NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL (MINING AND PROCESSING OF COAL, ORES AND INDUSTRIAL MINERALS) REGULATIONS 2009

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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL (MINING AND PROCESSING OF COAL, ORES AND INDUSTRIAL MINERALS) REGULATIONS 2009

[PURSUANT TO THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ENFORCEMENT AGENCY (ESTABLISHMENT) ACT, 2007]

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATIONS

PART I — PRELIMINARY ISSUES

1.      Purpose

2.      Planning

3.      Best Practices

PART II — GENERAL PERMIT, MONITORING, ENFORCEMENT AND INCENTIVES

4.      General Permits

5.      Monitoring Pollution Unit

6.      Equity

7.      Community Relations

8.      Control, mitigation and Enforcement

9.      Incentives

PART III – EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS

10.    Treatment of Effluent

11.    Management of Oil Station and Fuel Dump Sites

12.    Permits

13.    Polluter-Pays-Principle

14.    Emergency Response Plan

PART IV – SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS

15.    Sample Collection

16.    Preservation and Analysis

17.    Dispersion Train

PART V – INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER MONITORING AND REPORTING

18.    Reporting Requirements

19.    Authorized Signatory

20.    Monitoring Records

21.    Fees

22.    Confidential Information and Public Access to Records

PART VI – ENFORCEMENT

23.    Duty of the Agency to Ensure Compliance with Conditions

24.    Enforcement Notices

25.    Enforcement Notice Reminder

26.    Mode of Delivery

27.    Suspension Notic

PART VII – OFFENCES UNDER EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS

28.    Offences

PART VIII – PENALTY

29.    Penalty

PART IX – EMISSION LIMITATIONS

30.    Fugitive Emissions Sources

31.    Conventional Pollutants

32.    Specific Pollutants

33.    Control Plan

34.    Priority Air Pollutants Guidelines

35.    Stack Emission Monitoring Methods

36.    Penalty

PART X – NOISE POLLUTION AND CONTROL

37.    Planning

38.    Noise Exposure Limits

39.    Hearing Conservation Programme

40.    Testing an Monitoring

41.    Hearing Protectors

PART XI – GUIDELINES AND CODES OF PRACTICE

42.    Guidelines and Codes of Practice

43.    Offences

PART XII – AUDIOMETRIC TESTING AND COMPLIANCE PRACTICE

44.    Audiometric Testing Programme

45.    Compliance Verification

46.    Penalty

PART XIII – INTERPRETATIONS, ETC.

47.    Interpretation

48.    Citation

SCHEDULES

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL (MINING AND PROCESSING OF COAL, ORES AND INDUSTRIAL MINERALS) REGULATIONS 2009

[PURSUANT TO THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ENFORCEMENT AGENCY (ESTABLISHMENT) ACT, 2007]

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, John Odey, Minister of Environment hereby make the following Regulations:

[Commencement]                                                            [30th September, 2009]

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