Egypt - Obtain License to Discharge Treated Waste Water into the Environment

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Procedure

Apply In-Person:

1. To Obtain License to Discharge Treated Waste Water into the Environment in person, the applicant has to approach the Ministry is Environment and Forest, Regional Office
2. Address and contact details can be found in the following Contact link
3. Applicant must obtain the application form from the relevant department.
4. Applicant must provide all necessary information in the application form.
5. The applicant has to make sure he or she has all the required documents that are required for this process to be successful and they can be found under the "Required Documents" section of this page.
6. Payment of appropriate fees should be made and that can be found under the "Fees" section of this page.
7. Submit the completed forms along with the supporting documents at the respective office for verification and processing.
8. This application will be processed and information will be verified by the Ministry is Environment and Forest, Regional Office.
9. If the verification is successful, the notification will be sent to the applicant.
10. After getting the notification from concerned authorities, applicant can visit the office to collect their license.
11. If there is no information regarding the application, then, the applicant can visit the office to know status of the application.
12. The Processing time for this procedure is 1 month.

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Required Documents

• Effluent Analysis report
• Duly filled application form and fee
• Site plan Layout indicating sampling points
• Wastewater treatment plant design highlights
• Personal Identification Number proof (PIN)

Office Locations & Contacts

Ministry is Environment and Forest, Regional Office
Tel: (202) 25256452
Fax: (202) 25256490
E-mail: [email protected]
Hot Line: 19808
Public Service: 25266178 – 25256470
Report Environmental Violations on WhatsApp: 01222693333
Location link
Contact link

Eligibility

• Every local authority or person operating a sewage system or owner or operator of any trade or industry discharging wastewater into the environment.

Fees

• Sewerage service providers - EGP.500, 000.00
• Discharging facilities listed under fourth schedule EGP.100,000.00
• Institutions EGP. 20,000.00

Validity

This License is valid for 1 year.

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Processing Time

• The Processing time for this procedure is 1 month.

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Instructions

• An application for an effluent discharge licence should be accompanied by the prescribed fee as set out in the Regulations.
• The decision of the Authority together is communicated to the applicant within thirty working days from the date of submission of the duly completed application.
• Where the Authority approves an application for the grant of an effluent discharge licence it shall issue an effluent discharge licence within twenty-one days.

Required Information

• Name of Proponent
• Name of applicant
• Personal Identification Number
• Address
• Name of contact person:
• Telephone Number.
• Fax Number.
• E-mail
• Previous Licence Number
• Location of discharging facility
• Activity of discharging facility (e.g. coffee factory, sewage plant, tea factory)
• Nature and composition of effluent:
• Whether the facility have effluent treatment plant
• Maximum quantity of effluent that is proposed to discharge on any one day (in M3/day)
• The highest rate at which it proposes to discharge the effluent (in M/hr.)
• Source of processing water to the facility
• Whether the facility has access to a Laboratory for monitoring the quality of discharged effluent.
• Description of the activities of the facility
• Point of discharge
• Declaration by applicant

Need for the Document

• The license is issued by the National Environment Management Authority allow local authority or person operating a sewage system or owner or operator of any trade or industry to discharge treated wastewater into the environment.

Information which might help

EEAA has an online tracking system on its website and one can log in to establish the status of their application/license. This can be done by going to the licensing portal and using a reference number one can check their application/license status.

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