Section 33
The National Environment Board shall, if deemed reasonable, have the power to prescribe special standards, which are higher than the environmental quality standards prescribed pursuant to section 31, for the protection of areas designated as conservation or environmentally protected area according to section 42, or areas designated according to section 44, or pollution control areas designated pursuant to section 58.

Section 34
The National Environment Board shall have the power to make appropriate modifications and improvements to the prescribed environmental quality standards in the light of scientific and technological progresses and changes in economic and social conditions of the country.

Part 2 Environmental Quality Management Planning

Section 35
The Minister shall, with the approval of the National Environment Board, formulate an action plan called "Environmental Quality Management Plan" for implementation of the national policy and plan for enhancement and conservation of environmental quality determined by virtue of section 13 (1).

The Environmental Quality Management Plan pursuant to the first paragraph shall be published in the Government Gazette.

It shall be the duty of all government agencies concerned to take actions within their powers and functions that are necessary for effective implementation of the Environmental Quality Management Plan and in order to ensure that actions are taken to achieve the objectives and goals as prescribed, it shall be the duty of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment to give advice to government agencies and state enterprises which are concerned with the formulation of work plans or the taking of any actions with a view to implementing the Environmental Quality Management Plan.

Section 36
The Environmental Quality Management Plan pursuant to section 35 may be a short, intermediate or long-term plan, as appropriate, and should contain work plan and guidance for action in the following matters :

(1) Management of air, water and environmental quality in any other area of concerns.
(2) Pollution control from point sources.
(3) Conservation of natural environment, natural resources or cultural environment pertaining to aesthetic values.
(4) Estimation of financing to be appropriated from government budget and allocated from the Fund which is necessary for implementation of the Plan.
(5) Scheme for institutional arrangements and administrative orders by which co-operation and co-ordination among government agencies concerned and between the public service and private sector could be further promoted and strengthened, including the determination of a manpower allocation scheme which is required for implementation of the Plan.
(6) Enactment of laws and issuance of regulations, local ordinances, rules, orders and notifications necessary for implementation of the Plan.
(7) Scheme for inspection, monitoring and assessment of environmental quality by which the results of implementation of the Plan and enforcement of law related thereto can be evaluated objectively.

Section 37
After the Environmental Quality Management Plan has been published in the Government Gazette, it shall be the duty of the Governor of the Changwat, in which there is a locality designated as environmentally protected area according to section 43, or as pollution control area according to section 59, to formulate an action plan for environmental quality management at Changwat level and submit it to the National Environment Board for approval within one hundred and twenty days from the date on which the Governor of that Changwat is directed by the National Environment Board to prepare the Changwat action plan for environmental quality management. If, however, there is a reasonable ground, the said duration may be extended as appropriate by the National Environment Board.

In preparing a Changwat Action Plan for the pollution control area according to section 59, the Governor shall incorporate into it the action plan for mitigation and elimination of pollution prepared by the local authority pursuant to section 60 and the local action plan shall form an integral part of the Changwat Action Plan.

In case there is any Changwat, in which no locality is designated as an environmentally protected area according to section 43, or as pollution control area according to section 59, that is nevertheless desirous to enhance and conserve the environmental quality within the limits of its territorial jurisdiction, the Governor of that Changwat may prepare a Changwat Action Plan, within the framework of and in conformity with the requirements of the Environmental Quality Management Plan, and submit it to the National Environment Board for approval.

Section 38
The Changwat Action Plan to be submitted to the National Environment Board shall be an action plan which proposes a system of integrated management of environmental quality in conformity with the guidance specified in the Environmental Quality Management Plan, taking into account the severity of the problems and economic, social and environmental conditions of that Changwat, and should address and contain essential elements in the following matters

(1) Plan for control of pollution from point sources.
(2) Plan for procurement and acquisition of land, materials, equipment, tools and appliances which are essential for the construction, installation, improvement, modification, repair, maintenance and operation of central wastewater treatment plants or central waste disposal facilities belonging to government agency or local administration concerned.
(3) Plan for collection of taxes, duties and service fees for operation and maintenance of central wastewater treatment plants or central waste disposal facilities referred to in sub-section (2) above.
(4) Plan for inspection, monitoring and control of wastewaters and other waste matters which are discharged from point sources of pollution.
(5) Law enforcement plan for the prevention and suppression of violation or infringement of laws and regulations pertaining to pollution control and conservation of nature, natural resources and cultural environment pertaining to aesthetic values.

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