Territorial jurisdiction

In addition to the above restraints that are particular to the CWC, there seem to be some general limitations that may apply to any on-site inspection system. They concern the external and internal functions of state sovereignty one is related to the territorial jurisdiction or control of a state and the other to the human rights of individuals. 

Limitations related to the territorial jurisdiction or control of a state... 

In every instance of extra territorial jurisdiction, there are two issues to be considered the first is whether the State or group of States has the authority to exercise extra territorial jurisdiction and the second is, whether the exercise of that authority reasonable (taking into consideration the law concerned and the potential foreign policy conflicts). 

The latest Austroads guidelines were published in 2009, and establish a uniform baseline for the conduct of Road Safety Audits (Austroads, 2009). However, since Road Safety Audit policy, training and practice in Australia is set by the state and territory jurisdictions, there is a degree of variation in training and accreditation of Road Safety Auditors and in the practice of conducting Road Safety Audits. 

In addition, you must send a copy of the report to the State in which the facility is located ( State" refers to State of the U.S., the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession over which the U.S. has jurisdiction). Refer to Appendix Q for the appropriate State address for your submission. If your facility is located on Indian land, send a copy to the Chief Executive Officer of the applicable Indian tribe. Some tribes have entered into a cooperative agreement with the State, in which this case. Form R submissions should be sent to the entity designated In the cooperative agreement. 

An EQS would assist in the mandated deliverables of other departments need to meet binational agreements on the substance need to support concerns of territorial, provincial, or municipal jurisdictions need to support operational requirements of the private sector need to support operational requirements of other countries. Could an EQS be derived in partnership with other stakeholders within Canada or internationally Are there external funding contributions ... 

Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Under Section 303(d) of the 1972 Clean Water Act, states, territories, and authorized tribes were required to develop a list of impaired waters. The impaired waters do not meet water quality standards that states, territories, and authorized tribes have set for them, even after point sources of pollution have installed the minimum required levels of pollution control technology. The law requires that these jurisdictions establish priority rankings for waters on the lists and develop TMDLs for these waters. 

Each State Party has the right to request an on-site challenge inspection of any facility or location in the territory or in any other place under the jurisdiction or control of any other State Party for the sole purpose of clarifying and resolving any questions concerning possible non-compliance with the provisions of this Convention, and to have this inspection conducted anjrwhere without delay by an inspection team designated by the Director-General [of the Technical Secretariat] and in accordance with the Verihcation Annex. 

In cases where the facilities or areas sought to be inspected are located on the territory of a State Party, but in a place under the jurisdiction or control of a State not Party to this Convention, the State Party shall take all necessary measures as would be required of an inspected State Party and a Host State Party to ensure that inspections of such facilities or areas can be carried out in accordance with the provisions of this Annex. If the State Party is unable to ensure access to those facilities or areas, it shall demonstrate that it took all necessary measures to ensure access. This paragraph shall not apply where the facilities or areas sought to be inspected are those of the State Party. 

A detailed process for the efficient and effective distribution of all types of resources, including supplemental personnel, equipment, and supplies among multiple organizations and the establishment of a security perimeter around a disaster site should also be included in the plan. Leadership responsibilities and coordination of all rescue efforts (across territories and jurisdictions) should be worked out in advance of any event. 

Under all circumstances the concerned jurisdiction can order the advertising of the trial condemning the infraction for the violation of the dispositions to the present Law or of the measures taken for its execution in the designated territories or to its integral or partial insertion in one or several newspapers. The related cost will be shouldered by the defendant. 

Each State Party shall adopt the necessary measures to ensure that toxic chemicals and their precursors are only developed, produced, otherwise acquired, retained, transferred, or used within its territory or in any other place under its jurisdiction or control for purposes not prohibited under this Convention. 

As already noted, a central provision of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is the general purpose criterion which prohibits Toxic chemicals and their precursors, except where intended for purposes not prohibited under this Convention, as long as types and quantities are consistent with such purposes . The implementation of this general purpose criterion is placed by Article VI on each State Party which shall adopt the necessary measures to ensure that toxic chemicals and their precursors are only developed, produced, otherwise acquired, retained, transferred, or used within its territory or in any other place under its jurisdiction or control for purposes not prohibited under this Convention . 

Factories have contaminated streams since the dawn of the industrial revolution, and governments have long taken notice. As early as 1901, a survey article could report that the only jurisdictions in the United States that lacked statutes to control water pollution—which was understood to include both industrial waste and sewage—were Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, South Carolina, and Indian Territory (the future Oklahoma). By 1924, all 48 states had laws that covered industrial waste. Both surface water and groundwater were always understood to be vulnerable to contamination by the mid-nineteenth century, lawsuits over pollution of groundwater were numerous.16... 

Spent Ni-Cd batteries now move between OECD nations under amber list controls, plus any national controls imposed by the member nations involved. Amber transboundary controls are intended, among other things, to provide sufficient notice to the nation of import to insure that the shipments entering its territory are destined for a facility capable of managing them in an environmentally sound manner. Such controls also alert any transit nation to the fact that a cargo of recyclable material that presents a potential environmental threat is passing through its jurisdiction. 

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