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HAZARDOUS
WASTES (MANAGEMENT, HANDLING AND TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENT) RULES, 2008.
CHAPTER-I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title and
commencement:- (1) These rules may be called the Hazardous Wastes (Management, Handling and
Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2008.
(2) They shall come into force on the
date of their publication in the official Gazette.
2. Application:- These rules shall apply to the handling of hazardous wastes
as specified in Schedules and shall not apply to-
(a) waste-water and exhaust gases as
covered under the provisions of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution)
Act, 1974 (6 of 1974) and the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act,
1981 (14 of 1981) and the rules made thereunder;
(b) wastes arising out of the operation
from ships beyond five kilometres of the relevant baseline as covered under
the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958) and the rules
made thereunder;
(c) radio-active wastes as covered
under the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 (33 of 1962) and the rules
made thereunder;
(d) bio-medical wastes covered under
the Bio-Medical Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998 made under the
Act; and
(e) wastes covered under the Municipal
Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000 made under the Act;
3. Definitions:- (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) “Act” means the Environment
(Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986);
(b) “authorization” means permission
for generation, handling, collection, reception, treatment, transport, storage,
recycling, reprocessing, recovery, reuse and disposal of hazardous wastes
granted under sub-rule (4) of rule 5;
(c) “Basel Convention” is the United
Nations Environment Programme Convention on the Control of Transboundary
Movement of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal;
(d) “Central Pollution Control Board”
means the Central Pollution Control Board constituted under sub-section
(1) of section 3 of the Water
(Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 (6 of 1974);
(e) “disposal” means any operation
which does not lead to recycling, recovery or reuse and includes physico chemical,
biological treatment, incineration and disposal in secured landfill;
(f) “export” with its grammatical variations
and cognate expressions, means taking out of
(g) “exporter” means any person under
the jurisdiction of the exporting country who exports hazardous waste including
the country, which exports hazardous waste;
(h) “environmentally sound management
of hazardous wastes” means taking all steps required to ensure that the
hazardous wastes are managed in a manner which shall protect health and the
environment against the adverse effects which may result from such waste;
(i) “environmentally sound
technologies” means any technology approved by the Central Government from
time
to time;
(j) “facility” means any establishment
wherein the processes incidental to the handling, collection, reception, treatment,
storage, recycling, recovery, reuse and disposal of hazardous wastes are
carried out;
(k) “Form” means a form appended to
these rules;
(l) “hazardous waste” means any waste
which by reason of any of its physical, chemical, reactive, toxic,flammable,
explosive or corrosive characteristics causes danger or is likely to cause
danger to health or environment, whether alone or when in contact with other
wastes or substances, and shall include-
(i) waste specified under column (3) of
Schedule-I,
(ii) wastes having constituents
specified in Schedule-II if their concentration is equal to or more than the limit
indicated in the said Schedule, and
(iii) wastes specified in Part A or
Part B of the Schedule-III in respect of import or export of such wastes in accordance
with rules 12, 13 and 14 or the wastes other than those specified in Part A or
Part B if theypossess any of the hazardous characteristics specified in Part
C of that Schedule;
(m) “hazardous waste site” means a
place of collection, reception, treatment, storage of hazardous wastes and
its disposal to the environment which is approved by the competent authority;
(n) “import” with its grammatical
variations and cognate expressions, means bringing into
(o) “Importer” means an occupier or any
person who imports hazardous waste;
(p) “manifest” means transporting
document prepared and signed by the occupier or his representative authorized
in accordance with the provisions of these rules.
