Submit quarterly reports to the Environment Protection Committee. Collect data on the state of the environment. Implement environmental public awareness programs. An Environmental Technical Committee comprising all the major industrial companies and the Environment Department has been formed. The main objective of the Committee is to provide a discussion forum for the evaluation of the environmental protection legislation and attendant regulations.
Most companies are keen to participate and collaborate with the regulatory authorities.
Environmental impact assessment studies have been conducted for all new major industrial installations since 1992. Environmental protection legislation is in circulation and may be promulgated in the near future. Environmental impact assessment procedures are being set, and this will be succeeded by a ministerial decree to be effective and applicable to all concerned projects. Waste management legislation for the transboundary movement of hazardous wastes has also been prepared. This is required by the Basel Convention which Qatar has ratified.