● THE AIR (PREVENTION & CONTROL OF POLLUTION) ACT, 1981

      ● The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) (Union Territories) Rules, 1983.

      ●The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Rules, 1982

*Adhering to the directions of State Government regarding use of approved fuel.

*A company shall have to obtain prior consent of the State Board, to establish or operate any industrial plant in an air pollution control area. Upon consent being granted by the State Board to the Company, the Company shall comply with the conditions as may be imposed by the State Board within the stipulated period.

*After consent has been granted by the State Board it, shall have to comply with the following:-
the control equipment ofsuch specification as the State Board may approve in this behalf shall be installed and operated in the premises where the industry is carried on/ proposed to be carried on;
the existing control equipment, if any, shall be altered or replaced in accordance with the directions of the State Board;
the control equipment referred to in clause (i) or clause (ii) shall be kept at all times in good running condition;
chimney, wherever necessary, of such specifications as the State Board may approve in this behalf shall be erected or re-erected in such premises;
such other conditions as the State Board may specify in this behalf and the conditions referred to in clause (i) (ii) and (iv) shall be complied with within such period as the State Board may specify in this behalf.

*Company not to operate any industrial plant, in any air pollution control area, which shall discharge or cause or permit to be discharged the emission of any air pollutant in excess of the standards laid down by the State Board.

*Where in any area the emission of any air pollutant into the atmosphere in excess of the standards laid down by the State Board occurs or is apprehended to occur due to accident or other unforeseen act or event, the person in charge of the premises from where such emission occurs or is apprehended to occur shall forthwith intimate the fact of such occurrence or the apprehension of such occurrence to the State Board and to the prescribed authorities or agencies.

*The Company operating any control equipment or any industrial plant, in an air pollution control area shall be bound to render all assistance to the person empowered by the State Board for carrying out the functions and if he fails to do so without any reasonable cause or excuse, he shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.

*If any person willfully delays or obstructs any person empowered by the State Board in the discharge of his duties, he shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.

*If any direction is given by the State Board, the Company is to comply with such direction.

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