(q) “occupier” in relation to any
factory or premises, means a person who has, control over the affairs of the factory
or the premises and includes in relation to any hazardous waste the person in
possession of the hazardous waste;
(r) “operator of disposal facility”
means a person who owns or operates a facility for collection, reception, treatment,
storage or disposal of hazardous wastes;
(s) “recycler or reprocessor or actual
user” means an occupier who procures and processes hazardous waste for recycling
or recovery or re-use;
(t) “recycling” means reclamation and
reprocessing of hazardous waste in an environmentally sound manner for the
original purpose or for other purposes;
(u) “reuse” means use of hazardous
waste for the purpose of its original use or other use;
(v) “recovery” means any operation in
the recycling activity wherein specific materials are recovered;
(w) “Schedule” means a Schedule
appended to these rules;
(x) “State Government” in relation to a
Union territory means, the Administrator thereof appointed under article 239
of the Constitution;
(y) “State Pollution Control Board
means the State Pollution Control Board or the Pollution Control Committee constituted
under sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Water(Prevention and Control of
Pollution) Act, 1974 (6 of 1974);
(z)
“storage” means storing any hazardous waste for a temporary period, at the
end of which such waste is processed or disposed of;
(za) “transboundary movement” means any
movement of hazardous wastes from an area under the jurisdiction of one
country to or through an area under the jurisdiction of another country or to
or through an area not under the jurisdiction of any country, provided at
least two countries are involved in the movement;
(zb) “transport” means off-site
movement of hazardous wastes by air, rail, road or water;
(zc) “transporter” means a person
engaged in the off-site transportation of hazardous waste by air, rail, road
or water;
(zd) “treatment” means a method,
technique or process, designed to modify the physical, chemical or biological
characteristics or composition of any hazardous waste so as to reduce its
potential to cause harm;
(ze) “used oil” means any oil-
(a) derived from crude oil or mixtures
containing synthetic oil including used engine oil. gear oil, hydraulic oil,
turbine oil, compressor oil, industrial gear oil, heat transfer oil,
transformer oil, spent oil and their tank bottom sludges; and
(b) suitable for reprocessing, if it
meets the specification laid down in Part-A of Schedule-V but does not include
waste oil;
(zf) “waste oil” means any oil which
includes spills of crude oil, emulsions, tank bottom sludge and slop oil generated
from petroleum refineries, installations or ships and can be used as fuel in
furnaces for energy recovery, if it meets the specifications laid down in
Part-B of Schedule-5 either as such or after reprocessing.
Words and expressions used
in these rules and not defined but defined in the Act shall have the meanings
respectively assigned to them in the Act.
CHAPTER II
PROCEDURE FOR HANDLING
HAZARDOUS WASTES
4. Responsibilities of the
occupier for handling of hazardous wastes.-
(1) The occupier shall be responsible
for safe and environmentally sound handling of hazardous wastes generated in
his establishment.
(2) The hazardous wastes generated in
the establishment of an occupier shall be sent or sold to a recycler or
re-processor or re-user registered or authorized under these rules or shall
be disposed of in an authorized disposal facility.
(3) The hazardous wastes transported
from an occupier's establishment to a recycler for recycling or reuse or
reprocessing or to an authorized facility for disposal shall be transported
in accordance with the provisions of these rules.
(4) The occupier or any other person
acting on his behalf who intends to get his hazardous wastes treated and
disposed of by the operator of a Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility
shall give to the operator of a facility, such information as may be
determined by the State Pollution Control Board.
(5) The occupier shall take all
adequate steps while handling hazardous wastes to:
(i) contain contaminants and prevent
accidents and limit their consequences on human beings and the environment;
and
(ii) provide persons working on the
site with the training, equipment and the information necessary to ensure
their safety.
5. Grant of authorization for
handling hazardous wastes.
(1) Every person who is engaged in
generation, processing, treatment, package, storage, transportation, use,
collection, destruction, conversion, offering for sale, transfer or the like
of the hazardous waste shall require to obtain an authorization from the
State Pollution Control Board.
(2) The hazardous waste shall be
collected, treated, re-cycled, re-processed, stored or disposed of only in
such facilities as may be authorized by the State Pollution Control Board for
the purpose.
