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WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1991
CONTROL OVER CHEMICAL WASTE NOT TOO ONEROUS
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THE GOVERNMENT WILL ENSURE DISPOSAL WILL
NOT
PROPOSED UNDER THE WASTE MANAGEMENT OF CHEMICAL WASTE
THAT THE EFFECT OF REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1991 OVER THE BE UNACCEPTABLY ONEROUS ΤΟ THE HON INDUSTRY, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, GRAHAM BARNES, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY),
MR BARNES STATED THIS WHEN WINDING UP THE DEBATE ON THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
ARE
HE SAID: "POINTS CONCERNING THE PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF SOME OF THE DETAILED CONTROLS HAVE BEEN RAISED AND WE
NOW ADDRESSING THEM WITH A VIEW TO ENSURING THAT, WHILE MEETING OUR ENVIRONMENTAL
THE REGULATIONS WILL NOT BE TARGETS, THE EFFECT OF ONEROUS TO INDUSTRY."
MONTHS, THE
UNACCEPTABLY
HAD GOVERNMENT SCOPE AND THE SPECIFIC GENERALLY, THE INTENT AND
FEW HE NOTED THAT OVER THE PAST HELD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE INDUSTRY OVER THE PROVISIONS OF THE PROPOSED SCOPE OF THESE REGULATIONS HAVE BEEN WELCOMED.
REGULATIONS.
THE AIM OF THE BILL IS TO PROVIDE FOR THE NECESSARY POWERS,
NEW INCLUDING
REGULATION-MAKING POWERS, ΤΟ OPERATE AN EFFECTIVE SCHEME OF CONTROL OVER THE MANAGEMENT OF CHEMICAL WASTE.
THE DETAILED CONTROLS WILL- BE IMPLEMENTED PRIMARILY THROUGH REGULATIONS TO BE MADE SUBSEQUENTLY UNDER THE ORDINANCE.
CRITICISM ALTHOUGH SOME CONCERN HAD BEEN ABOUT A RELATED BUT SEPARATE MATTER, NAMELY, THE PROPOSALS TO THE COSTS OF THE CHEMICAL WASTE TREATMENT FACILITIES ON IMPORTED AND LOCALLY-MANUFACTURED CHEMICALS.
MR BARNES SAID THE AMENDMENT BILL HAD NOT, IN ITSELF, DRAWN EXPRESSED BY THE INDUSTRY RECOVER A LEVY
THROUGH
LAW OF
IN THIS CONNECTION, HE EXPLAINED THAT THE PASSAGE INTO THE BILL WOULD NOT, NOR SHOULD PRE-EMPT, A FULL AND PROPER CONSIDERATION BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF OUR PROPOSED REGULATIONS FOR THE CONTROL OF CHEMICAL WASTE, AND OF THE LEGISLATION IN
EFFECT PARTICULAR WHICH WOULD BE NECESSARY TO GIVE
TO ANT CHARGING SCHEME FOR THE CHEMICAL WASTE TREATMENT FACILITIES.
TO
THAT STAGE,
PARTIES
AFFECTED
"WE WILL NOT PROGRESS
HOWEVER, UNTIL I AM ENTIRELY SATISFIED THAT THE
HAVE BEEN THOROUGHLY CONSULTED AND THEIR CONCERNS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED, HE SAID.
AND
THE SECRETARY ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THERE HAD BEEN GENERAL WIDE-RANGING SUPPORT EXPRESSED FOR THE PRINCIPLES BEHIND THIS BILL REGARDING THE NEED ΤΟ EXERCISF CONTROL OVER THE MANAGEMENT OF CHEMICAL WASTE.
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