Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Regulated
1990s practices
Heightened towards
1980s Global Awareness sustainable
Impact development
1970s
Local
impact
1950s
Economic
reconstruction
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HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
Environmental pollution
Rapid industrialisation
in 1950s to 1970s Ecological Crisis
Globalize Impact
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HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
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HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
GLOBAL REQUIREMENT
Forest
Establishment of forest reserves and control in logging
Enactment activities
Act 1934 Cap Control in logging activities
153
Land and Aimed at conserving hill land and the protection of soil
Conservation from erosion and inroads of silt
Act 1960 Prohibits planting of short-term crops on any hill land
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HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
Poisons
Ordinance Regulates use of Toxic substances
1952
Merchant
Shipping Governs marine pollution by vessels
Ordinance
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HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
Issues
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HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
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HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
POLICY FRAMEWORK
Basel Convention
(Movement of
Vision 2020 Hazardous Waste
& Disposal)
National Convention of
Development Climate Change
Plan and Biodiversity
Environmental
policies
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HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
Part 1: Preliminary
Part II : Administration
Part III : Licenses
Part IV : Prohibition and Control of
EQA 1974 Pollution
(Act 127) Part IV A : Control of Scheduled Wastes
Part V : Appeal and Appeal Board
Part V A : Payment of Cess and
Environmental Fund
Part VI : Miscellaneous
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HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
Water Noise
Industrial
Air
wastes
EQA1974
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HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
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HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
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HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
Director Ministry
General of with advise
DOE from
Environme
Grant,
nt Council
renew, Regulate
transfer, prescribed
revoke premises
licenses
Issuance
Assessme
of licenses
nt of
with
activities
conditions
Director Director
General of General of
DOE DOE
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HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
PENALTY
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HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
LICENSING REQUIREMENT
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HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
COMPOUNDING OF OFFENCES
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HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
ENFORCEMENT CONCEPT
Application
Compound
Prevention is better of License Monitoring compliance
than cure Audits, checks
Cradle to grave Based on requirement Based on extent of
Shall not likely cause non-conformance or
adverse impact to the damage
environment Includes making good
of the situation
Assessment Enforcement
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HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
APPEAL
S.35 of EQA 1974
(1)Any person who is aggrieved by:
a. Refusal to grant a license or transfer license
b. The imposition of any condition, limitation or restriction
on his license
c. The revocation, suspension or variation of his license
d. The amount which he would be required to pay under
section 47
e. Any decision of the Director General under subsection
)3) or (4) of section 34 A, and
f. Any decision of the Director General or any officer
under subsection (2) or (5) of section 48A
may within such time and in such manner as may be
prescribed, appeal to the Appeal Board
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APPEAL BOARD
Chairman
Deputy Chairman
Members Member
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Environmental Quality
Council
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HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
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HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT
Institutionalised in 1975
Main role is to prevent, control and
abate pollution through the
enforcement of the EQA,1974 and its
34 subsidiary legislations made
thereunder
The principal agency entrusted to
administer the EQA 1974 and its
subsidiary legislations
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HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT
Established in 1975, EQA 1974
15 state offices, 26 branch offices
Appointment Ministry of Science, Technology and
Environment (now know as Green Technology
and Water)
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HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT
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HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
EIA COVERAGE
Environmental Quality Act
Prescribed Activities (Environmental Impact Assessment) Order,
1987
Prescribed Activities
19 as listed in the Schedule
Exceptions
First Schedule of the Conservation of Environment (Prescribed
Activities) Order 1999 published under the Second
Supplementary of the Sabah Government Gazette on the 30
August 1999
First Schedule of the Natural Resources and Environment
(Prescribed Activities) Order 1994 published under Part II of the
Sarawak Government Gazette on the 18 August 1999
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HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
PRESCRIBED ACTIVITIES
Industry
Infrastructure Agriculture
Quarries Airport
Railways Fisheries
Transportation Forestry
Petroleum
Prescribed
Land reclamation
Activities
Water Supply Housing
Ports Mining
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HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
PENALTY
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HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
CONTENTS OF EIA
Project information background, initiator, statement of need
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SCOPE OF EIA
Socio
Economic
Environment
Community
EIA
Assessment
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HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
EIA PROCESS
Assessment Approval
Project Review
proposal Short and long Presentation Approval
Nature of term impacts Deliberation Conditions
project Socio Monitoring
economics
Application Submission
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Liason officer
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EIA CYCLE
Assessment
Identification
Sustaining of impact
Corrective
and
Monitoring
mitigating
actions
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