ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION ACT

Submitted by : YOGESH KUMAR

 INTRODUCTION

• An act to provide for the protection and improvement of environment.

• The decisions were taken at the United nations conference on the human
environment in June 1992,in which India participated, to take appropriate steps
for the protection and improvement of human environment.
• The Environment Protection Act 1986 was introduced after the Bhopal gas
tragedy.
 OBJECTIVES
• To protect the forests and wildlife in the country.
• To improve the quality of life by protection of environment.
• Establishing environmental laboratories.
• To appoint environment officers to check environmental pollution.
 DEFINATIONS
1. ENVIRONMENT – Environment it includes water, air and land and the inter
relationship which exists between water, air and land and human being, other
living creatures, plants, micro organisms and property.

2. ENVIRONMENT POLLUTANT -It means any solid, liquid or gaseous substance

present in such concentration as may be injurious to environment pollutant.
 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE- It means any substance or preparation which, by
reason of its chemical or physico-chemical properties or handling, is liable to
cause harm to human beings, other living creatures, plant, micro-organism,
property or the environment

 ENVIRONMENT POLLUTION-It means the presence of any environmental

pollutant in the environment. It includes all extraneous materials that are
harmful to human being ,animals and plants life.
SOURCES AND CAUSES FOR THE
POLLUTION
 Combustion

 Construction

 Mining Agriculture

 Chemical plants

Coal-fired power plants


Oil refineries
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Petrochemical plants, Nuclear waste • Large livestock farms (dairy cows,
pigs, poultry, etc.) • PVC factories

 Plastics factories and other heavy industry are increasingly significant in the
pollution equation.
PREVENTION, CONTROL, OF
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
 Persons carrying on industry operation, etc., not to allow emission or
discharge of environmental pollutants in excess of the standards.


Persons handling hazardous substances to comply with procedural
safeguards

Furnishing of information to authorities and agencies in certain cases

 Powers of entry and inspection

Power to take sample and procedure to be followed in connection

therewith

Environmental laboratories
 CONCLUSION
 If we think right now we can minimize the pollution

While you are thinking about yourself, Think about our
environment and GO GREEN
THANK YOU