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Officer with local jurisdiction

 

Officer with local jurisdiction

In certain cases, there are officers or persons who have local jurisdiction over a certain area for certain specified purposes.

Where the discharge of environmental pollutant in excess of the prescribed standards occurs or is apprehended to occur due to any accident or other unforeseen act or event, the person in charge of such place is required to intimate the fact of such occurrence or apprehension of such occurrence to all the following authorities or agencies:

The following officers should be intimated:

  1. The officer-in-charge of emergency or disaster relief operation in a district or other region of a state or Union Territory, in whose jurisdiction the industry, process or operation is located. This officer may be assigned a specific designation by the Government of the region.
  2. The Regional officer of the Central Board or a State Board as the case may be, having local jurisdiction and who has been delegated powers under section 20, 21, 23 of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1974, and section 24 of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.
  3.  The statutory authorities or agencies specified in column 3 in relation to places mentioned in column 2 against thereof of the Schedule V.

 

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