Kingdom of Cambodia
Nation Religion King
ROYAL GOVERNMENT
Council of Ministers
No : ....42....
ANRK.BK
Phnom Penh 10 Jul , 2000
(unofficially translated)
SUB-DECREE
on
Air Pollution Control and Noise Disturbance
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· Has seen the Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993);
· Has seen the Royal Decree No. NS.RKT 1198.72 dated 30 November, 1998 on the Formation
of the Royal Government of Cambodia of the Kingdom of Cambodia;
· Has seen Preah Reach Kram No. 02 /NS/94 dated 20 July 1994, announcing to allow using
the Law on the Establishment and Implementation of the Council of Ministers;
· Has seen Preah Reach Kram No. NS.RKM 0194/21 dated 24 January 1996, announcing to use
the Law on the Establishment of the Ministry of Environment;
· Has seen Preah Reach Kram No. NS.RKM 1296/36 dated 24 December 1996, Announcing to use
the Law on the Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Management;
· Has received an approval from meeting of the council ministers on June 09, 1999.
Decision
CHAPTER I
General Provisions
Article 1:
This sub-decree has a purpose to protect the environment quality and
public health from air pollutants and noise disturbance through monitoring, curb and
mitigation activities.
Article 2:
This sub-decree applies to all movable sources and immovable sources of
air pollution and noise disturbance.
Article 3:
Technical terms use in this sub-decree shall have the meaning ascribed
there to:
A- " Source of pollution " is divided into two terms:
- Movable source refers to emission source without permanent location such as aircraft, ship, vehicle port transportation service...etc
- Immovable sources refers to emission sources with permanent location such as factory, enterprise, warehouse, construction site, incinerator...etc.
B- " Pollutant " refers to smoke, dust, ash particle
substance, gas, vapour, fog, odour, radioactive substance...etc.
C- " Flammable substance " refers to fuel ail, cod, natural gas and might
be caught flammable reaction.
D- " Standard " means the maximum level of pollutant substances that have
been allowed to be in environment or to emit from pollution sources into environment.
CHAPTER 2
Provisions on Emission of Air Pollutants and Noise
Article 4:
Air quality standard shall be specified in the Annex-1 of this sub-decree.
The standard of maximum quality of hazardous substance allowing in the air shall be
specified in the Annex-2 of
this
sub-decree.
Article 5:
The standard of maximum into the atmosphere shall be specified in the
Annex-3 of this sub-decree.
This standard of smoke emission from movable source shall be specified in the Annex-4 of
the sub-decree.
Article 6:
In the necessary cases, the standards were stipulated in the Article 4 and
Article 5 of this sub-decree shall be recognized and changed every 5 years, based on the
proposal of the Ministry of Environment.
Article 7:
The standard for noise emission from various sources like vehicle,
manufacturing place and the standard for maximum noise emission for public and residential
areas shall be specified in the Annex 5, Annex 6 and Annex7 of this sub-decree.
Article 8:
The emission of pollutants into the atmosphere exceeds the standard which
stipulated in the Annex 3 and Annex 4 of this sub-decree be strictly prohibited.
Article 9:
Noise emission exceeds the standard which stipulated in the Annex 5, Annex
6 and Annex 7 of this sub-decree shall be strictly prohibited.
Article 10:
The importation and production of flammable substances containing S, Pb,
C6H6, Hydrocarbon shall be complied with the standard which stipulated in the Annex 8 of
this sub-decree.
Article 11:
The importation, utilization, vehicle and its spare-part production in
Cambodia which emitted pollutants and noise exceeding the standard as stipulated in the
Annex 4 and Annex 5 of this sub-decree shall be strictly prohibited.
Article 12:
The discharge or leakage of various flammable substances, fuel oil,
radio-active or chemical substance into the atmosphere, water and oil shall be strictly
prohibited.
CHAPTER 3
Asking for permission
Article 13:
The emission of pollutants and noise from immovable source into the
atmosphere shall be asked for a permission from the Ministry of Environment and shall be
sent the application form copy to concerned ministries and agencies.
Article 14:
The asking of an import permission of flammable substances shall be
attached the analytical result which emphasized the quantity of pollutant, S, Pb, C6H6,
Hydrocarbon from original source of importation or production.
