Environment (Protection) Act : DEFINITIONS Indian Bare Acts :

Environment (Protection) Act,1986

Act No : 29

Section : DEFINITIONS

SECTION 02: DEFINITIONS

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) "environment" includes water, air and land and the interrelationship which exists among and between water, air and land, and human beings, other living creatures, plants, microorganism and property;
(b) "environmental pollutant" means any solid, liquid or gaseous substances present in such concentration as may be, or tend to be, injurious to environment;

(c) "environmental pollution" means the presence in the environment of any Environmental pollutant;

(d) "handing", in relation to any substance, means the manufacture, processing, treatment,
package, storage, transportation, use, collection, destruction, conversion, offering for sale, transfer of the like of such substance;

(e) "hazardous substance" 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, plants, micro- organism, property or the environment;

(f) "occupier", in relation to any factory or premises, means a person who has control over the affairs of the factory or the premises and includes, in relation to any substance, the person in possession of the Substance;

(g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act.