disposal facilities and shall submit the information to Central Pollution Control Board every two years.

(4) The Central Pollution Control Board shall prepare the consolidated review report on
management of hazardous and other wastes and forward it to the Ministry of Environment, Forest
and Climate Change, along with its recommendations before the 30 th day of December once in every
year.
21. Responsibility of authorities. - The authority specified in column (2) of Schedule VII shall perform
the duties as specified in column (3) of the said Schedule subject to the provisions of these rules.

22. Accident reporting. - Where an accident occurs at the facility of the occupier handling
hazardous or other wastes and operator of the disposal facility or during transportation, the
occupier or the operator or the transporter shall immediately intimate the State Pollution Control
Board through telephone, e-mail about the accident and subsequently send a report in Form 11.
23. Liability of occupier, importer or exporter and operator of a disposal facility.-
(1) The occupier, importer or exporter and operator of the disposal facility shall be liable for all
damages caused to the environment or third party due to improper handling and management of the
hazardous and other waste.
(2) The occupier and the operator of the disposal facility shall be liable to pay financial penalties as
levied for any violation of the provisions under these rules by the State Pollution Control Board with
the prior approval of the Central Pollution Control Board.
24. Appeal.- (1) Any person aggrieved by an order of suspension or cancellation or refusal of
authorisation or its renewal passed by the State Pollution Control Board may, within a period of thirty
days from the date on which the order is communicated to him, prefer an appeal in Form 12 to the
Appellate Authority, namely, the Environment Secretary of the State.
(2) The Appellate Authority may entertain the appeal after expiry of the said period of thirty days, if it
is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from filing the appeal in time.
(3) Every appeal filed under this rule shall be disposed of within a period of sixty days from the date
of its filing.
SCHEDULE I
[See rule 3 (1) (17) (i)]
List of processes generating hazardous wastes
S.No. Processes
(1) (2)
1 Petrochemical processes and
pyrolytic operations

(1) (2)

2 Crude oil and natural gas

production
3 Cleaning, emptying and
maintenance of petroleum oil
storage tanks including ships

4 Petroleum refining or re-

processing of used oil or recycling of
waste oil

5 Industrial operations using mineral or

synthetic oil as lubricant in
hydraulic systems or other
applications
6 Secondary production and / or
industrial use of zinc

7 Primary production of zinc or lead or

copper and other non-ferrous
metals except aluminium

8 Secondary production of copper

9 Secondary production of lead

10 Production and/or industrial use of

cadmium and arsenic and their
compounds
11 Production of primary and
secondary aluminum

(1) (2)
12 Metal surface treatment, such as
etching, staining, polishing,
galvanizing, cleaning, degreasing,
plating, etc.

13 Production of iron and steel

including other ferrous alloys
(electric furnace; steel rolling and
finishing mills; Coke oven and by
products plant)

14 Hardening of steel

15 Production of asbestos or
asbestos-containing materials

16 Production of caustic soda and

chlorine

17 Production of mineral acids

18 Production of nitrogenous and

complex fertilizers

19 Production of phenol

20 Production and/or industrial use of

solvents

21 Production and/or industrial use of

paints, pigments, lacquers,
varnishes and inks
22 Production of plastics

23 Production and /or industrial use of

glues, organic cements,
(1) (2)
 adhesive and resins
24 Production of canvas and textiles
25 Industrial production and
formulation of wood preservatives
26 Production or industrial use of
synthetic dyes, dye-intermediates
and pigments

27 Production of organic-silicone
compound
28 Production/formulation of
drugs/pharmaceutical and health
care product

29 Production, and formulation of

pesticides including stock-piles

30 Leather tanneries
31 Electronic Industry

32 Pulp and Paper Industry

33 Handling of hazardous chemicals

and wastes

34 De-contamination of barrels /
containers used for handling of
hazardous wastes/chemicals

35 Purification and treatment of

exhaust air/gases, water and
waste water from the processes in
this schedule and common
industrial effluent treatment plants
 36 Purification process for organic
(1) (2)
compounds/solvents
37 Hazardous waste treatment
processes, e.g. pre-processing,
incineration and concentration