(3) Every person engaged in generation,
processing, treatment, package, storage, transportation, use, collection,
destruction, conversion, offering for sale, transfer or the like of the
hazardous waste or occupier of the facility shall make an application in Form 1 to
the State Pollution Control Board for authorization within a period of sixty
days from the date of commencement of these rules:
Provided that any person authorized
under the provisions of the Hazardous Waste (Management and Handling) Rules,
1989, prior to the date of coming into force of these rules, shall not
require to make an application for authorization till the period of expiry of
such authorization.
(4) On receipt of the application
complete in all respects for the authorization, the State Pollution Control Board
may, after such inquiry as it considers necessary and on being satisfied that
the applicant possesses appropriate facilities, technical capabilities and
equipment to handle hazardous waste safely, grant within a period of one
hundred and twenty days an authorization in Form
2 to the applicant which shall be valid
for a period of five years and shall be subject to such conditions as may be
laid down therein.
(5) The State Pollution Control Board
may after giving reasonable opportunity of being heard to the applicant
refuse to grant any authorization.
(6) Every person authorized under these
rules shall maintain the record of hazardous wastes handled by him in Form 3 and
prepare and submit to the State Pollution Control Board, an annual return containing
the details specified in Form 4 on or before the 30th day of June following to the financial
year to which that return relates.
(7) An application for the renewal of
an authorization shall be made in Form
1, before its expiry and the State
Pollution Control Board may renew the authorization after examining each case
on merit subject to the condition that there has been no report of violation
of the provisions of the Act or the rules made thereunder or conditions
specified in the authorization.
(8) The occupier or operator of the
facility shall take all the steps, wherever required, for reduction and prevention
of the waste generated or for recycling or reuse and comply the conditions
specified in the authorization.
(9) The State Pollution Control Board
shall maintain a register containing particulars of the conditions imposed
under these rules for management of hazardous waste, and it shall be open for
inspection during office hours to any person interested or affected or a
person authorized by him on his behalf.
6. Power to suspend or cancel
an authorization.
(1) The State Pollution Control Board,
may, if in its opinion the holder of the authorization has failed to comply
with any of the conditions of the authorization or with any provisions of the
Act or these rules and after giving him a reasonable opportunity of being
heard and after recording reasons thereof in writing cancel or suspend the
authorization issued under rule-4 for such period as it considers necessary
in the public interest.
(2) Upon suspension or cancellation of
the authorization the State Pollution Control Board may give directions to
the person whose authorization has been suspended or cancelled for the safe
storage of the hazardous wastes, and such person shall comply with such
directions.
7. Storage of Hazardous Waste.
(1) The occupiers, recyclers,
re-processors, re-users, and operators of facilities may store the hazardous
wastes for a period not exceeding ninety days and shall maintain a record of
sale, transfer, storage, recycling and reprocessing of such wastes and Crake
these records available for inspection:
Provided that the State Pollution
Control Board may extend the said period in following cases,
namely:-
(i) small generators up to ten tones
per annum;
(ii) recyclers, re-processors and
facility operators up to six months of their annual capacity;
(iii) generators who do not have access
to any Treatment, Storage, Disposal Facility in the concerned State; or
(iv) the waste which needs to be
specifically stored for development of a process for its recycling, reuse.
CHAPTER-III
PROCEDURE FOR RECYCLING,
REPROCESSING OR REUSE OF HAZARDOUS WASTES
8. Procedure for grant of
registration :
(1) every person desirous of recycling
or reprocessing the hazardous waste specified in Schedule-IV may make an
application in Form 5 accompanied with a copy each of the following documents for the
grant or renewal of the registration:-
(a) consent to establish granted by the
State Pollution Control Board under the Water (Prevention and Control of
Pollution) Act, 1974 (25 of 1974) and the Air (Prevention and Control of
Pollution) Act, 1981 (21 of 1981);
(b) certificate of registration issued
by the District Industries Centre or any other government agency authorised
in this regard;
(c) proof of installed capacity of
plant and machinery issued by the District Industries Centre or any other
government agency authorised in this behalf; and
(d) in case of renewal, certificate of
compliance of effluent, emission standards and treatment and disposal of
hazardous wastes, as applicable, from the State Pollution Control Board or the
Concerned Zonal Office of Central Pollution Control Board.
