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(Basic Plan for Conservation of the Environment of the Seto Inland
Sea)
Article 3
- In View of the benefits of the Seto Inland Sea,both as a place of
scenic beauty unmatched by any in the country or elsewhere in the world
and as a storehouse of rich fishery resources and of the fact that the
Seto Inland Sea should rightly be enjoyed equally by all citizens of
the nation and bequeathed to posterity,it behooves the national government
to formulate basic plan (to be referred to as the "Basic Plan"hereafter
in this Chapter)for the conservation of the environment of the Seto
Inland Sea in respect of preservation of water quality,conservation
of scenic beauty,etc.of the Seto Inland Sea in Order to promote the
implementation of effective measures.
- In determining or altering the Basic Plan,the Minister of the Environment
shall in advance hear the opinions of the Central Environment Council
and the governors of prefectures concerned.
- When the Basic Plan has been determined or altered,the Minister of
the Environment shall,without delay,send the Basic Plan or the change
therein to the governors of prefectures concerned and,in addition, publicly
announce the same.
(Prefectural Plan for Conservation of the Environment of the Seto
Inland Sea)
Article 4
- The governors of the prefectures concerned shall,on the basis of the
Basic Plan, establish prefectural plan for conservation of the Seto
Inland Sea in respect of the measures to be implemented for the conservation
of the environment of the Seto Inland Sea in the area of the prefectures
concerned (to be referred to as the "Prefectural Plan"hereafter
in this chapter)
- The governors of prefectures concerned must confer with the Minister
of the Environment and obtain his or her approval when establishing
Prefectural Plans.
- The Minister of the Environment must confer with the heads of relevant
government agencies when granting the approval mentioned in the previous
paragraph.
- When the governors of the prefectures concerned have established the
Prefectural Plan, they shall, without delay,send it to the municipalities
concerned and, in addition, publicly announce the same.
- 5.The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs shall apply mutatis
mutandis to Changes in the Prefectural Plan.
(Promotion of the Achievement of the Basic Plan and the Prefectural
Plan)
Article 4-2
The State and local public bodies shall endeavor to take measures required
for achievement of the Basic Plan and the Prefectural Plan.
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