The Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar

Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry

Notification No. 50 / 2014
The 8th Waxing Day of Nayon, 1376 M.E.
( 5th June, 2014)

The Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry, in exercise of power conferred

under sub-section (a) of section 42 of the Environmental Conservation Law, hereby issues these rules
with the approval of the Union Government.

Chapter I
Title and Definition

1. These rules shall be called the Environmental Conservation Rules.

2. The expression contained in these rules shall have the same meanings as contained in the
Environmental Conservation Law. Moreover, the following expressions shall have the meaning as
follows:
(a) Law means the Environmental Conservation Law;
(b) School means any university, college, institute, school established by any
Government department, Government organization or established by any private,
private organization and recognized by the Government;
(c) Environmental management means the management of human activities which
affect all living and non-living things which influence living things in the world and
their relations;
(d) Environmental Impact Assessment means the process of systematic study whether
or not there are potentials or impact processes that may cause on the physical, human,
biological, social and socio-economic of environment which is required as part of the
decision making process any project, business, service or activity proposed to carry
out;
(e) Third person or organization means any other person or organization except a
person or an organization that implements the project, business, service or activity or
a person or an organization that scrutinizes and allows it;
(f) Initial Environmental Examination means the initial process which studies whether
or not potential impacts of a project, business service or activity is significant,
whether or not it is necessary to carry out environmental impact assessment and
whether or not it is necessary to prepare and submit other stipulated documents;
(g) Environmental Management Plan means project which expressed methods and
plans which carried out to mitigate cause to effect bad or to avoid or to protect cause
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to effect bad to environment and performance steps by steps of work such as
construction, implementation, operation, termination, closure of plan, business,
service or activity and any other cause which relevant such performance. Such
expression includes the activities relating to environmental conservation and change
of environment situation and the prior management in respect of emergency situation
relating to environmental impact;
(h) Form means the form contained in these rules;
(i) Environmental Conservation Officer means the staff officer and senior officers
from the Environmental Conservation Department.

Chapter II
Adopting Policy Relating to Environmental Conservation

3. The Committee shall prepare the necessary policies relating to environmental conservation
according to relevant sector in coordination with the suitable organization, person from the relevant
Government department, Government organization and private sector and submit to the Union
Government. The policies relating to environmental conservation approved by the Union
Government shall be released for public awareness by the suitable manners.
4. The Committee shall, if it considers that policies relating to environmental conservation
should be amended according to the guidance of the Union Government or at the advice or on the
submission of the Ministry or at the advice of the relevant Government department, Government
organization, private sector and the public, amend it with the approval of the Union Government.
5. The Ministry shall, when it is necessary to consider, to adopt or amend the policies relating to
environmental conservation, submit its finding and advice for adoption or amendment of such
policies to the Committee.
6. The Ministry shall implement the Myanmar National Environmental Policy and other policies
relating to environmental conservation issued by the Committee according to rule 3 with the
approval of the Union Government.

