A new decision from the Minister of Industry .. What is in it?

The Minister of Industry, Joe Issa El -Khoury, issued a decision to form a joint committee between the Ministry of Industry and the National Authority of the Litani River, whose mission is to erase the industrial institutions located within the basin of the Litani River and impose environmental commitment to it, within the framework of the national efforts to protect water resources and reduce industrial pollution sources.

Committee tasks

The decision determined the tasks of the committee on several basic axes, most notably:
– A comprehensive survey of all licensed and unlicensed industrial institutions in the river basin and its tributaries, to ensure the extent of its cause, and document the violations with forms, photos and technical reports.
– Follow -up of the institutions is the subject of judicial prosecutions to ensure the implementation of the pledges taken against them and the application of the judicial rulings issued.
– Follow up on administrative files with the Ministry of Industry and ensure the commitment of institutions to the alerts directed to them.
– Continuous control to ensure the prevention of any form of drainage, storage or deposit of vulgar or contaminated water, which affects the quality of the water and the ecosystem.
– Monitoring sewage networks and preventing non -processed industrial drainage, which may lead to disruption of the work of refining stations.
Implementation mechanism
The decision stipulated that the committee coordinate to prepare a joint executive work program, and distribute the difference to the various districts in the River Basin (Baalbek Hermel, Bekaa, Al -South, Nabatiyeh). The members of the committee also gave all the necessary powers to enter the facilities and warehouses, see the relevant equipment and documents and take the necessary samples.

A three -month deadline to end the comprehensive survey work was set, during which the judicial, administrative and supervisory procedures continue, with the committee’s commitment to update its data periodically, submit its reports and suggest the necessary procedures. The Survey123 application will also be used in the GIS (GIS) program to document data electronically and link it to maps.

Work controls

The decision stressed that the committee members would prevent the issuance of any certificates or statements with environmental commitment, the innocence of the disclosure, or direct communication with the owners of the institutions, with the possibility of using when needed by the technical opinion of the Ministry of Environment, as well as requesting security support to enable the committee to carry out its duties.