Press Release

March 29, 2006
  • Water & Soil

Amendment to the Enforcement Regulation of the Law concerning Special Measures for the Preservation of Lake Water Quality

An amendment to the Enforcement Regulation of the Law concerning Special Measures for the Preservation of Lake Water Quality is being promulgated on March 29, 2006. The Enforcement Regulation has been amended in accordance with the amendment of the Law concerning Special Measures for the Preservation of Lake Water Quality promulgated in June 2005. The main items of the regulation's amendment include defining the regulatory standards for pollutant discharge load for existing facilities, specifying categories of plants which are to be protected by the lakeside environment protection area scheme, and defining the details of the notification procedure for activities to be conducted in the lakeside environment protection areas. The effective date of the amendment is April 1, 2006.

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