Lok Sabha Question No. 2885 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-07
Subject: Management of Hazardous Waste
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Margani Bharat, Sanjeev Kumar Singari, Talari Rangaiah

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2885

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.08.2023

## Management of Hazardous Waste

2885.  SHRI MARGANI BHARAT:

DR. SANJEEV KUMAR SINGARI:

DR. TALARI RANGAIAH:

Will  the  Minister  of  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND  CLIMATE  CHANGE  be  pleased  to state:

- (a) whether the Government has set any guidelines for management of hazardous waste, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the  number  of  defaulters  penalised/punished  till  now  for  not  complying  with  such guidelines;
- (c) the number of hazardous/contaminant sites present in the country; and
- (d) the action taken/being taken by the Government to decontaminate the said sites?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) & (b)    Government of India has notified the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement)  Rules, 2016 in supersession of the Hazardous Wastes (Management,  Handling  and  Transboundary  Movement)  Rules,  2008,  under  the  Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 to ensure safe storage, treatment and disposal of hazardous wastes in an environmentally sound manner without causing adverse effect to environment and human health. Central  Pollution  Control  Board  (CPCB)  has  published  16  technical  guidelines  for  effective management of hazardous waste in the country. These guidelines are available on CPCB website at  https://cpcb.nic.in/technical-guidelines/.  Further,  for  utilization  of  hazardous  and  other wastes as a resource, CPCB has prepared 90 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for 63 different  categories  of  hazardous  waste.  These  SOPs  are  available  on  CPCB  website  at http://cpcb.nic.in/sop-for-hw-specific/.

During the last three years, CPCB has taken action against the defaulting units as per the Rule 23.(2) of the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016. The State/UT wise details are as below:

| State/UT     |   No of defaulting units against which action taken |
|--------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| Chhattisgarh |                                                  06 |
| Gujarat      |                                                  17 |
| Haryana      |                                                  02 |
| Karnataka    |                                                  04 |
| Maharashtra  |                                                 238 |
| Tamil Nadu   |                                                  02 |
| Total        |                                                 269 |

(c) &  (d)  As  per  the  CPCB,  there  are  127  contaminated  sites  in  the  country.  Ministry  of Environment,  Forest and  Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has  provided funds  for preparation of Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) for remediation of 20 contaminated sites. A guidance document for 'Assessment and remediation of contaminated sites in India' has been issued by MoEF&CC. CPCB  has  issued  a  reference  document  on  'Identification,  Inspection  and  Assessment  of Contaminated Sites'. Further, State Governments have initiated remediation of 12 contaminated sites.

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