Chapter III
Environmental Conservation
7. The Committee shall coordinate the following educational and organizational measures,
development activities relating to environmental conservation studies in coordination and
cooperation with the relevant Government departments, Government organizations, civil society and
private organizations:
(a) arranging and holding talks relating to environmental conservation in schools;
(b) dissemination of knowledge on environmental conservation through media such as
newspaper, journal, magazine, periodical, radio, television, internet etc.;
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(c) drawing and adopting programmes for talks and seminars relating to environmental
conservation in urban and rural areas and coordination and carrying out with the
relevant administrative bodies, school administrators, organizations relating to
environmental conservation;
(d) carrying out for the development of environmental conservation studies and research
works;
(e) carrying out educational and organizational activities relating to other environmental
conservation.
8. The Committee may carry out the following activities relating to environmental conservation
in coordination and cooperation with relevant Government departments, Government organizations,
other organizations relating to environmental conservation:
(a) growing tree, inserting fingerlings and carrying out supporting activities relating to
environmental conservation;
(b) exhibiting exhibitions; holding competitions, concerts, opera and entertainments
relating to environmental conservation;
(c) carrying out collective cleansing sanitation;
(d) holding commemorative days relating to environmental conservation;
(e) carrying out other activities relating to environmental conservation;
(f) carrying out for the conservation and safeguarding of endangered species and
rehabilitation and regeneration in the habitats.
9. The Committee:
(a) may advise and encourage to insert and to enable to amend, as may be necessary, the
lessons on environmental conservation contained in school curriculum to the relevant
department;
(b) shall scrutinize, from time to time, the situation of implementation in respect of the
advice by the relevant Government department, Government organization.
10. The Committee may, if any of the following situations arises, send necessary advices or
encouragements to the relevant Government department, Government organization:
(a) guiding by the Union Government in respect of environmental conservation;
(b) asking advice by the relevant Government departments, Government organizations;
(c) finding out according to investigation relating to environmental conservation;
(d) considering according to any report or by his own motion, that it is necessary for
environmental conservation.
11. The Committee may assign duty to the Ministry to scrutinize whether or not complies with and
carries out in accord with the advice or encouragement under rule 10 by the relevant Government
department, Government organization.
12. The Committee, for the conservation and enhancement of environment:
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(a) may ask suitable manner for necessary proposals, advices, remarks from the relevant
Government departments, Government organizations, international organizations,
local and international non-governmental organizations, civil society, experts and the
public for particular case or generally;
(b) may guide to the Department to hold workshops, conferences if it is necessary;
(c) may accept and obtain the local or foreign technical assistances;
(d) may cause maintain the list, using and managing from the Ministry the technical
assistances obtained in accord with sub-rule (c);
(e) may make causing to obtain technology assistances from local or and foreign and
giving necessary assistances for enabling to receive so;
(f) shall coordinate and carry out to inform to the committee receiving the technology of
the relevant Government department, Government organization which received the
technological assistance and the progressive performance situation of work at the time
of completion of relevant work or annually.
13. The Committee, in respect of occurrence environmental damage or situations which could be
damaged the environment;
(a) may inform to amend and carry out, as may be necessary, within the stipulated period
not to cause environmental damage, if it is found that it is occurred because of the
Government department, Government organization-owned enterprise, mill, factory,
work centre, service or place, to the relevant Government department, Government
organization; if it is found that it is occurred because of the private-owned, joint-
venture company, mill, factory, work centre, service or place, to the relevant owner;
and to the Government department, Government organization which issues
permission, license, permit, order to operate the work to them;
(b) shall inform to the relevant Government department, Government organization to take
action until such business is terminated, if it is not complied with information under
sub-rule (a) within the stipulated time;
(c) shall ask and carry out for the policy from the Union Government and carry out if it is
necessary.
14. The Ministry shall implement the relevant work programmes with the whole country or the
local work programmes in respect of environmental management with the approval of the
Committee.
15. The Ministry shall cooperate and coordinate so as to comply with and carry out in accord
with the stipulations the work programmes for environmental management, implemented under rule
14, by the relevant Government departments, Government organizations, Nay Pyi Taw Council,
Region or State Government Body, Leading Body of the Self-administered Division or Leading
Body of the Self-administered Region, District Administrator, Township Administrator of the
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General Administration Department, or Ward or Village-tract Administrator, private organization
and the public.
16. The Ministry:
(a) shall adopt the necessary programmes, with the approval of the Committee, for the
conservation and enhancement of environment, protection, protect, control not to
become the environment pollution, decreasing and disappearing of environment
pollution and re-conservation;
(b) may assign duty to the relevant department and organization under its Ministry or
other relevant Government department and Government organization with the
guidance of the Committee to implement the programmes contained in sub-rule(a);
(c) may cause to inspect by forming inspection team in the department or organization
under its Ministry or in any relevant other Government department and organization
with the guidance of the Committee to monitor and inspect the implementation of
programmes contained in sub-rule (a);
