| Document ID (ISN) | 66727 |
| CIS number |
96-400 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
Legal Supplement Part A to the Trinidad and Tobago Gazette |
| Year |
1995 |
| Convention or series no. |
Act 3 of 1995
|
| Title |
Environmental Management Act, 1995 [Trinidad and Tobago] |
| Bibliographic information |
7 Mar. 1995, Vol.34, No.49, p.i-iv, 16-80. |
| Abstract |
This Act was assented to on 7 Mar. 1995. It provides for the management of the environment through the establishment and operation of an Environmental Management Authority, an Environmental Trust Fund and an Environmental Commission. It also deals with the following topics: the National Environmental Policy; environmental incentive programmes; environmental impact assessments; protection of natural resources; pollution and hazardous substances (recordkeeping, monitoring, permits); air and noise pollution (permits, prohibitions); water pollution; waste management and identification; hazardous substances and spills (management, prohibitions, releases and other incidents); compliance and enforcement issues; the Environmental Trust Fund. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
Trinidad and Tobago; environmental pollution; neighbourhood protection |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
dangerous substances; noise; law; spills; waste disposal |
| Document type |
A - Laws, regulations, directives |
| Country / State or Province | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Subject(s) |
Laws
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Environmental pollution
|
