MOFCC releases a notification under the Environment Protection Rules,1986 regarding the fly as in the manufacturing of building materials and construction activity within a specified radius of 300 km from the coal & lignite-based thermal power plant. As per legal amendments: Thermal power plant shall be primarily responsible to ensure hundred percent utilisation of fly…
MOEFCC has released the Environment Protection 5th amendment rules which specify Prohibitions and restrictions on industrial operations as well as the location of industries and the carrying on processes and operations in different areas till 30th June 2022 In exercise of the powers conferred by section 6 and section 25 of…
MoEFCC releases a categorized list of power plants based on their proximity to populated areas in accordance with their April 2021 notification. This categorized list of power plants has been provided below. A task force was appointed for the categorization of 596 power plants based in India. The coal-based power plants have been divided into…
Water Rules 1976 amended by Andhra Pradesh Government by the Department of Environment, Forests, Science and Technology Department, As per the revised amended legal provision: (1) The definitions of ‘Annual Compliance Statement’ ‘Environmental Quality Assessment Auditor’ & ‘Environment Statement’ have been included. (2) Every person or occupier carrying on any industry, factory, mine, operation or…
Hazardous waste handling amendments have been provided by MoEFCC in the hazardous & other waste (Management & Transboundary Movement) Second Amendment Rules, 2021. As per the revised amended legal provision: (1) The definitions of ‘Authorization’ & ‘Other Waste’ have been updated. (2) Utilization of hazardous waste as a resource will only be carried out after…
Registration Process of Producers, Importers & Brandowners (PIBOs) Under Plastic Waste Management (PM) Rules 2016 The board has decided the process of registration on hold for PBIOs for 3 months (effective immediately). Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has released a notice regarding the process of registration on hold for PIBOs (Producers, Importers & Brand Owners)…
MOEFCC has released Environment (Protection) Third & Fourth Amendment Rules, 2021 which define revised discharge standards of effluent from tannery industry applicable to all modes of disposal. As per the third amendment rules, revised standards are applicable with immediate effect. However, as per fourth amendment rules, revised discharge standards of effluent from tannery industry are…
PESO asks to revise OEP (onsite emergency preparedness plan) from the license holders of Ammonium Nitrate under Ammonium Nitrate Rules, 2012 and Manufacture Storage & Import of Hazardous Chemicals Rules, 1989. The license holders falling under this category with a storage capacity of more than 350 MT have to revise and update their on-site emergency…
MOEFCC has released Plastic Waste Management (Second Amendment) Rules, 2021. As per the revised amended legal provision: Recently, the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change vide notification dated 12th August 2021, The amendment basically aims to prohibit identified single-use plastic items, having low utility and high littering potentials, by the year 2022. (1) The…
MOEFCC has released an order under section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 to all SPCBs & UTPCCs not to grant or renew CTO without EC. The authority has to make sure of applicability of EIA notification at the time of granting or renewing consent to establish (CTO) & specify appropriate conditions to obtain…