According to The Gujarat Factories Rules, 1963 a competent person must test a Hydraulic tests of pressure vessel. As it is legal requirement so, all factories have to comply with it. Office has observed that some qualified people are performing pressure vessel Hydraulic tests without following the norms in some plants. The rules have been…
According to The Gujarat Factories Rules, 1963 a competent person must test a Hydro test every two years instead when an internal test cannot be performed because of construction. pressure vessels installed in the factory must test externally every six months and internally every year. In a continuous process plant, a Hydro test must be…
Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC) has released E-Waste (Management) Rules 2022 and it is effective from 1st April 2023. This Rule is released to bring clarity about E-Waste. The definition of consumer is deleted and Entity which has used at least one thousand units of electrical and electronic equipment listed in Schedule…
Gujarat Pollution Control Board has released office mandate to obtain Consent To Establish separately for common facility type industries. CTE-Consent to establish is NOC given by GPCB which is required before you start your business or enterprise as per The Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act – 1974 and the air (prevention and control of…
Karnataka State Pollution Control Board has been released memorandum on online receipt of application, processing & issuing of authorization to setup and Operate Construction & Demolition waste processing facility under Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules, 2016 using XGN Software. XGN (e Xtended Green Node) is an application for the Organizations/Industries to apply online for the…
Gujarat Pollution Control Board has released a list of waste recyclers from Gujarat. The list was last updated in May 2022. It includes e-waste recyclers from Gujarat, plastic waste recyclers from Gujarat, lead recyclers from Gujarat, used oil recyclers from Gujarat, waste oil recyclers from Gujarat, metal waste recyclers from Gujarat, waste acid recyclers from…
Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC) has released Battery Management Rules 2022 on 22nd August 2022. The battery management rules 2022 is released to bring clarity about used batteries and waste batteries. The definition of bulk-consumer is deleted and all end users are considered as consumers. The legal obligation for the consumer is…
Gujarat Pollution Control Board has released a circular for exemption from printed copy of submission of manifest for transportation of hazardous waste under Rule-19 under Hazardous and Other Waste (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules-2016. According to Rule-19 under Hazardous and Other Waste (Management and Transboundary Traffic) Rules-2016, 7 different copies of the manifest must be…
The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has released ERP for Tyre Producers under the Hazardous & Other Wastes (Management & Transboundary Movement) Amendment Rules, 2022 (21.07.2021) and added “Extended Producer Responsibility” for waste tyre management. According to the provision of this legal obligation, the target for recycling of waste rubber/ tyre has been…
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate releases the Plastic Waste Management (Second Amendment) Rules, 2022. There are new definitions added i.e. Biodegradable plastics, End of Life disposal, Importer, Plastic Packaging, Plastic Waste Processors, Post-consumer plastic packaging waste, Pre-consumer plastic packaging waste. As per the revised amendment, (1) No person shall manufacture carry bags or…