Industrial Water Pollution Regulation Act (641)

Industrial Water Pollution Regulation Act (641)
An act aimed at decreasing water pollution by imposing regulations targeted at waterfrontindustry by zoning and rezoning waterfront industrial zones, encouraging and paying forrelocation of industry inland, and by bringing fines, charges, or other punishments on buildings,companies, and factories that do not comply.

Article 1-Regulation on Coastline Industry
1.1-Each year in TKR, more marine and amphibious animals are put on the endangered list, cancer and other pollution related illnesses are on the increase, beach and water related tourism is on a downward trend, and natural water reliable economy sectors are collapsing. This can all be traced back to water pollution, which has been increasing as more coastline, river, lakefront, canal side, and reservoir side property is being delegated to industry. This bill is aimed at the waterfront industry and what TKR community can do to prevent pollution in our region’s waterways. 1.2-It shall be the duty of the local, provincial, national, or even TKR’s government to implement [a] the dezoning of waterfront industry [b] subsidization of relocation costs [c] regulation of waterfront industry which wishes to remain on the waterfront [d] fines, criminal charges, and other punishments against industrial buildings, the company that owns said industrial buildings, and individual citizens who own said industrial buildings that do not comply with the regulations of this bill

Article 2-Rezoning and Industry Movement
2.1-It is mandatory that all waterfront plots delegated to industry (man made waterway or not) shall be rezoned to [a] low density residential zoning [b] high density residential zoning [c] commercial zoning (excluding warehouses) [d] agricultural zoning [e] rural zoning [f] historic zoning (if said industrial zone is non-operational) 2.2-It is mandatory that all governments offer industrial building owners whose factories lay in rezoned area enough money to cover estimated retail value of the building as well as ten percent of said price in order to incite said industrial building owner to relocate 2.3- waterfront industry on man made bodies of water are not encouraged to relocate if this

criteria is met:

[a] said body of water does not lead directly into a natural body of water

[b] said body of water is completely void of aquatic or amphibian life

[c] said body of water is not used for recreational purposes

2.4- if industry chooses to relocate, factory or warehouse movement costs will have to be

completely paid for by the local, provincial, or national governments

2.5- in an exception to article 2.4, the government which deals with said movement can choose

to subsidize 70% or more of the relocation cost of industrial buildings that make 5,500,000,000

or more Florin a year

Article 3-Regulations and Fines on non-compliant Factories,
Companies, or Persons

3.1- if a building owner fails to comply, there are several ways to proceed, but ultimately the

decision is up to the local, provincial, or national government, as long as the decision

incorporates one of the following:

3.2- building owners may choose for their building to stay on the waterfront, as long as they

subject said building to

[a] mandatory daily maintenance, especially for equipment which handles chemicals and

pollution

[b] weekly government inspections

[c] payment to said government for said inspections

3.3- the local, provincial, and state government may force building owners to move; if building

owners still do not comply, fines, force, and criminal charges may be used

3.4- government may embargo said company’s products

3.5- government may freeze said company’s assets and money

3.6- government may suspend said government’s manufacturing license

3.7- government may block company products from being exported