LA SEMPLIFICAZIONE DEI PROCEDIMENTI AMMINISTRATIVI IN MATERIA AMBIENTALE: PROBLEMI E PROSPETTIVE.

The thesis addresses the problem of the simplification of administrative procedures in Italian environmental legislation. The historical evolution of the most significant administrative procedures in Environmental Law (including environmental impact assessment, strategic environmental assessment and I.P.P.C.) is analyzed, highlighting the tools and techniques used to simplify them and focusing on the problematic aspects of each. The first chapter analyzes, in general terms, the relationship between the principles of environmental protection - enshrined in International, European and Italian Law - and the discipline of administrative procedures, focusing on the modifications of Law no. 241/1990 in the twenty years since its enactment. The second chapter examines the specific discipline of Environmental impact assessment, Strategic environmental assessment and other environmental assessment procedures, focusing on the attempts to reduce their duration and costs, and to ensure their coordination in italian legislation. The third chapter addresses the same problems with regards to the most relevant authorization procedures in environmental legislation, including those related to the I.P.P.C. (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control) EU directives.