(2) The Central Pollution Control
Board, on being satisfied that the applicant is utilizing environmentally
sound technologies and possesses adequate technical capabilities, requisite facilities,
and equipment to recycle, reprocess or reuse hazardous wastes, may grant
registration to such applicants stipulating therein necessary conditions for
carrying out safe operations in the authorized place only.
(3) The Central Pollution Control Board
shall dispose of the application for registration within a period of one
hundred twenty days from the date of the receipt of such application complete
in all respects.
(4) The registration, issued under
sub-rule (2) shall be valid for a period of five years from the date of its
issue, unless the operation is discontinued by the unit or the registration
is suspended or cancelled by the Central Pollution Control Board.
(5) The Central Pollution Control Board
may cancel or suspend the registration granted under these rules, if it has
reasons to believe that the recycler or re-processor has failed to comply
with any of the conditions of the registration, or with any provision of the
Act or rules made thereunder.
(6) The Central Pollution Control Board
may after giving a reasonable opportunity of being heard to the applicant, by
order, refuse to grant or renew the registration.
(7) The recycler or re-processor shall
maintain records of hazardous wastes purchased and processed and shall file
an annual return of its activities of previous year in Form 6 to
the State Pollution Control Board, on or before the 30th day of June of every
year.
9. Conditions for sale or
transfer of Hazardous Wastes for recycling.-
The occupier generating the hazardous
wastes specified in Schedule-IV may sell it only to the recycler having a
valid registration from the Central Pollution Control Board for recycling or
recovery.
10. Standards for recycling.-
The Central Government and Central
Pollution Control Board may issue the guidelines for standards of performance
for recycling processes from time to time.
11. Utilization of hazardous
wastes.-
The utilisation of hazardous wastes as
a supplementary resource or for energy recovery, or after processing shall be
carried out by the units only after obtaining approval from the Central
Pollution Control Board.
CHAPTER IV
IMPORT AND EXPORT OF HAZARDOUS
WASTES
12. Import and export
(transboundary movement) of hazardous wastes.-
The Ministry of Environment and Forests
shall be the nodal Ministry to deal with the trans-boundary movement of the
hazardous wastes and to grant permission for transit of the hazardous wastes through
any part of
13. Import and export of
hazardous wastes.-
(1) No import of the hazardous wastes
from any country to
(2) The import of Hazardous Waste from
any country shall be permitted only for the recycling or recovery or reuse.
(3) The export of hazardous wastes from
operator of a disposal facility with
the Prior Informed Consent bf the importing country to ensure environmentally
sound management of the hazardous waste in question.
(4) No import or export of the
hazardous wastes specified in Schedule —VI shall be permitted.
14. Import or export of
Hazardous Waste for recycling, recovery and reuses.-
(1) The import and export of the
hazardous wastes specified in Schedule-III, shall be regulated in accordance
with the conditions laid down in the said schedule:
(2) Subject to the provisions contained
in sub-rule (1), - (i) the import or export of the Hazardous wastes specified
in Part A of Schedule-III shall require Prior Informed Consent of the country
from where it is imported or exported to, and shall require the license from
the Directorate General of foreign Trade and the prior written permission of
the Central Government;
(ii) the import of the hazardous wastes
specified in Part B of Schedule III shall not require Prior Informed Consent
of the country from where it is imported;
(iii) the import and export of the
hazardous wastes not specified in Part A and Part B of Schedule III but
having the hazardous characteristics outlined in Part C of the said Schedule
shall require the prior written permission of the Central Government, before
it is imported into or exported from India, as the case may be.
