(PROTECTION) RULES, 1986 — THE ENVIRONMENT (PROTECTION) ACT, 1986

THE ENVIRONMENT (PROTECTION) RULES, 1986 (As amended to date) THE ENVIRONMENT (PROTECTION) RULES; 1986 MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS Department of Environment, Forest and Wildlife, NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 19th November, 1986 IS.0. 844(E) In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6 and 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act; 1986 (29 of 1986), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely: 1. SHORT TITLE AND COMMENCEMENT These rules may be called the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986. (ii) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. DEFINITIONS In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, a) Act" means the Environment (Protection) Act; 1986 (29 of 1986); [(aa) areas' means all areas where the hazardous substances are handled;] b "Central Board' means the Central Pollution Control Board constituted under section 3 of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act; 1974 (6 of 1974); Form" means a form set forth in Appendix to these rules; (d Government Analyst' means person appointed or recognized as such under section 13; (e person' in relation to any factory O premises means a person or occupier or his agent who has control over the affairs of the factory O premises and includes in relation to any substance, the person in possession of the substance. As published in Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II 3(ii) , dt.19.11.1986_ Clauses (aa) , (ee) and (ff) inserted by Notification NO G.S.R. 931(E) dated 27.10.89 published in the Gazette No 564 dated 27.10.89. These rules are referred to as Principal Rules in all Notifications beginning with S.O. 32(E) published in the Gazette No. 66 dated 16.2.87. 390 The Environment (Protection) Rules; 1986 '[(ee) "prohibited substance' mean