38 Chemical processing of Ores

containing heavy metals such as
Chromium, Manganese, Nickel,
Cadmium etc.
* The inclusion of wastes contained in this Schedule does not preclude the use of Schedule II to
demonstrate that the waste is not hazardous. In case of dispute, the matter would be referred to the
Technical Review Committee constituted by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

Note: The high volume low effect wastes such as fly ash, Phosphogypsum, red mud, jarosite, Slags from
pyrometallurgical operations, mine tailings and ore beneficiation rejects are excluded from the category of
hazardous wastes. Separate guidelines on the management of these wastes shall be issued by Central Pollution
Control Board.
 information to Central Pollution Control Board every two years.

oard shall prepare the consolidated review report on

wastes and forward it to the Ministry of Environment, Forest
commendations before the 30 th day of December once in every

authority specified in column (2) of Schedule VII shall perform

of the said Schedule subject to the provisions of these rules.

accident occurs at the facility of the occupier handling

erator of the disposal facility or during transportation, the
orter shall immediately intimate the State Pollution Control
t the accident and subsequently send a report in Form 11.
exporter and operator of a disposal facility.-
and operator of the disposal facility shall be liable for all
or third party due to improper handling and management of the

he disposal facility shall be liable to pay financial penalties as

ns under these rules by the State Pollution Control Board with
tion Control Board.
ed by an order of suspension or cancellation or refusal of
the State Pollution Control Board may, within a period of thirty
r is communicated to him, prefer an appeal in Form 12 to the
ronment Secretary of the State.
tain the appeal after expiry of the said period of thirty days, if it
vented by sufficient cause from filing the appeal in time.
shall be disposed of within a period of sixty days from the date

SCHEDULE I
[See rule 3 (1) (17) (i)]
ocesses generating hazardous wastes
Hazardous Waste*
(3)
1.1 Furnace or reactor residue and debris
1.2 Tarry residues and still bottoms from
distillation
1.3 Oily sludge emulsion
1.4 Organic residues
1.5 Residues from alkali wash of fuels
(3)
1.6 Spent catalyst and molecular sieves
1.7 Oil from wastewater treatment
2.1 Drill cuttings excluding those from water
based mud
2.2 Sludge containing oil
2.3 Drilling mud containing oil
3.1 cargo residue, washing water and sludge
containing oil
3.2 cargo residue and sludge containing
chemicals
3.3 Sludge and filters contaminated with oil
3.4 Ballast water containing oil from ships
4.1 Oil sludge or emulsion
4.2 Spent catalyst
4.3 Slop oil
4.4 Organic residue from processes
4.5 Spent clay containing oil

5.1 Used or spent oil

5.2 Wastes or residues containing oil
5.3 Waste cutting oils

6.1 Sludge and filter press cake arising out of

production of Zinc Sulphate and other Zinc
Compounds.
6.2 Zinc fines or dust or ash or skimmings in
dispersible form
6.3 Other residues from processing of zinc ash or
skimmings
6.4 Flue gas dust and other particulates
7.1 Flue gas dust from roasting
7.2 Process residues
7.3 Arsenic-bearing sludge
7.4 Non-ferrous metal bearing sludge and
residue.
7.5 Sludge from scrubbers
8.1 Spent electrolytic solutions
8.2 Sludge and filter cakes
8.3 Flue gas dust and other particulates
9.1 Lead bearing residues
9.2 Lead ash or particulate from flue gas
9.3 Acid from used batteries
10.1 Residues containing cadmium and arsenic

11.1 Sludges from off-gas treatment

11.2 Cathode residues including pot lining wastes
11.3 Tar containing wastes
11.4 Flue gas dust and other particulates
11.5 Drosses and waste from treatment of salt
sludge

