In a Gazette Notification dated 17th February, 2020, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (“Ministry”) has issued the Draft Environment (Protection) Amendment Rules, 2020 (“Draft Rules”) in order to further amend the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 (“Principal Rules”), and has invited comments and suggestions within 17th April, 2020 i.e. within a period of sixty days from the date of issuing the Draft Rules in the Gazette.
Comments and suggestions can be addressed to the Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Jor Bagh Road, New Delhi-110003, or send it to Member Secretary, CPCB and Scientist ‘E’ Ministry at the e-mail address i.e. mscb.cpcb@nic.in and h.kharkwal@nic.in.
The Draft Rules propose to make amendments to *Schedule I of the Principal Rules and insert additional parameters for the following:
i. Primary Water Quality Criteria for Class SW-III Waters [For Industrial Cooling, Recreation (non-contact) and Aesthetics]
ii. Primary Water Quality Criteria for Class SW-V Waters [For Navigation and Controlled Waste Disposal]
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*Schedule 1 deals with the “Standards for emission or discharge of environmental pollutants”
Source: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
