Concerning the land

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2. Treatment of polluted industrial waters is a process that involves:

a) preliminary treatment from the activity generating such waters;

b) treatment from physical and legal entities undertaking the cleaning of such waters by installing and operating special treatment plants;

c) prohibition of re-use of treated industrial waters;

d) prohibition of use of sludge remaining after cleaning processes;

e) final depositing of solid waste in specially designated sites.

3. At the end of treatment, as per type of industry, used waters when within allowed norms of purification, may be discharged in running water bodies.

4. Lawful discharges of any production unit or industrial object (project) are envisaged since the design stage and contained in the Environmental Impact Assessment submitted by the proposing subject.
Article 9
Liquid discharges in the industrial zone
1. In industrial zones, special plants are established for the treatment of liquid discharge, in accordance with capacities and particularities of industries operating in the zone (plants of chemical precipitation to treat waste from toxic metal, plants for biological treatment to treat organic waste).

2. Sludge and floats must be minimized; should there be traces of toxic metals they must be eliminated with appropriate methods.

a) the construction of necessary infrastructure for movement of polluted waters from the households to the urban pipe system;

b) construction and operation of pipes for liquid discharges in urban and rural areas in accordance with criteria for protection of the environment. The Council of Ministers establishes environmental criteria for construction and operation of pipe systems upon proposal from the Minister of Environment, the Minister of Tourism and Territorial Regulation and the Minister of Health;

c) establishment of other systems to guarantee protection of the environment, in cases of impossibility to construct pipe systems,

d) separate treatment of such waters from other liquid discharges;

e) construction and operation of plants for treatment of such water prior to their discharge into waters bodies;

f) degree of treatment which must correlate to the particularities of the receiving environment where treated urban waters is finally discharged.

2. Requirements of point 1 of this Law are binding in the case of both intensive and non-intensive urban zones.

3. Existing tourist zones and zones with expected tourism development must be equipped with collector systems for liquid urban waste (pipes).

4. Established boundary norms apply for liquid urban waste.

2. If the Environmental Inspectorate finds that liquid urban discharges are threatening the receiving environment, secondary treatment is made obligatory.

2. Designation of sensitive and less sensitive zones is subject to special decision by the Council of Ministers, upon proposal from the Environmental Minister and the Minister of Tourism and Territorial Regulation.

Discharges in mountainous zones

Liquid urban discharge in mountainous zones, due to low temperatures which make biological treatment difficult, is subject to physical and chemical treatment provided that negative impacts on the environment are not increased.

a) permissible norms for industrial discharges;

b) permissible norms of discharges from industrial zones;

c) permissible norms of discharges from any process;

d) permissible norms of urban discharges.

2. Norms of liquid discharges are endorsed by special decision of the Council of Ministers upon proposal from the Minister of the Environment and the concerned Ministers.

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b) requirements for construction and operation of an internal system of pipes;

c) requirements for primary treatment of polluted waters;

d) measures for prevention of pollution to the environment by such activities;

e) information on the collector where treated waters may be discharged and the regime for such discharge;

f) book keeping;

g) the obligation to monitor and publish the result of discharge monitoring.

2. Physical and legal entities undertaking the treatment and cleaning of polluted waters should obtain an environmental license which defines:

a) requirements, terms and conditions for construction sites of plants and installations for water purification operations;

b) the type of plant or plants to be used;

c) methods, techniques and technologies to be used by such plants and manner of operation:

d) established norms of liquid discharge following prior treatment of waters;

e) information about receiving environment and regimen of the discharge;

f) requirements for environmental treatment of sludge resulting from treatment of polluted waters as dictated by nature, content and amount of sludge;

g) book keeping rules;

h) obligation to monitor and publish monitoring data.