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that

the

company's operations have on the environment,

and

the extent to which the company's activities meet the

The objective of such audits

regulatory

would

requirements.

be to reduce environmental impacts wherever feasible,

for exa mp le by minimi sing waste generation, and to ensure

is complying with the law in every

Moreover, the Government intends to involve

that the company

respect.

potential polluters in self-surveillance wherever possible,

and it will be the

installation of secure

for

and

appropriate

industry

maintained

licence

Government' S policy to require the

automatic surveillance devices, paid

by the potential polluter, in

Depending up on the

conditions.

or process in question, these devices will monitor

and record key information about effluent strea ms such as

flow rates, physical variables such as temperature, and

will also require

pollutant

concentrations.

Government

access to the records generated by such devices during

inspections, and the reporting of any abnormal emissions

and ma lf unction incidents that ma y be recorded.

information thus obtained will be kept confidential.

The

7.10

THE WAY FORWARD:

ENFORCEMENT POLICY

Those offences

prosecution without prior

justifiable include :

or

warning

circumstances where immediate

is both necessary and

offences

which

have

already gi ven rise to

fatality

or

in jury,

or

to significant

environmental

damage;

or

which

involve an

immediate

environmental danger or hazard to human

health;

CONFIDENTIAL