(d) may tender advice for environmental conservation, as may be necessary, in accord
with the guidance laid down by the Committee, if the relevant Government
departments, Government organizations, private organizations and persons asks the
advice or it considers that it enhancement of environment, protection, control and
reduction of pollution in environment, or if it considers that it is necessary.
17. The organization which monitors, inspects and supervises the implementation of the
programmes according to sub-rule (c) of rule 16 shall submit the report which relevant the situation
of their work performance to the Ministry.
18. The Ministry:
(a) may assign duty to the Department to prepare and submit the proposals for incentive
manners and conditions relations relating to economic which causes least affect the
environment or cannot affect the environment for continuously development in
addition to legal matters and guidelines which relevant environment;
(b) shall scrutinize the proposals submitted by the Department and submit to the
Committee with its comment.
19. The Ministry:
(a) may assign duty to the Department to support in settling such dispute smoothly if an
environmental dispute arises between the Government department, Government
organization; between Government department, Government organization and private,
private organization, or public; between private, private organizations; between
private, private organization and public;
(b) may form each conciliation body, if it is necessary, comprising representatives from
the relevant Government department and Government organization, representatives of
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both parties, and suitable citizens, to conciliate and settle the dispute. Moreover, it
may determine the functions and duties of such body;
(c) may reform the conciliation body if the formation of the conciliation body is objected,
with sufficient reason, by any of the parties to the dispute or by both parties;
(d) shall submit to and ask for the guidance of Union Government for the disputes which
cannot be settled by conciliation body.
20. The Ministry shall, according to the power contained in sub-section (h) of section 7 of the
Law, determine the categories of hazardous materials which may significantly affect the environment
at the present situation or in the short term or long term in accord with the international conventions
and international agreements which relevant environmental conservation accepted by Myanmar, to
prohibit import, export, production, storing, transport, selling or buying of them.
21. The Ministry may assign duty to the Department to implement the policies, orders, work
programmes and guidelines relating to environmental management, conservation and enhancement
which laid down for the matters of protection of ozone layer, biodiversity conservation, conservation
of coastal environment, mitigation and adaptation of global warming and climate change, combating
against desertification, management of persistent organic pollutants and other environmental matters.
22. The Ministry shall, if the Union Government assign other functions and duties in respect of
environmental conservation, implement by the Ministry itself or, if it is necessary, by coordination
and cooperation with the relevant Government departments, Government organizations and persons.
23. The Department:
(a) shall negotiate and draw the relevant short term, medium term and long term plans
with the whole country, relevant region in respect of environmental management and
carry out implementation, supervision, and scrutinization on implementation with the
approval of the Ministry;
(b) shall implement the plans for environmental conservation and enhancement, control
not to become the environmental pollution, control and decreasing and disappearing
to environmental pollution in accord with the guidance of the Ministry;
(c) shall monitor on the implementation of the plans and programmes contained in sub-
rules (a) and (b), if it is necessary, carry out in cooperation and coordination with
other Government departments, Government organizations, non-governmental
organizations, and submit the report which relevant the work performance situation to
the Ministry.
24. The department shall, after preparing the proposals, submit to the Ministry for incentive
manners and conditions relating to economic which cause least affect the environment or cannot
affect the environment for continuously development in addition to necessary legal matters,
guidelines which relevant with the environment.
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25. The Department shall prepare necessary facts so as to enable to determine the categories of
hazardous substances which may affect the environment at the present situation or in the short term
and long term in accord with the relevant international conventions, international agreements relating
to environmental conservation accepted by Myanmar, to prohibit the import, export, production,
storing, transport, selling and buying of them, and submit them to the Ministry.
26. The Department shall also carry out the following functions and duties for conservation of
environment:
(a) collection and compiling of data for the conservation and enhancement of
environment, doing research and carrying out training programmes;
(b) mitigation the climate change and laying down the programmes which carried out in
accord with the policy relating to the compliance;
(c) implementation and carrying out programmes for the dissemination of environmental
information and enhancement of environmental awareness;
(d) managing and carrying out environmental education and information awareness
works for enabling teaching environmental subjects in schools and public
participation in environmental conservation processes;
(e) scrutinizing and submitting so as to enable to issue necessary permissions respect of
business, mill, factory which may affect the environmental quality which would be
carried out by the government departments, government organizations, private,
private organizations;
(f) giving remark after scrutinizing on the certificate of the relevant departments and
organizations in respect of import, export and transport of hazardous materials which
are restricted or prohibited according to international agreements, national existing
laws and which may damage the environment;
(g) determining and issuing guidance relating to environmental impact assessment process;
(h) drawing environmental impact assessment system and submitting it to the Ministry;
(i) preparing and submitting state of the environment report for the whole country;
(j) publishing the state of the environment for the whole country or a regional or a
regional or for a particular case to the public in accord with the guidance of the
Ministry.

