Harper, Maryland County — The Environmental Safety Company (EPA) of Liberia has formally reopened its workplace in Maryland County, restoring its regulatory presence within the area after a number of years of inactivity and emphasizing its dedication to strict enforcement of environmental legal guidelines.
By Peter P. Toe, contributing author
James Pude has been appointed as Head of Environmental Inspectors for the county and arrived final week with a workforce to start oversight actions.
Talking at a press convention held Tuesday on the Harper Administration Constructing, Pude, representing EPA Govt Director Dr. Emmanuel Ok. Urey Yarkpawolo, stated the company is targeted on reawakening public consciousness about environmental points and guaranteeing compliance with Liberia’s environmental laws.
He outlined a number of precedence areas for enforcement, together with the requirement for Environmental and Social Impression Assessments (ESIA) for main improvement initiatives, regulation of actions in wetlands and coastal zones, licensing for chemical importation and use, and management of air pollution and dangerous substance discharge.
Pude burdened that people or organizations concerned in such actions should safe EPA clearance previous to starting operations. He warned that failure to conform would end in punitive measures, together with fines and shutdown orders.
He additionally reminded the general public that environmental inspectors are legally empowered to enter amenities, land, vessels, or automobiles for the aim of inspections, including that denial of entry is a direct violation of environmental legal guidelines and can set off authorized penalties.
As well as, the EPA introduced stricter enforcement on burial and embalming practices within the county. Pude clarified that every one embalming should be carried out in licensed funeral properties and never in hospitals or well being amenities. He acknowledged that group burials will not be permitted beneath present EPA pointers.
The EPA known as on the Ministry of Public Works and metropolis firms in Maryland County to collaborate intently with the company in selling environmentally sustainable infrastructure improvement and concrete planning.
Pude warned that any proponent who fails to adjust to the EPA’s laws will face enforcement actions as offered by legislation.
