General Pollution Control

Presented By:Ashish Khetan

Ravi kishoreTarun Kumar

Pollution from Hazardous Substances

Defined in Schedule 1 Part I and II of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986

• Toxic Substances• Flammable chemicals• Explosives

Notification of site at least 3 months before commencing of industrial activity

Preparation of on-site emergency plan by the occupier

Information to be given to persons liable to be affected by a major accident

MANUFACTURE, STORAGE AND IMPORT OF HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL RULES, 1989

Every container of a hazardous chemical shall be clearly labelled

Detailed information at time of Import

MANUFACTURE, STORAGE AND IMPORT OF HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL RULES, 1989

Duties of Occupier

Segregation, Packaging and Transport regulations

Categories, Colour Coding, Labels

The Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998

Prohibition for use with food items

Recycling to be done strictly according to BIS norms IS 14534: 1998

Proper labeling of recycled plastic products should be ensured

The Recycled Plastics Manufacture and Usage Rules, 1999

Responsibility of municipal authority for Collection of wastes Storage and Transportation Processing and Disposal

Performance monitoring every six months

Standards for pollution prevention

The Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000

Responsibilities of manufacturer, importerEnsure collection of used BatteriesCreate Public Awarenessbuy recycled lead only from registered recyclers

Responsibilities of recycler make available all records to the State Board for inspection

ensure strict compliance of the terms and conditions of registration

The Batteries (Management and Handling) Rules, 2001

Ozone Layer Depletion

• Montreal Protocol• The treaty entered into force on January 1,

1989.• Designed to protect the ozone layer by

phasing out the production of a number of substances believed to be responsible for ozone depletion.

• It has undergone seven revisions, since its inception. The last one was held in 1999.

Ozone layer depletion

Structured around several groups of halogenated hydrocarbons that have shown to play a role in ozone depletion.

Provides a list of ozone depleting substances categorized in different groups.

The treaty provides a timetable on which the production of these substances must be phased out gradually.

Montreal protocol

Under the guidelines of Montreal Protocol Govt. of India puts its notification.

Legislation states a group of chemical substances as ozone depleting substances.

It also states products on the basis of end use which contains the ozone depleting substances.

Policy of Indian Govt.

Regulation of production and consumption of ozone depleting substances.◦ No person shall produce or cause to produce any

ozone depleting substance unless he is registered with the competent authority.

◦ In each twelve month period thereafter, no person shall produce or cause to be produced any group of ozone depleting substances in excess of the corresponding percentage of his calculated base level of production as specified.

◦ Government implements quota system for rules to be followed.

Policy of Indian Govt.

Prohibition on export to or import from countries not specified in the treaty. ◦ Requirement of license.◦ calculated level of consumption of ozone

depleting substance should not exceed. Regulation of the purchase/sale of ozone

depleting substances.

Policy of Indian Govt.

Prohibition on new investments with ozone depleting substances.◦ No person shall establish or expand or cause to

establish or expand any manufacturing facility for production of any ozone depleting substance after the specified date.

Regulation of import, export and sale of products made with or containing ozone depleting substances.

Policy of Indian Govt.

Chemical composition – Group – Ozone depleting potential.

Trichlorofluoromethane I 1.0 Bromochlorodifluoromethane II 3.0 Chlorotrifluoromethane III 1.0 Tetrachloromethane IV 1.1 1, 1, 1-Trichloroethane V 0.1 Dichlorofluoromethane VI 0.04 Dibromofluoromethane VII 1.0 Methyl bromide VIII 0.6

List of Ozone depleting substances

Noise pollution control

The word noise is derived from the Latin term nausea.

Any unwanted sound is noise.80 db is the level at which sound becomes physically painful and becomes noise.

Noise

Road Traffic NoiseAir Craft NoiseConstruction NoiseNoise in IndustryNoise from Consumer products

Sources

Annoyance Physiological effects:

breathing amplitude, blood pressure, heart-beat rate, pulse rate, blood cholesterol are effected.

Loss of hearing Nervous system Damage to material

buildings and materials may get damaged by exposure to infrasonic / ultrasonic waves and even get collapsed

Effects

Control at sourceControl in the transmission pathUsing protective equipment.

Control

Noise Pollution Control Rule 2000 under Environment Protection Act 1996-(CPCB)

The state government may categories the areas in the industrial or commercial or residential

The ambient air quality standards in respect of noise for different areas have been specified.

State government shall take measure for abatement of noise including noise emanating from vehicular movement.

Legal control (major acts)

The Govt. of India has enacted noise standards for fire-crackers G.S.R.682(E), dated 5th October, 1999, in an effort to control noise pollution due to fire crackers.

The vehicular noise standards, notified in 1990, are being implemented by Ministry of Science and Technology, to reduce traffic noise.

Noise standards for diesel genset were prescribed in Dec. 1998 by MOEF India.

Legal control (major acts)

An area not less than 100 m around hospitals educations institutions and court may be declared as silence zone.

A loud speaker or a public address system shall not be used except after obtaining written permission from the authority and the same shall not be used at night. Between 10 pm to 6 am

A person found violating the provisions as to the maximum noise permissible in any particular area is liable punishment.

Legal control (major acts)

http://www.cpcb.nic.in http://www.legalserviceindia.com http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/

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