Environmental Management and Coordination (Air Quality) Regulations, Legal Notice no. 34 of 2014. Country/Territory Kenya Document type Regulation Date 2014 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Kenya Gazette Supplement no. 41 of 11 April 2014. Subject Air & atmosphere, Environment gen. Keyword Air quality/air pollution Emissions Authorization/permit Environmental standards Hazardous substances Pollution control Protected area Transboundary effects Monitoring Environmental fees/charges Environmental audit Offences/penalties Classification/declassification Forest fires Public health Waste disposal Geographical area Africa, Eastern Africa Abstract These Regulations, divided into thirteen Parts, and made under section 147 of the Environmental Management and Coordination Act, no. 8 of 1999, provide for the prevention, control and abatement of air pollution to ensure clean and healthy ambient air. The Regulations apply to: all internal combustion engines; all premises, places, processes, operations, or works to which the provisions of the Act apply, except: traditional and cultural burning of savanna grasslands, burning for purposes of public health protection, back-burning to control or suppress wildfires, emissions of air pollutants from selected stationary and mobile sources. Matters covered by these Regulations include: general prohibitions concerning air pollution; ambient air quality standards; permissible levels; emission standards; classification of priority air pollutants; controlled and protected areas; emissions from mobile sources, such as internal combustion engines, motor vehicles; exposure levels; exposure to hazardous substances; emission of particulate matters from construction materials and demolitions; emissions from waste incinerators; emissions of nitrogen oxides; cross-border air pollution; issuance and procedures for emission licences; methods of measurement and analysis of air pollutants; monitoring of ambient air quality; assessment of air quality and of stationery sources; submission of emission assessment and atmospheric impact report; guidelines for monitoring air pollutants; air pollution control technologies for mitigation of greenhouse gases; environmental charges for pollution; offences and penalties. Full text English Website kenyalaw.org References - Legislation Implements Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act, 1999 (Cap. 387). Legislation | Kenya | 2000 (2009) Keyword: Framework law, Institution, EIA, Environmental audit, Pollution control, Environmental planning, Special fund, Inspection, Court/tribunal, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties, Protection of environment, Policy/planning, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Coastal zone management, Basic legislation, Freshwater pollution, Water quality standards, Wetlands Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repeals Environmental Management and Co-ordination (Fossil Fuel Emission Control) Regulations, 2006 (Cap. 387). Legislation | Kenya | 2006 (2012) Keyword: Air quality/air pollution, Emissions, Environmental standards, Pollution control, Standards, Protection of environment Source: FAO, FAOLEX