Environmental Conservation Rules.

These Rules are enacted in accordance with the Environmental Conservation Law.
The Environmental Conservation Committee shall prepare the necessary policies relating to environmental conservation for each relevant sector. The Union Ministry assigned by the Union Government to perform the matters of environment shall be responsible for: stipulating the environmental quality standards; preparing the emergency response plans for the environmental emergency; determining the categories of project, business, service or activity which shall conduct environmental impact assessment; specifying categories and classes of hazardous wastes generated from the production and use of chemicals or other hazardous substances in carrying out industry, agriculture, mineral production, livestock and fisheries, waste disposal and other activities; etc. The Ministry shall determine and declare the categories of business, work-site or factory, workshop which may cause an impact on the environmental quality, and the owner or occupier of such business, work-site or factory, workshop shall apply to obtain the prior permission.