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La Palma Airport
Environmental Management Report 2006-08
Aeropuerto
de La Palma
La Palma Airport Environmental Management Report 2006-08 3 Presentation 4 La Palma Island 6 La Palma Airport 8 Aena activity at La Palma Airport 10 Environmental policy 12 Environmental management system 14 Environmental aspects 30 Training and awareness 32 Audits 34 Environmental objectives and targets 36 Fauna control
Presentación
Presentation
La Palma Airport herein presents its third
environmental management report, this time
corresponding to the 2006-2008 period. This report
is a summary of all the aspects derived from airport
activities and the measures that have been taken to
reduce the impact the airport activity may have on
the environment.
This publication has arisen as a result of Aena’s
environmental policy and it is intended to inform
the society at large of the results of its sustainable
development strategies.
The airport management is aware of the
environmental impact its activity has on the fragile
island ecosystem. Because of this and especially
taking into account that La Palma Island is considered
a biosphere reserve, the management has taken on
a commitment to environmental conservation.
At Aena we are grateful for the efforts made to
achieve the environmental objectives established,
and we encourage both the airport personnel and
the staff members of the companies conducting
activities there to carry on this process.
La Palma Airport, March 2009
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La Palma Island
La Palma is located in the north-western region Also known as the green island, it is favoured with
of the Canary Archipelago and it is shaped like an abundant rain, which gives rise to dense plant life
inverted isosceles triangle. It has a population of in which all the vegetation belts of the Canary
86,062 inhabitants and it extends over a surface Islands are represented. In 1983 the UNESCO
area of 708.32 km2, of which 25,005.5 hectares are declared Canal and Los Tilos, in San Andrés and
protected natural spaces. Sauces, a Biosphere Reserve. In the year 2002 this
declaration was extended to the whole island. Its
Most notable in its mountainous terrain are La main attractions include a great variety of beautiful
Caldera de Taburiente National Park, on whose landscapes, with 19 protected nature areas, notably
border stand the Roque de los Muchachos Caldera de Taburiente National Park (designated as
astrophysics facilities at 2,423 m; Cumbre Vieja, the such in 1954), with its streams and waterfalls, and
site of historical volcanoes; Las Breñas and Aridane the Las Nieves and Cumbre Vieja nature parks.
Valleys and the deep ravines of the north, including
Tilos, where the highest bridge in the archipelago Tourism is one of the mainstays of the island
has been built. economy, so a good transport infrastructure is
of utmost importance. The airport is among the
main components of this infrastructure, while also
constituting a significant source of employment.
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PASSENGERS PERIOD 2003 – 2008
Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Passengers 941,112 1,015,667 1,145,567 1,175,299 1,207,555 1,151,353
Growth by percentage 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008
(Year 2003 – Base 100) 7.92 12.79 2.60 2.74 -4.65
Trends in passenger throughput 2003-08
1,400,000
1,200,000
1,000,000
800,000
600,000
400,000
200,000
0
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
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La Palma Airport
Trade name: Aena
Centre: La Palma Airport
Address: La Palma Airport
La Bajita s/n
38738 Villa de Mazo
Company tax code: Q-2822001-J
La Palma Airport belongs to the public company Aena, Spanish Airports and Air
Navigation.
It is located in the eastern part of the island, in the municipality of La Villa de Mazo,
on the coast, eight kilometres from the capital Santa Cruz de La Palma, and at a similar
distance from the towns that have undergone the greatest population growth in
recent years: Breña Alta and Breña Baja. The largest tourist complex on the island,
Cancajos, is located in Breña Baja.
History of the airport
After the studies made necessary by the special island terrain and climate, the first
airport, called Buenavista, was opened on July 19 1955, in the municipality of Breña
Alta.
In 1970, this airport ceased to operate and a new one located in Villa de Mazo went
into service. It had one runway oriented at 01º-19º. The south end (threshold) was
called 01 and the north threshold was called 19. At that time the runway was 1,700 m
long, there was an aircraft apron, and a 1,500 m2 terminal building.
In 1980 the runway was extended by 500 m so that it could be used by jet aeroplanes.
