auma grouped every site's currentintegrated environmental permit decisions into a single file for an environmental authority and prepared them for publication on its website. Unglamorous work that changes a lot: turning dozens of scattered decisions into a consultable source.
Project overview
| Client | Environmental authority (confidential) |
| Market | Public administrations |
| Practice area | Governance · Environment |
| Location | Catalonia (Spain) |
| Services | Document consolidation and publication readiness |
| Year | 2022 |
The challenge
An industrial site's environmental record does not live in one document: it lives scattered across successive decisions taken over the years.
- Accumulated paperwork: original permit, modifications, reviews and corrections, each in its own file.
- Hard to consult: neither the company nor the public could easily tell which conditions apply today.
- Active publication: environmental information should be consultable without requesting it file by file.
The auma solution
The work consists of reconstructing, for each site, what its currently authorised reality is:
- Collection of all decisions in force associated with each installation.
- Grouping into a single, ordered and coherent file per site reflecting the conditions that actually apply.
- Preparation of the documents for publication on the department's website in a consultable format.
The result
- Each installation now has a single document setting out its current environmental conditions.
- The authority holds an ordered basis for managing and updating permits.
- The public and the companies themselves can consult the information without requesting it case by case.
Environmental transparency does not start with a portal: it starts when someone has done the work of establishing what is actually authorised, today, at each installation.
Frequently asked questions
Why consolidate environmental permit decisions?
Because a permit evolves through modifications and reviews over the years. Without a consolidated version, establishing which conditions apply means reading the entire file history and interpreting how the decisions chain together.
Is environmental information public?
Yes. Access to environmental information legislation establishes the right to obtain it and the duty of public authorities to disseminate it actively, particularly regarding installation permits and emissions.
What does a company gain from consolidated conditions?
Clarity on what it must comply with and on the basis for inspections. It is also the starting point of any environmental legal compliance audit.
Is your environmental record scattered across dozens of files?
We order it, consolidate it and leave it ready to consult and keep updated.
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