Power
to
prescribe
environmental
quality standards
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The Minister
may, on the advice of the Council, prescribe environmental quality standards
generally and, in particular, for air, water, soil, noise, vibrations,
radiation, effluent and solid waste.
The prescription
of the environmental quality standards under subsection (1) shall be based
on scientific and environmental principles and shall take into account
the practicability and availability of appropriate technology for ensuring
compliance with such standards.
The Minister may
prescribe different environmental quality standards to apply in different
areas of Malawi with respect to different segments of the environment and
the Minister may, from time to time, vary such standards.
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