Article 15:
The asking for discharge permission as stipulated in the Article 13 of the
sub-decree shall be carried out for new project and ongoing activities, except projects
that have the Environment Impact Assessment's report
Article 16:
The master or person who responsible for pollution source as stipulate in
the Article 13 and Article 14 of this sub-decree shall be applied for permission from the
Ministry of Environment:
- 40 days before the project commencement in Phnom Penh
- 60 days before the project commencement in town or province.
CHAPTER 4
Pollution Source Monitoring
Article 17:
The monitoring of flammable substance's quantity, air pollutant emission
and noise causing from immovable sources is the responsibility of the Ministry of
Environment.
Article 18:
The monitoring of smoke and noise emission from movable source is the
responsibility of the Ministry of Environment in collaboration with line ministries and
institution. The monitoring procedure shall be determined by join declaration among line
ministries.
Article 19:
Ministry of Environment shall be prepared technical guidelines on
pollution source monitoring, sampling point, air and noise analysis.
Article 20:
Ministry of Environment shall be taken sample at all emission points of
pollution source. The master of person who responsible for pollution source shall
collaborates the staffs of environment who conduct a sampling to fulfill their technical
duty.
Article 21:
During conducting Environment inspection or controlling in the sources of
pollution the Ministry of Environment inspectors can analyses the sources in place or can
take them to the environmental laboratory for annualizing.
Article 22:
The owner or responsible person of pollution sources shall bear the cost
of the cost of the analyses of his/her own sample following the tariff determined by the
Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Economic and finance. This income shall be
included into the National budget in order to allocate to the Environmental Endowment Fund
Account.
Article23:
The owner or responsible person of the pollution sources may ask to have
his/her pollution sample tested in other public or private laboratories which are
recognized formally and such laboratories carry out of the same analytical method those
used in the Ministry of Environment laboratory.
Article 24:
The owner or responsible person of pollution source shall:
- Responsible for installing or equipping any equipment to purity toxic substances and to
reduce noise and vibration in order to respond to Air pollution standard as stipulated in
the Annexes:
- Responsible for installing the equipment for measurement of amount of pollutant
contained in his/her pollution sources and keeps the result for record keeping. The result
must send to the Ministry of Environment every 3 months.
- Have at least an environmental compromising and prepare environmental protection plan in
their institution. Environmentalist shall list and recognized from the Ministry of
Environment and have the capability as required by the Ministry of Environment.
Article 25: Even if it is found out that the discharge of toxic substances and noise from
any pollution source do not respond to the standard as stipulated in the Article 5 and 7
of this sub-decree, the Ministry of Environment shall:
a- Issue a written order requiring the owner or responsible person of such pollution
source to correct the violation activities immediately within a specific time
period.
b- Issues are written order requiring the owner of responsible person of such pollution
source to stop his/her activities temporarily until the violation is corrected if the
violation activities cause an adverse impact to human health and air quality.
CHAPTER 5
Air Pollution Monitoring
Article 26:
The Ministry of Environment shall regularly control and monitor the
situation of the air quality through out the Kingdom of Cambodia in order to take measure
to prevent and reduce the pollution.
Article 27:
The Ministry of Environment shall manage data relating result of the air
quality testing and to assess the status of the air quality and shall disseminate publicly
the status of air quality and the situation of the pollution of the Kingdom of Cambodia.
Article 28:
Even if it is found that any area is suffering of pollution which could threaten human life or environmental quality. The Ministry of Environment shall immediately notify the public about the danger and investigate to find out the sources of pollution and shall take measure to prevent air pollution and to restore the air quality.
CHAPTER 6
Inspection Procedure
Article 29:
The Ministry of Environment's inspectors, while conducting environmental
inspection, shall comply with the following procedures:
a- To present his/her identity card and mission letter while entering into the
premise or any site of pollution for conducting inspection or taking sample or for
checking record;
b- Primary record and report of the inspection or sample taking shall be done at
the site of inspection with participating from any witness if necessary;
c- The inspectors may ask question and require the owner or responsible person of
the source of pollution to provide the information and other relevant documents which are
used for report making and for evidence;
d- One copy of record or report shall be given to the owner or the responsible
person of the source of pollution and one copy to the representatives of concerned
ministries (who collaborate with) and other one copy shall be kept at the Ministry of
Environment.
Article 30:
Where if there is complaint or report that any source of pollution
discharges contaminant into human health or public property. The Ministry of Environment
in collaboration with concerned ministries may enter the site of this source of pollution
and conduct inspection and take sample for testing.
