Environmental Council of Zambia definition

Environmental Council of Zambia means the
Environmental Council of Zambia means the Environmental Council of Zambia established under the Environmental Protection and Pollution Control Act;
Environmental Council of Zambia means the Environmental Council of Zambia established and operating pursuant to the Borrower’s Environmental Protection and Pollution Control Act Cap 204 of the Laws of Zambia;

Examples of Environmental Council of Zambia in a sentence

  • Three public sector bodies have some dealing with testing of products manufactured or imported into the country, these are the Phytosanitary Unit (PU) of the MACO, the Environmental Council of Zambia (ECZ), and the Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS).

  • Furthermore, current policies and legislation are not implemented and enforced effectively e.g. EIAs through the Environmental Council of Zambia (ECZ) should be curbing deforestation impacts that are occurring due to mining.

  • Members are the PS of MACO, two persons each from CDT, the Cotton Ginners’ Association, and the Cotton Growers’ Association, the Controller of Seeds (one person), and one person from the Environmental Council of Zambia.

  • These are: i) MTENR, including its Forestry department, Environment and Natural Resources department and Planning and Information department; ii) MACO; iii) the MoL; iv) Environmental Council of Zambia; and v) the Zambia Wildlife Authority.

  • Both workers and civil society at large worry that the Zambian government, or to be more specific the political power at State House (the President of Zambia’s residence), is putting the interests of the multinational companies before those of the Zambian people.According to several officials both at the Mines Safety Department and the Environmental Council of Zambia, the political powers in Zambia have intervened when government departments have tried to close down mining operations due to malpractice.

  • The Zambian Government introduced a comprehensive Environmental Act in 1990 and established the Environmental Council of Zambia (ECZ) to oversee its implementation.

  • The Act established the Environmental Council of Zambia (ECZ), which assumes sole responsibility to protect the environment and control pollution so as to ensure the health and welfare of people and wildlife in Zambia.

  • The Environmental Council of Zambia is in charge of evaluating and reporting on environmental issues.

  • The NCS was adopted by the Government of Zambia in 1985 and led to the enactment of the Environmental Protection and Pollution Control Act in 1990 and provided for the establishment of the Environmental Council of Zambia (ECZ) which became operational in 1991.

  • Another strategic institution is the Environmental Council of Zambia (ECZ), whose focus is land utilization, environmental impact assessment regulations, and air water quality standards.

Related to Environmental Council of Zambia

  • Environmental Management Plan or “EMP” means the environmental management plan for the Project, including any update thereto, incorporated in the IEE;

  • Environmental, Health and Safety Laws means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, and the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, each as amended, together with all other laws (including rules, regulations, codes, plans, injunctions, judgments, orders, decrees, rulings, and charges thereunder) of federal, state, local, and foreign governments (and all agencies thereof) concerning pollution or protection of the environment, public health and safety, or employee health and safety, including laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases, or threatened releases of pollutants, contaminants, or chemical, industrial, hazardous, or toxic materials or wastes into ambient air, surface water, ground water, or lands or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport, or handling of pollutants, contaminants, or chemical, industrial, hazardous, or toxic materials or wastes.

  • Environmental, Health and Safety Liabilities means any cost, damages, expense, liability, obligation or other responsibility arising from or under Environmental Law or Occupational Safety and Health Law and consisting of or relating to:

  • Environmental Management Framework and “EMF” mean the framework of the Borrower for the management of social and environmental aspects of the Project dated April 24, 2007 and disclosed to the public on even date therewith, as may be amended from time to time with the prior approval of the Bank.

  • Environmental Safeguards means the principles and requirements set forth in Chapter V, Appendix 1, and Appendix 4 (as applicable) of the SPS;

  • Floodplain Development Permit means any type of permit that is required in conformance with the provisions of this ordinance, prior to the commencement of any development activity.

  • Environmental Protection Agency or “EPA” means the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

  • Environmental Site Assessment means a Phase I environmental report meeting the requirements of the American Society for Testing and Materials, and, if in accordance with customary industry standards a reasonable lender would require it, a Phase II environmental report, each prepared by a licensed third party professional experienced in environmental matters.