15. Procedure for export of
Hazardous Wastes from
(1) Any person intending to export
hazardous wastes specified in Schedule-III shall apply in Form 7 and Form 8 along
with full cover insurance policy for consignment to the Central Government
for the proposed transboundary movement of the hazardous wastes together with
the Prior Informed Consent in writing from the importing
country.
(2) On receipt of such application, the
Central Government may give a ‘No Objection Certificate’ for the proposed export
within a period of sixty days from the date of submission of the application
and may impose conditions as it may consider necessary.
(3) The Central Government, shall
forward a copy of the ‘No Objection Certificate’ granted under sub-rule (2),
to the Central Pollution Control Board, the concerned State Pollution Control
Board and the concerned Port and Customs authorities for ensuring compliance
of the conditions, if any, of the export and to take appropriate steps for
the safe handling of the waste shipment.
(4) The exporter shall ensure that no
consignment is shipped before the ‘No Objection Certificate’ is received from
the importing country.
(5) The exporter shall also ensure that
the shipment is accompanied with the Movement Document in Form 9.
(6) The exporter shall inform the
Ministry of Environment and
(7) The exporter of the hazardous
wastes shall maintain the records of the hazardous wastes exported by him in Form 10 and
the record so maintained shall be available for inspection.
16. Procedure
for import of Hazardous Waste-
(1) A person intending to import or
transit for trans-boundary movement of hazardous wastes specified in Schedule-III
shall apply in Form 7 and Form 8 to the Central Government of the proposed import wherever applicable,
together with the Prior Informed Consent, which ever applicable and shall
send a copy of the application, simultaneously, to the concerned State
Pollution Control Board to enable them to send their comments and
observations, if any, to the Ministry of Environment and Forests within a
period of thirty days.
(2) On receipt of the application in
complete, the Ministry of Environment and Forests shall examine the application
considering the comments and observations, if any, received from the State
Pollution Control Boards, and may grant the permission for import within a
period of sixty days subject to the condition that the importer has- (i) the
environmentally sound recycling, recovery or reuse facilities;
(ii) adequate facilities and
arrangement for treatment and disposal of wastes generated; and
(iii) a valid registration from the Central
Pollution Control Board and a proof of being an actual user, if required
under these rules.
(3) The Ministry of Environment and
Forests shall forward a copy of the permission granted under sub-rule (2) to
the Central Pollution Control Board, the concerned State Pollution Control
Board and the concerned Port and Customs authorities for ensuring compliance
of the conditions of imports and safe handling of the hazardous waste.
(4) The Ministry of Environment and
Forests shall communicate the permission to the importer.
(5) The Port and Customs authorities
shall ensure that shipment is accompanied by the Movement Document in Form 9 and
the test report of analysis of the hazardous waste consignment in question,
from a laboratory accredited by the exporting country.
(6) The Customs authority shall collect
three randomly drawn samples of the consignment (prior to clearing the consignment
as per the provisions laid down under the Customs Act, 1962) for analysis and
retain the report for a period of two years, in order to ensure that in the
event of any dispute, as to whether the consignment conforms or not to the
declaration made in the application and Movement Document.
(7) The importer of the hazardous waste
shall maintain records of the hazardous waste imported by him in Form 10 and
the record so maintained shall be available for inspection.
(8) The importer shall also inform the
concerned State Pollution Control Board and the Central Pollution Control Board,
the date and time of the arrival of the consignment of the hazardous waste
ten days in advance.
17. Illegal
Traffic.-
(1) The export and import of hazardous
wastes from and into India shall be deemed illegal if- (i) it is without
permission of the Central Government in accordance with these rules, or
(ii) the permission has been obtained
through falsification, mis-representation or fraud; or
(iii) it does not conform to the
shipping details provided in the movement documents; or
(iv) it results in deliberate disposal
(i.e., dumping) of hazardous wastes in contravention of the Basel Convention
and of general principles of International or National Law.
(2). In case of illegal import of the
hazardous wastes, the importer shall re-export the waste in question at his cost
within a period of ninety days from the date of its arrival into India and
its implementation will be ensured by the concerned State Pollution Control
Board.
