{"id":22060,"date":"2025-02-13T23:58:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T23:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/new_site2\/?page_id=22060"},"modified":"2025-04-10T14:26:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T14:26:42","slug":"compliance-assistance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/compliance-assistance\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Standards 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n    \n    <section class=\"u-clearfix u-section-2\" id=\"block-1\">\n      <div class=\"u-clearfix u-sheet u-valign-top-lg u-valign-top-sm u-valign-top-xs u-sheet-1\">\n        <div class=\"fr-view u-clearfix u-rich-text u-text u-text-1\">\n          <h1><span style=\"font-size: 2.230769230769231rem;\">Environmental Standards<\/span>\n          <\/h1>\n          <p>The National Environment Management Authority in collaboration with the relevant lead agencies ensures conformity with standards prescribed in the National Environment Act Cap 181 such as;<\/p>\n          <ul>\n            <li style=\"font-size: 1.23077rem;\">standards for the control of noxious smells;<\/li>\n            <li style=\"font-size: 1.23077rem;\">air quality standards;<\/li>\n            <li style=\"font-size: 1.23077rem;\">standards for effluent discharge;<\/li>\n            <li style=\"font-size: 1.23077rem;\">standards for the control of effects of vibration and pollution caused by noise;<\/li>\n            <li style=\"font-size: 1.23077rem;\">soil quality standards, and<\/li>\n            <li style=\"font-size: 1.23077rem;\">standards for minimisation of radiation.<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n          <p>The Authority may, in consultation with the relevant lead agency, establish standards for other matters and activities that may be deleterious to human health or to the environment and establish such criteria and procedures as it may consider necessary for the determination of the standards established.<\/p>\n          <p>Failure to comply with environmental standards prescribed under the National Environment Act Cap 181 is an offence and punishable on conviction by a fine or imprisonment or both.<\/p>\n          <p>Contact the Authority for more information on compliance. <span class=\"u-text-palette-1-base\" style=\"font-weight: 700;\">\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/eservices.nema.go.ug\/users\/create\"><\/a><\/span>\n          <\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"u-widget u-widget-1\">\n\t\t<div class=\"widget widget_recent_entries\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"widgettitle\">News Updates<\/h2>\n\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/uganda-introduces-new-green-labels-for-acs-and-refrigerators\/\">Uganda Introduces New \u201cGreen\u201d Labels for ACs and Refrigerators<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date\">March 26, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a 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