Eup 222 Lecture 28022018
Eup 222 Lecture 28022018
Eup 222 Lecture 28022018
REVIEW
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART I – PRELIMINARY
PART II – ADMINISTRATION
PART III – LICENCES
PART IV – PROHIBITION AND CONTROL OF
POLLUTION
PART V – CONTROL OF SCHEDULED WASTES
PART VA – PAYMENT OF CLASS AND
ENVIRONMENTAL FUND
PART VI – MISCELLANEOUS
PART II
ADMINISTRATION
PART II
ADMINISTRATION
Duties and Functions of Director General and other officers.
1. Citation
2. Interpretation
3. Application
4. Obligation to comply
5. Obligation to notify
6. Measures to reduce emission
7. Air pollution control system
8. Failure in operations of air pollution control system
9. Performance monitoring of air pollution system
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10. Maintenance of records
11. Change in occupancy
12. Opacity
13. Limit values and technical standards
14. Prohibition on emission dilution
15. Hazardous substances
16. Periodic monitoring
17. Continuous emission monitoring
18. Emission declaration
19. Owner or occupier of premises to render assistance
20. Failure of control equipment and emergency requirement
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21. Accidental emission
22. Installation and operation as required by Director General
23. Standard method of sampling and analysis of emissions
24. Prohibition order
25. Licence required to contravene acceptable conditions for
emitting emissions into atmosphere
26. Schedule of required actions
27. Fees
28. False or misleading information
29. Penalty
30. Revocation
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (CLEAN AIR)
REGULATIONS 2014
IN exercise of the powers conferred by sections 21 and 51 of the
Environmental Quality Act 1974 [Act 127], the Minister, after consultation
with the Environmental Quality Council, makes the following regulations:
Citation
• Schematic illustration
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Interpretation
• “accredited laboratory”
Interpretation
• “air pollutant control system”
Interpretation
• “air impurities”
Application
Application
• Mining/Quarry sites
Citation
ACTION
• Tearing structures of illegal stalls.
• Slapping fines not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit for polluting
the rivers/streams (Section 25).
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ISSUES HIGHLIGHTED
• Closure of municipal wastewater treatment plant.
• Release of bad odor.
• Continuous incoming untreated influent.
IMPACT
• Discomfort of nearby residents.
• Elevation of E.coli – hazardous to health.
• Increase of ammonia.
• Adjacent water bodies (streams/rivers) will be
affected.