

Hazardous & Other Wastes(Management & Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016
List of MAH units who have Insurance Policies and on-site Emergency Plans
(A) Authorization:
Every occupier of a facility who is engaged in handling, generation,
collection, storage, packing, transportation, use, treatment, processing, recycling,
recovery, pre-processing, co-processing, utilization, offering for sale,
transfer or disposal of the hazardous and other wastes shall be required to
make an application in Form-1 to the State
Pollution Control Board. The application for authorization shall be accompanied
with a copy of each of the following documents namely:-
a) Consent to establish granted by State Pollution Control Board
under Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air
(Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.
b) Consent to operate granted by State Pollution Control Board under
Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and / or Air (Prevention
& Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.
c) In case of renewal of authorization, a self certified compliance
report in respect of effluent, emission standards and the conditions specified
in the authorization for hazardous and other wastes.
(B) Schedules
· The list of processes generating hazardous waste are given inSchedule-I, Rule-3(1)(17)(i).
· The list of waste constituents with concentration limit are given
in Schedule-II, Rule-3(1)(17)(ii).
· The list of Hazardous waste applicable for import and export with prior informed consent are given in Schedule-III, Rule-3(1)(17)(iii), 3(23), 12, 13 and 14.
· The list of commonly recyclable hazardous waste is given in Schedule-IV, Rule-6(1)(ii) and 6(2).
· The specification of used oil suitable for recycling and specification of fuel derived from waste oil are given in Schedule-V, Rule-3(36) and 3(39).
· The list of hazardous and other wastes prohibited for import is given in Schedule-VI, Rule-12(6), 12(7) and 14(1).
· The list of authorities and corresponding duties are given in Schedule-VII, Rule-13(6) and 21.
· The list of documents for verification by customs and import of other wastes are specified in Schedule-VIII, Rule-13(2), 13(4).
(C) Various Forms
· Form-1, Rule-6(1)-Application for authorization / renewal of
authorization.
· Form-2, Rule-6(2)-Format for grant of authorization / renewal of
authorization.
· Form-3, Rule-6(5), 13(7), 14(6), 16(5) and 20(1)-Form for record
maintenance.
· Form-4, Rule-6(5), 13(8), 16(6) and 20(2)-Form for annual return.
· Form-5, Rule-13(1) and 14(1)-Application form for import or export
of Hazardous waste for reuse or recycling or recovery or co-processing or
utilization.
· Form-6, Rule-13(2), 13(10) and 14(5)-Transboundary movement
document.
· Form-7, Rule-13(2)(C)-Application form for one time authorization
of traders for Part-D of Schedule-III waste.
· Form-8, Rule-17(1) and 18(2)-Form for Labelling of containers of
Hazardous and other waste.
· Form-9, Rule-18(2)-Transport Emergency (TREM) Card.
· Form-10, Rule-19(1)-Manifest for Hazardous and Other waste.
· Form-11, Rule-22-Format for reporting accident.
· Form-12, Rule-24(1)-Application for appeal against order of the
Board.
(D) Responsibilities of the
occupier for the management of hazardous and other wastes
1. For the
management of hazardous and other wastes, an occupier shall follow the
following steps:
(a) Prevention, (b) Minimization, (c) Reuse, (d) Recycling, (e)
Recovery, utilization including co-processing, (f) Safe disposal.
2. The
occupier shall be responsible for safe and environmentally sound handling of hazardous
and other wastes generated in his establishment.
3. The
hazardous and other wastes generated in the establishment of an occupier shall
be sent or sold to an authorized actual user or shall be disposed of in an
authorized disposal facility.
4. The
hazardous and other wastes shall be transported from an occupier's
establishment to an authorized actual user or to an authorized disposal facility
in accordance with the provisions of these rules.
5. The
occupier who intends to get its hazardous and other wastes treated and disposed
of by the operator of a Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility shall give to
the operator of that facility, such specific information as may be needed for
safe storage and disposal.
6. The
Occupier shall take all the steps while managing hazardous and other wastes to:
a) Contain contaminants and prevent accidents and limit their
consequences on human beings and the environment; and
b) Provide persons working in the site with appropriate training,
equipment and the information necessary to ensure their safety.
(E) Storage of
Hazardous and Other Wastes:
The occupiers of facilities may store the hazardous
and other waste for a period not exceeding 90 days and shall maintain a record of sale, transfer, storage,
re-cycling, recovery, pre-processing, co-processing and utilization of such
wastes and make these records available for inspection.
(F) Data Maintenance:
Every occupier
authorized under these rules shall maintain a record of Hazardous and Other Wastes
managed by him in Form 3and prepare and submit to the State Pollution Control Board, an annual return
containing the details specified in Form-4 on
or before the 30th day of June following to the financial year to which that
return relates.
(G) Accident Reporting
Where an
accident occurs at the facility of the occupier handling hazardous and other
wastes and operator of the disposal facility or during transportation, the
occupier or the operator or the transporter shall immediately intimate the
State Pollution Control Board through telephone, e-mail about the accident and
subsequently send a report in Form-11.
