BOARD MEETINGS AND NATIONAL CONFERENCES

Five meetings of the Central Board were held during the year 2005 as detailed below:

S.No.

Meeting No.

Date

Place

1.

132nd

January 04, 2005

Delhi

2.

133rd

March 24, 2005

Delhi

3.

134th

June 30, 2005

Delhi

4.

135th

September 28, 2005

Delhi

5.

136th

December, 23, 2005

Delhi

The Board granted approval to the following proposals and standards during the year:

  • National Emission Standards for Pesticide manufacturing industry.

  • Policy Paper for Framing the Future Policies on Clean Coal Technologies to be adopted by Coal based Thermal Power Plant.

  • Standards for the Refractory Industry.

  • Emission Standards and Stack Height Regulation for Brick Kilns.

  • Emission Standards for Sulphuric Acid Plant.

  • Proposal for Networking of Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Station in identified 10 cities namely Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Kochi and Vishakhapatnam

  • Effluent and Emission standards for petroleum oil refineries.

  • Proposal to initiate monitoring of Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs).

  • Recommendations of the report "Survey of Yamuna River and its Polluting Sources between Delhi-Okhla Barrage and Agra- Old Water Works

  • Proposal to be sent to MoEF for ensuring of Environmentally Sound Recycling of Hazardous Wastes by SPCBs/PCCs

  • Proposed National Emission Standards for Common Hazardous Waste Incinerator

  • Proposal for Utilisation of plastic waste in road construction

  • Proposal for characterisation of PM10 to PM2.5 at traffic intersection in Kolkata and assessment of their impact on human health.

National Conference of Chairman & Member Secretaries of Pollution Control Boards/Committees

51st Conference of Chairmen & Member Secretaries of CPCB/SPCBs/PCCs was organized during February 14-15, 2005 at New Delhi. More than 100 participants from 29 State/UTs, MoEF and CPCB attended the Conference. The major issues discussed during the conference are as follows:

  • Monitoring of Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) in and around industrial areas / critically polluted areas

  • Networking of continuous ambient air quality monitoring stations in identified cities namely Mumbai, Kolkatta, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Kochi and Vishakhapatnam

  • Continuous air quality monitoring management involving private participation under the two proposed options of 1) Build Own & Operate (BOO) contract; and 2) Operation and Maintenance (O&M) contract

  • Air Pollution Source Apportionment Studies

  • Monitoring of micropollutants in water samples collected from NWMP locations

  • Water quality monitoring at Interstate Borders

  • Polluted river stretches : not covered by NRCD for action plan to control of water pollution

  • Environmental Data Bank (EDB)

  • Development / review of emission and effluent standards

  • Emission standards for Hazardous Waste Incineration Systems (Common and Individual)

  • Follow-Up Action on Hazardous Waste Management – Implementation of Hon’ble Supreme Court Order

  • Guidance document for Environmentally Sound Technologies (ESTs) for hazardous waste recycling industries

  • Co-Incineration of High Calorific Value Hazardous Waste in Cement Kiln

  • Surveillance of Sewage Treatment Plants

  • Common Effluent Treatment Plants–Status & action points for improvements in functioning of Common Effluent Treatment Plants.

  • Spatial Planning Unit
  • Eco-city unit