Environment Health Act No. 1 of 2009. Pays/Territoire Soudan Type du document Législation Date 2009 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Environnement gén., Eau, Déchets et substances dangereuses Mot clé Législation de base Institution Planification environnementale Substances dangereuses Déchets dangereux Santé publique Commerce international Déchets solides Transformation/manutention Qualité de l'air/pollution de l'air Lutte contre la pollution Inspection Politique/planification Gestion des déchets Élimination de déchets Eaux usées/déversement Protection de l’environnement Eau potable Pollution des eaux douces Aire géographique Afrique, Nations en développement sans littoral, Pays les moins avances, Afrique du Nord et Proche-Orient, Afrique du Nord, Mer Rouge et le Golfe d'Aden, Sahel Résumé This Act consisting of 16 articles divided in V Sections aims at protecting the environment by establishing an institutional body and defining its competences. It establishes the Environmental Health National Council with the following main tasks (i) propose general policies, plans and programs in the field of the environmental health; (ii) classify health substances, resulting from dangerous substances, according to the danger thereof and lay down rules for importing these substances; and (iii) lay down rules for inspection of sites, in case of suspicion of committing any health contravention, in the field of garbage, and dangerous health garbage. This Act deals also with (i) rules to protect potable water sources from solid, liquid or gaseous substances potentially dangerous (industrial, sewage water, solid waste, dead animals); (ii) rules to control and examine potable water; (iii) health conditions to prevent air pollution; (iv) health protection from insects and other directly or indirectly vectors of disease. Regulating the dealing with dangerous health garbage, this Act provides for (i) conditions and controls to be complied, such as the use of modern technology means to reduce health-hazardous waste production and to choose alternatives for the product less injurious to environmental health; (ii) dangerous health waste storage and places for disposal; (iii) binding solid and liquid waste management rules (ban on throwing in public places, or flush the liquid garbage except in specified places and by such methods); and (iv) assessment by a government concerned committee of the environmental and health effect of any activities or facilities or projects. The Act states as well that the Minister of Health may suspend any national institution producing dangerous health garbage or suspend activity of the same, whenever it is proved that this institution constitutes a public health danger. Texte intégral Arabe/Anglais Site web moj.gov.sd Références - Législation Abroge Environment Health Act of 1975. Législation | Soudan | 1975 Mot clé: Eau potable, Hygiène/procédures sanitaires, Contrôle de qualité alimentaire/innocuité des produits alimentaires, Approvisionnement en eau, Normes de qualité de l'eau, Pollution des eaux douces, Lutte contre la pollution Source: FAO, FAOLEX