PART V
                 STANDARDS, POLICY STATEMENTS, AND PLANS


                     National Environmental Standards

   43. Regulations prescribing national environmental standards---(1)
 Subject to section 44, the Governor-General may from time to time, by
 Order in Council, make regulations, to be called national environmental
 standards, for either or both of the following purposes:
   (a) Prescribing technical standards relating to the use, development,
         and protection of natural and physical resources, including
         standards relating to---
           (i) Noise:
           (ii) Contaminants:
           (iii) Water quality, level, or flow:
           (iv) Air quality:
           (v) Soil quality in relation to the discharge of contaminants:
   (b) Prescribing the methods of implementing such standards.

   (2) Section 360 (2) and (3) shall apply to all regulations made under
 this section.