law: Environment (Protection) Act, 1986  
  2. Definitions
  
  
  In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -
  (a) "environment" includes water,
  
  air and land and the inter-relationship which exists among and between water,
  
  air and land, and human beings, other living creatures, plants, micro-organism
  
  and property;
  (b) "environmental pollutant" means
  
  any solid, liquid or gaseous substance present in such concentration as may be,
  
  or tend to be, injurious to environment;
  (c) "environmental pollution" means
  
  the presence in the environment of any environmental pollutant;
  (d) "handling", in relation to any
  
  substance, means the manufacture, processing, treatment, package, storage,
  
  transportation, use, collection, destruction, conversion, offering for sale,
  
  transfer or the like of such substance;
  (e) "hazardous substance" means any
  
  substance or preparation which, by reason of its chemical or  physico -chemical properties or handling, is liable to cause
  
  harm to human beings, other living creatures, plants, micro-organism, property
  
  or the environment;
  (f) "occupier", in relation to any factory or premises, means a person
  
  who has control over the affairs of the factory or the premises and includes in
  
  relation to any substance, the person in possession of the substance;
  (g) "prescribed" means prescribed by
  
  rules made under this Act.