Abia State Environmental Protection Agency Law, Chapter 11, 1994.

This Law provides for establishing the Abia State Environmental Protection Agency and for defining its functions and competencies. The Law concerns the following topics: air pollution; contaminant; effluent; environmental impact statement; landfill; environmental fee; refuse disposal; sanitary landfill; pollution; sludge; watershed. Matters covered by the Law include: establishment, membership, functions and powers of the Abia State Environmental Protection Agency; funds of Agency; State environmental standards, including: water quality standards, effluent limitation standards; control and management of hazardous and toxic waste; measures for ensuring conservation and preservation of land and soil; protection of fragile ecosystem; management of land degradation; watershed rehabilitation; prevention of natural disasters, such as flooding, soil and wind erosion; protection of riparian forests, wetlands and coastal zones; noise control; general penalties.