Rule, 2020
A rule made under the The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.
Made under The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.
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EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 540] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2020/ASVINA 30, 1942
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 19th October, 2020
G.S.R. 662(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6 and 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, namely:—
1. (1) These rules may be called the Environment (Protection) Amendment Rules, 2020.
(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 – I, - against S. No. 25, under the heading “TPPs (units) installed after 1st January, 2003, upto 31st December, 2016”, in respect of Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx), for figure and letters “300 mg/Nm3” in column 4, the figure and letters “450 mg/Nm3” shall be substituted.
JIGMET TAKPA, Joint Secretary 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 lastly amended vide notification
G.S.R. 48(E), dated the 24th January, 2020.
and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.
SURENDER MAHADASAM
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