Laws and Regulations
Laws and Regulations
Laws and Regulations
Environmental Assessment (EA) process, based on country legislation and the Pollution
Prevention and Abatement Handbook as applied to local conditions. The emission levels selected
must be justified in the EA and acceptable to MIGA .
The following guidelines present emission levels normally acceptable to the World Bank Group
in making decisions regarding provision of World Bank Group assistance, including MIGA
guarantees; any deviations from these levels must be described in the project documentation.
The guidelines are expressed as concentrations to facilitate monitoring. Dilution of air emissions
or effluents to achieve these guidelines is unacceptable.
All of the maximum levels should be achieved for at least 95% of the time that the plant or unit
is operating, to be calculated as a proportion of annual operating hours.
Air Emissions
Chlorine concentration should be less than 3 milligrams per normal cubic meter (mg/Nm3) for
process areas including chlorine liquefaction.
Liquid Effluents
For membrane cell effluents, pH levels should be in the range 6-9. For non-asbestos diaphragm
plants, the following effluents levels should be achieved; In some cases, bioassay testing of
effluents may be desirable to ensure effluent toxicity is at acceptable levels, say toxicity to fish at
a dilution factor of two.
Note: Effluent requirements are for direct discharge to surface waters.
Ambient Noise
Noise abatement measures should achieve either the following levels or a maximum increase in
background levels of 3 dB(A). Measurements are to be taken at noise receptors located outside
the project property boundary.
The emission requirements given here can be consistently achieved by well-designed, well-
operated and well-maintained pollution control systems.