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The Environment Protection Act - 1986

The Environment Protection Act of 1986 aims to protect and improve the environment. Its key objectives are to coordinate regulatory agencies, appoint environmental officers, improve quality of life, establish environmental laboratories, and protect forests and wildlife. The Act defines environment, hazardous substances, pollutants, and pollution. It outlines standards and restrictions to prevent pollution in air, water, soil and from hazardous substances. Central government measures include enforcing emission standards, regulating hazardous substances, imposing duties on polluters, and conducting inspections, sampling, analysis and establishing laboratories. Penalties include imprisonment up to 5 years or fines up to Rs. 1,00,000 for individuals, and penalties applied to companies and government departments as well.

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The Environment Protection Act - 1986

The Environment Protection Act of 1986 aims to protect and improve the environment. Its key objectives are to coordinate regulatory agencies, appoint environmental officers, improve quality of life, establish environmental laboratories, and protect forests and wildlife. The Act defines environment, hazardous substances, pollutants, and pollution. It outlines standards and restrictions to prevent pollution in air, water, soil and from hazardous substances. Central government measures include enforcing emission standards, regulating hazardous substances, imposing duties on polluters, and conducting inspections, sampling, analysis and establishing laboratories. Penalties include imprisonment up to 5 years or fines up to Rs. 1,00,000 for individuals, and penalties applied to companies and government departments as well.

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The Environment

Protection Act - 1986


Objectives
 The main objective of the act is to provide for the
protection and improvement of environment and
formatters connected therewith
 To co-ordinate the activities of the various regulatory
agencies already in existence.
 To appoint environment officers to check
environmental pollution.
 To improve the quality of life by protection of
environment.
 Establishing environmental laboratories.
 To protect the forests and wildlife in the country
Definition of Environment
(Sec-2a)
 Environment it includes water, air and
land and the inter relationship which
exists between water, air and land and
human being, other living creatures,
plants, micro organisms and property.
Important terms
Hazardous substance
It means any substance or preparation which, by reason of
its chemical properties or handling, is liable to cause harm
to human beings, other living creatures, plant, micro-
organism, property or the environment.

Occupier
In relation to any factory or premises, means a person who
has, control over the affairs of the factory or the premises
and includes in relation to any person in possession of the
hazardous substance.
Cont..
Environment pollutant (sec.2 b)
It means any solid, liquid or gaseous
substance present in such concentration as
may be injurious to environment

Environment pollution (sec.2c)


It means the presence of any environmental
pollutant in the environment. It includes all
extraneous materials that are harmful to human
being ,animals and plants life.
Type of Environmental Pollutions
 Sound Pollution
Man-made-noises-from machines automobiles, trains, planes,
explosives firecrackers

 Air Pollution
air getting polluted by industries like thermal power plants, cement,
steel, and mines by emitting pollutants into the air.

 Water pollution
Chemical contained in water that affects the health of all forms of life
in and associated the water

 Soil pollution
Disposal of industrial waste, plastic items on soil that leads to
decrease in fertility of the soil
Prevention and control of pollution (sec-3)

 Standard of quality of air, water and soil for various areas and
purposes

 Maximum permissible level of pollutants for different areas

 Procedures and safeguards for handling of hazardous


substances

 Prohibition and restrictions on handling of hazardous substances

 Prohibition and restrictions on location of industries

 Procedures and safeguards for the prevention of accidents


which ay cause environmental pollution
Measures by Central Government

• Preventing emissions in excess of standards (sec-7)


• Procedure for handling hazardous substance (sec-8)
• Duties of persons creating environmental pollution (sec-9)
• Power of entry and inspection (sec-10)
• Power to take sample and procedure (sec-11)
• Establishment of environmental laboratories (sec-12)
• Appointment of government analyst (sec-13).
• Report of analysis (sec-14)
• Penalty (sec-15).
Penalties (intended to be harsh)
(Sec - 15) deals with individual penalties
The penalties with a term of imprisonment
extending up to five years or with a fine up to
Rs.1,00,000/- or both
(Sec – 16) deals with offences by companies.
Company as well as person in-charge.
(Sec – 17) deals with offences by government
department. Head of the department

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