Malaysia legislation
Section 10
Section 10
Environmental protection programme
(1)
The Director may formulate any programme in respect of any measure for environmental protection in the following area –
(a)
any area where environmental pollution is currently significant; or
(b)
any area where environmental pollution is likely to become significant due to the rapidly increasing concentration of population or human activity.
(2)
It shall be the duty of the Director or the environmental authority, as the case may be, to formulate an environmental protection action plan in respect of any area designated for environmental protection within such time as the Director may specify.
(3)
The environmental protection action plan shall incorporate a system of integrated management of environmental protection, taking into consideration the
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significance of the problem and economic, social and environmental conditions which shall include –
(a)
control of pollution from point sources;
(b)
procurement and acquisition of land, materials, equipment, tools and appliances which are essential for the construction, installation, improvement, modification, repair, maintenance and operation of environmental protection facilities such as central wastewater treatment plants or central waste disposal facilities;
(c)
inspection, monitoring and control of pollution; and
(d)
all costs, charges and expenses of and incidental to the carrying out of the environmental protection action plan.
Environmental protection area