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Air pollutant

Air pollutant, 'air pollutant' means any solid, liquid or gaseous substance including noise present in the atmosphere in such concentration as may be or tend to be injurious to human beings or other living creatures or plants or property or environment. [Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 (14 of 1981) s. 2(a)]...


Air pollution

Air pollution, means the presence in the atmosphere of any air pollutant. [Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 (14 of 1981), s. 2 (b)]...


low polluting

producing little pollution especially air pollution as a low polluting electric car...


Chimney

Chimney. Ss. 30, 31 of the (English) Town Police Clauses Act, 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 89), which are applied to all urban districts by s. 171 of the Public Health Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 55), impose penalties (up to 5l. and 10s. respectively) on any person wilfully setting a chimney on fire, or an occupier allowing a chimney to be on fire-the latter penalty not to be incurred if the occupier prove that the fire was in nowise owing to omission, neglect, or carelessness of himself or his servant.Minute rules for the construction of chimneys in London are laid down by the London Building Act, 1930 (21 Geo. 5, c. clviii.), ss. 69 to 72. Elsewhere, see (English) Public health Act, 1875, s. 157, as amended by the (English) Public health Act, 1936. The funnel of a steam-tug is a chimney, Tough v. Hopkins, 1904 (1) KB 804.Includes any structure with an opening or outlet from or through which any air pollutant may be emitted. [Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 (14 of 1981),...


Control equipment

Control equipment, means any apparatus, device, equipment or system to control the quality and manner of emission of any air pollutant and includes any device used for securing the efficient operation of any industrial plant. [The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 (14 of 1981), s. 2 (i)]...


Industrial plant

Industrial plant, means any plant used for any industrial or trade purposes and emitting anyair pollutant into the atmosphere. [Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 (14 of 1981), s. 2(k)]...


Pollute, Pollution

Pollute, Pollution, is a noun derived from the transitive verb 'pollute' which means to make foul or unclean, dirty, to make impure or morally unclean. In Halsbury's Law of England (4th Edn. Vol. 38, Para 66) 'pollution' means the direct or indirect discharge by man of substances of energy into the aquatic environment resulting in hazard to human health, harm to living resources and aquatic ecosystems, damage to amenities on interference with other legitimate uses of water, T.N. Godavarman Thirumalpat v. Union of India, (2002) 10 SCC 606. [Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, s. 3]...


Environmental pollutant

Environmental pollutant, means any solid; liquid or gaseous substance present in such concentration as maybe, or tend to be, injurious to environment. [Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), s. 2 (b)]Means any solid, liquid or gaseous substance present in such concentration as may be, or tend to be, injurious to environment. [Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993 (46 of 1993), s. 2(e)]Environmental pollution means the presence in the environment of any environmental pollutant. [Employment of Manual Scavangers and Construc-tion of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993 (46 of 1993), s. 2(f)]Means the presence in the environment of any environmental pollutant. [Environment (Protec-tion) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), s. 2 (c)]...


Polluting

Adapted or tending to pollute causing defilement or pollution...


Pollution

The act of polluting or the state of being polluted in any sense of the verb defilement uncleanness impurity...


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