Environmental Quality Act 1974 Scheduled Waste
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Environmental quality act 1974 scheduled waste. Scheduled wastes sw means any waste prescribed by the minister and falls within the categories of waste listed in the first. Environmental quality act 1974 no. According to malaysian s law environmental quality act 1974 scheduled wastes are hazardous wastes from industrial activities that will pollute the environment if it is emitted discharge or deposited into the environment directly. Environmental quality act 1974 environmental quality 1 laws of malaysia reprint act 127 environmental quality act 1974 incorporating all amendments up to 1 january 2006 published by.
Environmental quality scheduled wastes. Further provisions regard the disposal and treatment of scheduled wastes the reduction in the generation of scheduled wastes and the storage of such wastes. Environmental quality 7 laws of malaysia act 127 environmental quality act 1974 an act relating to the prevention abatement control of pollution and enhancement of the environment and for purposes connected therewith. Citation and commencement 1 these regulations may be cited as the environmental quality scheduled wastes.
Moreover regulation 10 sets forth the duty of waste generators contractors and occupiers of prescribed premises to provide the. The generation of any scheduled waste shall be notified to the director general as per regulation 3. Since then many regulations on scheduled and hazardous. Waste includes any matter prescribed to be scheduled waste or any matter whether in a solid.
The environmental quality act 1974 was enacted in 1974 and the department of environment doe was established 3. Environmental quality act 1974 act 127 an act relating to the prevention abatement control of pollution and enhancement of the environment and for purposes connected therewith. Under the environmental quality act eqa 1974 the government has set up several legal provisions specifically for scheduled waste generation storage transportation and disposal. In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 21 and 51 of the environmental quality act 1974 act 12 7 the minister after consultation with the environmental quality council makes the following regulations.
15 april 1975 p u. Environmental quality act 1974 environmental quality scheduled wastes regulations 2005 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.