Hazardous Waste Management

INSTALLATION OF EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANTS AND AIR POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES.
With the constant persuasion and surveillance by the Board, there has been excellent progress for getting installed effluent treatment plants and Air Pollution Control Measures from the industries for the year 2000-01.
The Board will pursue the 40 units to install E.T.P. and 100 units to install APCM during the year 2001-2002. The board will pursue the Brick Kilns to install gravity chamber. Board will also pursue the Rice Shellers to install E.T.P. and APCM to control Water and Air Pollution.

MANAGEMENT OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
The HSPCB has prepared an action plan to identify each and every unit generating Hazardous Wastes for safe disposal of Hazardous Waste, and ask them get authorisation. The inventory of the Hazardous Waste would be created.
The Environment Department has notified a common hazardous waste disposal site at Faridabad ( Appox.32 acres).Depending on technical financial feasibility, a decision would be taken whether another site is required. In case second site is required same would be got identified and notified. The Board had advertised for engaging private agency which would develop and operate the HWDS (on BOO Basis) so that Hazardous waste are treated and properly disposed off. The new notification of 6.1.2000, the responsibility of setting of H.W.site has been assign to industrial unit. So Haryana State Pollution Control Board will ask the industry to develop proper site.
The Board will convene meetings of the Hazardous waste generators and would persuade them to set up the site for H.W. disposal. The industry would be asked to first set up a society or any organisation with members from H.W. generators. This society will be doing the following finles, or any other work which ultimately lead to setting up of the site.

1. The society will be registered as a non profit organisation.
2. Some major H.W.generators will initially become the members of society and would contribute money to form a car pus for taking up this project.
3. The society will have consultant to conduct the survey to prepare and inventory of HW Generators alongwith the type and quantity of HW.
4. The consultant would prepare a workable project report.
5. The consultant would identify foreign donors, if any, for financing the project.
6. All the H.W.generators would be come members of this society.
7. To take a decision whether already notified site is adequate or another site is required, if another area is required on the basis of project report.
8. Based on the project report the society would fine out an operator to develop and operate the project.
9. The society will make a program, so that site and sites are developed by the end of year 2001-2002.
10. The Environment Impact Assessment study of the disposal sites be carried out before their use.
The Hon'ble Supreme Court of India is also monitoring the disposal of Hazardous waste case. The Board has granted authorisation to 285 units in the year 2000-01. The Board has the target to grant authorisation to 700 units during the year 2001-2002.
The Board was initially granting authorisation for a period of one year but during this year the Board will grant authorisation for a complete period of 5 years as per amended rules of Hazardous Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2000. The Board will revise its list according to these amended rules notified vide notification dated 6.1.2000. The Board will survey and identify all the units covered under notification dated 6.1.2000. Action under Environment Act will be taken against those units which do not apply under H.W.rules and do not make temporary arrangements for storage of H.W.
The units will be asked to make temporary arrangement for disposal of Hazardous Waste for a period of atleast three year till the final sites are to be developed. All the Large and Medium units
generating large quantity may be asked to prepare the project of dumping sites for hazardous waste of their own or can participate in common sites.
The Board will identify the illegal dumping sites of hazardous wastes and close these sites.

NOISE POLLUTION CONTROL
The Board has taken measures for controlling noise pollution in the State. The silence zones have been identified and Board has displayed no horn posters/signs at various silence zones in the State so that Hospitals and Schools are protected from high pitch sound of horns.
The Central Pollution Control Board has issued guidelines for control of Noise Pollution from the generating sets. The units which are located in the residential areas will be persuaded to install Noise Proof Chambers for generating sets.
The Board will pursue the haryana Govt. for notifying the Regional Officers of the Board as the competent authority to take action against the defaulters who are causing noise pollution.