(3)
11.6 Used anode butts
11.7 Vanadium sludge from alumina refineries
12.1 Acidic and alkaline residues
12.2 Spent acid and alkali
12.3 Spent bath and sludge containing sulphide,
cyanide and toxic metals
12.4 Sludge from bath containing organic
solvents
12.5 Phosphate sludge
12.6 Sludge from staining bath
12.7 Copper etching residues
12.8 Plating metal sludge
13.1 Spent pickling liquor
13.2 Sludge from acid recovery unit
13.3 Benzol acid sludge
13.4 Decanter tank tar sludge
13.5 Tar storage tank residue
13.6 Residues from coke oven by product plant.

14.1 Cyanide-, nitrate-, or nitrite -containing

sludge
14.2 Spent hardening salt
15.1 Asbestos-containing residues
15.2 Discarded asbestos
15.3 Dust or particulates from exhaust gas
treatment.
16.1 Mercury bearing sludge generated from
mercury cell process
16.2 Residue or sludges and filter cakes
16.3 Brine sludge
17.1 Process acidic residue, filter cake, dust
17.2 Spent catalyst
18.1 Spent catalyst
18.2 Carbon residue
18.3 Sludge or residue containing arsenic
18.4 Chromium sludge from water cooling tower

19.1 Residue or sludge containing phenol

19.2 Spent catalyst
20.1 Contaminated aromatic, aliphatic or
napthenic solvents may or may not be fit for reuse.
20.2 Spent solvents
20.3 Distillation residues
20.4 Process Sludge

21.1 Process wastes, residues and sludges

21.2 Spent solvent

22.1 Spent catalysts

22.2 Process residues
23.1 Wastes or residues (not made with
vegetable or animal materials)
(3)
23.2 Spent solvents
24.1 Chemical residues
25.1 Chemical residues
25.2 Residues from wood alkali bath
26.1 Process waste sludge/residues containing
acid, toxic metals, organic compounds
26.2 Dust from air filtration system
26.3 Spent acid
26.4 Spent solvent
26.5 Spent catalyst
27.1 Process residues

28.1 Process Residue and wastes

28.2 Spent catalyst
28.3 Spent carbon
28.4 Off specification products
28.5 Date-expired products
28.6 Spent solvents

29.1 Process wastes or residues

29.2 Sludge containing residual pesticides
29.3 Date-expired and off-specification
pesticides
29.4 Spent solvents
29.5 Spent catalysts
29.6 Spent acids
30.1 Chromium bearing residue and sludge
31.1 Process residue and wastes
31.2 Spent etching chemicals and solvents
32.1 Spent chemicals
32.2 Corrosive wastes arising from use of strong
acid and bases
32.3 Process sludge containing adsorbable
organic halides(AOX)
33.1 Empty barrels/containers/liners
contaminated with hazardous chemicals
/wastes
33.2 Contaminated cotton rags or other cleaning
materials
34.1 Chemical-containing residue arising from
decontamination.
34.2 Sludge from treatment of waste water
arising out of cleaning / disposal of barrels /
containers
35.1 Exhaust Air or Gas cleaning residue
35.2 Spent ion exchange resin containing toxic
metals
35.3 Chemical sludge from waste water
treatment
35.4 Oil and grease skimming
35.5 Chromium sludge from cooling water
 36.1 Any process or distillation residue
(3)
36.2 Spent carbon or filter medium
37.1 Sludge from wet scrubbers
37.2 Ash from incinerator and flue gas cleaning
residue
37.3 Concentration or evaporation residues
38.1 Process residues
38.2 Spent acid

in this Schedule does not preclude the use of Schedule II to

zardous. In case of dispute, the matter would be referred to the
d by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

such as fly ash, Phosphogypsum, red mud, jarosite, Slags from

and ore beneficiation rejects are excluded from the category of
the management of these wastes shall be issued by Central Pollution