This was accomplished by building a large breakwater that enabled the creation of a
landfill.
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The increasing air traffic made it necessary to build new facilities, which were opened
in 1984. These consisted in a newly built 5,700 m2 two-storey terminal, a larger paved
area and car park, providing over 900 parking places.
In the year 2005 construction work began to improve and expand the airport facilities.
These projects include:
new passenger terminal building with 30,000 m2 of surface area projected
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to enter into service in the year 2010.
A new control tower.
xpansion of the aircraft apron, part of which entered into service in the year
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2008. It will reach its maximum capacity, which is twice that of the current
capacity, when the new terminal is completed.
ew access roads and 2,600 parking places, some of which are already in
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service.
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Aena activity at La Palma Airport
The sphere of application of the EMS (Environmental Management
System) encompasses the management and maintenance activities
of La Palma Airport’s facilities, infrastructures and services.
We can highlight the following activities and services:
Generation of emergency power
Power supply
Water supply
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aintenance of facilities (electrical system, waterworks, air
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conditioning, landscaping, computer system, etc.)
Wastewater treatment
Maintenance of company vehicles
Rescue and fire-fighting
Waste collection
Administrative and sales activities
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Environmental policy
The basic pillars of environmental management of La Palma Airport are defined in
Aena’s environmental policy, which was approved by Aena’s Chief Executive Officer
on June 2, 2003 and is applicable to all the network airports:
espect and protect the environment as a basic objective in the management of
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the activities Aena conducts with regard to airports and air navigation, as well as
aeronautical and related business developments.
ake the development of air traffic compatible with environmental conservation,
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so that today’s acts are not detrimental to the quality of life of future generations,
thereby fostering sustainable development.
stablish procedures to ensure updated familiarity and compliance with the
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legal requisites pertinent to Aena’s activities, and other applicable requisites.
Implement an Environmental Management System in every centre in accordance
with this Environmental Policy that will permit the periodic concretion of
environmental objectives and targets, and systematically control and evaluate
their level of compliance in order to ensure continual improvement and pollution
prevention.
romote actions designed to minimise sound levels and to bolster the preservation
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of the quality of life of the population in the airport vicinity.
revent atmospheric pollution that may be associated with Aena activities, taking
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advantage of the technological and economic means avail able, minimising
chemical emissions and establishing adequate mechanisms of control, monitoring
and correction.
10Encourage environmentally sound reuse, recycling and management of waste.
Rationalise the consumption of energy and natural resources through energy
efficiency and the progressive use of renewable energy sources.
ct in a transparent manner with the administrations, institutions and communities
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in the areas where Aena conducts activities and co-operate fully with them in the
prevention of possible environmental impacts that could result from activities
associated with air transport.
ommunicate the Environmental Policy to all Aena employees, contractors and
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concessionaires, and make it available to its clients and the society at large.
Foster the environmental conscientiousness of personnel through environmental
awareness training programmes instilling the importance of their performing
their tasks correctly and encouraging them to play their part in complying with
the objectives.
eriodically accommodate this Environmental Policy to the new objectives of the
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organisation, adapting it to any new circumstances that may arise.
11Environmental management system
Environmental management system
Owing to society’s necessarily increasing sensitivity toward the
environment, sustainable development and recycling, these
facets have become incorporated into work methods with specific
objectives and targets taken on by many modern industries.
By implementing and maintaining an Environmental Management
System (EMS), this airport demonstrates its sensitivity toward its
surroundings, embracing a commitment to guarantee the quality
of all its services and to conduct its activities through respect and
protection of the environment. This EMS was certified in the
year 2001 in accordance with the international standards ISO
13001:2004, and its certification has been renewed ever since.
The implementation of the system facilitates compliance with
the current environmental legislation and ensures controls
of all the activities that may directly or indirectly affect the
environment.
An important part of the system is the establishment of goals
in the form of objectives of environmental improvement with
established time-frames for their accomplishment.
Not only are the environmental aspects derived from Aena
activity controlled for the purpose of minimising their impact,
but the relevant aspects of the companies conducting activities
on the airport premises (airlines, restaurants, etc.) are also
monitored through periodic controls to make sure that these
companies also comply with the environmental legislation.