Chapter IV
Cooperation International, Regional and Bi-lateral which relevant Environmental
Conservation
27. The Committee may, if it considers that it is necessary to take part in international, regional,
bi-lateral agreements, instruments which relevant environmental conservation, assign duty to the
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Ministry to carry out as may be necessary after submitting to and obtaining approval of the Union
Government.
28. For the conservation and enhancement of environment, to perform in accord with the
international conventions, regional agreements, bi-lateral agreements which relevant environmental
conservation which implemented by Myanmar, the Committee:
(a) may coordinate and discuss with the relevant Government departments, Government
organizations;
(b) may coordinate for cooperation of the Ministry and the relevant Government
departments, Government organizations in implementation.

Chapter V
Environmental Management Fund
29. The Committee, for conservation of environment:
(a) may accept the donation, aid and other incomes in cash or by account transfer or by
any other means;
(b) shall cause to deposit donation, aid and other incomes contained in sub-rule(a) to the
environmental management fund;
(c) shall expend the environmental management fund only for environmental
conservation matters except otherwise decided and carried out by the Committee;
(d) shall direct the incomes received under sub-rule (a) to make maintenance the list,
using inspection and management by the Ministry.
30. The Ministry:
(a) may determine with the approval of the committee the necessary facts including the
amount of money which would be compensated and to cause compensate by the
polluter to environment in environment damage;
(b) may determine, with the approval of the Committee, to contribute fund by the
organizations which obtain benefit from the natural environmental service system and
other necessary facts including the amount of money to be contributed for
contributing in environmental conservation works from a part of benefits from the
businesses which extract, trade and use the natural resources.
31. The Ministry shall establish the environmental management fund with the following incomes
to enable effective implementation of environmental conservation works:
(a) income received from the State budget;
(b) income received by the Ministry in carrying out its functions and duties relating to
environmental conservation;
(c) loan, donation, aid and other official income received by the Committee and the
Ministry from inland and abroad;
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(d) compensation by the polluter under sub-section (o) of section 7 of the Law and rule
30, and contribution to environmental conservation fund by the organizations which
obtain benefit from the natural environmental services and contribution to
environmental conservation works funds a part of benefit from business which
extract, trade or use the natural resources.
32. The Ministry may assign duty to the Department to carry out for depositing, managing,
drawing and using, transfer and keeping accounts of the environmental management fund under rule
31, in accord with the guidance of the Committee.
33. The Department with the supervision of the Ministry, the environmental management fund:
(a) shall open and entrust the drawing account in any State-owned bank;
(b) shall keep accounts and records separately according to categories of materials, cash
donations, aids;
(c) shall draw and carry out the management in accord with the financial regulation;
(d) may draw, use, transfer the expenses from the fund.
34. The Department shall carry out depositing to the environmental management fund, keeping
accounts, reporting the list to the Ministry monthly.
35. The Ministry may contribute and expend from the environmental management fund for the
expenditure for the special matters relating to the environmental management, conservation and
enhancement of environment for the protection of ozone layer, biodiversity conservation,
conservation of coastal environment, mitigation of and adaptation to the global warming and climate
change, pollution control, management of persistent organic pollutants, doing research and
development works relating to environmental conservation and other environmental matters.

