum products (gasoline,diesel, kerosene and fuel oil) are distributed fairly uniformly throughout the Italian territory, with peaks, for gases (LPG and methane, referring to underground storage of natural gas), in Lombardy, Emilia Romagna and Abruzzo while for petroleum products, Sicily due to the presence of oil refining plants. For the other substances examined, specific concentrations are recorded in some regions: Emilia Romagna for methanol, Tuscany and Lombardy for chlorine, Lombardy for oxygen and toluene diisocyanate (Table 4). It should be noted that since the data in the tables are a function of various factors, in some cases an attempt has been made to provide further brief additional information, which is however insufficient for a complete and detailed analysis of the data, an objective deferred to more specialized publications of the Institute.