law: Environment (Protection) Act, 1986  
  25. Power to Make Rules
  
  (1) The Central Government may, by
  
  notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes
  
  of this Act.
  (2) In particular, and without prejudice to
  
  the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of
  
  the following matters, namely :
  (a) the standards in
  
  excess of which environmental pollutants shall not be discharged or emitted
  
  under section 7;
  (b) the procedure in
  
  accordance with and the safeguards in compliance with which hazardous
  
  substances shall be handled or caused to be handled under section 8;
  (c) the authorities or
  
  agencies to which intimation of the fact of occurrence or apprehension of
  
  occurrence of the discharge of any environmental pollutant in excess of the
  
  prescribed standards shall be given and to whom all assistance shall be bound
  
  to be rendered under sub-section (1) of section 9;
  (d) the manner in which samples of air, water, soil or other substance for the
  
  purpose of analysis shall be taken under sub-section (1) of section 11;
  (e) the form in which notice of intention to have a sample analyzed shall be
  
  served under clause (a) of sub-section (3) of section 11;
  (f) the functions of
  
  the environmental laboratories, the procedure for the submission to such
  
  laboratories of samples of air, water, soil and other substances for analysis
  
  or test; the form of laboratory report; the fees payable for such report and
  
  other matters to enable such laboratories to carry out their functions under
  
  sub-section (2) of section 12;
  (g) the qualifications
  
  of Government Analyst, appointed or recognized for the purpose of analysis of
  
  samples of air, water, soil or other substances under section 13;
  (h) the manner in
  
  which notice of the offence and of the intention to make a complaint to the
  
  Central Government shall be given under clause (b) of section 19;
  ( i )
  
  the authority or officer to whom any reports, returns, statistics, accounts and
  
  other information shall be furnished under section 20;
  (j) any other matter
  
  which is required to be, or may be, prescribed.