(H) Utilization of Hazardous
and other wastes:
(1) The utilization of hazardous and other wastes as a resource or
after pre-processing either for co-processing or for any other use, including
within the premises of the generator (if it is not part of the process), shall
be carried out only after obtaining authorization from State Pollution Control
Board in respect of waste on the basis of standard operating procedure or
guidelines provided by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
(2) Where standard operating procedure or guidelines are not available
for specific utilization, the approval has to be sought from CPCB.
Provided if trial run has been conducted for particular
waste with request to particular utilization and compliance to the
environmental standards has been demonstrated, authorization may be granted by
State Pollution Control Board with request to the same based and utilization,
without need of separate trial run by CPCB and such cases of successful trial
run, CPCB shall intimate all the State Pollution Control Board regarding the
same.
(3) No trial runs shall be required for co-processing of waste in
cement plants for which guidelines by CPCB are already available, however the
actual users shall ensure compliance to the standards notified under
Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, for cement plant with respect to
co-processing of waste.
Provided that till the time the standards are notified,
the procedure as applicable to other kind of utilization of hazardous and other
wastes, as enumerated above shall be followed.
(I) Import and export of
hazardous and other wastes:
The MoEF and
Climate Change shall be the nodal ministry to deal with the trans-boundary
movement of hazardous and other wastes in accordance with the provisions of
these rules.
1. No import of the hazardous and other wastes from any country to
India for disposal shall be permitted.
2. The
import of hazardous and other wastes from any country shall be permitted for
recycling, recovery, reuse and utilization including co-processing.
3. The import of hazardous wastes in Part-A of Schedule -III may be
allowed to actual user with the prior informed consent of the exporting country
and shall require the permission of the MOEF and CC.
4. The import of other wastes in Part-B of Schedule-III may be
allowed to actual user with the permission of MOEF and CC.
5. The import of other wastes in Part-D of Schedule-III will be
allowed as per the procedure given in rule 13 and as per the note below the
said schedule.
6. No import of hazardous and other wastes specified in Schedule-VI
shall be permitted.
7. The import and export of hazardous and other wastes not specified
in Schedule III, but exhibiting the hazardous characteristics outlined in Part
C of Schedule III shall require prior written permission of the Ministry of
Environment, Forest and Climate Change before it is imported to or exported
from India, as the case may be.
(J) Responsibilities of State
Government for environmentally sound management of hazardous and other wastes.
(1) Department of Industry in the State or any other government
agency authorised in this regard by the State Government, to ensure earmarking
or allocation of industrial space or shed for recycling, pre-processing and
other utilisation of hazardous or other waste in the existing and upcoming
industrial park, estate and industrial clusters;
(2) Department of Labour in the State or any other government agency
authorised in this regard by the State Government shall,-
(a) ensure recognition and registration of workers involved in
recycling, pre-processing and other utilisation activities;
(b) assist formation of groups of such workers to facilitate setting
up such facilities;
(c) undertake industrial skill development activities for the workers
involved inrecycling, pre-processing and other utilisation;
(d) undertake annual monitoring and to ensure safety and health of
workers involved in recycling, pre-processing and other utilisation.
(3) Every State Government may prepare integrated plan for effective
implementation of these provisions and to submit annual report to the Ministry
of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, in the Central Government.
(K) Transportation of Hazardous
Waste:
(1) The transport of the hazardous and other waste shall be in
accordance with the provisions of these rules and the rules made by the Central
Government under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and the guidelines issued by the Central
Pollution Control Board from time to time in this regard.
(2) The occupier shall provide the transporter
with the relevant information in Form 9, regarding the hazardous nature of the
wastes and measures to be taken in case of an emergency and shall label the
hazardous and other wastes containers as per Form 8.
(3) In case of transportation of hazardous and
other waste for final disposal to a facility existing in a State other than the
State where the waste is generated, the sender shall obtain ‘No Objection Certificate'
from the State Pollution Control Board of both the States.
(4) In case of transportation of hazardous and
other waste for recycling or utilisation including coprocessing, the sender
shall intimate both the State Pollution Control Boards before handing over the
waste to the transporter.
(5) In case of transit of hazardous and other
waste for recycling, utilisation including coprocessing or disposal through a State
other than the States of origin and destination, the sender shall give prior
intimation to the concerned State Pollution Control Board of the States of
transit before handing over the wastes to the transporter.
(6) In case of transportation of hazardous and
other waste, the responsibility of safe transport shall be either of the sender
or the receiver whosoever arranges the transport and has the necessary
authorisation for transport from the concerned State Pollution Control Board.
This responsibility should be clearly indicated in the manifest.
(7) The authorisation for transport shall be
obtained either by the sender or the receiver on whose behalf the transport is
being arranged.
