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National Environmental (Base Metals, Iron and Steel Manufacturing/Recycling Industries Sector) Regulations, 2011 (S.I. No.14 9f 2011).

Pays/Territoire
Nigéria
Type du document
Règlement
Date
2011
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Sujet
Environnement gén., Eau
Mot clé
Lutte contre la pollution Normes environnementales Déchets dangereux Exploitation minière Principe pollueur-payeur Accès-à-l'information Gestion des déchets Prévention des déchets Infractions/sanctions Normes Protection de l’environnement Pollution des eaux douces Eaux usées/déversement
Aire géographique
Afrique, Atlantique Nord, Afrique de l'Ouest
Résumé

These Regulations are made by the Minister of Environment pursuant to the provisions of section 34 of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (Establishment) Act, 2007. The Regulations are to prevent and minimize pollution from all operations and ancillary activities of the base metals, iron and steel manufacturing/recycling industry sector in the Nigerian environment. It provides for facilities, corporations or organizations under this sector to carry out environmental impact assessment for projects, to submit environmental audit report for existing industries every 3 years, and to submit environmental management plan. New facilities are mandated to apply up-to-date, efficient cleaner production technologies to minimize pollution to the barest degree practicable. Furthermore, the Regulations generally provide that facilities shall set up machinery for combating pollution hazards and maintain equipment in the event of an emergency and that facilities shall imbibe the best practices for waste minimization in the course of their activities, including adopting the 5 Rs (Reduce, Repair, Reuse, Recycle and Recover) in the management of scraps generated in the course of production. The Regulations provide for the application of the Polluter-Pays Principle to every facility that pollutes the environment in the course of their operations. Every Facility, Corporation or Organisation shall have a sustainable community relations programme.

Texte intégral
Anglais

Références - Législation

Implemente

National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (Establishment) Act, 2007 (No. 25 of 2007).

Législation | Nigéria | 2007

Mot clé: Loi-cadre, Législation de base, Institution, Planification environnementale, Lutte contre la pollution, Qualité de l'air/pollution de l'air, Changement de climat, Pollution de la mer, Émissions, Mise en application, Érosion, Déchets dangereux, Monitorage, Pollution sonore (de l'environnement), Couche d'ozone, Pollution des eaux douces, Pollution du sol/qualité, Effet transfrontière, Politique/planification, Eaux usées/déversement, Bassin/captage/bassin versant, Normes de qualité de l'eau, Eaux continentales

Source: FAO, FAOLEX