Final Notification of Environmental Standards for Automobile Service Stations, Bus Depots or Workshop (G.S.R. 952 (E) dated 26.12.2019)

EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 26th December, 2019 G.S.R. 952(E) .—Whereas, certain draft rules, namely the Environment (Protection) Amendment Rules, 2018 were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, as required under sub-rule (3) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules,1986, vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, number G.S.R 1173 (E), dated 5th December, 2018 inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby within a period of sixty days from the dated on which copies of the Gazette containing the said notification were made available to the public; And Whereas, copies of the Gazette containing the aforesaid notification were made available to the public on the 5th December, 2018; And Whereas, objections and suggestions received from all persons and stakeholders in response to the aforesaid notification have been duly considered by the Central Government; Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6 and 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) read with sub-rule (3) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, namely:- 1. Short title and commencement.-(1) These rules may be called the Environment (Protection) Second Amendment Rules, 2019. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, in Schedule-l, after serial number 113 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be inserted, namely:- S. No. Industry Parameter Standard “114 Automobile Service Station, Bus Depot or Workshop Effluent Standard (Concentration not to exceed, in mg/l except for pH) Inland Surface water/land for irrigation/Public Sewer pH 6.5-8.5 Total Suspended Solids 50 Chemical Oxygen Demand Oil and Grease 10” Note : (i) For Service Stations, Bus Depots and Workshops with metal pre-treatment facilities, limit of 5 mg/l of dissolved phosphates (as P) and 5 mg/l of zinc shall also apply. (ii) Solid Wastes/ Hazardous Waste, if any, shall be disposed off as per the Solid Waste Management Rules 2016 and the Hazardous and Other Waste (Management and Trans-boundary Movement) Rules, 2016.”. JIGMET TAKPA, Jt. Secy. Note: The principle rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number S.O.844 (E), dated the 19th November, 1986 and last amended vide notification number G.S.R. 5 (E), dated the 3rd January 2019. and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. MANOJ KUMAR VERMA