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Section Section 7

Persons carrying on industry, operation, etc , not to allow emission or disch

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7. Persons carrying on industry, operation, etc , not to allow emission or discharge of environmental pollutants in excess of the standards -~No person carrying 0 any industry, operation Ins. by Act 19 of 2010, s. 36 and Schedule III (w.e.f: 18-10-2010)_ 5 or process shall discharge Or emit O permit to be discharged O emitted any environmental pollutant in excess Or such standards as may be prescribed. 8_ Persons handling hazardous substances to comply with procedural safeguards.-~No person shall handle O cause to be handled any hazardous substance except in accordance with such procedure and after complying with such safeguards as may be prescribed: 9_ Furnishing of information to authorities and agencies in certain cases: ~( 1) Where the discharge of any environmental pollutant in excess of the prescribed standards occurs or is apprehended to occur due to any accident Or other unforeseen act O event; the person responsible for such discharge and the person in charge of the place at which such discharge occurs O is apprehended to occur shall be bound to prevent or mitigate the environmental pollution caused as result of such discharge and shall also forthwith intimate the fact of such occurrence O apprehension of such occurrence; and (b) be bound, if called upon; to render all assistance, to such authorities or agencies as may be prescribed (2) On receipt of information with respect to the fact O apprehension of any occurrence of the nature referred to in sub-section (1), whether through intimation under that sub-section or otherwise, the authorities or agencies referred to in sub-section (1) shall, as early as practicable, cause such remedial measures to be taken as are necessary to prevent O mitigate the environmental pollution: (3) The expenses, if any, incurred by any authority O agency with respect to the remedial measures referred to in sub-section (2), together with interest (at such reasonable rate as the Government may, by order; fix) from the date when demand for the expenses is made until it is paid, may be recovered by such authority Or agency from the person concerned as arrears of land revenue O of public demand.