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Environment Monitor Environment Monitor Activities and Achievements of the Board 2005-2006 Maharashtra Pollution Control Board Kalpataru Point, Sion(E), Mumbai 400 022. E-mail: [email protected] visit us at http://mpcb.mah.nic.in Published by Dr. D. B. Boralkar, Member Secretary, on behalf of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board at 'Kalpataru Point', Sion (East), Mumbai. Website: http://mpcb.mah.nic.in FROM THE MEMBER SECRETARY'S DESK YEAR 2005-2006 AT A GLANCE Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB or “Board”) achieved many milestones during the year 2005-2006, despite being faced with many challenges. We accomplished these milestones by focusing not just on our mandated tasks such as monitoring and enforcement, raising public awareness and consent management, but often times going beyond the call of duty. We partnered and collaborated with national and international institutions to improve functional efficiency and build both internal and external capacity. We set up demonstration projects, funded new ventures, provided consultation to local bodies, proposed expansions of existing monitoring networks and common infrastructure, and recognizing the Information Technology (IT) age, placed vast amounts of data and resources on our website. In all these endeavors, we were guided by our vision to move towards overall betterment and sustainability - better efficiency, better transparency, better responses and better protection of the State's environment. Some specific examples of how we achieved our targets for the year are summarized in a table of highlights in the first chapter of this Environment Monitor. The year 2005-2006 also saw a paradigm shift in the our thought process as a Board, in our quest to change in unprecedented ways. We reviewed the final report on institutional capacity building and re-engineered our internal set up, creating new divisions for pollution control and implementation, developed a Strategic Action Plan (SAP), added to our infrastructure such as the new Central laboratory at Navi Mumbai "Nirmal Bhavan", at which construction was completed. Many fundamental issues such as the need for MPCB to change our style of functioning to knowledge based rather than enforcement based, to change our role and position in the community from a regulator to a facilitator were also addressed. Much of the work done by MPCB has been appreciated by different stakeholders and while a lot of progress has been made this year, we continue to work towards making our vision come to fruition. It is my great pleasure and privilege to present this Environment Monitor of the Board. Dr. Dilip Boralkar Member Secretary August 7, 2006 A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) would like to record the efforts of all its Regional Officers (ROs) who compiled and processed information needed to prepare the Environment Monitor. MPCB also appreciates the hard work put in by its staff members - Ms. Madhurima Joshi, Ms. Vinita Dhupkar and Mr. A. A. Mokashi who assimilated and analyzed the information sent in by all ROs and prepared an initial draft of the Environment Monitor. The Board is indeed proud of the way this Environment Monitor has shaped up. Towards this end, the efforts of M/s Environmental Management Centre (EMC) in re-visioning, developing and structuring the contents and the design inputs provided by M/s Globus Communications are gratefully acknowledged. TABLE OF CONTENTS Sr. No. Content Page No From the Member Secretary's Desk – Year 2005-2006 at a Glance Acknowledgements List of Boxes List of Figures List of Tables List of Abbreviations Executive Summary 1. About the Board 1.1 Background 1 1.2 Vision Statement 1 1.3 Constitution 1 1.3.1 Organizational Structure of the Board 1 1.4 Functions, Activities and Achievements 2 1.5 Meetings 8 1.6 Committees 8 1.6.1 Expert Committee for Construction Projects and Industrial Estates 8 1.6.2 Expert Committee on E-Waste Management 9 1.6.3 Expert Committee on E-Governance 10 1.6.4 Expert Committee on MSW 10 1.6.5 Expert Committee on BMW 11 1.6.6 Expert Committee for procurement of CAAQMS 12 2. Environment in the State of Maharashtra 2.1 Introduction 15 2.2 Industrialization in Maharashtra 15 2.3 Urbanization in Maharashtra 16 2.4 Infrastructure Development in Maharashtra 16 2.4.1 Roads, Railways and Ports 16 2.4.2 Conventional and Non-Conventional Energy 17 2.5 State and Impacts 17 2.5.1 Water Quality Status 17 2.5.1.1 River Water Pollution 18 2.5.1.2 Pollution Due to Municipal Sewage 22 2.5.1.3 Groundwater Pollution 23 2.5.1.4 Coastal Water Pollution 24 2.5.2 Air Quality Status 27 2.5.2.1 Noise 30 2.5.3 Municipal Solid Waste 32 2.5.3.1 Bio-Medical Waste Management 33 2.5.3.2 Plastic Waste Management 34 2.5.4 Status of Industrial Pollution 34 2.5.4.1 Common Effluent Treatment Plants 40 2.5.4.2 Hazardous Waste Management 42 2.5.4.3 Lead Acid Batteries Management 43 2.5.4.4 Electronic Waste Management 47 2.6 Complaints 48 TABLE OF CONTENTS Sr. No. Content Page No 3. Protecting the