Preface Under section 4 of the Water Act, 1974 Government of Gujarat constituted “Gujarat Pollution Control Board” on 15th October, 1974. The Gujarat Pollution Control Board has been entrusted with the responsibilities under other Environmental Rules also. GPCB continued its efforts towards environment protection and better pollution control management. This Annual Report of GPCB is the documentation of the year 2014-2015. 1. The board has received “Manthan South West India E- Governance Award-2014” on 07.08.2014 for best utilization of Computerization, e-governance and Digital technology of its XGN portal from Digital Environment Foundation, at Pune. 2. Gujarat Pollution Control Board decided to grant the consent to the company accredited with “ Responsible Care Management System’’ for seven years (5+2) on receipt of fees on fast track. However it is mandatory for the company to have ISO 9000 & ISO 14000. 3. Gujarat Pollution Control Board plays its role not merely as a regulator but also developed a face as a facilitator off late. Proactively, the Board has decided to make existing procedure for CCA renewal simpler for the industries who regularly comply with environmental laws and also having no change in existing products as well pollution load. An application for renewal of such industries would be auto renewed on fast track mode based on self certification provided by an industry for compliance of environmental regulations. This will helpful in speedy disposal of application for renewal of Consents and Authorization so as to motivate the compliant industries. 4. During the year under report Gujarat pollution control board, Head office & its various Regional offices celebrated the various environmental awareness programmes like ozone day, World Environment day, Earth day and Eco-friendly Ganesh utsav celebration etc. Also organized various workshops and seminars to create awareness among the people for pollution control and environment management with a view to save the environment. 5. Gujarat pollution control board aims to develop all-round capabilities of the board employees in the field of pollution prevention, control, BAT, BAP etc. During the year under report, board has induced number of officers for the knowledge based Gujarat Pollution Control Board Page 1 training organized by CPCB, GPCB and other various national and international organizations. 6. GPCB has taken various initiatives and provided platform to the hazardous waste generator / facility operator and cement / steel industry for the adoption of co- processing concept by the way of “ Utilization of waste ”. Up to March-2015 @3763591.13 MT of hazardous waste & non-hazardous waste have been co- processed in the cement industries. To boost up the concept of co-processing of waste in cement plants, a regulatory forum (RF) under the Chairmanship of Member Secretary, GPCB and Member Secretaries of SPCBs of Andrapradesh, Rajasthan, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka along with representative of MoEF&CC, CPCB, CMA and IIP have been constituted. 7. Gujarat Pollution Control Board has taken many steps in setting up of various common infrastructure facilities to control the environmental pollution. At present there are 37 CETPs (33 operational & 04 proposed/ commissioning/construction stage), 09 common TSDF in operational and 01 proposed/ commissioning/construction stage, 08 common hazardous incineration facility, 18 CBMWTF, 08 e-waste Management Facilities and 01 E-waste Producer under Extended Producers Responsibility of E-waste in the State of Gujarat. 8. Board has designed and developed various forms for effective administration. A variety of data is being collected and processed to see the current status of applications, grants, pending work, treatment of wastes etc. 9. Board is also working on new 189 points to add necessary aspects in Board’s activities. Gandhinagar Dr. K.U. Mistry Date:17-8-2015 Chairman, GPCB Gujarat Pollution Control Board Page 2 INDEX Sr. Particulars Page No. 1 Introduction 1 2 Constitution of the Board 5 3 Meetings of the Board 5 4 Committees of the Board and their Working 5 5 Activities of the Board , Objectives and Priorities 7 5.1 Objectives 7 5.2 Functions 8 5.3 Priorities 9 5.4 Activities of the Board 10 CCA under Water Act, Air Act & Hazardous Waste Rules, Consent to Establish (CTE), Authorisation under Bio Medical Waste Rules, Registration as per Plastic Rules, etc. Sampling and analysis under Water Act, Air Act and Hazardous waste Rules etc. 5.5 Environmental Management System in the State 21 5.6 CETP (Common ETP – Effluent Treatment Plants) 22 5.7 Hazardous Waste Management Facilities 25 5.8 E-Waste Management Facilities 32 5.9 Multiple Effects Evaporators 34 5.10Sewage Treatment Plants 44 5.11 Bio Medical Waste Treatment Facilities 51 5.12 Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules 53 5.13 Batteries (Management and Handling) Rules 62 5.14 Water Cess 63 5.15 Comprehensive Environment Pollution Index (CEPI) 64 5.16Public Consultation as per EIA Notification 67 5.17 Water Quality monitoring Programmes – GEMS,MINARS Projects, 75 Water Quality under Annual Status Project, Water Quality of well water in Gujarat, Environment Monitoring in Major Cities of Gujarat, Bio-Monitoring of water bodies etc. 105 5.18 Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme (AAQM) - National Gujarat Pollution Control Board Page 3 Sr. Particulars Page No. Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP), State Air Quality Monitoring Programme (SAMP), Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Monitoring etc 5.19 Coastal Monitoring 110 5.20 Monitoring Programmes during festivals 112 5.21 Analytical Quality Control 145 5.22 Environmental Awareness Programmes 146 5.23 Important Events & Visits to the Board by experts 174 5.24 Capacity Building 177 6 Prosecution launched and offences 184 7 Administrative set up of the Board, Board Meeting - Important decisions 186 thereof. 8 Finance and Accounts of the Board 188 9 Direction given by the Government and steps taken to 189 Comply with them 10 Any other important matter dealt with by the State Board 189 Annexure I Board Members of the Gujarat Pollution Control Board 205 II Members of the Selection Committee 207 III Members of the Promotion Committee 208 IV Members of the Technical Committee 209 V Members of GPCB Purchase Committee 210 VI Members of Scientific Committee 211 VII Members of the Committee for Registration as recyclers with 212 Environmentally sound management facilities and Members of the Committee for Permission for Co‐processing Of Hazardous Waste and other waste in Cement kiln/Thermal Power Plants/Steel plants under the Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2008 VIII Members of Category Committee 213 IX Members of Norms Committee 214 X Administrative set up of the Board 215 XI Staff Strength for each Cadre in the Board 217 XII Offices of the Board 219 Gujarat Pollution Control Board Page 4 1.0 Introduction The Gujarat Pollution Control Board - now popularly known as GPCB was constituted by the Government of Gujarat on 15.10.1974 in accordance with provisions of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, to prevent and control the pollution of water in the State of Gujarat that occupies a prominent niche in progressive and sustainable industrial development of the State. The Government of India has enacted and entrusted the Central Acts and relevant Rules with a view to protect the environment by prevention and control of pollution as notified thereof from time to time. Starting with a staff of 25 in 1974, the Board today has staff strength of 418, which is far less than that required by the Board to implement aforesaid laws, effectively. As of today, there are 124 engineers and 136 scientist and analysts. There are 26 Regional Offices located in different parts of Gujarat. The Regional Offices are responsible for implementation of the functions of the Board pertaining to concern region and have to perform administrative control, co-ordination and supervision of activities related to functions of the Board in their jurisdiction. Out of twenty six Regional Offices seven Regional Offices located at Vapi, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Rajkot, Bhavnagar and Jamnagar are having laboratory facilities. The Board is having its Head Office and Central Laboratory at Gandhinagar. Besides processing and finalization of application under various Environmental Act/ rules the Head Office, also performs activities concerning general environmental policies and enforcement of various provisions of the Acts as well as general administration and co-ordination with other agencies. State- of- art laboratories are established at Gandhinagar, Bhuj, Jamnagar & Rajkot with sophisticated High-tech instrument like HRGC-HRMS, HPLC, XRD, LCMSMS, and VOC-C2 to C40& ICPMS, etc. The Central Laboratory at Gandhinagar provides facilities for analysis of samples collected by Regional Offices located at Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad (East), Ahmedabad (Rural), Gandhinagar, Mehsana, Palanpur, Himmatnagar, Vigilance Cell at Gandhinagar and other agencies. Besides these Central laboratory is also involved in development of methods for analysis of water, wastewater, gases and hazardous waste samples, etc. Laboratory at Regional Office-Vadodara provides facilities for analysis of samples collected by Regional Offices located at Vadodara, Godhra, Anand, Nadiad, Vigilance Gujarat Pollution Control Board Page 5 Cell at Vadodara and other agencies. Laboratory at Regional Office-Bharuch provides facilities for analysis