12All the projects carried out within the EMS to abide by the environmental policy are
recorded in the system documentation:
The Manual serves as a reference for the implementation and maintenance of the EMS.
The Procedures stipulate the general requisites of the ISO 13001:2004 standards.
he Instructions establish the responsibilities and environmental steps to take
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with regard to these aspects, clearly and concisely stating the specific tasks to
perform.
he Records are documents determining whether a project has been carried out,
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which make it possible to analyse the level of compliance with the EMS.
In the year 2007 an Environmental Information System (EIS) was implemented to
facilitate access to the system records for Aena workers, which in turn became a tool in
the audits conducted annually for the maintenance of the ISO 14001 certificate.
13Environmental aspects
Principal environmental aspects
These are the elements of the airport activities The airport has established a method for identifying
and services that may have an impact on the all the environmental aspects of its activity, both
environment. They are therefore the core of the those derived from its normal development (direct),
Environmental Management System as operating with a real impact, and those caused by emergency
requirements are established to permit their situations (potential) with an impact derived from
control, follow-up and continual improvement. the possible consequences of these situations.
The list of aspects is revised every year in case the Consumption
rendering of new services should cause new aspects
to appear or in case any should be eliminated. One aspect to take into account in the La Palma
This list is drawn up so that it can be evaluated to EMS is the consumption of natural resources, since
determine which aspects are significant according meeting present demands requires the consumption
to the established criteria. of water, electrical energy, fuel, etc.
14Water
The following graph represents the consumption
of potable water during recent years.
Cubic metres
60,000
50,000
Water consumption (m3) – Period 2006 - 2008
40,000
Years (1)
2006 2007 2008
30,000 m 3
39,403 30,866 54,440
20,000 This does not include part of the volume of the water employed during the
(1)
construction of the airport expansion.
10,000
0
2006 2007 2008
Despite the fact that an effort was made to separate
consumption by installing gauges in order to distinguish
that used for the construction work underway, it was
not possible to make a thorough distinction. Therefore,
in the chart they are listed together.
The measures taken to reduce and optimise this
consumption are:
Awareness campaigns among airport personnel
Installation of drip irrigation equipment and
automatic taps
euse of treated water for irrigating landscaped
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onitoring of the waterworks on airport
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premises
15Presentación aspects
Environmental
Electrical energy
In the year 2003 the Industry, Commerce and New La Palma Airport has become the first airport
Technologies Council of the Government of the in Spain to supply its own energy. From 2005 to
Canary Islands granted the La Palma Airport wind 2008 the amount of energy produced by the wind
power plant, property of Aena, the condition of turbines ranged from 66 to 95 percent, respectively,
electrical energy facility, in accordance with the of the total amount of energy consumed at the
royal decree 2818/1998 “on the production of Aena facilities. This has led to significant savings in
electrical power by facilities supplied by renewable the cost of airport operations.
resources or sources, waste and co-generation”.
That same year the two turbines of the wind power The wind power plant consists of two wind turbines
plant entered into service. with a nominal power of 660 kW, which provide most
of the energy needed to operate the airport facilities.
To take better advantage of the energy produced, They are located in the eastern part of the airport,
Aena has signed a contract with the provider of where they do not interfere with air navigation. It is
electric power, wherein any extra energy produced estimated that the production of energy from both
is sent to the company to supply other customers. If turbines, from the time they entered into service
the wind turbines cannot meet the demands of the until the year 2008, was 11,360,242 kWh, which
airport facilities, the power company will supply prevented the emission of some 6,816 tonnes of CO2
the necessary energy. (0.6 kg of CO2 per kWh).
