Presentation, study visit

1. Institutional role of the Inspection and its authorities withInstitutional role of the Inspection and its authorities with
an emphasis on waste management and water resourcesan emphasis on waste management and water resources
Miłosz JarzyńskiMiłosz Jarzyński
Ist Deputy Regional Inspector for Environmental ProtectionIst Deputy Regional Inspector for Environmental Protection

2. TheThe structurestructure
The Voivodship Inspectorate for Environmental Protection
comes under:
•the Chief Inspectorate for Environmental Protection –
mainly within determining the tasks to be performed;
•the Masovian Voivode - mainly in securing funds for the
implementation of tasks.

3. Environmental Protection AuthoritiesEnvironmental Protection Authorities
The Voivodship Inspectorate for Environmental Protection
is one of several environmental protection authorities,
these include also:
-administrative officer of the commune, mayor of town or
president of a city,
-starost of the poviat,
-voivodship marshal,
-Minister of the Environment,
-the General Director for Environmental Protection,
-regional directors for environmental protection.

4. Our missionOur mission
We strive to continuously improve the state of the
environment throug:
-the control activity,
-environmental monitoring.

5. StructureStructure
Our organization has three main divisions:

6. EnvironmentalEnvironmental Monitoring DivisionMonitoring Division
The main task of the Environmental Monitoring Division is to
continuously check the quality of:
- ambient air,
- surface water.
We also monitor the levels of:
- outdoor noise,
- electromagnetic fields.

7. The main task of the Inspection Division is to control and supervise
whether the facilities follow the environmental rules.
We have about 16.000 facilities in our register.
We have two different inspection procedures:
InspectionInspection DivisionDivision

8. Many companies have an obligation to provide us with the results
of their emissions measurements made by accredited
laboratories.
We’re checking compliance to the permit and legal conditions on
document – based inspections.
If we have objections to the obtained results we can conduct a
field inspection.
Inspection Division – document-based inspectionsInspection Division – document-based inspections

9. We can divide inspections into:
Inspection Division – field inspectionsInspection Division – field inspections

10. The main goal of our inspections is to check on-site the compliance
to the permit and legal conditions.
Generally we’re taking samples and making measurements.
Inspection Division – field inspectionsInspection Division – field inspections

11. After founding violation, VIEP:
-- initiates penalty proceedings,
-- issues post-inspection orders,
-- orders the suspension of installation activity
-- directs the request to another administration authorities or law
enforcement agencies,
-- imposes a fine or submits an application for punishment to
court of justice.
Follow-up activitiesFollow-up activities

12. Financial penalty is administered for violation of:
- conditions related to quantity, condition and composition of
sewage, minimal percent reduction of the concentration of
substances in wastewater and the mass of substances in
discharged wastewater,
- the quantity of water used.
Financial PenaltiesFinancial Penalties

13. Water Law Act allows the use of any kind of water in any quantity
and in any time that comes from the necessity of:
- working against major-accident, natural disasters, fire or other
local dangers,
- prevent serious danger to human life, health or property of
significant value which cannot be avoided in any other way.
WaterWater LLaw Actaw Act

14. Financial penalties are administered for, inter alia:
- infringements of the decision approving the instruction of
running landfills, as to the type and method of waste storage,
- infringements of the decision determining place and manner of
waste storage,
- waste collecting or processing without the required permit or in
violation of conditions,
- reclassification of hazardous waste to non-hazardous waste.
Financial penaltiesFinancial penalties

15. The management of municipal waste is regulated by law on
maintaining cleanliness and order in municipalities.
According to this Law, tasks related to management of waste are
realized by municipality.
The Act introduces multi-level supervision over municipal waste
management.
Municipal wasteMunicipal waste

16. Entrepreneur collecting municipal waste from property owners is
controlled by municipal authorities.
Municipalities are controlled by inspectors from Voivodship
Inspectorate for Environmental Protection.
Voivodship Inspector for Environmental Protection also controls
regional installations for municipal waste processing where
entrepreneurs have to transfer municipal waste from property
owners.
Municipal Waste ManagementMunicipal Waste Management

17. We have our own accredited laboratory at our headqarters and
our branches in Ciechanów and Radom.
Our internal customers are:
Environmental Monitoring Division;
Inspection Division.
LaboratoryLaboratory

18. Performing research and analyses related to internal
customers is the main task of the laboratory.
If the laboratory has spare capacity, it may take samples and
perform analyses for external entities and municipalities
(e.g. wastewater treatment plants, power plants).
Laboratory – for Internal ClientsLaboratory – for Internal Clients

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20. Thank you for your attention
m.jarzynski@wios.warszawa.pl