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Certificate of Environmental Clearance (Designated Activities) Order, 2001 (L.N. No. 103 of 2001).

Country/Territory
Trinidad and Tobago
Document type
Regulation
Date
2001
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Trinidad and Tobago Official Gazette, Supplement Part B - Vol. 40, No. 113 of 2001, pp. 341-356.
Subject
Environment gen., Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Pollution control Ecosystem preservation Authorization/permit Management/conservation Protected area
Geographical area
Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

The Activities listed in the Schedule are designated activities in the sense of section 35 of the Environmental Management Act, 2000. Such activities require a Certificate of Environmental Clearance, the grant of which signifies the approval of the activity solely in terms of environmental impact. Activities include animal husbandry, operation of a game propagation facility, aquaculture, mariculture, farming, timber cultivation and extraction, land filling and reclamation, handling of (toxic) waste, catchment, abstraction or treatment of potable or 'process' water, water distribution, impounding of water, land drainage and irrigation, water treatment and sewage treatment.

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