Ordinance concerning environmentally hazardous activities and the protection of public health (1998:899).

This Ordinance concerns environmentally hazardous activities as defined in Chapter 9 of the Swedish Environmental Code. It provides for compulsory review of applications to conduct environmentally hazardous activities in accordance with section 6 of Chapter 6 and review of other cases, provides special rules for the establishment of sewage facilities and installations to extract heat from the earth, contains provisions on temporary storage, recycling and removal of special wastes, contains rules relative to environment reporting, provides authority to the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency to issue rules, provides for legal proceedings, etc. The Schedule lists environmentally hazardous activities that must be reported or require authorization in accordance with articles 5 or 21 of this Ordinance.