Environment Legislation and Administration

Code:

MEA104

Acronym:

LAA

Instance: 2005/2006 - 1T

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Environmental Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CPGEA	18	Plano de CPGEA 2001	1	1	3	-
MEA	15	Plano MEA 2000	1	1	3	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The objective is presenting the instutional framework of Environmental Administration in Portufgal and the most relevant Portuguese and EU legislation concerning Environment Management in all its branches, namely wastes, water and wastewater,...
To prepare the students on the legislation and management of air quality.
To stimulate student participation through the contact with regional and national problems, integrating them in an European and world-wide perspective.

Program

Wastes: D.L. n.º 239/97; Portaria n.º 818/97; Decisão 2000/532/CE e Portaria n.º 209/2004; Portaria n.º 792/98; Portaria n.º 961/98; D.L. n.º 194/2000; D.L. n.º 69/2000; D.L. n.º 152/2002; Portaria n.º 335/97; Regulamento CEE n.º 259/93; Legislation about specific wastes streams, namelly for green dot entities implementation in Portugal as well as its recycling targets in the next future.
Water and wastewater: Portuguese legislation D.L. nº 45/94; D. L. nº 46/94; D.L. nº 47/94; D.L. nº 152/97; D.L. nº 236/98; D.L. nº 243/2001
Legislation and Administration of Air Quality: Monitoring networks; management strategies (air quality standards and emission standards); limit values and targets: legislation (European Union and Portugal).

Mandatory literature

Alvim Ferraz M. C. M.; Legislação e Administração da Qualidade do Ar - Apoio às aulas teóricas, 2004
European Environment Agency; Air quality in Europe: State and trends 1990-2000, European Environment Agency, Copenhagen, 2003
WHO; Air Quality Guidelines, WHO - Regional Office for Europe, 2000

Teaching methods and learning activities

Wastes: Commenting the most important legislation points in the regulatory documents concerning the several steps in the waste management process since its production up to its end disposal.
The indicated documents will be obtainable in its integral format as .pdf texts.
Water and wastewater: presentation of the more relevant Portuguese legislation about water resources planning , utilization of public water sources, water quality criteria and standards for different uses and discharge limits applied to urban and industrial wastewaters. The legislation is supplied to students as pdf. files, as well as the Powerpoint presentation.
Air: presentation of the more relevant legislation related with atmospheric emissions and air quality for the European Union and Portugal. Case studies.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	16,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Final Exam

Classification improvement

Final exam