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Pollution Control Board Report 2017 Final KERALA STATE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD KERALA STATE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD 5.2 Consent to Establish 36 5.3 Integration of Clearances 36 5.3.1 Integrated Consent to Establish 37 5.3.2 Integrated Consent to Operate 37 5.4 Environmental Public Hearing 37 - 38 ANNUAL REPORT 5.5 Implementation of Hazardous Waste (Management and Handling) Rules,2008 39 - 40 5.6 Implementation of the Biomedical Waste (Management and 2 013-14 Handling) Rules,1998 41 - 42 5.7 Implementation of the Municipal Solid Wastes (Management & Handling) Rules, 2000 42 - 45 5.8 Implementation of the Plastic Wastes (Management & Handling) Rules, 2011 45 5.9 Implementation of e-Wastes (Management & Handling) Rules, 2011 46 - 47 5.10 Assessment and Collection of Water Cess 47 5.11 Projects 47 5.11.1 Plan Scheme Projects 47 - 50 5.11.2 National Ambient Water Quality Monitoring Programme 50 -56 KERALA STATE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD 5.11.3 State Ambient Water Quality Monitoring Programme 57 - 59 5.11.4 Ambient Water Quality Data for the Year 2013 60 - 62 5.11.5 National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme 63 - 66 5.11.6 State Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme 67 5.11.7 Monitoring of Festival Pollution 68 - 69 ANNUAL REPORT 2013 - 2014 4 ANNUAL REPORT 2013 - 2014 1 KERALA STATE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD KERALA STATE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD CONTENTS Page No. 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. Functions of the Board under the Water Act 8 - 10 1.2 Functions of the Board under the Water Cess Act 10 1.3. Functions of the Board under the Air Act 10 - 11 1.4. Functions of the Board under the Environment (Protection) Act 11 - 12 2. CONSTITUTION OF THE BOARD 2.1. Constitution 13 - 16 2.2. Infrastructure 17 2.2.1 Organisational chart 18 2.2.2 Details of manpower in various offices of the Board 19 - 28 during 01.04.2013 – 31.03.2014 3. CONSTITUTION OF COMMITTEES AND THEIR ACTIVITIES 3.1 Pollution Control Award Judging Committee 29 - 30 4. MEETINGS OF THE BOARD 31 5. ACTIVITIES OF THE BOARD 5.1 Organisational set up 32 5.1.1. Functions of the Head Office 32 - 33 5.1.2 Functions of the Regional Offices & District Offices 34 - 35 5.1.3 Functions of the Environmental Surveillance Centre 35 5.14 Functions of the Laboratories of the Board 35 ANNUAL REPORT 2013 - 2014 2 ANNUAL REPORT 2013 - 2014 3 KERALA STATE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD KERALA STATE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD local authorities in order to augment the resources of Central and State Boards and to 5.12 Incentives for pollution control 69 promote the concept of water conservation. The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 5.12.1 Pollution Control Awards 69 - 75 provides for the overall protection of the environment. As per Section 39 of Water (Prevention 5.13 Programmes to Promote Environmental Awareness & Control of Pollution) Act 1974, the Board has to prepare and publish Annual Reports. 5.13.1 World Environment Day Celebrations 76 1.1 FUNCTIONS OF THE BOARD UNDER THE WATER ACT 5.13.2 Awareness Programmes 76 - 80 a) To plan a comprehensive programme for prevention, control and abatement of 5.14 Control Pollution at Nilakkal, Pamba, Sannidhanam & Erumeli pollution of water bodies in the State and to secure the execution thereof. during Sabarimala Pilgrimage Season 80 - 83 b) To advise the State Government on any matter concerning prevention, control or 5.15 Certificate of proficiency for Boards/Laboratories5.16 Continuous abatement of water pollution. Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Station at Vytila 83 c) To collect and disseminate information relating to water pollution and 5.17 Periyar River Online Monitoring 84 prevention, control or abatement thereof. d) To encourage, conduct and participate in investigations and research relating 5.18 Surveillance Centre on the banks of Periyar river 84 - 85 to problems of water pollution and prevention, control or abatement of 5.19 NABL Accreditation 85 - 86 water pollution. 5.20 e- Governence 86 - 87 e) To collaborate with the Central Board in organising training of persons engaged 5.21 Implementation of RTI Act, 2005 87 or to be engaged in programmes relating to prevention, control or abatement of 5.22 Training / Higher Studies 87 - 93 water pollution and to organise mass education programmes relating thereto. f) To inspect sewage or trade effluents, works and plants for the treatment 6. FINANCE & ACCOUNTS 94 of sewage and trade effluents, and to review plans, specifications or other data relating to plants set up for the treatment of water, works for the purification thereof and the system for the disposal of sewage or trade effluents or in connection with grant of any consent as required by this Act. g) To lay down, modify or annul effluent standards for sewage and trade effluents and standards of the quality of receiving waters resulting from the discharge of effluents and to classify waters of the State. ANNUAL REPORT 2013 - 2014 8 ANNUAL REPORT 2013 - 2014 5 KERALA STATE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD KERALA STATE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION PURPOSE The Kerala State Pollution Control Board was formed in 1974 for the prevention and control of water pollution. The Board expanded the horizon of its activities so as to cover the fields of air pollution, sound pollution and the overall environmental pollution management throughout the State. The control of pollution related to chemicals, hazardous wastes, waste generated during battery processing, bio-medical wastes, municipal solid wastes, e-wastes etc. comes under the activities of the Board. The following statutes are being administered by the State Pollution Control Board to prevent and control pollution of the environment. 