16We can highlight the following significant measures to save energy or to conserve natural resources:
Reducing the consumption of the lights on the airport access roads
Requesting the installation of a third wind turbine, with 850 kW of power
Installing 1000 m2 of surface area of solar panels
Replacing the fluorescent lights of the terminal with energy-saving equivalents
Installing presence and light sensors, which led to savings of roughly 50% where they were installed
Aena’s consumption of electrical energy (produced + bought - sold - consumed in construction
of airport expansion) 2006 – 2008 period
% of Aena % of airport
In-house consumption consumption
production Concessionaires produced produced
Aena Airport
(airport Bought Sold and expansion with with
consumption consumption
wind power construction renewable renewable
plant) energy energy
sources sources
Year 2006 2,148,791 1,974,160 788,225 86,412 3,248,314 66.15 3,334,726 64
Year 2007 2,357,175 2,474,046 663,775 1,655,080 2,512,366 93.82 4,167,446 57
Year 2008 2,436,542 2,876,475 455,396 2,295,220 2,562,401 95.09 4,857,621 50
6,000,000
2006
5,000,000 2007
4,000,000 2008
3,000,000
2,000,000
1,000,000
0
In-house Bought Sold Concessionaires Aena Airport
production and expansion consumption consumption
(airport wind construction
power plant) work
* AENA CONSUMTPION = PRODUCED + PURCHASED - SOLD - CONSUMPTION CONSTRUCTION - CONSUMPTION CONCESSIONAIRES 17Environmental aspects
Fuel
The graph shows the notable reduction in the consumption of fuel and zero consumption
of petrol in the year 2008 owing to the elimination of vehicles that run on petrol.
These results were achieved because of the renovation of the vehicle fleet and
adequate maintenance upheld through the Maximum Programme (a programme to
control the maintenance of Aena facilities and vehicles).
Fuel consumption (I) (2006 – 2008 period)
General-use Diesel for RFFS Kerosene
Petrol vehicles Diesel GS (2)
diesel vehicles (1) for RFFS drills
Year 2006 1,565 8,613 11,228 8,264 1,925
Year 2007 262 13,536 11,581 8,380 2,690
Year 2008 0 9,408 10,441 3,080 1,350
16,000 2006
14,000 2007
2008
12,000
10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0
Petrol vehicles General use Diesel for RFFS (1) Kerosene Diesel GS (2)
diesel vehicles for RFFS drills
(1)
RFFS = Rescue and Fire-Fighting Service
(2)
GS = Generator set
18Other environmental aspects controlled at the airport are:
Wastewater effluent
La Palma Airport has a wastewater treatment plant to purify the sewage generated at the terminal building
(toilets, bars, etc.) as well as the rest of the Aena facilities (fire-fighting, power plant facilities, and that
coming from the aircraft bilges, which are unloaded when parked on the apron). In this process of purifying
the sewage, sludge is produced in association with biological purification treatment.
The quantity generated during this period and the result of the tests of the water treated is demonstrated
in the following charts. The increase in sludge is a result of the growing number of airport users and the
increase in the frequency with which it is extracted so as not to overload the plant.
Average values from tests run on wastewater from WTP (Period 2006 – 2008)
Bacterial
BOD5 (*) pH Suspended solids contamination COD (**)
(E. coli)
Between 5.5
Legal limit Less than 20 mg/l Less than 30 mg/l Less than 100/100 ml Less than 160 mg/l
and 9.5
Average values 2006 11.91 7.04 7.74 0.00 17.47
Average values 2007 8.1 6.8 6.7 0.00 12.76
Average values 2008 11.69 7.07 11.8 0.00 29.2
(*)
Biological oxygen demand
(**)
Chemical oxygen demand
BOD5 (*)
pH
35 Suspended solids
Bacterial contamination (E. coli)
30
COD (**)
25
20 Amount of sludge generated in the
15 wastewater purification process
(Period 2006 – 2008)
10
2006 2007 2008
5
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of sludge 570 1398 1980
0 generated
Average values 2006 Average values 2007 Average values 2008 19Environmental aspects
The rainwater on the aircraft apron may be contaminated by
washing away spills that may be on the surface. For this reason it
is put through a hydrocarbon separator prior to being discharged
into the sea. To ensure the correct functioning of this equipment,
a programme has been established for its maintenance and
cleaning, tasks which also generate waste which is ultimately
properly managed by authorised agents. Before its discharge
into the sea, this water is tested to make sure it meets legal
limits established by the Environmental Council of the Canary
Island Government.