  • Environmental Management System means an environmental management system or plan of management to address all environmental risks and to ensure compliance with all Environmental Laws and licences;

  • Urban Coordinating Council Empowerment Neighborhood means a neighborhood given priority access to State resources through the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority.

  • Stormwater management planning agency means a public body authorized by legislation to prepare stormwater management plans.

  • Environmental Complaint shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.19(d) hereof.

  • Environmental Clean-up Site means any location which is listed or proposed for listing on the National Priorities List, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Information System, or on any similar state list of sites relating to investigation or cleanup, or which is the subject of any pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding, or investigation related to or arising from any location at which there has been a Release or threatened or suspected Release of a Hazardous Material.

  • Environmental pollution means the contaminating or rendering unclean or impure the air, land or waters of the state, or making the same injurious to public health, harmful for commer- cial or recreational use, or deleterious to fish, bird, animal or plant life.

  • Imminent danger to the health and safety of the public means the existence of any condition or practice, or any violation of a permit or other requirement of this chapter in a surface coal mining and reclamation operation, which condition, practice, or violation could reasonably be expected to cause substantial physical harm to persons outside the permit area before such condition, practice, or violation can be abated. A reasonable expectation of death or serious injury before abatement exists if a rational person, subjected to the same conditions or practices giving rise to the peril, would not expose the person's self to the danger during the time necessary for abatement.

  • Development Authority means the New Jersey Schools

  • Environmental Compliance means actions performed during or after Operations to comply with the requirements of all Environmental Laws or contractual commitments related to reclamation of the Properties or other compliance with Environmental Laws.

  • Environmental, Health, and Safety Requirements means all federal, state, local and foreign statutes, regulations, ordinances and other provisions having the force or effect of law, all judicial and administrative orders and determinations, all contractual obligations and all common law concerning public health and safety, worker health and safety, and pollution or protection of the environment, including without limitation all those relating to the presence, use, production, generation, handling, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal, distribution, labeling, testing, processing, discharge, release, threatened release, control, or cleanup of any hazardous materials, substances or wastes, chemical substances or mixtures, pesticides, pollutants, contaminants, toxic chemicals, petroleum products or byproducts, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, noise or radiation, each as amended and as now or hereafter in effect.

  • Community Council or “Council” means a duly elected body of MNO citizens that represents a Charter Community,

  • Environmental and Safety Laws means any federal, state or local laws, ordinances, codes, regulations, rules, policies and orders that are intended to assure the protection of the environment, or that classify, regulate, call for the remediation of, require reporting with respect to, or list or define air, water, groundwater, solid waste, hazardous or toxic substances, materials, wastes, pollutants or contaminants, or which are intended to assure the safety of employees, workers or other persons, including the public.

  • Environmental Standards means regulations or certification specifications governing the certification of designs with regard to noise characteristics and exhaust emissions of civil aeronautical products and appliances.

  • Airport Authority means any city or any public or private board or other body or organization chartered or otherwise established for the purpose of administering, operating or managing airports or related facilities, which in each case is an owner, administrator, operator or manager of one or more airports or related facilities.

  • Environmental Property Transfer Act means any applicable requirement of law that conditions, restricts, prohibits or requires any notification or disclosure triggered by the closure of any property or the transfer, sale or lease of any property or deed or title for any property for environmental reasons, including, but not limited to, any so-called "Industrial Site Recovery Act" or "Responsible Property Transfer Act."

  • Material of Environmental Concern means and includes pollutants, contaminants, hazardous wastes, and toxic, radioactive, caustic or otherwise hazardous substances, including petroleum, its derivatives, by-products and other hydrocarbons, or any substance having any constituent elements displaying any of the foregoing characteristics.

  • National Ambient Air Quality Standards or “NAAQS” means national ambient air quality standards that are promulgated pursuant to Section 109 of the Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7409.