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Technicians from the Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia (EPA) have begun a nationwide chemical inventory and effluent quality monitoring exercise.
The exercise, which started on Wednesday, 5 May 2021 would cover facilities involved in the sale and use of chemicals in Liberia.
The chemical inventory and effluent quality monitoring is intended to assess proponents’ adherence to the 2020 chemical importation, transport, handling and storage guidelines of Liberia.
During the exercise, technicians from the EPA will generate data for the national pollutant registry as required under Part V section 51 of the Environmental Protection and Management Law (EPML) of Liberia.
At the end of the process, the EPA will develop a registry that accounts for the quantities and locations of all chemical stockpiled in the country, so as to enable it respond to any future natural or environmental disasters, Rafael Ngumbu, head of the monitoring team said.
According to Mr. Ngumbu noted that the exercise will also bring all chemical importers and dealers into full compliance as required by law.
He is calling on businesses and firms involved in production of detergents and antimicrobials, explosives and emulsions, fumigation and petrochemicals to grant the monitoring team unrestricted access to their facilities and provide all requested documents.