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LEGISLATION FOR MANAGEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE AND CATEGORISATION OF HAZARDOUS
WASTE :
In
exercise of the power conferred under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29
of 1986), the Central Government has made the Hazardous Waste (Management & Handling)
Rules, 1989 and published in the official Gazette No.S.O.594 (E), dated 28.7.1989/
these Rules define the Hazardous Wastes and provide specific schedule in which
wastes are listed for application of the rules. The occupier generating hazardous
waste has obligation to take all practical steps to ensure that such wastes are
properly handled and disposed off without any adverse effect, which may result
from such wastes. The occupier shall also be responsible for proper collection,
transportation, treatment, and storage and disposal of these wastes either by
himself or through the operator of a facility. The occupier shall submit application
to the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) for grant of authorization for handling
of hazardous wastes. The SPCB shall not issue an authorization unless it is satisfied
that the operator of a facility or an occupier as the case may be, possesses appropriate
facilities, technical capabilities and equipment t handle hazardous wastes safely.
The State Govt./UT. Administration, or a person authorized by it is
required to undertake a continuing programme to identify the sits and compile
and publish periodically an inventory of disposal sites within the STATE/UT for
the disposal of hazardous wastes. An environmental impact study shall be undertaken
before final identification of a site as waste disposal site. Import of hazardous
waste from any country to India Shall not be permitted for dumping and disposal
of such wastes. However, import of such wastes may be allowed for processing of
or re-use as rew-material, after examining each case on merit by the SPCB or by
an officer authorized in this behalf.
The Hazardous Wastes (Management
& Handling) Rules apply to the categories of Hazardous Wastes as specified in
the Schedule provided in Table 1 below.
SCHEDULE
[See rules 3(1), 3(n) and 4]
CATEGORIES OF HAZARDOUS WASTES
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Waste Category No.1 Waste Category No.2
Waste Category No.14 Waste Category No.15
Waste Category No.17
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Cyanide Wastes Metal Finishing Wastes
Mercury, Arsenic, Thallium and Cadmium-bearing wastes Non-halogenated hydrocarbons including solvents.
Halogenated hydrocarbon including solvents. Wastes from paints, pigments, glue, varnish and printing ink Wastes from dyes and dye intermediate containing inorganic chemical compounds. Wastes from dyes and dye intermediate containing organic chemical compounds.
Phenols Asbestos Wastes from manufacturing of pesticides and herbicides and residues from pesticides and herbicides formulation units. Acids/alkalies/slurry Off specification and discarded products.
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1 kilogramme per year calculated as cynide. 10 kilogrammes per year (the sum of the specified substance calculated as pure metal) 10 kilogrammes per year (the sum of the specified substance calculated as pure metal)
200 kilogrammes per year calculated as non-halogenated hydrocarbons.
200 kilogrammes per year calculated asbestos. 5 kilogrammes per year calculated as pesticides and their intermediate products.
Irrespective of any quantity.
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