CHAPTER-V
TREATMENT, STORAGE AND DISPOSAL
FACILITY FOR HAZARDOUS WASTES
18. Treatment, Storage and
Disposal-Facility for hazardous wastes.-
(1) The State Government, occupier,
operator of a facility or any association of occupiers shall individually or jointly
or severally be responsible for, and identify sites for establishing the
facility for treatment, storage and disposal of the hazardous wastes in the
State.
(2) The operator of common facility or
occupier of a captive facility, shall design and set up the Treatment, Storage
and Disposal Facility as per technical guidelines issued by the Central
Pollution Control Board in this regard from time to time and shall obtain
approval from the State Pollution Control Board for design and layout in this
regard from time to time.
(3)
The State Pollution Control Board shall monitor the setting up and operation
of the Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities regularly.
(4) The operator of the Treatment,
Storage and Disposal Facility shall be responsible for safe and environmentally
sound operation of the Treatment, the Storage and Disposal Facility and its
closure and post closure phase, as per guidelines issued by the Central
Pollution Control Board from time to time.
(5) The operator of the Treatment,
Storage and Disposal Facility shall maintain records of hazardous wastes handled
by him in Form 10.
CHAPTER-VI
PACKAGING, LABELLING, AND
TRANSPORT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE
19. Packaging and labeling.-
(1) The occupier or operator of the
Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility or recycler shall ensure that the
hazardous waste are packaged and labeled, based on the composition in a
manner suitable for safe handling, storage and transport as per the
guidelines issued by the Central Pollution Control Board from time to time.
(2) The labeling and packaging shall be
easily visible and be able to withstand physical conditions and climatic
factors.
20. Transportation of Hazardous
waste.-
(1) The transport of the hazardous
wastes shall be in accordance with the provisions of these rules and the
rules made by the Central Government under the Motor Vehicles Act. 1988 and
other guidelines issued from time to time in this regard.
(2) The occupier shall provide the
transporter with the relevant information in Form 11,
regarding the hazardous nature of the wastes and measures to be taken in case
of an emergency and shall mark the hazardous wastes containers as per Form 12.
(3) In case of transport of hazardous
wastes for final disposal to a facility for treatment, storage and disposal
existing in a State other than the State where the hazardous waste is
generated, the occupier shall obtain ‘No Objection Certificate’ from the
State Pollution Control Board of both the States.
(4) In case of transportation of
hazardous wastes through a State other than the State of origin or destination,
the occupier shall intimate the concerned State Pollution Control Boards
before he hands over the hazardous wastes to the transporter.
21. Manifest system (Movement
Document to be used within the country only).-
(1) The occupier shall prepare six
copies of the manifest in Form 13 comprising of colour code indicated below and all six copies
shall be signed by the transporter:
(2)
The occupier shall forward copy 1 (white) to the State Pollution Control
Board, and in case the hazardous wastes is likely to be transported through
any transit State, the occupier shall prepare an additional copy each for
intimation to such State and, forward the same to the concerned State
Pollution Control Board before he hands over the hazardous wastes to the
transporter.
(3) No transporter shall accept
hazardous wastes from an occupier for transport unless it is accompanied by copies
3 to 6 of the manifest.
(4) The transporter shall submit copies
3 to 6 of the manifest duly signed with date to the operator of the facility along
with the waste consignment.
(5) Operator of the facility upon
completion of treatment and disposal operations of the hazardous wastes shall
forward copy 5 (green) to the State Pollution Control Board and copy 6 (blue)
to the occupier and the copy 3 (pink) shall be retained by the operator of
the facility.
CHAPTER VII
MISCELLANIOUS
22. Records and returns.-
(1) The occupier generating hazardous
wastes and operator of the facility for disposal of hazardous waste shall maintain
records of such operations in Form
3.
(2) The occupier and operator of a
facility shall send annual returns to the State Pollution Control Board in Form 4.
