Hazardous waste import controls require sampling, clearances and authorisation before release, with illegal shipments returnable under Basel. For waste oil, sampling for specified contaminants is required and consignments exceeding prescribed concentrations may be released to importers only upon submission of requisite details in Form 6 under the Hazardous Wastes Rules; battery scrap may be handed over only to authorised actual users; zinc and lead ash must be analysed and consignments falling in Category 3 of Schedule 1 must not be released. Imports/exports to/from Non parties under the Basel Convention are illegal, and imports lacking Ministry permission, a State Pollution Control Board NOC, a valid import licence, or actual user authorisation are illegal; parties must accept illegal imports back within a fixed period.
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Hazardous waste import controls require sampling, clearances and authorisation before release, with illegal shipments returnable under Basel.
For waste oil, sampling for specified contaminants is required and consignments exceeding prescribed concentrations may be released to importers only upon submission of requisite details in Form 6 under the Hazardous Wastes Rules; battery scrap may be handed over only to authorised actual users; zinc and lead ash must be analysed and consignments falling in Category 3 of Schedule 1 must not be released. Imports/exports to/from Non parties under the Basel Convention are illegal, and imports lacking Ministry permission, a State Pollution Control Board NOC, a valid import licence, or actual user authorisation are illegal; parties must accept illegal imports back within a fixed period.
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