Lok Sabha Question No. 973 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-29
Subject: Management of Hazardous Waste
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Shri Janardan Singh Sigriwal

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 973

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.07.2024

## Management of Hazardous Waste

## 973.  SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  implementing  any  policy  or  set  any  guidelines  for management of hazardous waste in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  number  of  defaulters  penalised/punished  till  now  for  not  complying  with  such guidelines State-wise including Bihar State;
- (d) whether the Government has any data regarding the number of hazardous/contaminanted  sites,  present in  the  country  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof; and
- (e) the corrective  measures  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 KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)

(a) to (c) Government of India has notified the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and  Transboundary  Movement)  (HOWM)  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 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 102 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for 71 different categories of hazardous waste. These SOPs are available on CPCB website at http://cpcb.nic.in/sop-for-hw-specific/.

During the period 2018-24, CPCB has received proposal from the 08 State Pollution Control  Boards  (SPCBs)/Pollution  Control  Committees  (PCCs)  for  action  against  the  283 defaulting  units  as  per  the  Rule  23.(2)  of  the  HOWM  Rules,  2016  by  the  respective SPCBs/PCCs. The State/UT wise details are as below:

|   S. No. | State/UT     |   No. of defaulting units |
|----------|--------------|---------------------------|
|        1 | Chhattisgarh |                        16 |
|        2 | Gujarat      |                        17 |
|        3 | Haryana      |                        02 |

| 4.   | Karnataka   |   04 |
|------|-------------|------|
| 5.   | Maharashtra |  238 |
| 6.   | Odisha      |   02 |
| 7.   | Puducherry  |   01 |
| 8.   | Tamil Nadu  |   03 |
|      | Total       |  283 |

(d)  &  (e)  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  19  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 13 contaminated sites.

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