The Environment (Protection) Draft Amendment Rules, 2022.
The Amendment is brought under schedule 1 which deals with the standards for emission or discharge of environmental pollutants in which the standards for Calcined Petroleum Coke (CPU) units has been notified.
The Model Goa Municipal Plastic Waste Management Byelaws, 2022.
As per the byelaw every waste Generator, Institutional Waste Generator, Owner and Occupier shall segregate the plastic waste at source and store the same in blue coloured container duly covered and hand over the same to the waste picker or the agency as authorized and notified by the Council.
The government of Goa notifies fees for units handling bio-medical waste.
The central monitoring committee was set up to review the implementation of the Bio-medical Waste Management (BMWM) Rules, 2016 and it decided that the issue of charging of registration fee is a state-specific issue and comes under the purview of State Pollution Control Boards/Pollution Control Committee.
MoEFC notifies Draft E-Waste (Management) Rules.
Every manufacturer, producer, refurbisher and recycler may store the e-waste for a period not exceeding 180days and shall maintain a record of sale, transfer and storage of e-wastes and make these records available for inspection. The storage of the e-waste will be done as per relevant rules/ guidelines.
Recycling units of Lead Acid batteries exempted from the requirement of prior environmental clearance
However, they shall still be required to obtain consents mandated by respective state/union territory Pollution Control Board.
Revised procedure for public hearings for Environment Impact Assessment
Public hearings in case of project or activity is confined to the territorial jurisdiction of one sub-division, the District Magistrate/District Collector/Deputy Commissioner, as the case may be, may alternatively authorize any officer not below the rank of Sub-Divisional Magistrate to supervise and preside over the entire public hearing process.
Telangana government mandates contribution of 10% of Boilers Certificates fee towards the Telangana Green Fund
The Telangana has therefore ordered that every boiler user shall contribute and remit ten (10) percentage or not exceeding maximum amount of Rs.1000/- while paying the fee for the Registration of New Boilers and Renewal of Boilers Certificates fee prescribed towards the Telangana Green Fund from 01.04.2022.
CPCB launches SUP(single use plastic) Public Grievance Redressal App.
CPCB issued a QR Code in its website through which people can download automatically after scanning the code. The ban on single use plastic has been implemented under the new plastic waste management rule 2021.
Lead Stabilizer in Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Pipes and Fittings (Amendment) Rules, 2022
The manufacturer of PVC pipes and fittings shall submit water test report of pipes and fittings carried out by authorised agencies for testing to respective State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control Committee in accordance with the consent to operate granted by respective State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control Committee.
Environment Impact Assessment Notification amended to clarify approval process for integrated mining projects
The amendment provides that mining projects shall continue to be considered at Central level or State level, as the case may be, as per the extant threshold for mining projects.
