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MUNICIPAL
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
The Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and
Handling) Rules, 2000 apply to every municipal authority responsible
for collection, segregation, storage, transportation, processing and
disposal of municipal solid wastes.
RESPONSIBILITY OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY:
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Every municipal authority
shall, within the territorial area of the municipality, be
responsible for the implementation of the provisions of these Rules,
and for any infrastructure development for collection, storage,
segregation, transportation, processing and disposal of municipal
solid wastes.
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The municipal authority or
an operator of a facility shall make an application in
Form
I,
for grant of authorization for
setting up waste processing and disposal facility, including
landfills, from the Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board.
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The municipal authority
shall furnish its annual report in
Form II to the Deputy Commissioner concerned with a copy to the Meghalaya
State Pollution Control Board on or before the 30th
day of June every year.
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT:
The Deputy Commissioners of the concerned
district shall have the overall responsibility for the enforcement
of the provisions of these rules within the territorial limits of
their jurisdiction.
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE STATE POLLUTION
CONTROL BOARD:
The State Pollution
Control Board shall monitor the compliance of the standards
regarding ground water, ambient air, leachate quality and the
compost quality including incineration standards as specified under
Schedule
II,
Schedule III and
Schedule
IV.
AUTHORISATION PROCEDURE:
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Municipal Authorities or
operators of a facility shall make an application in
Form I to the Meghalaya State Pollution
Control Board for grant of Authorisation for setting up waste
processing and disposal facility, including landfills.
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The Meghalaya State
Pollution Control Board, after the receipt of application in
Form I,
shall examine the proposal taking into consideration the views of
other agencies like the State Urban Development Department, the Town
and Country Planning Department, Air Port or Air Base Authority, the
Ground Water Board or any such other agency prior to issuing the
Authorisation.
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The Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board
shall issue the Authorisation to the Municipal Authority or an
operator of a facility within forty-five days stipulating
compliance criteria and standards as specified in
Schedule II,
Schedule III and
Schedule IV including such other conditions, as may be
necessary.
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The Authorisation shall be
valid for a given period and after the validity is over, a fresh
Authorisation shall be required.
ANNUAL REPORT:
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The Meghalaya State
Pollution Control Board shall prepare and submit to the Central
Pollution Control Board an annual report with regard to the
implementation of these rules by the 15th of September
every year.
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The Central Pollution
Control Board shall prepare the consolidated annual review report on
management of municipal solid wastes and forward it to the Central
Government along with its recommendations before the 15th
of December every year.
MANAGEMENT OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE:
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Any municipal solid waste generated in a city
or a town, shall be managed and handled in accordance with the
compliance criteria and the procedure laid down in
Schedule II.
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The waste processing and disposal facilities
to be set up by the municipal authority on their own or through
an operator of a facility shall meet the specifications and
standards as specified in
Schedule III and
Schedule IV.
ACCIDENT REPORTING:
When an accident occurs at any
municipal solid wastes collection, segregation, storage,
processing, treatment and disposal facility or landfill site or
during the transportation of such wastes, the municipal
authority shall forthwith report the accident in
Form V to the Deputy Commissioner of the concerned district.
STATUS OF
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RULES BY LOCAL BODIES IN MEGHALAYA:
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