NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT (DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL PLASTIC, RUBBER AND FOAM SECTOR) REGULATIONS

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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT (DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL PLASTIC, RUBBER AND FOAM SECTOR) REGULATIONS

ARRANCEMENT OF REGULATIONS

1.       Citation.

2.       Environmental Governance.

3.       Planning.

4.       Emergency Response Plan.

5.       Pollution Abatement Equipment.

6.       Polluter Pays Principle.

7.       Best Practices.

8.       Global Warming.

9.       Volatile Organic Compound.

10.     Pollution Control Organisational System

11.     Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)

12.     Chemical Usage.

13.     Banned/Restricted chemicals.

14.     Permits.

15.     Management of oil stations and fuel dump sites.

16.     Community Relations.

17.     Efficient Limitation Standard.

18.     Restriction on the release of toxic effluent.

19.     Treatment of effluent.

20.     Sludge Disposal.

21.     Emission Standards.

22.     Emission Control.

23.     Burning of Fuels.

24.     Dust/particulate matter emission control.

25.     Fire hazards prevention.

26.     Abatement technologies.

27.     Noise Standards.

28.     Noise Abatement.

29.     Hearing Conservation Programme.

30.     Noise Monitoring.

PART II – SAMPLING PROCEDURES

31.     Collection and Analysis of Samples.

32.     Spot sampling for Physical or Chemical Parameters.

33.     Composite sampling for Physical or Chemical Parameters.

34.     Sampling for Licence Classification.

35.     Sampling for other Parameters.

36.     Sampling for Microbiological Analysis.

37.     Air sampling for Analysis.

38.     Noise Measurements.

PART III – PERMITS (GENERAL PROVISION)

39.     Procedures for Licenses and Permits.

PART IV – INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT/AIR EMISSION MONITORING AND REPORTING

40.     Report Requirements.

41.     Authorized Signatory.

42.     Monitoring Records.

43.     Confidential Information and Public Access to Records.

PART V – ENFORCEMENT

44.     Enforcement Notices.

45.     Enforcement Notice Reminder.

46.     Mode of Delivery.

47.     Suspension of Permit.

48.     Equity.

VI – OFFENCES AND PENALTIES

49.     Contravention of Permit Condition.

50.     False Statement.

51.     Use of Banned Chemicals/Pesticides.

52.     Failure to comply with Abatement Measures.

53.     Failure to Report.

54.     Discharge of Effluent beyond Permissible Level.

55.     Penalties.

PART VII – MISCELLANEOUS

56.     Interpretation.

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE I:         Effluent Limitation Standards for Plastic and Rubber Manufacturing Industries.

SCHEDULE II:       Air Emission Level for Plastic and Rubber Manufacturing Industries.

SCHEDULE III:      Potential Release of Substance at high Processing Temperatures for Plastic Manufacturing Industries

SCHEDULE IV:       Effluent Limitation for Petroleum-based Polymer Industries.

SCHEDULE V:        Air Emission Limitation for Petroleum-based polymer industries.

SCHEDULE VI:       Best Practices.

SCHEDULE VII:     Pollution Prevention and Control Technique.

SCHEDULE VIII:    Banned/Restricted Chemicals.

SCHEDULE IX:       Draft Guide Template for Emergency Procedures in industry.

SCHEDULE X.        Guidelines for Preparing Environmental Management Plan (EMP).

SCHEDULE XI:       Prevention and Control of hazards due to Fire and Pentane.

SCHEDULE XII:     Occupational Exposure, Prevention and Control Measures.

SCHEDULE XIII:    Guidelines for Consumer Products Stewardship Programme

SCHEDULE XIV:     Sludge Disposal Permissible Limit.

SCHEDULE XV:      Organizational System for Pollution Control.

SCHEDULE XVI:     Monthly Discharge Monitoring Report (MDMR) (NESREA Discharge Monitoring Report).

SCHEDULE XVII:   Hearing Conservation Table.

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL (DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL PLASTIC, RUBBER AND FOAM SECTOR) REGULATIONS 2011

In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 34 of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (Establishment) Act, 2007 and all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I, MR JOHN ODEY, Honourable Minister, Federal Ministry of Environment, hereby make the following Regulations:

Commencement.                                          [28^th April, 2011]

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