State’s Environment 3.1 Monitoring and Surveys 51 3.1.1 The Air Quality Monitoring Program 51 3.1.1.1 Proposed Strengthening of National Air Quality Monitoring Network 54 3.1.1.2 Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS) 57 3.1.2 Water 57 3.1.2.1 The Water Quality Monitoring Programme 57 3.1.3 Noise 59 3.1.3.1 Study on Noise 60 3.1.4 Industrial 61 3.1.4.1 Industrial Monitoring 61 3.1.4.2 Surveys and Studies 61 3.2 Inventorization 61 3.3 Enforcement 63 3.3.1 Consents 63 3.3.2 Enforcement Actions 66 3.3.2.1 Notices and Directions Issued to Defaulters 66 3.3.2.2 Case Studies on Enforcement for Industrial Pollution 74 3.3.2.3 Prosecutions Launched and Convictions Secured 74 3.3.3 Orders 75 3.3.4 Public Hearings 75 3.4 Common Environmental Infrastructure 76 3.4.1 Sewage Treatment Plants 76 3.4.2 Municipal Solid Waste Facilities 76 3.4.3 Common Effluent Treatment Plants 77 3.4.4 Common Hazardous Waste Storage Treatment and Disposal Facilities (CHWTSDFs) 77 3.4.4.1 Common HW Incinerators 79 3.4.5 Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatment and Disposal Facilities 79 3.5 Special Projects and Programmes 79 3.5.1 Projects and Programmes Ongoing from Last Year 80 3.5.1.1 MSW Demonstration Projects 80 3.5.1.2 Rehabilitation of Illegal HW Dump Sites 80 3.5.1.3 Clean Technology for Re-Refining/Recycling Waste Oil/Used Oil 82 3.5.1.4 Zoning Atlas 82 3.5.2 Research and Development 82 3.6 Preparation of Plans 83 3.6.1 Strategic Action Plan 83 3.6.2 Other Action Plans 85 3.6.2.1 Pune and Solapur Action Plan 85 3.6.2.2 Chandrapur Action Plan 85 3.6.3 Environment Improvement Program at Religious Places 86 3.7 Partnerships 87 3.7.1 MoU with NEERI 87 3.7.2 MoU with UNEP 87 TABLE OF CONTENTS Sr. No. Content Page No 3.7.3 MoU with NRSA 87 3.7.4 Mou with NML 88 3.8 Conclusion 88 4. Internal Capacity Building 4.1 Environmental Information Centre 89 4.1.1 Library and Publications 90 4.2 New Infrastructure and Laboratory 90 4.2.1 New Infrastructure 90 4.2.2 Laboratory 90 4.3 Environmental Training 90 4.4 Institutional Restructuring 92 4.5 Strategic Action Plan 93 5. External Communication 5.1 Environmental Training 95 5.2 Awareness and Public Participation Campaigns 95 5.3 Interactions with the Press and NGOs on Environment 98 5.4 MPCB Website 100 Annexures 1-1 MPCB Staff Strength 103 2-1 The Status of STPs in some of the Corporations 106 2-2 Status of Industries in Chembur and Aurangabad 108 3-1 Surveys and Studies 110 3-2 Enforcement in Industrial Sectors 115 3-3 Important Orders 118 3-4 Public Hearing 139 3-5 CETPs in Maharashtra 140 3-6 Environmental Improvement Plans 142 4-1 Training for MPCB Staff 145 5-1 Institutions Funded by MPCB 149 Glossary LIST OF BOXES Sr. No. Description Page No 1-1 Vision Statement of MPCB 1 2-1 Proper Disposal or Recycling of Lead Acid Batteries 43 2-2 Health Impacts Resulting from Improper Handling of E-Waste 47 2-3 What is the Legal Status of E-Waste? 48 3-1 Regulation of Plastic Bags made from Recycled /Virgin Plastic, Maharashtra Non-biodegradable Garbage (Control) Ordinance 2006 71 4-1 Environmental Information Centre 89 5-1 Public Awareness 95 LIST OF FIGURES Sr. No. Description Page No 1.1 Organogram of MPCB 4 1.2 Field Offices of MPCB 5 1.3 Regional Offices of MPCB 6 1.4 Sub-Regional Offices of MPCB 7 1.5 Staff Strength at MPCB 2 1.6 Legislation Implemented by the Board 13 2.1 Maharashtra 15 2.2 River Basins in Maharashtra 19 2.3 DO and BOD Levels Monitored in Coastal Waters for 2004-2006 26 2.4 Parameter Exceedances in Ambient Air Quality Monitoring (2005-2006) 29 2.5 NAMP Parameter Data for Sion from 2000 – 2006 29 2.6 NAMP Parameter Data for Mulund from 2000 – 2006 30 2.7 Red, Orange and Green Industries Implementing Pollution Control Measures 36 2.8 Break-up Between Polluting and Non-Polluting Industries by Media 37 2.9 Status of Treatment and Disposal Facility Provided by Industries as on March 31, 2006 37 2.10 Ratios of Batteries Purchased and Returned from 2002-2005 46 3.1 The Air Quality Monitoring Network 52 3.2 Air Quality Monitoring Stations in Maharashtra 53 3.3 Regional Distribution of the Treatable Fractions of Hazardous Waste 63 3.4 Consents to Establish From 2004-2006 64 3.5 Consents to Operate From 2004-2006 65 3.6 Break-up of the Notices and Direction Sent to Industries 66 3.7 Directions Issued Under the Water and Air Acts in 2004-2006 68 3.8 Structure of the Final Action Plan (Databases) 83 3.9 Proposed Functioning of GIS monitor in MPCB 84 3.10 Distribution of Actions Based on Goals 84 3.11 Distribution of Actions Based on Type 84 3.11 Distribution of Actions Based on Nature of Actions 85 4.1 Environmental Information Centre 89 4.2 Redefining MPCB’s Position 92 4.3 Redefining MPCB’s Role 92 Photographs 3.1 Aerial view of CHWDF at Taloja 78 3.2 HW Incinerator at Taloja 79 3.3 Present Status of Secure Landfill at Tarapur, February 2006 81 3.4 Encapsulation of Secured Landfill at Tarapur, March 2006 81 4.1 Total Organic Carbon Analyser 91 4.2 Gas Chromatograph Automated Thermal Desorption 91 LIST OF TABLES Sr.
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