The fire-fighting service carries out drills with real fire employing
kerosene as fuel. These drills take place on an apron fitted out
for this purpose and, as at the aircraft apron, a hydrocarbon
separator has been connected there to treat this water before
it is discharged.
20Effluent (Period 2006 – 2008)
Emergency spillway at WTP
pH Oil and grease (mg/l) BOD5 (mg/l) Suspended solids (mg/l)
YEAR
Legal limit = 5.5 - 9.5 Legal limit = 75 mg/l Legal limit = 500 mg/l Legal limit = 500 mg/l
2006 There was no effluent
2007 (February) 8.3Aspectos ambientales
Environmental aspects
Waste management
The management of urban and hazardous waste is conducted, in compliance with the
law, through authorised transporters and managers who label the waste and carry out
a correct segregation, observing time limits on storage and properly fitting out these
facilities to prevent spills.
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2006
24,000
23,000 2007
22,000 2008
21,000
20,000
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18,000
17,000
16,000
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Plant refuse Scrap metal Wood Toner and printer
Glass (m3) Rubble (m3) Domestic oil (l)
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2006 36 1,940 4,500 4,300 7,000 75 144
2007 32 2,500 4,050 640 7,300 50 93
2008 21 5,540 23,160 1,960 (kg) 7,060,00 40 173
Urban waste Inert waste
The urban waste generated at the airport (organic This waste mainly consists of rubble, wood and
rubbish, paper, cardboard, glass, containers, toner scrap metal generated by the construction work on
cartridges and plant refuse from trimming) is airport premises. Once it is placed in construction
managed through the Mazo Town Hall rubbish bins and after it has been authorised, the waste is
collection service by external authorised agents transported to the dump by an authorised manager
(cardboard, containers and glass) and through of non-hazardous waste.
companies with waste assessment systems. This is
the case of the toner cartridges and plant refuse
from the airport gardens. In the latter case, the
waste is employed for making compost.
There are specific bins for the selective collection
of paper and cardboard, glass, containers, plant
refuse and printer toner. Non-hazardous waste managed
(Period 2006 – 2008)
2006
3,000 2007
2,500 2008
2,000
Paper and Primary waste
cardboard Plastic (kg) treatment 1,500
(m3) plant (kg)
2006 579 720 738
1,000
2007 1,160 980 1,080 500
2008 2,700 2,060 1,400
0
Paper and Plastic Primary waste
cardboard (m3) (kg) treatment plant
(kg) 23Environmental aspects
Hazardous waste
La Palma Airport is registered with the Government of the Canary Islands as a small producer of hazardous
waste. The hazardous waste that is generated during airport activities (Rescue and fire-fighting service;
maintenance of the facilities and vehicle fleet; passenger terminal and Aena offices) consists of:
Used oils and oil filters Diesel fuel and petrol filters
L ead batteries, alkaline batteries, button cell Containers of hazardous waste
batteries and accumulator batteries
Contaminated soil
Fluorescent and sodium lamps
Solvents
Material impregnated with hydrocarbons
Healthcare waste
Aerosols
In order to avoid harming the environment, La Palma Airport carries out proper collection and storage
of HW prior to turning it over to agents authorised by the Government of the Canary Islands to handle
hazardous waste.
Hazardous waste managed (Period 2006 – 2008)
Fluorescents Contaminated Contaminated Soil
Healthcare
Used oil (l) and other empty metal empty plastic Oil filters Solvents contaminated
waste
lamps (kg) containers containers with HC
2006 180 130 0 68 0 28 0 1.126
2007 500 58 30 67 4 0 17 377
2008 265 79 172 93 0 66 50 244
Absorbent Aerosol
Botton Contaminated Out of use Components
material Lead Ni – Cd Alkaline containers
cell empty aerosol vehicles of discarded
contaminated batteries batteries batteries with
batteries containers (units) equipment
with HC (kg) contents
2006 260 622 29 96 0.5 0 0 0 0
2007 140 1,026 0 42 0 0 0 5 0
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Hazardous waste managed
(Period 2006 – 2008)
2006
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Sludge Electrical
contaminated computer
with HC (kg) equipment
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Sludge Electrical
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2006 0 2,089
2007 0 0
2008 12,600 3,368
26Assessment of aspects
In order to establish objective evaluation criteria,
representative indicators are used for each
environmental aspect, which permits assessing its
significance. Moreover, for each one a reference
value is defined for comparing it with the
indicator in order to determine whether or not
the aspect is significant. This reference value may
be: the legal limit, amounts over a certain period
of time, etc. Improvement objectives and targets
are established in relation to the aspects that are
deemed significant.
