Environmental audits

The Department may by notice require the owner or operator of any factory, industrial plant or similar facility to undertake an environmental audit on the processes utilized in such factory, industrial plant, or similar facility, the type of pollution effluent discharged by such factory, industrial plant, or similar facility, as well as the steps being taken to control or reduce pollution, Environmental Protection 143 and to submit the environmental audit to the Department within such time as may be specified by the Department.