The Orissa State Pollution Control Board (SPCB, Orissa) has clarified the circumstances when an occupier is not required to obtain authorizations from the SPCB under the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Trans-boundary Movement) Rules 2016. This notice was issued on 7th September 2020.
The notice clarifies that SPCB authorization for disposal of waste will not be required where the consent to establish and consent to operate is not required from the board under the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.
However, such occupiers are required to give the hazardous and other wastes generated to the actual user, waste collector or the operator of the disposal facility. Such handing over of wastes will be in accordance with guidelines of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) as are authorised by the Orissa SPCB.
