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Enforcement Decree of the Water Quality Conservation Act.

Type of law
Regulation
Date of original text
Date of latest amendment
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Abstract
The purpose of this Decree is to prescribe matters necessary for the enforcement of the Water Quality Conservation Act.
The Decree describes discharge facilities whose establishment necessitates of a permit and areas where the installation of discharge facilities shall be restricted. Installations which discharge pollutants in excess of permissible discharge standards shall renovate their discharge facilities after filing a facility renovation plan as provided in the Decree. The text further lays down criteria and methods for computing discharges dues. The Minister of Environment may designate environmental management areas by river-system influence and areas for the conservation of water quality of lakes and marshes as provided for in the Decree.
Notes
Consolidated version of Presidential Decree No. 15129 of 31 July 1996 as amended last by Act No. 18515 of 8 October 2004.
Repealed
No
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No
Implements