Section 8 EPA 1986 deals with PERSONS HANDLING HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, requiring them to:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A.
1. Section 8 EPA 1986: 'No person shall handle or cause to be handled any hazardous substance except in accordance with such procedure and after complying with such safeguards as may be prescribed.'
2. 'Hazardous substance' is defined in Section 2(e) — 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.
3. The Manufacture, Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemical Rules 1989 were notified under EPA.
4. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: EPA 1986 / Constitution of India / Stockholm/Rio/Paris / Indian SC environmental jurisprudence — Environment (Protection) Act 1986, Section 8_
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