NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL (BASE METALS, IRON AND STEEL MANUFACTURING/RECYCLING INDUSTRIES SECTOR) REGULATIONS, 2011

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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL (BASE METALS, IRON AND STEEL MANUFACTURING/RECYCLING INDUSTRIES SECTOR) REGULATIONS, 2011

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATIONS:

PART 1–- GENERAL PROVISIONS

1.       Thrust

 2.      Environmental Governance.

3.       Planning

4.       Emergency Response Plan.

5.       Pollution Abatement Equipment

6.       Polluter Pays Principle.

7.       Best Practices/Waste Minimisation.

8.       Global Warming Control.

9.       Volatile Organic Compound.

10.     Pollution Control Organisational System.

11.     Pollution Prevention.

12      Extended Producer Responsibility:

13.     Chemical Usage.

14.     Restricted Chemicals.

15.     Permit.

16.     Management of Chemicals, Oil Station and Fuel Dumps site.

17.     Effluent Limitation Standard.

18.     Restriction on the release of Toxic effluent.

19.     Effluent Treatment.

20.     Sludge Disposal.

21.     Emission Control

22.     Priority Air Pollutants.

23.     Burning of Fuel.

24.     Abatement Technology/Treatment.

25.     Atmospheric Emission permit.

26.     Noise Standards.

27.     Noise Abatement.

28.     Hearing Conservation Program.

29.     Monitoring

30.     Community Relations.

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 Licensing and Permit

PART IV-INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT/AIR EMISSION MONITORING

AND REPORTING 40. Reporting Requirements.

41.     Authorized Signatory.

42.     Monitoring Records.

43.     Fees.

44.     Confidential Information and Public Access to Records.

PART V-ENFORCEMENT

45.     Enforcement Notices.

46.     Enforcement Notice Reminder.

47.     Mode of delivery.

48.     Suspension of Permit.

49.     Equity.

PART VI-OFTENCES

50.     Contravention of Permit Condition.

51.     False Statement.

52.     Failure to comply with abatement measures.

53.     Failure to report.

54.     Discharge of effluent beyond permissible level.

PAKT VII—PENALTY

55.     Operating without a Permit.

56.     Penalty.

PART VIII—INTERPRETATIONS

57.     Interpretations.

58.     Citation

SCHEDULES

Schedule I. Effluent Levels for Metal Manufacturing Industries.

Schedule Il: Sludge Disposal Permissible Limit.

Schedule III: Air Emission Guidelines.

Schedule IV: Best Practices/Minimisation of Waste.

Schedule V: Global Warming and the Steel Industry’s Voluntary Action Programme.

Schedule VI: Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Control.

Schedule VII: Acids/Metals Content in Mists and Fumes Emission Control

Schedule VIII: Effluent pollution abatement measures.

Schedule IX: Banned/Restricted Chemicals.

Schedule X: Draft Guide Template for Emergency Procedures in Industry.

Schedule XI: Guideline for Preparing Environmental Management Plan (EMP).

Schedule XII: Guidelines for Extended Producer Responsibility Programme,

Schedule XIII: Guidelines for Hazardous Waste Management/Techniques for Treating Wastewater.

Schedule XIV: Activities Requiring Atmospheric Emission License.

Schedule XV: Organizational System and the Functions of Pollution Control – Manager(s).

Schedule XVI: Draft Permit Form

Schedule XVII: Monthly Discharge Monitoring Report (MDMR) [NESREA  Discharge Monitoring Report).

Schedule XVIII: Typical waste from (Metal Manufacturing) Iron and Steel. Schedule XIX: Hearing Conservation Table.

Schedule XX: Appropriate Abatement/Treatment Technologies. Schedule XXI: Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS).

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL (BASE METALS, IRON AND STEEL MANUFACTURING/RECYCLING INDUSTRY 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, L, MR JOHN ODEY, Honourable Minister Federal Ministry of Environment hereby make the following Regulations.

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