APPRAISAL OF THE COMPLIANCE LEVEL TO ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN BY FILLING STATIONS IN KADUNA METROPOLIS, NIGERIA
APPRAISAL OF THE COMPLIANCE LEVEL TO ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN BY FILLING STATIONS IN KADUNA METROPOLIS, NIGERIA
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2017-04
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YUNUSA, Amina Muhammad
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Environmental Management Plan (EMP) is the strategy an organization is taking to determine how it affects the environment, complies with regulations, keeps track of environmental management activities and meets environmental goals and targets. It also documents key elements of environmental management including the environmental policy, responsibilities, applicable standard operating procedures and Best Management Practices (BMP), record keeping, reports, communication, training, monitoring and corrective action. The compliance of filling stations with the EMP is therefore of optimum importance. This study appraises the compliance level to EMP by petrol filling stations in Kaduna metropolis. For this study, data was obtained from published documents, questionnaire administered to the managers of the filling stations and observation using checklist. Three categories of filling stations sampled include, major marketers, independent marketers and NNPC managed stations. Stratified sampling was used in selecting the filling stations for this study; purposive sampling was used to select respondents. Findings reveal that 80% of the filling stations do not have an EMP. The level of compliance to EMP is higher in the major marketers than in NNPC and independent marketers respectively. The Kruskal-wallis analysis of variance shows statistically, significant differences in the level of compliance between the three categories of filling stations in the study area. This has been proven statistically, where the result shows significant difference in the level of compliance between the 3 categories of filling stations in Kaduna. The findings further revealed that 90% of the filling stations agreed that the EMP followed by a successful implementation and monitoring will improve filling stations level of compliance with environmental laws and regulations relating to operation of filling stations level of compliance reaching almost 100%, and can reduce the identified impacts to an insignificant level. Furthermore, the study also revealed that, only 17% of the filling stations keep
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record of reports, injuries, accidents, diseases and dangerous occurrences, 60% lack certification and 47% lack adequate training for workers which serves as constraints to EMP implementation in filling station in Kaduna. Therefore, to improve filling stations compliance with the EMP and to encourage them to avoid government penalties, environmental authorities should prioritize targeted awareness programs to ensure that the filling station and their employees are aware of the EMP. Meanwhile, government can incentivize good behavior by presenting awards for compliance with the EMP.
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A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA-NIGERIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY
FACULTY OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY
ZARIA
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APPRAISAL,, COMPLIANCE,, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN,, FILLING STATIONS,, KADUNA METROPOLIS,, NIGERIA,