Section 50
For the purpose of review and consideration of the environmental impact assessment report pursuant to section 48 and section 49 and site inspection is deemed appropriate, the committee of experts or the competent official assigned by the committee shall be authorized to inspect the site of the project or activity identified in the report for which approval thereof is sought.

When the committee of experts has approved the environmental impact assessment report pursuant to section 49, the official who is legally competent to grant permission or the renewal of permission shall stipulate as the conditions of permission or renewal thereof all the mitigation measures proposed in the environment impact assessment report and all such conditions shall be deemed the conditions prescribed by virtue of the governing laws on the subject matter.

Section 51
For the purpose of compliance with section 47 and section 48, the Minister may, with the approval of the National Environment Board, require that the environmental impact assessment report as required by section 46 be prepared or certified by the person who is licensed to be a specialist in environmental impact assessment.

Application and issuance of license, qualifications of specialists who will be eligible to prepare environmental impact assessment reports, control of the licensee's performance, renewal of license, issuance of certificate in lieu of the license, suspension or revocation of the license and fee payments for the application and issuance of license shall be in accordance with the rules, procedures and conditions stipulated by ministerial regulation.

Chapter IV Pollution Control

Part 1 Pollution Control Committee

Section 52
For the purpose of pollution control under this Act, there shall be a committee called the "Pollution Control Committee" (PCC) which consists of

the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment as the Chairman,
the Director-General of the Department of Local Administration,
the Director-General of the Police Department,
the Director-General of the Department of Land Transport,
the Director-General of the Harbor Department,
the Director-General of the Department of Public Works,
the Director-General of the Department of Mineral Resources,
the Director-General of the Department of Industrial Works ' the Director-General of the Health Department,
the Director-General of the Department of Agriculture,
the Director-General of the Department of Environmental Quality Promotion,
the Secretary-General of the Office of Environmental Policy and Planning,
the Permanent Secretary for the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration
and not more than five qualified persons appointed by the National Environmental Board as members and the Director-General of the Department of Pollution Control as member and secretary.

Section 14 and section 15 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the holding office of the qualified members in the Pollution Control Committee.

Section 53
The Pollution Control Committee shall have the power and duty as follows

(1) To submit an action plan for prevention or remedy of pollution hazards or contamination to the National Environment Board.
(2) To give opinion and recommend the National Environment Board on proposed amendments to or improvement of any laws concerning the control, prevention, reduction or eradication of pollution.
(3) To propose incentive measures regarding taxation and private, investment promotion in relation to pollution control and promotion and conservation of environmental quality to the National Environment Board.
(4) To recommend the National Environment Board on the determination of service fee rates for the central waste water treatment or central waste disposal services of the government.
(5) To give advice to the Minister on the setting of emission or effluent standards under section 55.
(6) To give advice to the Minister concerning the types of point sources of pollution that will be required to comply with section 68 and section 69.
(7) To make recommendation on the issuing of ministerial regulations specifying the types and categories of hazardous wastes under section 79.
(8) To coordinate government agencies, state enterprises and the private sector in their actions to control, prevent, mitigate or eradicate pollution.
(9) To prepare and submit the report on pollution situation to the National Environment Board once a year.
(10) To consider and resolve on the challenge to the order of the pollution control official under this Act.
(11) To perform other functions designated by this Act or other law to be the power and duty of the Pollution Control Committee.
(12) To carry out other matters assigned by the National Environment Board.

The Pollution Control Committee may appoint a subcommittee to consider or carry out any matter as may be assigned by the Pollution Control Committee.

Section 54
Section 16, section 17 and section 20 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the performance of functions of the Pollution Control Committee and subcommittee.

Part 2 Emission or Effluent Standards

Section 55
The Minister shall, with the advice of the Pollution Control Committee and the approval of the National Environment Board, have the power to publish notification in the Government Gazette prescribing emission or effluent standards for the control of wastewater discharge, polluted air emissions, or discharge of other wastes or pollutants from point sources into the environment, in order to meet the environmental quality standards set by virtue of this Act for the conservation of national environmental quality.

Section 56
In case there have been standards prescribed by virtue of the other laws concerning wastewater discharges, polluted air emissions, or discharge of other wastes or pollutants from point sources of pollution into the environment and such standards are no less stringent than the emission or effluent standards set by the Minister by virtue of section 55, such standards shall continue to be effective by virtue of the laws related thereto. If however, such standards are less stringent than the emission or effluent standards set by the Minister pursuant to section 55, the government agencies empowered by such laws shall amend such standards in conformity with the emission or effluent standards under this Act. If there is any obstacle preventing from doing so, the National Environment Board shall resolve on such matter and the government agencies concerned shall act in accordance with such resolution.

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