NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL (PULP AND PAPER, WOOD AND WOOD PRODUCTS SECTOR) REGULATIONS, 2013

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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL (PULP AND PAPER, WOOD AND WOOD PRODUCTS SECTOR) REGULATIONS, 2013

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

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION:

Part I-GENERAL PROVISIONS

1.       Purpose.

2.       Environmental Governance.

3.       Planning.

4.       Precautionary Principle.

5.       Emergency Response Plan.

6.       Pollution Abatement Equipment.

7.       Polluter-Pays-Principle.

8.       Best Practices and Waste Minimisation.

9.       Waste Utilization and Disposal.

10.     Pollution Prevention and Control Techniques.

11.     Global Warming Control.

12.     Volatile Organic Compounds.

13.     Pollution Control Organisational System.

14.     Wood and Wood Product Handling and Processing.

15.     Occupational Risk Control and Safety Measures.

16.     Extended Producer Responsibility Programme.

17.     Chemical Usage.

18.     Restricted Chemicals.

19.     Ink Usage.

20.     Ink Waste Reduction Alternatives and Disposal.

21.     Management of Chemicals, Oil Station and Fuel Dump Site.

22.     Community Relations.

23.     Effluent Limitation Standards.

24.     Restriction on the Release of Toxic Effluent.

25.     Effluent Treatment. 26. Sludge Disposal.

27.     Emission Standards. 28. Priority Air Pollutants.

29.     Burning of Fuel.

30.     Abatement Technology and Treatment.

31.     Air Quality Control Permit.

32.     Noise Standards.

33.     Noise Abatement.

34.     Hearing Conservation Programme.

35.     Noise Monitoring.

PART II—SAMPLING PROCEDURES

36.     Collection and Analysis of Samples.

37.     Spot Sampling for Physical or Chemical Parameters.

38.     Composite Sampling for Physical or Chemical Parameters.

39.     Sampling for Licence Classification.

40.     Sampling for other Parameters.

41.     Sampling for Microbiological Analysis.

42.     Air Sampling for Analysis. 43. Noise Measurements.

PART III—PERMITS

44.     Procedures for Licensing and Permits.

PART IV-INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT AND AIR QUALITY MONITORING AND REPORTING

45.     Reporting Requirements.

46.     Authorized Signatory.

47.     Monitoring Records.

48.     Fees.

49.     Confidential Information and Public Access to Records.

Part V_ENFORCEMENT

50.     Enforcement Notices.

51.     Enforcement Notice Reminder.

52.     Mode of Delivery.

53.     Suspension of Permit.

54.     Equity.

PART VI—OFFENCES

55.     Permit Condition.

56.     False Statement.

57.     Failure to comply with Abatement Measures.

60.     One

58.     Failure to Report.

59.     Discharge of Effluent beyond Permissible Level.

60.     Operating Without Permit.

PART VII—PENALTIES

61.     Penalties.

PART VIII-INTERPRETATIONS

62.     Interpretation.

63.     Citation.

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE I – Effluent Limitation Standards.

SCHEDULE II – Sludge Disposal Permissible Limit.

SCHEDULE III – Gaseous Emission.

SCHEDULE IV – Best Practices.

SCHEDULE V – Guide for Ink Waste Reduction Alternatives for Printing and Publishing.

SCHEDULE VI – Waste Utilization and Disposal.

SCHEDULE VII – Treated Wood Precautions and Handling Guidelines.

SCHEDULE VIII –  Pollution Prevention and Control Technique.

SCHEDULE IX – Guide for Occupational Risk Control and Safety Measures.

SCHEDULE X         – Volatile Organic Compounds Control.

SCHEDULE XI – Banned and Restricted Chemicals.

SCHEDULE XII – Guide Template for Emergency Procedures in Industry.

SCHEDULE XIII – Guideline for Preparing Environmental Management Plan (EMP). 

SCHEDULE XIV – Guidelines for Extended Producer Responsibility Programme.

SCHEDULE XV – Activities Requiring Air Quality Control Permit.

SCHEDULE XVI – Organizational System and the Functions of Pollution Control Manager.

SCHEDULE XVII — Permit Form.

SCHEDULE XVIII – Monthly Discharge Monitoring Report (MDMR) (NESREA Discharge Monitoring Report).

SCHEDULE XIX – Hearing Conservation Table.

SCHEDULE XX – Appropriate Abatement and Treatment Technologies.

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL (PULP AND PAPER, WOOD AND WOOD PRODUCTS SECTOR) REGULATIONS, 2013

[Commencement.]                                       [29th October, 2013]

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, ARC. DARIUS DICKSON ISHAKU, fnia, Honourable Minister of Environment hereby make the following Regulations

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