1. The Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 (Amended in 1988) 2. The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977 (Amended in 1991) 3. The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 (Amended in 1987) 4. The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 The Water and Air Acts provides for prevention and control of pollution and for promotion of wholesomeness of water, land and air. The Water Cess Act provides for levy and collection of cess on water consumed by persons carrying on certain industries and ANNUAL REPORT 2013 - 2014 6 ANNUAL REPORT 2013 - 2014 7 KERALA STATE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD KERALA STATE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD c) To implement and enforce the provisions under the Manufacture, Storage and h) To evolve economical and reliable methods of treatment of sewage and trade Import of Hazardous Chemicals Rules, 1989. effluents having regard to the peculiar conditions of soils, climate and water d) To implement and enforce the provisions under the Manufacture, Use, Import, resources of different regions and more especially the prevailing flow characteristics Export and Storage of Hazardous Micro-organisms, Genetically Engineered of water in streams and wells, which render it impossible to attain even the minimum Organisms or Cells Rules, 1989. degree of dilution. e) To implement the Biomedical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules1998 i) To evolve methods of utilisation of sewage and suitable trade effluents in f) To implement the Municipal Solid Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2000 agriculture. j) To evolve efficient methods of disposal of sewage and trade effluents on land as g) To implement the Batteries (Management & Handling) Rules, 2003 are necessary on account of the predominant conditions of scanty stream flows h) To implement provisions under Environment Impact Assessment Notification of that do not provide for major part of the year the minimum degree of dilution. 1994 as amended in 2006. k) To lay down standards of treatment of sewage and trade effluents to be i) To implement the Plastics Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2011 discharged into any particular stream taking into account the minimum fair j) To implement the e-Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2011 weather dilution. k) To implement directions from Government of India under the Act. l) To make, vary or revoke any order i) Requiring any person concerned to construct new systems for the disposal of sewage and trade effluents or to modify, alter or extend any such existing system or to adopt such remedial measures as are necessary to prevent, control or abate water pollution ii) for the prevention, control or abatement of discharge of waste into streams or wells. m) To lay down effluent standards to be complied with by persons while causing discharge of sewage or sullage or both and to lay down, modify or annul effluent standard for the sewage and trade effluents. n) To advise the State Government with respect to the location of any industry, the carrying on of which is likely to pollute a stream or well. ANNUAL REPORT 2013 - 2014 12 ANNUAL REPORT 2013 - 2014 9 KERALA STATE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD KERALA STATE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD o) To perform such other functions as may be prescribed or as may, from time to f) To inspect air pollution control areas at such intervals as it may think necessary, time, be entrusted to it by the Central Board or the State Government. assess the quality of air therein and take steps for the prevention, control or abatement of air pollution in such areas. 1.2 FUNCTIONS OF THE BOARD UNDER THE WATER CESS ACT g) To lay down, in consultation with the Central Board and having regard to the a) To receive water consumption returns from persons liable to pay cess. standards for the quality of air laid down by the Central Board, standards for b) To assess the cess payable by the concerned person carrying on any specified emission of air pollutants into the atmosphere from industrial plants and industry or local authority. automobiles or for the discharge of any air pollutant into atmosphere from any c) To allow rebate on the cess payable by any person carrying on any in industry or other source whatsoever not being a ship or an aircraft.
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