Abstract
The issue of environmental risk assessment currently deserves great attention. In order to protect the environment, maintain healthy living conditions, and prevent environmental damage, the member states of the European Union have adopted a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage. The directive classifies two types of operators with different liability regimes for environmental damage, namely, the regime with no-fault (strict) liability and liability for fault. With the adoption of the directive, among experts, operators and the general public have posed questions about how to assess the risk of environmental damage. At present, there is still no uniform procedure for assessing environmental risks, which would create a comprehensive methodological framework for assessment for this type of risk. Due to the non-existent risk assessment methodology for operators with strict liability regimes and the lack of a systematic search for risk sources, a risk assessment procedure is proposed that provides guidance in a sequence of several steps on how to implement the obligations arising from the adopted Environmental Liability Directive. The proposed procedure was verified on a specific operator with a strict liability regime. The environmental risk analysis performed through the proposed procedure provided information on possible operational problems and verified its applicability. Last but not least, the use of the proposed procedure makes it possible to identify serious sources of risk and to establish necessary preventive measures to prevent the occurrence of environmental damage.
Highlights
Major accidents usually cause disruptions to the life of any society, in particular through their consequences for life, human health, property, and the environment
The presented manuscript deals with the issue of environmental risk assessment by operators who perform work activities considered to be risky under the applicable legislation in the field of environmental responsibility
The aim of the authors was to point out that there is currently no uniform systematic procedure for the quantitative assessment of this risk for operators who are subject to a system of strict liability for environmental damage
Summary
Major accidents usually cause disruptions to the life of any society, in particular through their consequences for life, human health, property, and the environment. Major accidents can cause both direct damage to the exposed population and vast damage to the environment that, as a result, might indirectly affect the population by the contamination of land, surface water, and groundwater [1]. The number of industrial accidents with negative consequences for human life and health and the environment accounts for the salience of this issue. A filling station (FS) is a place catering to the fuel need [2]. An emergency event at a petrol station might lead to significant human losses and potentially cause damage to the environment
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