27Environmental aspects
SIGNIFICANT DIRECT ASPECTS
2005* 2006* 2007* 2008* 2009*
Effluent into septic tank Organic rubbish and Organic rubbish and Organic rubbish and
Effluent of wastewater
(Annex building, Breña other non-segregated other non-segregated other non-segregated
from WTP
Baja) UW SUW SUW
Rainwater runoff
Effluent of wastewater Containers (tins, plastic, Containers (tins, plastic, Effluent from Moncloa
(point 4 – power plant
from WTP cartons, etc. cartons, etc.) septic tank
area)
Consumption EE
Effluent into septic tank
Emissions from petrol Effluent from Moncloa Effluent from Moncloa (turbines + bought -
(Annex building, Breña
vehicles septic tank septic tank sold) minus consumption
Baja)
airlines + construction
Consumption of diesel Consumption of diesel
Consumption of petrol Rainwater runoff Water consumed for
fuel by vehicles other fuel in RFFS vehicles
by vehicles (point 2 – Cepsa area) irrigation
than lorries other than fire engines
Total consumption of
water minus consumption Consumption diesel fuel
Consumption of diesel Emissions of diesel fuel Total consumption
for irrigation + RFFS + by fire engines
fuel by vehicles vehicles of water by RFFS
airlines + AN (by hours)
+ construction
Total consumption of Consumption EE (wind
Generation of empty water minus consumption turbines + bought - sold) Sludge from
Generation of various
metal containers that for irrigation + fire- minus consumption hydrocarbon separator
used batteries
have contained HW fighting + airlines + AN + AN + airlines + apron + of fire-fighting service
construction beacons + construction
Generation
Consumption of diesel Consumption of water in
of fluorescent and other Consumption of paper Consumption of paper
fuel by vehicles fire-fighting drills
lamps (Hg-Na)
Total consumption of
Consumption of diesel water minus consumption
Generation of paint,
Generation of batteries Used filters fuel by fire engines for irrigation + fire-
solvent and glue
(by hours) fighting + airlines + AN
+ construction
Material impregnated Consumption of diesel
Emissions of diesel fuel Electricity consumed
with HS: rags, paper, etc. fuel/kerosene/petrol for Consumption of paper
vehicles at facilitie©s
airport maintenance fire-fighting drills
RFFS Rescue and Fire-Fighting Service /WTP: Wastewater treatment plant / GS: Generator set /
HS: Hazardous substances / SUW: Solid urban waste / HW: Hazardous waste / EE: Electrical energy
* THE YEAR IS THAT IN WHICH THE ASPECTS WERE EVALUATED BY EMPLOYING DATA FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR
28SIGNIFICANT DIRECT ASPECTS
2005* 2006* 2007* 2008* 2009*
Consumption of Emissions diesel fuel
Rainwater runoff – Generation of used
electrical energy (wind vehicles other than fire Used filters
(point 2 Cepsa area) motor oil
turbines + bought - sold) engines
Rainwater runoff – Generation of material Consumption of diesel
Emissions RFFS drills -
(point 4 power plant impregnated with fuel by fire engines Sludge from WTP
kerosene
area) hydrocarbons (by hours)
Generation of materials Consumption of diesel
Generation of empty Empty plastic containers
impregnated with fuel/kerosene/petrol Sludge from WTP
plastic containers of HW of HS
hydrocarbons for RFFS drills
Generation of empty Consumption of petrol Emissions diesel fuel Empty metal containers
Used oil
plastic containers of HW by vehicles apart from fire engines of HS
Generation of empty Empty plastic containers Electrical computer
Fuel consumption GS 1 Emissions petrol vehicles
metal containers of HW of HW equipment
Fuel consumption GS 1 Emissions RFFS drills –
Fuel consumption GS 2 Batteries HW at airport
(new plant) kerosene
Fuel consumption GS 2 Fuel consumption RFFS Hazardous components
Wood, pallets
(new plant) drills of discarded equipment
Consumption of
Ni-Cd batteries Solvents
electricity at facilities
Empty plastic containers HW from batteries
of HS at airport
