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| Guidelines
for conducting Environmental Impcat Assessment : Site Selection for Common Hazardous
Waste Management Facility |
| Foreword
The Ministry of Environment & Forests, under the Environment (Protection)
Act, 1986, imposed certain restrictions on the expansion and modernisation of
any activity or new projects being undertaken in the country unless environmental
clearance is accorded by the Central Government [vide notification No. S.O. 60
(E), January 27, 1994]. For this purpose, the project proponent is required to
submit, among other things, statement of environment impact assessment of the
proposed activity.
The Rule 8 of the Hazardous Wastes (Management &
Handling) Rules, 1989, as amended in January 2000, provides for preliminary impact
assessment studies to identify possible sites for disposal facility of hazardous
wastes. Further, there is also requirement to undertake an environmental impact
assessment of these sites for selecting an appropriate site for hazardous waste
disposal facility.
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The High Powered
Committee (HPC) on the Management of Hazardous Wastes under the Chairmanship of
Prof. M.G.K. Menon, constituted by the Order of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India
(in the matter of CWP 657 of 1995) has also dealt with the issue of environmental
impact assessment of the hazardous wastes disposal sites and recommended certain
approach for conducting impact assessment studies for site selection.
In
order to facilitate the selection of sites for hazardous waste disposal and to
bring in certain uniformity in conducting the environmental impact assessment
studies, Expert Committee on Management of Hazardous Wastes in Central Pollution
Control Board has considered the issue and decided to publish these guidelines.
This report is the outcome of inputs from Dr. A.K. Saxena, Director, National
Productivity Council, New Delhi, Dr. D.B. Boralkar, Assistant Secretary &
Senior Scientist and Dr.lnamul Haq, Senior Scientist, Central Pollution Control
Board, Delhi. Ms. Tanushree Ghosh provided .secretarial assistance. I hope this
document would be useful to various stake holders in the field. |
(V. Rajagopalan) Chairman, CPCB | |
