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The HAZARDOUS AND OTHER WASTES (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules 2016, made under EPA 1986, govern:

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Correct answer: B.
1. The Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules 2016 were notified on 4 April 2016 under EPA 1986. 2. They replaced the Hazardous Wastes (Management, Handling and Transboundary Movement) Rules 2008. 3. The Rules implement India's obligations under the BASEL CONVENTION on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal 1989 (entered into force 1992; India ratified 1992). 4. Schedule I lists processes generating hazardous waste. 5. Schedule III lists categories of hazardous waste. 6. Import/Export of hazardous waste subject to prior consent procedures. 7. The HazWaste Rules complement: Plastic Waste Management Rules 2016 (amended 2022); E-Waste (Management) Rules 2022; Solid Waste Management Rules 2016; Bio-medical Waste Management Rules 2016. 8. Hence option B is correct. _Source: EPA 1986 / Constitution / International Conventions — Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules 2016; Basel Convention 1989_
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