Introduction The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has issued new guidelines concerning the design, construction, operation, maintenance, and annual certification of coal ash ponds. These guidelines address the management of Coal Combustion Residues (CCRs) generated by Thermal Power Plants (TPPs), which include fly ash, bottom ash, boiler slag, and fluidized bed combustion ash. Coal Ash…
Introduction The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has issued a new notification concerning the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) under the Environment Protection Act, 1986. This update revises the Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, 2011, which previously established restrictions on setting up or expanding industries and activities in designated coastal areas. Notification Details The Coastal…
Introduction The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has issued a notification regarding genset regulations. This notification, which applies to all fuels, revises the power category slabs from three to five. According to the general conditions of the notification, genset engines and gensets adhering to the old standards can only be supplied until June…
The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has released the Environment (Protection) Fourth Amendment Rules, 2023. These new rules introduce an important addition to Schedule I of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, specifically targeting the condition governing the supply of Generators (Genset) and Genset engines. In the revised schedule, under serial number 88, item…
The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has released Environment (Protection) Third Amendment Rules 2023. These new rules are for the revision of emission standards of particulate matter (PM) and SO2 for Calcined Petroleum Coke (CPC) units. In the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, in Schedule-l, after serial number 116 in which these standards are…
CPCB’s Action on Single-Use Plastics (SUP) Ban Implementation The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has released a notice regarding the enforcement of the ban on Single-Use Plastics (SUPs), as mandated under the Plastic Waste Management Rules. The ban, effective from July 1, 2022, prohibits the manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale, and use of several SUP…
The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has released Environment (Protection) Amendment Rules 2023. These new rules are for the revision of emission standards of particulate matter (PM) for industrial boilers. In the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, in Schedule-l,- (a) for serial number 70 in which these standards are mentioned is substituted by the…
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