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<br />000382 <br /> <br />DRAFT-Not for distribution <br /> <br />reduce and control significant adverse transboundary environmental impact from proposed <br />activities. 30 I.L.M. 800 (1991). http://sedac.ciesin.org/pidb/texts/environmental impact <br />assessment. 1 991.html. <br /> <br />143 May 5, 1992, Article 6 provides that the State of export shall notify, or shall require the <br />generator or exporter to notify, in writing, through the channel of the competent authority of the <br />State of export, the competent authority of the States concerned of any proposed transboundary <br />movement of hazardous wastes or other wastes, and the State of import shall respond to the <br />notifier in writing, consenting to the movement with or without conditions, denying permission <br />for the movement, or requesting additional information. 28 I.L.M. 657, March 22, (1989). <br />http;//www.unep.ch/basel/text/text.html. (Adopted by the U.S. in Annex III of the La paz <br />Agreement. ) <br /> <br />144 June 14, 1992, Principle 2 provides that States have, in accordance with the Charter of the <br />United Nations and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own <br />resources pursuant to their own environmental and developmental policies, and the responsibility <br />to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the <br />. environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction. <br />http://www. unep.org/Documents/Default.asp?DocumentID=78&Artic1eID= 1163. <br /> <br />145 March 17 1992, Article III provides; <br /> <br />1. To prevent, control and reduce transboundary impact, the Parties shall develop, adopt, <br />implement and, as far as possible, render compatible relevant legal, administrative, economic, <br />financial and technical measures, in order to ensure, inter alia, that; <br />(a) The emission of pollutants is prevented, controlled and reduced at source through <br />the application of, inter alia, low- and non-waste technology; <br />(b) Transboundary waters are protected against pollution from point sources through <br />the prior licensing of waste-water discharges by the competent national authorities, and <br />that the authorized discharges are monitored and controlled; <br />(c) Limits for waste-water discharges stated in permits are based on the best available <br />technology for discharges of hazardous substances; <br />(d) Stricter requirements, even leading to prohibition in individual cases, are imposed <br />when the quality of the receiving water or the ecosystem so requires; <br />( e) At least biological treatment or equivalent processes are applied to municipal waste <br />water, where necessary in a step-by-step approach; <br />(f) Appropriate measures are taken, such as the application of the best available <br />technology, in order to reduce nutrient inputs from industrial and municipal sources; <br />(g) Appropriate measures and best environmental practices are developed and <br />implemented for the reduction of inputs of nutrients and hazardous substances from <br />diffuse sources, especially where the main sources are from agriculture (guidelines for <br />developing best environmental practices are given in Annex II to this Convention); <br />(h) Environmental impact assessment and other means of assessment are applied; <br />(i) Sustainable water-resources management, including the application of the <br />ecosystems approach, is promoted; <br />G) Contingency planning is developed; <br /> <br />41 <br />