5. Section 10 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :
| (1) by the repeal of subsection (2) of that section ; |
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| (2) by the re-numbering of subsection (1) of that section as section 10 ; |
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| (3) by the re-numbering of paragraphs (f), (g), (h), (i). (j), (k), (l) and (m) of the renumbered section 10, as (k), (l), (m), (n), (o), (p), (q) and (r) ; and |
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| (4) by the insertion immediately after paragraph (e) of the re-numbered section 10, of the following new paragraphs :
| | (f) to be responsible for the co-ordination of all regulatory activities relating to the discharge of wastes and pollutants into the environment and the protection and the improvement of the quality of the environment ; | | |
| | (g) to regulate, maintain and control the volume, types, constituents and effects of waste, discharge, emissions, deposits or other sources and sub sources of pollution which are of danger or potential danger to the quality or the environment of any segment of the environment; | | |
| | (h) to require the submission of proposals, for new projects and changes in or abandonment of existing projects, for the purpose of evaluation of the beneficial and adverse Impacts of such proposals on the environment; | | |
| | (i) to require any local authority to comply with and give effect to any recommendations relating to environmental protection within the limits of the jurisdiction of such local authority and in particular any recommendations relating to all or any of the following aspects of environmental pollution ;
| | | (i) the prohibition of the unauthorized discharge, emission or deposit of litter, waste, garbage and sewage; |
| (ii) the prevention of the discharge of untreated sewage or substandard industrial effluents or toxic chemicals into soil, canals or water ways; |
| (iii) the prohibition of the display of posters or bills on walls or buildings or any other unauthorized places and regulations of the erection of advertising hoardings; |
| (iv) the prevention of the defacement of the scenic places and public property; |
| (v) the control of the pollution, of the atmosphere; |
| (vi) the control of noise pollution; and |
| (vii) the storage, transport and disposal of any material which is hazardous to health and environment; |
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| | (j) to appoint special committees to assist it in performance of its functions; | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts