Rule, 2020

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EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 1034] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2020/PHALGUNA 29, 1941

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 19th March, 2020

S.O. 1152(E).—In exercise of powers conferred by sections 3, 6 and 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules to amend the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, published in the gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,

Section 3, Sub-section (ii) vide number

S.O. 1357(E), dated the 8 th April, 2016, after having dispensed with the requirement of notice under clause (a) of sub-rule (3) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 in public interest, namely :-

1. (1) These rules may be called the Solid Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2020.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), for the words “the Ministry of Urban Development”, wherever they occur, the words “the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs” shall be substituted.

3. In the said rules, in rule 2, after the words “census towns as declared by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India”, the words and figures “villages with population more than 3000,” shall be inserted.

4. In the said rules, in rule 6,

(i) in sub-rule (e), the word “and” occurring at the end shall be omitted;

(ii) in sub-rule (f), after the word “companies” occurring at the end, the word “; and” shall be inserted;

(iii) after sub-rule (f), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely “(g) ensure the implementation of these rules by the States and the Union territories as per rule 11”.

5. In the said rules, in rule 15, after sub-rule (zk), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely: - “(zl) collect and transport bio-degradable, non-bio-degradable and domestic hazardous waste from households including slums and informal settlements, commercial, institutional and other non- residential premises, multi-storey buildings, large commercial complexes, malls, housing complexes and the like in compartmentalised and covered vehicle to the respective processing facility”. GEETA MENON, Jt. Secy.

Note : The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number

S.O. 1357(E), dated the 8 th April, 2016.

and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.

MANOJ KUMAR VERMA

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