Managing biomedical waste: TNPCB cracks the whip
All stakeholders asked to apply for consent from board
06/08/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,CHENNAI
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has directed all stakeholders in the State to immediately apply and obtain consent of the Board for management of biomedical waste.
In a statement, the TNPCB said, “All stakeholders in Tamil Nadu shall immediately apply and obtain consent of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board under the Water (P & CP) Act, 1974, as amended and the Air (P & CP) Act, 1981 as amended along with authorisation under the Biomedical Waste Management Rules, 2016 as amended. Non-bedded occupiers shall apply and obtain one-time authorisation under Biomedical Waste Management Rules, 2016 without delay”.
The National Green Tribunal had warned States that environmental compensation will be imposed if the orders regarding management of biomedical wastes are not complied with.
The TNPCB said the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change had in 2016 notified the rules regarding collection, receipt, storage, transport, treatment, disposal or handling of biomedical waste. Under Rule 10, “....every occupier or operator handling biomedical waste, irrespective of the quantity, shall make an application in Form II to the prescribed authority, i.e. State Pollution Control Board and Pollution Control Committee, as the case may be, for grant of authorisation and the prescribed authority shall grant the provisional authorisation in Form III and the validity of such authorisation for bedded healthcare facility and operator of a common facility shall be synchronised with the validity of the consents....”, the TNPCB said.
All stakeholders asked to apply for consent from board
06/08/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,CHENNAI
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has directed all stakeholders in the State to immediately apply and obtain consent of the Board for management of biomedical waste.
In a statement, the TNPCB said, “All stakeholders in Tamil Nadu shall immediately apply and obtain consent of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board under the Water (P & CP) Act, 1974, as amended and the Air (P & CP) Act, 1981 as amended along with authorisation under the Biomedical Waste Management Rules, 2016 as amended. Non-bedded occupiers shall apply and obtain one-time authorisation under Biomedical Waste Management Rules, 2016 without delay”.
The National Green Tribunal had warned States that environmental compensation will be imposed if the orders regarding management of biomedical wastes are not complied with.
The TNPCB said the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change had in 2016 notified the rules regarding collection, receipt, storage, transport, treatment, disposal or handling of biomedical waste. Under Rule 10, “....every occupier or operator handling biomedical waste, irrespective of the quantity, shall make an application in Form II to the prescribed authority, i.e. State Pollution Control Board and Pollution Control Committee, as the case may be, for grant of authorisation and the prescribed authority shall grant the provisional authorisation in Form III and the validity of such authorisation for bedded healthcare facility and operator of a common facility shall be synchronised with the validity of the consents....”, the TNPCB said.
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