235 tal-2004 - Regolamenti tal-2004 li jemendaw ir-Regolamenti dwar Stima u Maniġġar tal-Kwalità ta’ l-Arja fl-Ambjent

L.N. 235 of 2004

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT, 2001

(ACT NO. XX OF 2001)

Ambient Air Quality Assessment and Management (Amendment)

Regulations, 2004

BY VIRTUE of the powers conferred by articles 3, 9 and 28 of the

Environment Protection Act, 2001, the Minister for Rural Affairs and

the Environment has made the following regulations> -

The title of these regulations is the Ambient Air Quality

Assessment and Management (Amendment) Regulations, 2004, and they

shall be read and construed as one with the Ambient Air Quality

Assessment and Management Regulations, 2001, hereinafter referred

to as “the principal regulations”.

For subregulation (1) regulation 7 of the principal regulations

there shall be substituted the following>-

“(1) The competent authority shall take the necessary

measures to ensure compliance with the limit values and to ensure

an integrated environmental approach which would have no

significant negative effects on the environment, on the protection

of safety and health of workers at work, and on the environment in

other States.”.

Immediately after subregulation (4) of regulation 8 of the

principal regulations, there shall be added the following subregulation>

“(5) When the level of a pollutant exceeds, or is likely to

exceed the limit value plus the margin of tolerance or, as the case

may be, the alert threshold following significant pollution

originating in another State, the States concerned shall consult with

one another with a view to finding a solution.”.

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