Fluorescents and other
lamps with HS
Batteries HW at airport
RFFS Rescue and Fire-Fighting Service /WTP: Wastewater treatment plant / GS: Generator set /
HS: Hazardous substances / SUW: Solid urban waste / HW: Hazardous waste / EE: Electrical energy
* THE YEAR IS THAT IN WHICH THE ASPECTS WERE EVALUATED BY EMPLOYING DATA FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR
29Training and awareness
Environmental training
Since the implementation of the EMS in the year Integral water management at airports. One
2001, La Palma Airport management has deemed attendee. Length: 21 hours
training essential for improving and progressing
with respect to the environment. In order to act nvironmental management systems at airports.
E
in consonance with the environmental policy, all One attendee. Length: 28 hours
the people employed at the airport have received
general and environment-specific instruction, Online courses:
depending on the work they do. Environmental awareness. One attendee.
Length: 3 hours
The personnel have received both online and
classroom courses. A summary of the environmental 2007
training given in recent years at the airport is
provided below: Classroom courses:
Basic environmental management course. 48
In the year 2006 attendees. Length: 2.5 hours
Classroom courses: Integral water management at airports. One
Basic environmental management course, attendee. Length: 21 hours
environmental aspects and ways of controlling
them. Introduction to the La Palma Airport 2008
EMS. 12 attendees. Length: 2.5 hours.
On-line course:
nvironmental Audits. 1 attendee.
E Environmental management. 49 attendees.
Length: 14 hours Length: 3 hours
Auditing Environmental and Quality Classroom course:
Management Systems. One attendee. Basic environmental management course,
Length: 40 hours environmental aspects and ways to control
them. Length: 2.5 hours
asic Environmental Management. 11 attendees.
B
Length: 1.5 hours
30Awareness
Environmental awareness has been one of the Other awareness and training activities that have
strong points of the EMS. This has been reflected taken place include participation in the different
in the different audits it has passed. environment shows held on the island in the years
2004 and 2006, at the National Congress on the
Achieving the environmental awareness of a group Environment (CONAMA), and spreading awareness
as numerous and conducting such varied activities about the airport’s environmental complex,
as the people working on airport premises, and where the functioning of the disposal site, the
the users themselves, is an endeavour that requires wastewater treatment plant and the wind turbines
continuous effort. is demonstrated.
The projects that have been carried out since the
EMS was implemented include the production of
flyers, brochures, posters, informative panels and
exhibitions, and the creation of didactic advertising
campaigns, calendars, T-shirts, etc., in addition to
the everyday use of cloth bags, wooden rubbish
bins and so on.
Visits received (Period 2006 – 2008)
Years 2006 2007 2008
Visitors 412 121 195
500
450
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
2006 2007 2008
31Audits
Audits
Twice a year the environmental management system
is subjected to an audit process consisting of an
internal audit and an external audit conducted by
AENOR, in order to determine:
hether it complies with the requisites of the
W
ISO 14001:2004 standards
hether the activities are in accordance with
W
what is established in the EMS
hether it complies with the legislation in
W
force
Below there is a summary of the audits of the
airport EMS, the internal ones as well as Aenor’s,
showing the number of non-compliances detected
in each of them. They both underscore a continual
improvement and consolidation of the EMS. It
is also important to point out that all the non-
compliances detected are minor.