Chapter VI
Environmental Emergency
36. The Committee:
(a) shall, if it knows by itself and believes or if it receives sufficient information from the
Ministry or any other Government department or Government organization or by any
other means that any situation of environmental emergency arises or likely to arise in
the Myanmar entire country or Nay Pyi Taw or any Region or State or any area,
submit immediately to the Union Government to enable to declare the occurrence of
an environmental emergency:
(b) if it is considered that emergency situation is over, it shall submit to the Union
Government to enable to declare the termination of emergency.
37. The Ministry:
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(a) shall prepare, in advance, the emergency response plans in respect of the
environmental emergency in coordination with the relevant Government departments
and Government organizations;
(b) shall carry out, as may be necessary, in coordination and cooperation with the relevant
Government departments, Government organizations, non-governmental organizations
and experts, in accord with the guidance of the Union Government, to enable to prevent
environmental damage which is caused or likely to be caused by environmental emergency.

Chapter VII
Environmental Quality Standards
38. The Ministry:
(a) may declare and determine, with the approval of the Union Government and the
Committee, by notification, the environmental quality standards contained in sub-
section (d) of section 7 and section 10 of the Law for conservation and enhancement
of environment for the whole country, or for any area or urban or rural area, river,
stream, lake or any part of them;
(b) may coordinate and cooperate as may be necessary, with the relevant Government
department, Government organization which is assigned duty to determine standard,
other Government departments, Government organizations, Nay Pyi Taw Council,
Region or State Governments, City Development Committees, local development
bodies and the relevant non-governmental organizations in determining the
environmental quality standards under sub-rule (a);
(c) may amend such determination under sub-rule (a), as may be necessary, for the
interest of the public according to the time and location;
(d) may carry out, as may be necessary, for the observance of and carrying out the
stipulations for environmental quality standard issued under sub-rule (a), by the public
in addition to the relevant Government departments, Government organizations.
39. The Department:
(a) shall coordinate with the relevant Government department, Government organization,
other Government departments, Government organizations, Nay Pyi Taw Council,
Region or State Governments, City Development Committees and local development
bodies, relevant non-governmental organizations which is assigned duty to determine
standard as may be necessary and prepare the facts relating to environmental quality
standard, for enabling to determine the environmental quality standards by the
Ministry under sub-rule(a) of rule 38 and submit to the Ministry;
(b) may carry out necessary special inspections or surveys, at necessary times, periods
and locations to enable to determine environmental quality standards.
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Chapter VIII
Management of Urban Environment
40. (a) The Ministry may give, as may be necessary, advice for environmental conservation,
if the relevant Government departments, Government organizations, private
organizations and persons ask for advice for the management of urban environment
contained in section 17 of the Law in accord with the guidance laid down by the
Committee, or if it considers necessary to give advice;
(b) The Department shall submit to the Ministry, with its comment, if it is necessary to
give advice for the management of urban environment.

