MINISTRY
OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS
NOTIFICATION
S.O.499(E).–In exercise of powers
conferred by sub-section (2) and sub-section (2A) of section 3 of the Water
(Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977 (36 of 1977) and in
supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of
Environment and Forests number S.O. 182(E), dated the 28th February,
1992, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such
supersession, the Central Government hereby specifies -
(a)
the rate of cess given in column (2) of
the Table below as the rates of cess payable by every person carrying on an
industry as mentioned in the aforesaid Act and by every local authority,
calculated on the basis of the water consumed by him or it, as the case may be,
for the purpose mentioned in the corresponding entry in column (1) thereof; and
(b)
The rates of cess given in column (3)
of the Table below as the rates of cess payable by a person carrying on an
industry as mentioned in the aforesaid Act and by every local authority
consuming water for domestic purpose calculated on the basis of the water
consumed by him or it, for the purpose mentioned in the corresponding entry in
column (1) thereof, if he or it fails to comply with any of the provisions of
section 25 of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 (6 of
1974) or any of the standards laid down by the Central Government under the
Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986).
TABLE
|
Sl.No. |
Purpose for which water is consumed |
Rate of cess under sub-section (2) of
section 3 |
Rate of cess under sub-section (2A)
of section |
|
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
|
1. |
Industrial
cooling, spraying in mine pits or boiler feeds |
Five
paise per kilolitre |
Ten
paise per kilolitre |
|
2. |
Domestic
purpose |
Two
paise per kilolitre |
Three
paise per kilolitre |
|
3. |
Processing
whereby water gets polluted and the pollutants are - (i)
easily biodegradable; or (ii)
non-toxic; or (iii)
both non-toxic and easily
biodegradable |
Ten
paise per kilolitre |
Twenty
paise per kilolitre |
|
4. |
Processing
whereby water gets polluted and the pollutants are- (i)
not easily biodegradable; or (ii)
toxic; or (iii)
both toxic and not easily
biodegradable |
Fifteen
paise per kilolitre |
Thirty
paise per kilolitre |
2.
Further, in exercise of the powers
conferred by sub-section (1) of section 16 of the Water (Prevention and Control
of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977 (36 of 1977), the Central Government hereby
exempts all industries consuming water less than ten kilo litres per day from
the levy of cess specified in this notification.
Provided
that no such exemption shall be applicable in case of industries generating
'hazardous wastes' as defined in clause (1) of rule 3 of the Hazarous Waste
(Management and Handling) Rules, 1989, made under sections 6, 8 and 25 of the
Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986)
3.
This notification shall come into force
on the date of the publication in the Official Gazette.
[F.No.17(8)/95-PL]
C.VISWANATH, Jt. Secy.