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WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1984

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EPCOM WOULD ALSO BE CONSULTED ON A REVIEW OF SEWAGE TREATMENT STANDARDS AND ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE, TERRITORY-WIDE POLICY FOR DETERMINING THE LEVELS OF SEWAGE TREATMENT.

+ AND WE SHALL BE SEEKING ADVICE ALSO ON PROPOSALS TO CONTROL THE -ISPOSAL OF ANIMAL WASTE, PROBABLY BY MEANS OF LIVESTOCK LICENSING.

+WE MAY ALSO NEED TO SEEK ADVICE ON PRIORITY AREAS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH CONTROLS, AND ON THE NEED FOR AND LOCATION OF SPECIAL SITES FOR LIVESTOCK KEEPING SO AS TO MINIMISE WASTE DISPOSAL PROBLEMS,+ HE SAID.

ACTION AGAINST BEACH POLLUTION, HE SAID, WOULD REMAIN A PRIORITY, AND AN ACTION PLAN TO ATTACK THE PROBLEM OF FLOATING REFUSE WAS BEING DEVELOPED.

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+EPCOM'S ADVICE WILL BE SOUGHT AS SOON AS THIS PLAN IS

+WE SHALL ALSO BE CONSULTING EPCOM ON PROPOSALS TO BRING INTO FORCE PART IV OF THE WASTE DISPOSAL ORDINANCE SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE LICENSING OF PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL SERVICES AND SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE IMPORTATION OF WASTE.

+FINALLY, UNDER THE HEADING OF WASTE MANAGEMENT, WE INTEND SOON TO SEEK EPCOM'S ADVICE ON A FIRST DRAFT OF THE WASTE DISPOSAL PLAN WHICH IS REQUIRED UNDER THE ORDINANCE.+

AS A FURTHER STEP IN IMPLEMENTING THE PROVISIONS OF THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE, REGULATIONS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO CONTROL INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES WHICH CONSTITUTE POTENTIAL MAJOR SOURCES OF AIR POLLUTION. AT THE SAME TIME, AND IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK FOR CONTROL, SPECIFIC AIR QUALITY OBJECTIVES NEEDED TO BE DETERMINED.

EPCOM WOULD BE INVITED TO CONSIDER THIS PACKAGE OF PROPOSALS AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR.

EPCOM'S ADVICE WOULD ALSO BE SOUGHT, IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR, ON A NOISE CONTROL BILL WHICH WOULD REPLACE EXISTING CONTROLS AND EXPAND THEIR SCOPE, MR CHING SAID.

+MANY OF THESE ISSUES HAVE BEEN KEEPING US BUSY FOR SOME CONSIDERABLE TIME. BUT WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT WE SHALL BE ABLE TO TAKE SOME SIGNIFICANT STEPS FORWARD DURING THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, + HE SAID.

THESE ITEMS DID NOT CONSTITUTE AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF GOVERNMENT'S ACTIVITIES IN THE CONTROL OF POLLUTION, AND EFFORTS WOULD AT THE SAME TIME CONTINUE IN OTHER DIRECTIONS, HE SAID.