Chapter IX
Waste Management
41. The Ministry, in carrying out industries, agricultural businesses, mineral explorations,
livestock breeding and fisheries, waste disposal and other works, shall determine coordinate with the
relevant Government department or organization, categories and classes of hazardous wastes which
may come out from producing or using chemicals or other hazardous materials.
42. The Ministry, to enable to promote the establishment of necessary facilities or plants for the
treatment of solid waste, liquid waste and emissions which contain poisonous and hazardous
materials, in cooperation with the relevant Government departments, Government organizations,
experts:
(a) shall cause to carry out waste treatment by the categories of business which emit or
produce solid wastes, liquid wastes, emissions, radiations which contain poisonous
and hazardous materials which determined by establishing their own facility or centre,
or collective facility or plants;
(b) shall determine the period to establish waste treatment facilities or plants by the
businesses which are established before the issue of these rules and which are
responsible to establish their own or collective waste treatment facility or plants;
(c) may assign duty to the Department to inspect and report whether or not comply with
as contained in sub-rule (a) relating to the waste treatment by the relevant businesses.
43. The Ministry:
(a) may determine terms and conditions for treatment of effluent in industrial areas,
special economic zones and other necessary areas and buildings, and terms and
conditions relating to emissions of machine, vehicle and machineries;
(b) may prescribe manners for supervision relating to confiscation, storing, keeping safety
measures, transport, import, export of disposed hazardous material, management,
treatment and disposal of such material by advanced technology;
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(c) may adopt necessary better measures relating to the maintenance, store, transport and
destruction of solid waste in coordination with the relevant Government departments
and Government organizations;
(d) may adopt manners for cleaner production mechanisms and recycling of natural
resources and wastes in industries and businesses.
44. The Department shall coordinate and prepare, in carrying out industry, agricultural business,
mineral exploration, livestock breeding and fishery, waste disposal and other works, the categories
and classes of hazardous wastes which may come out from producing or using chemicals or other
hazardous materials with the relevant Government departments, Government organizations, if it is
necessary, suitable non-governmental organizations, in accord with the guidance of the Ministry and
submit to the Ministry.
45. The Department shall inspect whether or not the businesses which are responsible to establish
waste treatment facility or plant under rule 42 comply with the stipulations in respect of waste
treatment and carry out, and submit in accord with the guidance of the Ministry.
46. The Department:
(a) shall prepare terms and conditions for treatment of effluent in industrial areas, special
economic zones and other necessary areas and buildings, and terms and conditions
relating to emissions of machine, vehicle and machineries and submit to the Ministry;
(b) shall prepare manners for supervision relating to confiscation, storing, keeping safety
materials, transport, import, export of disposed hazardous materials, management,
treatment and disposal of such material by advanced technology and submit to the
Ministry;
(c) shall cause to implement and supervise the measures adopted by the Ministry for the
betterment of the destruction, keeping, store, and transport of solid waste;
(d) shall submit to the Ministry after inspecting whether or not the manners adopted by
the Ministry for cleaner production mechanisms and recycling of natural resources
and wastes are complied with and applied in industries and businesses.

Chapter X
Conservation of Natural Resources and Cultural Heritages
47. The Department:
(a) shall scrutinize as may be necessary, in accord with the guidance of the Union
Government and the Committee, the situation of performance relating to conservation
of natural resources, management, beneficial use, sustainable use, enhancement of
regional cooperation contained in section 18 of the Law which carried out by the
relevant Government departments or Government organizations, and report to the
Ministry;
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(b) shall, in carrying out matters contained in sub-rule (a), coordinate and carry out with
the relevant government department and Government departments or Government
organizations not to deplete the habitats of natural plants and living things.
48. The Ministry may carry out or assign duty to the Department for such cooperation and
carrying out with the relevant Government departments, Government organizations in the matters of
environmental conservation for the perpetuation of cultural heritage areas, natural heritage areas,
cultural monuments and buildings, and natural areas stipulated under any existing law.
49. The Ministry may assign duty to the Department to cooperate with the relevant Government
departments and Government organizations for making proper land use for the perpetuation of
natural resources and cultural heritages contained in section 18 of the Law.
50. The Ministry may communicate, coordinate and carry out with the international
organizations, as may be necessary, to enable to obtain necessary technology, skill assistance for the
perpetuation of natural resources, cultural heritages.

