Section 24: Effluent limitations.

(1) The Agency shall, on the commencement of this Act, establish effluent limitations for new point sources which shall require application of the best control technology currently available and implementation of the best management practices.
(2) The Agency shall, on the commencement of the Act, review effluent limitations for existing point sources which shall require the application of the best management practices, under circumstances as determined by the Agency, and shall include, schedules of compliance for installation and operation of the best practicable control technology as determined by the Agency.
(3) Notwithstanding the existing regulations in force, other than in the oil and gas sector, the Agency may make regulations on effluent limitations, on existing and new point sources, for the protection of human, animal, marine and plant life.
(4) A person who violates the provisions of the regulations made pursuant to subsection (3) of this section, commits an offence and shall on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding N200,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both such fine and imprisonment and an additional fine of N5,000 for every day the offence subsists.
(5) Where an offence under subsection (3) of this section is committed by a body corporate, it shall on conviction, be liable to a fine, not exceeding N1,000,000 and an additional fine of 50,000 for every day the offence subsists.