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Law No. 30 of 2002 Promulgating the Law of the Environment Protection

Law Summary Record Type: DecreeNumber: 30Date: 29/09/2002 Corresponding to 23/07/1423 HijriNumber of Articles: 80Status: In force

Official Gazette :Issue: 11Offcial Journal Issue Publication Date: 01/12/2002 Corresponding to 27/09/1423 HijriPage from: 265

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2- Pollution from Land –based sources

55 Article
Subject to the provisions of the Protocol concerning Pollution from Land-Based Sources and Activitiesreferred to above, such sources shall include anyfixed or mobile municipal, industrial, agricultural, Land-Based Sources, which Discharge their effluentsinto the Marine Environment and in particular the following sources:
1. Estuaries and pipelines that Discharge into the sea.
2. Canals or water runoffs,includinggroundwater aquifers.
3. Fixed and mobile maritime installations used for purposes other than exploration or exploitation of the sea floor, earth ground and continental shelf,including sea platforms and drillers, man-made islands, etc.
4. Any other Land based sources located in the State lands, whether through water, air, or directly from coast.
56 Article

It shall be prohibited for all Projects and Establishments including public places and commercial, industrial, recreational and service Establishments, to Discharge or dumpintentionally or unintentionally, directly or indirectly any nontreated substances, wastes or fluidspotentially pollutingto the onshore orcontiguous waters.
57 Article

For Licensing any Project, Establishment or premiseon the seafront or nearby that may Discharge pollutants in violation to the provisions of this law and implementing decisions thereof, the licensor shall conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment, and commit to provide the necessary wastetreatmentdevices.
58 Article

The Executive Regulationshall determine the specifications and criteriafor the industrial Projectspermitted to Discharge pollutingsubstances, after treatment. The Executive Regulation shall also determinethenon-biodegradablepollutingsubstancesindustrial Establishmentsare prohibitedfromdischarging in the Aquatic Environment.
59 Article

The representative, or those responsible for the Project or the Establishment management as stated in Article 56 of this law, which drain in the water Environments, is responsible for any violation performed by the workers, and also responsible of providing the treatment means typical to the standards and specifications as determined by the Executive Regulation.
60 Article

Subject to the provisions of Law No. 10 of 1987 referred to above, it shall be prohibitedto establish any Project or Establishment on the coastal areas to a minimum distance of 200 meters from the coast line seaward, save after the agreement of the Competent Administrative Authority in coordination with the Council. The Executive Regulationshall regulate the relevant procedures and conditions.
61 Article

Subject to the provisions of Law No. 4 of 1983, it shall be prohibited to carry out any work that affects the natural flow line of the coast, or changing thereof to seaward or the tide line, except after the permission of the Competent Administrative Authority, in coordination with the Council. The Executive Regulation shall regulate the relevant procedures and conditions.