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Handling of hazardous substance

 

Handling of hazardous substance

Guidelines for handling hazardous substances
Render assistance

The handling of hazardous substance can also be considered an industry, activity or process but certain specific regulations are made for hazardous substance.

Guidelines for handling hazardous substances

No person shall handle or cause to be handled any hazardous substance except in accordance with specific procedures and after complying with specific safeguards as may be prescribed by the Central Government

There are also certain procedures that the Central Government has to follow in the making restrictions related to hazardous substances. Click here to see these.

Render assistance

Every person carrying on any industry, operation or process or handling any hazardous substance shall be bound to render all assistance to the person empowered by the Central Government for carrying out the functions as in this case, and if he fails to do so without any reasonable cause or excuse, he shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.

Further more, if any person willfully delays or obstructs any persons empowered by the Central Government in the performance of his functions, he shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.

Every person carrying on an industry, operation or process requiring consent under Section 25 of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 or under section 21 of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 or both, or authorization under the Hazardous Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 1989 shall submit an environmental statement for the financial year ending the 31st March in Form V to the concerned State Pollution Control Board on or before the thirtieth day of September every year, beginning 1993.

Note:
This requirement for the environmental statement was inserted through Rule 2 of the Environment (Protection) Second Amendment & Rules, 1992 vide G.S.R. 329(E), dated 13.03.92.

Subsequently, the word audit was substituted by the words statement through Rule 2(a)(i) of the Environment (Protection) Amendment Rules, 1993 through notification G.S.R. 386(E), dated 22.4.93. Even the deadline for the submission of this report came from this amendment.

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