32Audits (Period 2006 – 2008)
YEAR AUDIT NON-COMPLIANCES
2006 (July) INTERNAL 8
2006 (October) AENOR 1
2007 (June) INTERNAL 6
2007 (October) AENOR 2
2008 (July) INTERNAL 5
2008 (September) AENOR 1
33Environmental objectives and targets
Objectives and targets
Every year La Palma Airport establishes an environmental management programme, “Programme of Objectives
and Targets”, for the purpose of furthering the achievement of continual improvement of the system and
environmental practice at the airport. The objectives and targets of the period 2006 – 2008 are shown below:
2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009
Compliance at
the time this
Objective Action Compliance Objective Action Compliance Objective Action
report was
produced
Improve the Design and
Prevent soil Control the
environmental execute Reduce the number
pollution at the Prolong the rainwater introduction of
complex (WTP, informative panel of specimens
two points of system from the invasive foreign
100% disposal site, about the animal 100% of pennisetum 100%
rainwater runoff outflow points to the plant species in
power plant) and plant species setaceum at the
liable to carry WTP a surface area of
for tours by in the vicinity of airport facilities
contaminants 10,000 m2
schoolchildren the airport
Control the Reduce the
Decrease the introduction of number of Improve Improve the
Build two new drying
volume of sludge invasive foreign specimens of conditions for enclosure of the
beds to increase this 100% 100% 100%
accumulated in the plant species in pennisetum the storage of hazardous waste
surface by 200%
sludge thickener a surface area of setaceum at the hazardous waste storeroom
10,000 m2 airport facilities
Improve the
Improve the WTP 100 m2 of landscaping Design and produce
management of Direct delivery of
facility as an area with native plants and Reduce the use of 250 cloth bags to
100% the scrap metal airport waste to 100% 100%
of environmental informative signs about plastic bags give to workers and
generated at the manager
awareness these plants visitors
airport
Decrease the
Control the Produce 23 wooden
Reduce the number quantity of Install six bins for Improve the
introduction of rubbish bins for
of specimens of non-segregated the segregation segregation of
invasive plant 100% 100% the segregation 100%
pennisetum setaceum urban waste at of domestic paper in Aena
species in a surface of paper in Aena
at the airport facilities the Aena facilities containers offices
area of 10,000 m2 offices
and terminal
342006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009
Objective Action Compliance Objective Action Compliance Objective Action Compliance
Design and
Promote Design and produce
produce 500
Improve environmental Promote at least 200 copies
Direct delivery copies of
the management awareness measures to of two informative
of airport waste 100% the second 100% 100%
of the scrap metal projects in conserve natural flyers about energy,
to manager environmental
generated organised airport resources water and fuel-
report for
tours saving measures
children
Reduce emissions *Set minimum of
Impart knowledge Improve the Fit the hazardous of co2 generated air-conditioning
about some of the Plant 200 native conditions of waste storeroom as a consequence thermostats at 25ºC.
protected plant specimens to give to 100% storage and with electricity 50% of the * Replace the 100w 100%
species on the visiting schoolchildren weighing of and improve the consumption of lights on access
island hazardous waste enclosure electricity at the roads with 50w
Aena facilities lights
Improve the
distribution of
Increase the no.
environmental Decrease noise
of display stands Substitute
publications in pollution and the
for environmental 100% falconry for bird 100%
the terminal by generation of
information in the scare devices
increasing the batteries
terminal
number of display
stands by 25%
Decrease the
volume of waste Improve access Put in place a
Install two bins for the
destined for the to the airport’s geo-referenced
segregation of domestic 100% 100%
dump, which can environmental information
containers
therefore not be information system
reused
35Fauna control
Fauna control
Since the airport is located between a seagull nesting area, to the
south, and an urban waste dump, a few kilometres to the north, it
is on the route for these birds when they seek food. Therefore, in
order to guarantee air safety the existence of a fauna control service
is a necessity, for it enables the identification of the birds in flight
crossing the airspace that may pose a high risk of accident due to
collision. This service also carries out important surveillance tasks,
detecting other intrusive species, such as dogs, cats, etc.
The fauna control service, known as the falconer, began operating
in January 2008, and it has become one of the main attractions for
schoolchildren and other organised groups visiting the airport.
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