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Frequently Asked Questions on Nema's Operations

1.0 GENERAL MATTERS

Q1.What is the interlinkage between NEMA and other Government agencies?
Q2. How can we remedy past mistakes made before the EMCA,1999 came into being?
Q3. What is the background training of people who qualify as EIA experts?
Q3. There is a discrepancy in fees for incinerators and waste transporters - 75 thousand shillings could be very high for small incineration processes whereas large waste transport operators could only have to pay 5 thousand. Are the License fees too high
Q4. How will the risk-based approach be applied?
Q5. What conditions will be imposed on transporters of wastes?
Q6. Does burning of waste qualify as waste management?
Q7.How many licenses will I need to transport oil sludge?
Q8. Does NEMA license sewerage transported in drums?
Q10. What will be done about dumpsites like Dandora?
Q9. Will Councils be licensed to collect garbage?
Q11. How will you re-mediate the Dandora dumpsite?
Q12. Some DEO’s have not seen a landfill site. Don’t they need an urgent training?
Q13. Can collectors/transporters have a countrywide license?
Q14. Can I be licensed to collect mixed waste?
Q15. Sugar Manufacturers improve land by dumping. Will they need a license?
Q16. Recycling and Re-use needs awareness raising & education. Waste has a value. How can we sensitise people?
Q17. Is there sufficient capacity with the waste industry to handle waste?
Q18. Will CBOs using private land need to be licensed?
Q19. Is there a standard design for Landfill Sites and Incinerators?
Q20. How can methane collection be done?
Q2. Some standards look very tight e.g. zero value for faecal coliforms, making the origin and rationale for standards unclear.
Q3. What will happen with storm water discharges, particularly as they are intermittent in nature?
Q4. How do you define Aquatic environment?
Q5. In Mombasa town due to old pipes sewage and water mixing. What can NEMA do about this?
Q6. Why are some houses not connected to the sewer but to storm water drains that discharge into the sea.
Q7. Will NEMA deal with issues of oil spills from ships? Can waste oil be discharged direct to sea?
Q8. Under riparian zone section what will happen to developments that existed before the Regulations?
Q9. What about private boreholes? Will they be regulated?
Q10. Can sewage service providers pass the costs to consumers?
Q11. What basis was used to set the license fee?
Q12. To be compliant carries a cost. What happens to those who do not comply?
Q13. Is there conflict between these Regulations and the Water Act?
Q14. Where Service Providers have different points of discharge do they need separate licenses for each discharge point?
Q15. How can we be expected to meet these charges when our tariffs are set?
Q16. Fifty-one (51) days are too long for the license application process.
Q17. What happens if they do not pay?
Q1. Is the blanket requirement for daily monitoring of effluents feasible? Could we take a risk-based approach dependent upon sector and substances that are likely to be discharged?
Q1. Why multiple Licenses for same site/process? Is there scope to streamline licensing and move towards single whole-site license?
Q3. Which projects are exempted from conducting a full EIA study?
Q3. Are NEMA’s decisions on EIAs politically motivated?
Q4. Is (NET) National Environmental Tribunal really independent or is it just a political gimmick?
Q5. What is your definition of waste generators? How will this be interpreted as it could potentially involve every household - what are implications for licensing?
Q1a. What is Ozone Depleting Potential for R134a and if so, should it be licensed?
6. When the Parties agree to phase out a substance, how does Kenya know it is true?
8. The chemicals or the substances come from different countries, has there been interest in knowing the percentage of chemical composition from different countries?
7. What is the role of World Trade Organization (WTO) during such negotiations?
9. Do the different manufacturers have the same quality of the chemicals?
13. What are the possible effects of ozone layer on the aircraft which even go up to 35000 feet?
10. Does the government have a policy for quality control in terms of chemical composition for the refrigerants?
14. Where the ozone has been damaged, is there emergency preparedness to handle such an emergency in case it occurs?
11. Is it possible to rank the refrigerants?
4. Is NEMA regulating equipment/products with ODS?
1 What is Ozone Depleting Potential for R134a and if so, should it be licensed?
2. How is licensing being done for Methyl Bromide (MB) for Quarantine and Pre-Shipment (QPS)?
5. How does NEMA handle diplomatic goods?
3. Does Kenya have standards for labeling for ODS?
12. What would be the cost of a recovery unit and how frequently do people use the recovery unit?
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