The present Regional Act has been enacted in order to rearrange the functions in matter of soil protection and water domain and related organization.

These Regulations aim at the prevention of pollution of groundwater by substances listed in the Schedule and to control or eliminate as far as possible consequences of existing pollution. Regulation 3 excludes certain effluents and discharges from the application sphere of the Regulations. Regulation 6 concerns authorization of artificial recharges of groundwater.

Implements: Malta Resources Authority Act. (2000)

The principal Regulations prohibit the use of lead shot for shooting with a shot gun: (a) on or over any area below the high-water mark; (b) on or over the sites of special scientific interest included in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations; (c) any wild bird included in Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations. Regulation 2(2) of these Regulations substitutes a new Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations, providing a revised list of sites of special scientific interest to which the prohibition on the use of lead shot applies.

These Regulations prohibit the use of lead shot for shooting with a shotgun: (a) on or over any area below the high-water mark; (b) on or over the sites of special scientific interest included in Schedule 1 to the Regulations; or (c) any wild bird included in Schedule 2 to the Regulations namely ducks and geese (all species of each), coot and moorhen (regulation 3). "Lead shot" means any shot made of lead or of any alloy or compound of lead where lead comprises more than 1 percent of that alloy or compound (reg. 2).

Amendments of three important environment protection laws relative to the redistribution of tasks of law enforcement with the public administration.

Amends: Act containing rules relative to protection of the soil (Soil Protection Act). (2010-07-19)
Amends: Act containing provisions concerning general matters of environmental hygiene (Environment Management Act). (2012-03-19)

Part II of this Order makes provision for implementing Council Directive 96/61/EC and for otherwise preventing and controlling pollution. It amends the transitional provisions in relation to waste management licenses in Article 47 of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 and makes provision about certain expiring disposal licenses. Part III makes provision for implementing Council Directive 96/62 EC and for otherwise preventing and controlling air pollution. Part IV makes new provision with respect to areas of special scientific interest.

These Regulations provide rules for the use of deposit of waste for the filling up of land sites. These Regulations provide additional measures procedures and guidance to rules contained in the Waste Management (Permit and Control) Regulations, 2002, to prevent and reduce as far as possible negative effects on the environment in particular the pollution of surface water, groundwater, and soil from landfilling of waste. Regulation 4 classifies landfills. Regulation 9 concerns the application for a landfill operating permit.

These Regulations provide additional measures procedures and guidance to rules contained in the Waste Management (Permit and Control) Regulations, 2002, on the controlled disposal of Polycholorinated Biphenyls and Polycholorinated Terphenyls, the decontamination or disposal of equipment containing such substances, or the disposal of used substances in order to eliminate them completely.

The objects of this Act shall be, among other hings: (a) to provide for and establish integrated systems of development control, environmental impact assessment and pollution control; (b) to prevent, control and monitor pollution; to (c) protect and conserve the natural resources threatened by human activities, particularly those resources of national and ecological significance as may be classified under the categories of terrestrial vegetation, coral, fish and marine life; (d)to control, manage and regulate hazardous substances; and (f) to promote the conservation and sustainable use of b

La presente Resolución aprueba, entre otras, las Normas Técnicas Peruanas relativas a los suelos y aguas subterráneas: método de ensayo normalizado para la determinación del contenido de sales solubles, de cloruros y de sulfatos solubles en suelos y aguas subterráneas.

This Instrument establishes the Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Grants) Scheme for 2003. It enables the payment of grants to applicants who satisfy certain conditions. Applications for grants shall be considered if the agricultural business of the applicant is situated in a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone or if the expenditure proposed is, in the opinion of the Scottish Ministers, likely to lead to an increase in the production capacity of the business.

The objective of this Act is to ensure that the use of land and water areas and building activities on them create preconditions for a favourable living environment and promote ecologically, economically, socially and culturally sustainable development. The Act also aims to ensure that everyone has the right to participate in the preparation process, and that planning is high quality and interactive, that expertise is comprehensive and that there is open provision of information on matters being processed. Objectives in land use planning are set out in section 5.