(3) The State Pollution Control Board
shall prepare an inventory of the hazardous wastes within its jurisdiction and
compile other related information like recycling of the hazardous wastes and
treatment and disposal of the hazardous wastes based on the returns filed by
respective occupier and operator of the facility.
23. Responsibility of
Authorities.- The Authority specified in column 2
of the Schedule VII shall perform the duties as specified in column 3 of the
Schedule subject to the provisions of these rules.
24. Accident reporting and
follow-up.- Where an accident occurs at the
facility or on a hazardous waste site or during transportation of the hazardous
waste, the occupier or operator of the facility or the transporter, as the
case may be, shall report immediately to the State Pollution Control Board
about the accident in Form14.
25. Liability of occupier,
transporter, operator of a facility and importer.-
(1) The occupier, importer, transporter
and operator of the facility shall be liable for all damages caused to the environment
or third party due to improper handling of the hazardous wastes or disposal
of the hazardous wastes.
(2) The occupier and the operator of
the facility shall be liable to pay financial penalties as levied for any violation
of the provisions under these rules by the State Pollution Control Board with
the prior approval of the Central Pollution Control Board.
26. Appeal.-
(1) Any person aggrieved by an order of
suspension or cancellation or refusal of authorization or its renewal passed
by the State Pollution Control Board, may, within a period of thirty days
from the date on which the order is communicated to him, prefer an appeal in Form 15 to
the Appellate Authority comprising of the Environment Secretary of the State.
(2) Any person aggrieved by an order of
suspension or cancellation or refusal of registration or its renewal passed
by the Central Pollution Control Board, may, within a period of thirty days
from the date on which the order is communicated to him, prefer an appeal in Form 15 to
the Appellate Authority comprising of the Secretary, to the Government of
India in the Ministry of Environment and Forests.
(3) The Appellate Authority may
entertain the appeal after the expiry of the said period of thirty days if it
is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from filing
the appeal in time.
(4) Every appeal filed under this rule
shall be disposed of within a period of sixty days from the date of its
filing.
List
of processes generating hazardous wastes
List
of Waste Constituents with Concentration Limits
Schedule III
Part
A: List of Hazardous Wastes Applicable for Import with Prior Informed Consent
PART
B: List of Hazardous Wastes applicable for Import and Export not Requiring
Prior Informed Consent
PART C: List of Hazardous Characteristics
List
of Hazardous Wastes requiring Registration for Recycling/Reprocessing
PART A: Specifications of used oil
suitable for reprocessing/recycling
PART
B: Specifications of fuel derived from Waste Oil
Schedule VI
Hazardous
Wastes Prohibited for Import and Export
Schedule VII
List
of Authorities and Corresponding Duties
Application
for obtaining Authoristion for
Collection/Reception/Treatment/Transport/Storage/Disposal of Hazardous Waste
Form
for grant/renewal of authorisation by spcb/pcc for occupiers, reprocessors,
reusers and operators of facilities for collection, reception, treatment,
storage, transport, and disposal of hazardous waste
Format
for maintaining records of hazardous wastes by the occupier or operator of a
facility
Form
for filing annual returns by the occupier or operator of facility
Form
of application for grant/renewal of registration of industrial units
possessing environmentally sound management facilities for
reprocessing/recycling
Form
for filing annual returns and records on recyclable hazardous wastes by the
recyclers
FORM 7
Application
for import or export of hazardous waste for reprocessing/recycling/reuse
FORM 8
Application
for transboundary movement of hazardous waste
FORM 9
Transboundary
movement - movement document
FORM 10
Format
for maintaining records of hazardous waste imported and exported
FORM 11
Transport
emergency (TERM) card
FORM 12
Marking
of hazardous waste container
FORM 13
Hazardous
waste manifest
FORM 14
Format
of accident report
FORM 15
Application
for filing appeal against the order passed by cpcb/spcb/pcc of the union
territory
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