REGULATION NoREGULATION No. 0158, OF 3 NOVEMBER 1980 THE MINISTER OF INTERIOR, onthe recommendation of the Secretary of the Environmentand by virtue of the powers conferred upon him by DecreeNo. 73.030, of 30 October 1975, Decree-Law No. 1.413, of14 August 1975 and Decree No. 76.389, of 3 October 1975; Considering thatRegulation/GM/No. 323, of 29 November 1978, prohibited, startingwith the 1979/1980 harvest, dumping, either direct orindirect, of slop into any catch basin by alcohol distilleriesestablished or that may be established in Brazil, butfailed to cover the pollution caused by alcoholic beveragedistilleries; Considering that, in additionto slop, the other effluents of alcohol andalcoholic beverage distilleries, as well as the effluents ofsugar refineries, cause considerable damage to thewater supply of cities and to economic activities,severely altering the ecological balance of interior waters andcausing serious damage to ...