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1.8
Government
intends
administrative
fra mework
environmental
establishing
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programmes
to
to
carry
new
provide
forward existing
including
and new initiatives,
a Planning
(PEL B)
on 1 st
ensure
that
Environment and Land Branch
September 1989, which will
du e attention is gi ven to
en viron mental aspects and their integration
into the planning system;
a
Drainage Services Depart ment (DSD) on 1st
July 1989, to be primarily responsible for
design,
and operation of
treatment and disposal
maintenance
sew age
under
the
sew erage and
facilities,
PEL B's
sewerage
programme.
a Planning
to
be
Department
on 1st January 1990,
responsible to the Secretary for
Planning Environment and Land for planning
at all levels · strategic, subregional and
district.
1.9
The Environmental
Pollution
Advisory Committee
(EPCOM) will
continue to pro vide
advice to the n ew
Secretary for
Planning
Environment and Land (SPEL) on all
ma jor
policy
initiatives; and the Environment Protection
Department (EP D) will continue to be responsible to SP EL
for recommending
policy
disposal and sew erage programmes as client department;
enforcing the
pollution
ma in
initiatives; developing the waste
provisions of the noise, air and water
control, and waste disposal ordinances; and
en vironmental impact assessment.
1.10
A review of progress
Governor in Council every two years.
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