ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT

Submitted by:Surbhi GuptaMBA HRMCUJ, Jammu

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT

The environment protection act came into force after the Bhopal gasTragedy and it is considered as umbrella legislation designed toprovide framework for central and state government . The constitution of India clearly state that it is the duty of the state to protect and improve the environment and safeguards the forests and wildlife of the country.

OBJECTIVES

Providing for the protection and improvement of the environment.

Preventing environment pollution in all its forms.

To tackle specific environment problems that are peculiar to different part of country.

To protect forest and wildlife in the country.

To appoint environment officers to check environment pollution and establishing laboratories.&Many more...

Scheme of the act

The environment protection act, 1986 has 26 sections and it has been divided into four chapters relating to

PreliminaryGeneral Powers of central governmentPrevention, control and abatement of environment pollutionMiscellaneous.

Preliminary Short title, Extent and commencement.

The environment protection act enacted under article 253 of Indian constitution. To protect and improve environmental quality, control and reduce pollution from all sources.

This act may be called the environment act 1986.

It extends to whole of India.

IMPORTANT TERMINOLOGY

Sec 2(a) -Environment.

Sec2(b) -Environment pollutant.

Sec 2(c)-Environment pollution.

Sec 2(d)- Handling

Sec2(e) -Hazardous substance

Sec2(f)-Occupier

General power of central government

To make rules to regulate environment pollution to notify standard and maximum limits of pollutants of air ,water and soil for various areas and purpose. prohibition and restriction on handling of hazardous substance and location of industries

Under sec(3)Under sec(4)Under sec(5)Under sec(6)Under sec(7)Under sec(8)

Prevention, Control and abatement of environment pollution

The central government has power to take all such measures that are necessary for the purpose of protecting, improving and prevention of environment such as:

Laying down standards for quality of environment in various aspects.

Restriction of areas in which industry operation shall carried out.

Examination of manufacturing process ,materials and substance which are likely to cause environment pollution..many more

PenaltiesOne of the objective of EPA is to provide for deterrent punishment to those who endanger human environment safety and health.Sect 15 of EPA provides that any person who fails to comply or contrivance any provision or rule or act he shall be punishable.

With a fine of 1 lakh.With imprisonment for term for 5 year.Or both.

Offences

Sect 16 of EPA incorporates the principle vicarious liability of person incharge, direction, manager secretary or other officer for offence if committed by company.

However if the person in charge of responsible for conduct of business of company is not held liable if he proves

That the offence was committed without his knowledge.

That he exercised all due diligence care to prevent the commission of such offence.

Why ODD and Even formula ??? To curb air pollution and road congestion on Delhi roads.

In dec 2015 before the odd even programme began daily pollution trends in delhi and neighbouring region were similar.

It is possible to go one step further in our analysis by tracking pollution changes hour by hour, since the odd-even policy was only in effect from 8 am to 8 pm.

HC refuses to stay plastic ban; asks plastic industry to go to Green Tribunal

The Karnataka High Court has ban single use and non-recyclable plastic products across the State, based on technical grounds.

The State government had issued the plastic ban order on March 11th, 2016, under Section 5 of the Environment Protection Act.

Plastic manufacturers led by Canara Plastics Manufacturers and Traders had filed a petition in the High Court recently, challenging the plastic ban.

Plastic ban reduced plastic waste by 10%During the hearing on Tuesday advocate madhusudhan R naik appearing on behalf of state said that studies have proved the environment hazards caused by plastic.

To the claims made by manufactures the ban will lead to closureOf industry and job loss then the advocate said several plastic products are exempted from the ban.

During last 15 days of plastic ban implementation has been reduction of plastic waste upto 10% in bengaluru.

And the situation will improve in nexth 1 month if ban continues. It not the public who appealed to lift the ban .The plea is the group with business interest.

Referring to public objectives and suggestions the AG said that over 10,000 objectives were from labourers in plastic industries & public have suggested to include even other plastic products to banned list.

How the Green data center revolution affects your website? By John Stevens (Mar 29, 2016)

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Time to think:Carbon footprints of average size data center ranges from between 3 million and 130 million kgs of produced CO2.24% of annual budget of a large data center is devoted to power costs or delaying the technological upgrades which make your website run efficiently.

What if, all data centers in the world formed a nation

5th largest consumer of energy on planet.

Time to Act:

Usage of 100% renewable energy in their data center. (1.6 MW of energy currently)Ovh : based in europe with biggest site in canada. Striving for sustainablity by generating hydropowr for natural air rather thsn acs. Creating new buildins.Rackspace: owns all storage facilities. Reducing carbon footprints have been a focus.21

This Earth day, Do your part and recycle your old vehicle batteries. By Ray Shemanski (22 April, 2016)

Yet, more than 1 million batteries are not being responsibly recyced every year.

GE and American Water announce Digital Alliance.25 April, 2016

GE Predix, a cloud platform built to cater the water challenges.

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Case Study : The Ganga issue

What should be done?Heavy FinesVolunteers should be assigned to clear physical wastes ;like plastic from the waterAwareness programmes and campaigns must be conducted, making people aware of the condition of Ganga, the consequences and they should be asked to eliminate the causes of pollution in the Ganges.