(L) Manifest system (Movement
Document) for hazardous and other waste to be used within the country only.-
(1) The sender of the waste shall prepare seven
copies of the manifest in Form 10 comprising of colour code indicated below and
all seven copies shall be signed by the sender:
Copy number with colour code |
Purpose |
(1) |
(2) |
Copy 1 (White) |
To be forwarded by the sender to the State Pollution Control Board
after signing all the seven copies. |
Copy 2 (Yellow) |
To be retained by the sender after taking signature on it from the transporter
and the rest of the five signed copies to be carried by the transporter. |
Copy 3 (Pink) |
To be retained by the receiver (actual user or treatment storage and
disposal facility operator) after receiving the waste and the remaining four
copies are to be duly signed by the receiver. |
Copy 4 (Orange) |
To be handed over to the transporter by the receiver after accepting
waste. |
Copy 5 (Green) |
To be sent by the receiver to the State Pollution Control Board. |
Copy 6 (Blue) |
To be sent by the receiver to the sender. |
Copy 7 (Grey) |
To be sent by the receiver to the State Pollution Control Board of the
sender in case the sender is in another State. |
(2) The sender shall forward copy 1 (white) to
the State Pollution Control Board, and in case the hazardous or other wastes is
likely to be transported through any transit State, the sender shall intimate
State Pollution Control Boards of transit States about the movement of the
waste.
(3) No transporter shall accept waste from the
sender for transport unless it is accompanied by signed copies 3 to 7 of the
manifest.
(4) The transporter shall submit copies 3 to 7
of the manifest duly signed with date to the receiver along with the waste
consignment.
(5) The receiver after acceptance of the waste
shall hand over copy 4 (orange) to the transporter and send copy 5 (green) to
his State Pollution Control Board and send copy 6 (blue) to the sender and the
copy 3 (pink) shall be retained by the receiver.
(6) The copy 7 (grey) shall only be sent to the
State Pollution Control Board of the sender, if the sender is in another State.
(M) Appeal:
Any person
aggrieved by an order of suspension or cancellation or refusal of authorization
or its renewal passed by the State Pollution Control Board may, within a period
of 30 days from the date on which the order is communicated to him, prefer an
appeal in Form 12 to the Appellant Authority namely the Environment Secretary
of the State.
Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling & Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2008
Authorization
Every person who is engaged in generation, processing, treatment, package , storage, transportation, use, collection, destruction, conversion, offering for sale , transfer or like of the hazardous waste as categorized in the Schedule-I & II (Annexure-I) shall make an application in Form I (Annexure-II) duly completed in all respects, to the Punjab Pollution Control Board for the grant of authorization for any of the said activities.
Documents required for Hazardous Waste Authorization
Responsibilities of the the occupier for the handling of hazardous waste
1. The occupier shall be responsible for safe and environmentally sound handling of hazardous wastes generated in his establishment.Storage of Hazardous Wastes:
The MoEF is the nodal ministry to deal with the trans-boundary movement of Hazardous Wastes and to grant permission for transit of the Hazardous Waste through any part of India.
- Constitution of Registration Committee to consider/decide the application for registration /renewal of registration for recycling/reprocessing or reuse of hazardous waste listed in Schedule-IV
- Processing fee for registration fee for recycling/reprocessing or reuse of hazardous waste listed in Schedule-IV
- Proceeding of 1st Meeting of Coordination Committee
- Proceeding of 2nd Meeting of Coordination Committee
- Proceeding of 3rd Meeting of Coordination Committee
- Proceeding of 4th Meeting of Coordination Committee
- Proceeding of 5th Meeting of Coordination Committee
- Proceeding of 35th Meeting of Registration Committee
- Proceeding of 36th Meeting of Registration Committee
- Proceeding of 37th Meeting of Registration Committee
- List of the units registered with MoEF/CPCB as Recyclers/Reprocessors before delegation of powers to the State Board vide MoEF Notification no. S.O. 1996(E) dated 13.08.2010
List of the units registered with PPCB as Re-cyclers/Re-processores after delegation of powers to the State Board vide MoEF Notification no. S.O. 1996(E) dated 13.08.2010
- Waste/Used Oil
- Lead Scrap/Ashes/Residues/Lead Acid Battery Plates
- Non-Ferrous Metal (Zinc Ash/Skimmings/Dross/Residues)
- Waste/Used Oil
- Lead Scrap/Ashes/Residues/Lead Acid Battery Plates
- Non-Ferrous Metal (Zinc Ash/Skimmings/Dross/Residues)
- Salient features of the Common Hazardous Waste Falicity at Vill. Nimbua, Dera Bassi, Distt. Mohali
- Protocol for Common Hazardous Waste Treated, Storage & Disposal Facility
- Details of Hazardous Waste generating industries as on 31.03.2013
Details of Hazardouse Waste generating industries as on 31.03.2014
- National Inventory of Hazardous Waste Generation and Disposal for the year 2013-14 In the State of Punjab
- National Inventory of Hazardous Waste Generation and Disposal for the year 2014-15 In the State of Punjab