Article 31:
In the case of serious accident or imminent danger resulting from air
pollution at public water area, the Ministry of Environment shall make urgent inspection
on the above problem and shall inform the concerned ministries and local authority.
Article 32:
In the case of clear offenses that cause air pollution, the inspector of
the Ministry of Environment shall:
a- Take statement, collect and detain evidence of such offense and make an
administrative fine, if the offense has not contaminated seriously or effect human health,
public properties and environmental quality.
b- Collect and detain evidence of such offense for making statement and forward the
case file to the competent agency, if this offense causes serious pollution or affect to
human health or public properties and environmental quality.
CHAPTER 7
Penalty
Article 33:
Violations of this Sub-decree shall be fined and punished according to the
articles 20, 21, 22, 23 and the article 25 of the chapter 9 of the Law on Environmental
Protection and Natural Resource Management.
Article 34:
The Ministry of Environment's official is responsible for making a report
of prosecution for any person who violates any article of this sub-decree. The Ministry of
Environment shall take legal action against any offense of this sub-decree.
Article 35:
Any environmental inspection official or agent who is negligent, fails to
pay attention to, fails to comply with the Ministry's regulations, or conspires with a
violator or facilitates the commission of a violation, shall be subject to administrative
sanction or face prosecution before the court.
CHAPTER 8
Final provisions
Article 36:
Any provision contrary to this sub-decree shall be annulled.
Article 37:
The minister in charge of the cabinet of the council of Ministers,
Ministries and concerned institutions shall co-operate with Ministry of Environment and to
implement this sub-decree according to their duty.
Article 39:
This sub-decree shall be in force from the date of its signature.
ANNEX 1
Ambient Air Quality Standard
Nš |
Parameter |
1 Hour Average mg/m3 |
8 Hour Average mg/m3 |
8 Hour Average mg/m3 |
1 Year Average mg/m3 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 |
Carbon monoxide (CO) Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) Sulfur dioxide (SO2) O zone (O2) Lead (Pb) |
40 0.3 0.5 0.2 - |
20 - - - - |
- 0.1 0.3 - 0.005 |
- - 0.1 - - |
| 6 | Total Suspended Particulate (TSP) |
- | - | 0.33 | 0.1 |
Remark: This standard applied to evaluation of ambient air quality and to monitoring of
air pollution status.
Standard methods of analysis of ambient air quality are specified in
guideline of ministry of environment.
ANNEX 2
Maximum allowable concentration of hazardous
substances in ambient air
| Nš | Name of Chemical Substance | Formula | Maximum level |
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 |
Aniline Ammonia Acetic Acid Sulfuric Acid Nitric Acid Benzene Ben Zidine Carbon-disulfide Chloroform Carbon-tetrachloride Particle containing Asbestos DDT Formaldehyde Hydrogen Arsenic Hydrogen Cyanide Hydrogen Fluoride Hydrogen Sulfide Phenol Styrene Tetra Chloroethylene Tetraethyl Lead Tri Chloroethylene Toluene Vinyl Chloride Arsenic (Compound organic) Cadmium (Metal Compound and oxide) Chromium (Compound & Metal) Nickel (Compound & Metal ) Mercury (Compound & Metal) Petrol |
C6H5NH2 NH3 CH3COOH H2SO4 HNO3 C6H6 NH2C6H4C6H4NH2 CS2 CHCl3 CCl4 - C8H11Cl4 HCOH AsH3 HCN HF H2S C6H5OH C6H5CH=CH2 C2Cl4 Pb(C2H5)4 ClCH=CCL2 C6H5CH3 ClCH=CH2 As Cd Cr Ni Hg
|
0.03 0.2 0.2 0.03 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.41 Non 0.02 0.013 Non 0.5 0.012 0.002 0.01 0.002 0.001 0.01 0.003 0.1 0.005 0.2 0.4 0.05 0.00001 0.003 0.0015 0.0002 0.0001 5 |
Remark: This standard applied to control of hazardous
substance that
Permitted
in ambient air.
