Environmental Quality Act 1974 · Updated to 7 Jul 2024 · Part IV · Prohibition and Control of Pollution
20. Requirement and approval of plans
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
Every application to carry out any work, building, erection or alteration specified in section 19 shall be submitted to the Director
General and shall be accompanied by—
the plans and specifications of the proposed work, building, erection or alteration together with details of the control equipment, if any, to be installed;
a lay-out plan indicating the site of the proposed work, building, erection or alteration which will take place in relation to the surrounding areas;
the details of the trade, industry or process proposed to be carried on in such premises;
descriptions of waste constituents and characteristics; and
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such other information which the Director General may require, and the applicant shall pay the prescribed fee.
The Director General may grant such application either subject to conditions or unconditionally and may require the licensee to provide and bear the cost of the control equipment and of a satisfactory monitoring programme:
Director General
“Director General” means the Director General of Environmental Quality referred to in section 3;
Provided that no application shall be granted unless the applicant has obtained planning approval from the competent planning authority.
Terms defined in s 2
control equipment
Defined · s 2“control equipment” includes— (a) any apparatus for collecting wastes; (b) any automatic device used for securing the more efficient operation of any equipment; (c) any device to indicate or record pollution or to give warning of excessive pollution; and (d) any other device or facility used for the purpose of limiting pollution;
Director General
Defined · s 2“Director General” means the Director General of Environmental Quality referred to in section 3;
monitoring programme
Defined · s 2“monitoring programme” means all actions taken and equipment used for the purpose of detecting or measuring quantitatively or qualitatively the presence, amount or level of any substance, characteristic or effect;
premises
Defined · s 2“premises” includes messuages, buildings, lands, and hereditaments of every tenure and any machinery or plant;
prescribed
Defined · s 2“prescribed” means prescribed by or under this Act or continued in operation by this Act;
trade
Defined · s 2“trade” means any trade, business or undertaking whether ordinarily carried on at fixed premises or at varying places which results in the discharge of wastes and includes any activity prescribed to be a trade, business or undertaking for the purposes of this Act;
waste
Defined · s 2“waste” includes any matter prescribed to be scheduled waste, or any matter whether in a solid, semi-solid or liquid form, or in the form of gas or vapour which is emitted, discharged or deposited in the environment in such volume, composition or manner as to cause pollution. Environmental Quality 17
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