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REVIEW
QUICKIE QUIZ
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What are the Explain the Give the
functions of a types of definition of
Director pollution that the
General for are enacted Environmental
under the
Department Environmental Quality Act
Of Quality Act 1974
Environment? 1974? (Act 127)?
AIR POLLUTION
LIST OF SECTIONS & REGULATIONS
Power to specify conditions of emission,
Section 21 discharge, etc.
ACTION
• Tearing structures of illegal stalls.
• Slapping fines not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit for polluting
the rivers/streams (Section 25).
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ISSUES HIGHLIGHTED
• Closure of municipal wastewater treatment plant.
• Release of bad odor.
• Continuous incoming untreated influent.
IMPACT
• Discomfort of nearby residents.
• Elevation of E.coli – hazardous to health.
• Increase of ammonia.
• Adjacent water bodies (streams/rivers) will be
affected.