ANNEX 3
Maximum allowable standard of pollution substance
for immobile sources in ambient air
| Nš | Parameters | Maximum level of discharge |
| 1 | Particulate in smoke of : | |
| Incinerator | 0.4g/m3 | |
| Heating metal | 400mg/m3 | |
| Bad stone , Lime , cement manufacturing | 400mg/m3 | |
| Asphalt concrete plant | 500mg/m3 | |
| Other sources | ||
| 2 | Dust : | |
| Containing silica (Sio2) | 100mg/m3 | |
| Containing asbestos | 27ug/m3 | |
| Chemical inorganic substance | ||
| 3 | Aluminum Al | (dust)300mg/m3 ;(Al)50mg/m3 |
| 4 | Ammonia NH3 | 100mg/m3 |
| 5 | Antimony Sb | 25mg/m3 |
| 6 | Arsenic As | 20ug/m3 |
| 7 | Beryllium Be | 10mg/m3 |
| 8 | Chloride Cl | 20mg/m3 |
| 9 | Hydrogen chloride HCl | 200mg/m3 |
| 10 | Hydrogen sulfide H2S | 2mg/m3 |
| 11 | Cadmium Cd | 1mg/m3 |
| 12 | Copper Cu (dust) | 300mg/m3;(Cu)20mg/m3 |
| 13 | Lead Pb (dust) | 100mg/m3 ; (Cu )20mg/m3 |
| 14 | Zinc Zn | 30mg/m3 |
| 15 | Mercury Hg | 0.1mg/m3 |
| 16 | Carbon monoxide CO | 1000mg/m3 |
| 17 | Sulfur dioxide SO2 | 500mg/m3 |
| 18 | Nitrogen oxide NOx (all category) | 1000mg/m3 |
| 19 | Nitrogen oxide NOx (emittedHNO3 product ) | 2000mg/m3 |
| 20 | Sulfuric Acid H2SO4 | 35mg/m3 |
| 21 | Acetic Acid HNO3 | 70mg/m3 |
| 22 | Sulfur trioxide SO3 | 35mg/m3 |
| 23 | Phosphoric Acid H3PO4 | 3mg/m3 |
| Chemical organic substance | ||
| 24 | Acetylene tetra bromide CHBr2CHBr2 | 14mg/m3 |
| 25 | Acrolein CH2=CHCHO | 1.2mg/m3 |
| 26 | Aniline C6H6NH2 | 19mg/m3 |
| 27 | Benzidine NH2C6H4C6H4NH2 | None |
| 28 | Benzene C6H6 | 80mg/m3 |
| 29 | Chloro benzyl C6H5CH2Cl | 5mg/m3 |
| 30 | Butyl amine CH3(CH2)2CH2NH2 | 15mg/m3 |
| 31 | Cresol (o-,m-,p-) CH3C6H4OH | 22mg/m3 |
| 32 | Chloro benzene C6H5Cl | 350mg/m3 |
| 33 | Chloroform CHCl3 | 240mg/m3 |
| 34 | Chloropicrin CCl3NO2 | 0.7mg/m3 |
| 35 | 0-dichlorobenzene C6H4Cl2 | 300mg/m3 |
| 36 | 1,1-dichloro ethane CHCl2CH3 | 400mg/m3 |
| 37 | Di methyl sulfate (CH3)2SO4 | 0.5mg/m3 |
| 38 | Di methyl hydrazine(NH3)NNH2 | 1mg/m3 |
| 39 | Di nitro benzene (o-,m-,p-)C6H4(NO2)2 | 1mg/m3 |
| 40 | Ethylene di amine NH2CH2-CH2NH2 | 30mg/m3 |
| 41 | Ethylene Chlorohydrin CH2ClCH2OH | 16mg/m3 |
| 42 | Ethylene oxide CH2OCH2 | 20mg/m3 |
| 43 | Formaldehyde HCHO | 6mg/m3 |
| 44 | Methyl Acrylate CH2=CHCOOCH3 | 35mg/m3 |
| 45 | Methanol CH3OH | 260mg/m3 |
| 46 | Methyl Bromide CH3Br | 80mg/m3 |
| 47 | Monomethylaniline C6H5NHCH3 | 9mg/m3 |
| 48 | Nitro Benzene C6H5 NO2 | 5mg/m3 |
| 49 | Nitroglycerine C3H5(NO2)3 | 5mg/m3 |
| 50 | Nitrotoluene NO2C6H4CH3 | 30mg/m3 |
| 51 | Phenol C6H5OH | 19mg/m3 |
| 52 | Phenylhydrazine C6H5NHNH2 | 22mg/m3 |
| 53 | Pyrindine C5H5N | 30mg/m3 |
| 54 | Pyrene C16H10 | 15mg/m3 |
| 55 | Quinone C6H4O2 | 0.4mg/m3 |
| 56 | Styrene C6H5CH=CH2 | 420mg/m3 |
| 57 | 1,1;2,2-tetrachloroethane Cl2HCCHCl2 | 35mg/m3 |
| 58 | Tetrachloromethane CCl4 | 65mg/m3 |
| 59 | Toluene C6H5CH3 | 750mg/m3 |
| 60 | Tetranitromethane C(NO2)4 | 8mg/m3 |
| 61 | Toluidine CH3C6H4NH2 | 22mg/m3 |
| 62 | Toluidine-2,4-D-isocyanate CH3C6H3(NCO)2 | 0.7mg/m3 |
| 63 | Trichloro ethylene ClCH=CCl2 | 110mg/m3 |
| 64 | Xylidine (CH3)2C6H3NH2 | 50mg/m3 |
| 65 | Vinylchloride CH2=CHCl | 150mg/m3 |
Remark: This standard is applied to control of
pollution substance for immobile sources to atmosphere.
