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Procuratore speciale con delega ambientale

English translation: Executive officer with responsibility for the environment


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Italian term or phrase:Procuratore speciale con delega ambientale
English translation:Executive officer with responsibility for the environment
Entered by: Alexander Chisholm
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19:40 May 27, 2011
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Tech/Engineering - Environment & Ecology / environmental SOPs
Italian term or phrase: Procuratore speciale con delega ambientale
This is from an Environmental Management System manual.

Its the tile of one of the jobs.

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Alexander Chisholm
Local time: 12:01
Executive officer with responsibility for the environment
Explanation:
These are persons, often directors of companies, appointed as executive officers with specific powers and duties in addition to those of CEO and CFO.
I think you can safely omit the "special" part which would just confuse.

This is a Google without speciale
http://www.google.it/search?source=ig&hl=it&rlz=&=&q="Procur...


This is with speciale
http://www.google.it/search?source=ig&hl=it&rlz=&=&q="Procur...
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James (Jim) Davis
Italy
Local time: 12:01
Grading comment
Many thanks.
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Summary of answers provided
4Environmental officer
Dominic Currie
4Executive officer with responsibility for the environment
James (Jim) Davis
3Special Agent responsible for environmental protectiongallagy2


  

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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Special Agent responsible for environmental protection


Explanation:
perhaps this is to do with EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)?

could also phrase as

"..with responsibility for..."

Duties and responsibilities. An EPA special agent is one that is fully authorized to enforce environmental laws, which protect the nation's resources such ...
www.innerbody.com/.../how-to-become-an-environmental-protec... - Cached

13 Sep 2010 ... Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) is a ... The drop-off in special agents is also reflected in a decline in new ...
www.peer.org/news/news_id.php?row_id=1400 - Cached

23 Feb 2011 ... United Nations Environment Programme environment for development ... it is ultimately the responsibility of the reader to evaluate the accuracy ... and Special Agent in Charge David M. Dillon of Environmental Protection ...
www.mea-ren.org › Environmental Crime Media Update - Cached

gallagy2
Ireland
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Executive officer with responsibility for the environment


Explanation:
These are persons, often directors of companies, appointed as executive officers with specific powers and duties in addition to those of CEO and CFO.
I think you can safely omit the "special" part which would just confuse.

This is a Google without speciale
http://www.google.it/search?source=ig&hl=it&rlz=&=&q="Procur...


This is with speciale
http://www.google.it/search?source=ig&hl=it&rlz=&=&q="Procur...

James (Jim) Davis
Italy
Local time: 12:01
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 70
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Many thanks.
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4 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Environmental officer


Explanation:
Another alternative.
The term "officer" is often used in corporate language for staff specifically assigned to perform a particular role, especially when imposed by regulatory requirements, for example "compliance officer". So, in this case "environmental officer".
It also googles pretty well: http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ITIT351&q="com...

Dominic Currie
Italy
Local time: 12:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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