Chapter XI
Environmental Impact Assessment
51. The Ministry may assign duty to the Department for enabling to adopt and carry out the
environmental impact assessment system.
52 The Ministry shall determine the categories of plan, business, service or activity which shall
carry out environmental impact assessment.
53. The Ministry may, so as to scrutinize whether or not it is necessary to conduct environmental
impact assessment, determine the proposed plans, businesses service or activities which do not
include in stipulation under rule 52 as the categories which are required to conduct initial
environmental examination.
54. The business, department, organization or person who would carry out categories of plan,
business service or activity stipulated under rule 52:
(a) shall conduct environmental impact assessment for his plan, business service or
activity;
(b) submit to the Ministry in advance by which organization person or third person, the
environmental impact assessment is intended to be carried out;
(c) submit the environmental impact assessment report to the Ministry.
55. The Government department, organization or person which carry out the plan, business
service or activity which are responsible to carry out the environmental impact assessment or initial
environmental examination which is established before the issue of these rules;
(a) shall submit to the Ministry, after drawing environment management plan in accord
with the procedure relating to the environmental impact assessment.
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(b) shall implement and carry out the environment management plan which approved and
scrutinized by the Ministry and matters stipulated by the Ministry within the time
stipulated by the Ministry.
56. The person who carries out any project, business, service or activity shall arrange and carry out
for conducting the environmental impact assessment for the project, business or activity by a
qualified third person or third party accepted by the Ministry.
57. The Ministry shall, on submission to the Ministry in advance by which organization or third
person, the environmental impact assessment is intended to be carried out under sub-rule (b) of rule
54, determine and decide, after making scrutiny by the Ministry, whether or not it is suitable level of
international organization or third person to carry out the environmental impact assessment. The
decision of the Ministry relating to such matter is final and conclusive.
58. The Ministry shall form the Environmental Impact Assessment Report Review Body with the
experts from the relevant Government departments, Government organizations for reviewing the
Environmental Impact Assessment.
59. If the private persons are included in the Environmental Impact Assessment Report Review
Body, honorariums, allowances and aids for them may be borne from the environmental
management fund.
60. The Ministry may assign duty to the Department to scrutinize the report of environmental
impact assessment prepared and submitted by a third person or organization relating to environment
impact assessment and report through the Environmental Impact Assessment Report Review Body.
61. The Ministry may approve and reply on the environmental impact assessment report or
environmental management plan with the guidance of the Committee.

Chapter XII
Prior Permission
62. The Ministry shall determine and declare categories or business, workplace, or factory which
may affect the environmental quality and necessary to obtain prior permission after obtaining the
approval of the Committee and the agreement of the Union Government.
63. The owner or person in possession of the category of business, workplace, or factory
stipulated under section 21 of the Law and rule 62 shall apply to the Ministry in the application
(Form-1) to issue the prior permission.
64. The Ministry shall, if the application for prior permission is allowed after scrutiny, issue the
prior permission in (Form-2) by prescribing terms and conditions to be followed. The businesses,
workplace, or factories which are issued prior permission shall be registered and kept records.
65. The Ministry may, if it refuses any application to issue prior permission as it is not in
conformity with the stipulations, as may be necessary, securitize and allow to reapply for the issue of
prior permission if it has carried out completely in conformity with such stipulations.
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66. The Ministry, in issuing prior permission, whether or not it is complied with the stipulated
terms and conditions:
(a) may assign duty to the Department to scrutinize and submit;
(b) may inform to the relevant Government department or Government organization to
scrutinize and reply.
67. The persons who desirous to carry out work of investment project shall carry out to obtain the
prior approval of the Ministry in accord with whether or not it affects the environment.
68. For the goodness of environmental management, the small-scaled private enterprises, mills
and factories which are not included in the categories stipulated under rule 52 and 53 and 62 shall
obtain the agreement of the Department in accord with whether or not it affects the environment,
before applying for permission, license to the relevant Ministry to construct or operate the business.

Chapter XIII
Prohibitions
69. (a) Any person shall not emit, cause to emit, dispose, cause to dispose, pile and cause to
pile, by any means, the pollutants to environment and the hazardous waste or
hazardous material stipulated by notification under the Law and any of these rules at
any place which may affect the public directly or indirectly.
(b) Any person shall not carry out the actions which can be damaged to natural
environment which is changing due to ecosystem and such system, except the
permission of the relevant Ministry in order to the interest of the public.

