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Any industry operation or process or an extension and addition thereto, which is likely to discharge sewerage or trade effluent into the environment or likely to emit any air pollution into the atmosphere will have to obtain Consent of the J&K Pollution Control Committee under the provisions of Water (P & CP) Act, 1974 and Air ( P& CP ) Act, 1981.
Similarly any industry/process generating, storing, transporting disposing or handling hazardous waste as defined in Schedule 1 and 2 of Hazardous waste (Handling and Management) Rules, 1989 as amended in 2000 are required to obtain Authorization from J&K Pollution Control Committee under the said rules.
The medical institutions generating Biomedical waste as defined in Biomedical Waste (M &H) Rules, 1989 are required to obtain Authorization under the said rules.
The installation of dedicated waste treatment and disposal facilities can present economic challenges for certain industries, particularly small and medium-scale units, due to constraints such as limited size, operational scale, and land availability. The establishment of common treatment and disposal facilities, such as Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETP), Treatment, Storage & Disposal Facilities for hazardous waste (TSDF), and Common Bio-medical Waste Treatment Facilities (CBMWTF), provides these units with the means to reduce costs associated with waste treatment and disposal.
Permission like consent and or Environmental Clearance or CRZ clearance need to be obtained before setting up of an industrial unit and Consent/Authorization are mandatory before starting of the production. Running a polluting industry without the mandatory clearances is an offence and such unit will be liable to face stringent actions like closure and prosecution. Clearances are given for stipulated period and they need to be renewed before the term expires. Activities like contaminating the land by illegal dumping of hazardous wastes will invite penal provisions like fine and restoration of the contaminated land at the cost of the polluter, in addition to other steps.
A. The entrepreneurs are advised to see the applicable restrictions for siting of new industry or its expansion. These restrictions are presented in Consent/Authorization procedures/restrictions.
National Green Tribunal (NGT) Act, 2010 is an Act of the Parliament of India which enables creation of a special tribunal to handle the expeditious disposal of the cases pertaining to environmental issues.
PUC (Pollution Under Control) is a Certification Mark issued to certify that motor vehicles in India meet emission and pollution control norms.
After the expiry of period of one year from the date of first registration, every motor vehicle is required to carry a valid PUC Certificate & subsequently after every six months.
Yes. Inter-state transport of hazardous waste is permitted as per the provisions of the Hazardous Waste (Management Handling and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2008. The industry has to obtain NOC from the SPCB of the State where it is generated, SPCB of the State where it is proposed to be sent and SPCBs of transit States. Both the industries i.e. generator and user of hazardous waste shall have valid consent & Authorization.