ANNEX 4
Gas emission standard of mobile sources
| Nš | Kind of Vehicle | Kind of fuel | Level of emission | ||||
| CO(%) | HC(ppm) | Dark fume % | |||||
| A | B | A | B | - | |||
| 1 | Motorcycle contain 2chapter combustion | Petrol | 4.5 | 4 | 10000 | 3000 | - |
| 2 | Motorcycle contain 4 chapter combustion | Petrol | 4.5 | 4 | 10000 | 2400 | - |
| 3 | All kind of vehicles | Petrol | 4.5 | 4 | 10000 | 800 | - |
| 4 | All Kind of vehicles | Diesel | - | - | - | - | 50 |
Remark: This Standard applied to control of noise
emission of mobile sources into atmosphere.
A: Refer to all kind of vehicles used over 5 years as from year produce.
B: Refer to all kind of vehicles are new importation in first 5 years as from year
produced.
ANNEX 5
Vehicle of noise in public and residential
area maximum permitted noise level
| Nš | Category of vehicle | Maximum noise level permitted (dB(A)) |
| 1 | Motorcycles, cylinder capacity (CC) of the engine does not exceed 125cm3 | 85 |
| 2 | Motorcycles, CC of the engine exceeds 125cm | 90 |
| 3 | Motorize tricycles | 90 |
| 4 | Cars, taxi, passenger vehicle for the carriage of not more than 12 passengers | 80 |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle constructed for carriage of more than 12 passengers | 85 |
| 6 | Truck permitted maximum weight does not exceed 3.5 tones | 85 |
| 7 | Truck permitted maximum weight does not exceed 3.5 tones | 88 |
| 8 | Truck engine is more than 150 KW | 89 |
| 9 | Tractor or any other truck not elsewhere classified of described in this column of the table | 91 |
Remark: This standard is applied to control of noise
emission standard for all
kind of vehicle when operating on the public road.
ANNEX 6
Maximum permitted noise level in public
and residential area (dB(A))
| Nš | Area | Period of time | ||
| From 6h AM to 18h | From 18h to 22h | From 22h to 6hAM | ||
| 1 | Quiet areas - Hospitals - Libraries - School - Kindergarten |
45 | 40 | 35 |
| 2 | Residential area: - Hotels - Administration offices - House |
60 | 50 | 45 |
| 3 | Commercial and service areas and mix | 70 | 65 | 50 |
| 4 | Small industrial factories intermingling in residential areas | 75 | 70 | 5 |
Remark: This standard is applied to control of noise
level of any source of activity that emitted noise into the public and residential
areas.
ANNEX 7
Noise control standard in workshop
factory industry of location
| Noise Level (dB(A)) | Maximum period of time (Hour) | Level |
| 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 |
32 16 8 4 2 1 0.5 0.25 0.125 |
Support ear prevention equipment to worker in place has 80 (dB(A)) over noise |
Remark: This standard applied to control of noise level in location of workshop,
industries, factories
ANNEX 8
Sulfur and lead standard permitted to fuel
and other combustion substances
| Nš | Combustion Substance | Sulfur (S) | Lead (Pb) |
| 1 | Dark fuel | 1.0% | |
| 2 | Diesel | 0.2% | |
| 3 | Petrol | - | 0.15g/l |
| 4 | Coal | 1.5% |
Remark: This standard applied to control of sulfur,
lead and hydrocarbon that permitted to fuel and coal
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