Chapter XIV
Miscellaneous
70. The Committee may coordinate, cooperate and carry out to keep contact person or division in
accord with environment conservation matters in the relevant Government departments, Government
organizations to enable to cooperate and carry out according to sector-wise in the works of
environmental conservation.
71. The Ministry may give record or certificate of honour for the goodness of environmental
management to the city, place, mill, factory, work etc. which is good in environmental management.
72. The functions and duties determined to be carried out by the Department under these rules shall
be carried out by the Environmental Conservation Department under the Ministry of Environmental
Conservation and Forestry.
73. The Environmental Conservation Department may carry out its functions and powers, by
conferring, to the officer-in-charge of the relevant Region or State Environmental Conservation
Department, as may be necessary.
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74. Any person who finds the commission of any act or the violation of any prohibitions which
may affect the environment may, for environmental conservation, inform to the relevant Township
General Administration Department or relevant department, organization or the ward or village-tract
administrator.

(Sd.) Win Tun

Union Minister
Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry
No. 2/220(B)(6)/(4301/2014)
Date. 5 June 2014
Distribution:
President’s Office
Union Government’s Office
Hluttaw Office
Supreme Court of the Union
Constitutional Tribunal of the Union
Office of the Union Election Commission
Union Attorney General’s Office
Union Auditor General’s Office
Office of the Union Civil Service Board
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By order

Sd.
( Myo Nyunt )
Head of Office
Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry
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Form(1)
Application to Issue the Prior Permission
(Rule 63)
To
Union Minister
Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry

Dated:……. th, …………………....

Subject: Application to issue the prior permission

1. I,(U/Daw/Mr./Ms………………………...), residing in ……………………. (Country)…………………..Region/State

……………...District………………….Township…………….…City…………….....Ward/Village-tract apply to issue the
prior permission according to rule 64 of the Environmental Conservation Rules as I am desirous to
do the business expressed in article 2.

2. The relevant facts are submitted as follows:

(a) Name of the applicant owner: .
(b) Name of Father: .
(c) Number of Citizen Scrutiny Card/ Passport :. ..
(d) Place of issue of Citizen Scrutiny Card/Passport: ..
(e) Citizen / Nationality: .
(f) Place of Birth: .
(g) Address:
(i) local address if he is a citizen: .
.
(ii) address in the relevant country if he is a foreigner: ..
.
(iii) address residing in Myanmar if he is a foreigner: ..
.
(h) Type of business for which prior permission shall be obtained: .
.
(i) Address of work/ work site/ factory/workstation: .
.
(j) Copy of the document registering as a company or organization if it is a company or
organization, as attachment.
(k) Copy of the permission, license, permit etc., if they were obtained from other
Government department, Government organization relating to the business, as
attachment.

Applicant / Owner

(Mr./ Ms. ……………)

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Form (2)
Prior Permission
(Rule 64)

Subject: Issuing the Prior Permission

1. Relating to the matter of application to issue prior permission for enabling to do business
expressed in article 2, by U/Daw/Mr./Ms. ………………………., residing in………………………... (Country)
………………………....Region/State……………………...District Township…………………………………City
………………………... Ward/ Village-tract, it is hereby issued the prior permission under rule 64 of the
Environmental Conservation Rules by stipulating to follow and implement the terms and conditions
expressed in article 3.

2. The facts relating to the business:

Type of the business for which prior permission shall be obtained .
..
..

Address of the work / work site/ factory/workstation: ..

.
.

3. Terms and conditions which shall be followed and implemented:

(a) The money stipulated by the Ministry shall be paid as compensation if the
environment is caused to pollute;
(b) The money stipulated by the Ministry shall be contributed if the benefit is obtained
from the natural environment services system;
(c) If it is a business which explores and exploits the natural resources, a part of benefit
shall be contributed to the environmental management fund as stipulated by the
Ministry for environmental conservation.
(d) .
(e) .
(f) .

Office's
Seal For the Union Minister
(Person who is authorized to issue prior permission)