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The functions and responsibilities
of the Board are as under:-
To plan a comprehensive program for the prevention,control
or abatement of pollution of streams and wells as well as
of air in the State and to secure the execution thereof :
To advise the State Government on any matter concerning
the prevention, control or abatement of Pollution.
To collect and disseminate information relating to pollution
and the prevention, control or abatement thereof:
To encourage, conduct and participate in investigations
and research relating to problems of pollution and prevention,
control or abatement of pollution.
To collaborate with the Central Board in organizing the
training of persons engaged or to be engaged in programs relating
to prevention, control or abatement of pollution and to organize
mass education programs relating thereto :
To inspect sewage or trade effluents, works and plants for
the treatment of sewage and trade effluents and to review
plans, specifications or other data relating to treatment
plants and the system for the disposal of sewage or in connection
with the grant of any consent as required by this act ;
To lay down, modify or annul effluent standards for the
sewage and trade effluents and for the quality of receiving
waters (not being water in an interstate stream) resulting
from the discharge of effluents and to classify waters of
the State :
To evolve economical and reliable methods of treatment of
sewage and trade effluents, having regard to the peculiar
conditions of soils, climate and water resources of different
regions and more especially the prevailing flow characteristics
of water in streams and wells which render it impossible to
attain even the minimum degree of dilution ;
To evolve methods of utilization of sewage and suitable
trade effluents in agriculture
To evolve efficient methods of disposal of sewage and trade
effluents on land, as are necessary on account of the predominant
conditions of scant stream flows that do not provide for major
part of the year the minimum degree of dilution;
To lay down standards of treatment of sewage and trade effluents
to be discharged into any particular stream taking into account
the minimum fair weather dilution available in that stream
and the tolerance limits of pollution permissible in the water
of the stream, after the discharge of such effluents ;
To make, vary or revoke any order :-
(i) for the prevention, control or abatement or discharges
of waste into streams or wells;
(ii) 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 ;
To lay down effluent standards to be compiled with by persons
while causing discharge of sewage or sludge or both and to
lay down, modify or annual effluent standards for the sewage
and trade effluents;
To Grant authorization under Hazardous Waste (Management
& Handling) Rules, 1989.
To Grant authorization under Bio-Medical Waste (Management
& Handling) Rules, 1998.
To implement the provisions of Noise pollution (Regulations
& Rules)
To implement the provisions of the Manufacture, Use, Import,
Export and Storage of Hazardous Micro-Organism Genetically
Engineered Organism or Cells Rules, 1989.
To implement the provisions of the Manufacture, Storage
and Import of Hazardous Chemicals Rules, 1989, as amended
to date.
To implement the provisions of the Chemical Accidents (Emergency
Planning, Preparedness and Response) Rules, 1996.
To implement the provisions of the Recycled Plastics Manufacture
and Usage Rules, 1999
To implement the provisions of the Ozone Depleting Substances
(Regulation) Rules, 2000.
To implement the provisions of the Batteries (Management
and Handling) Rules, 2001.
To implement the provisions of Control of Solid Waste Management
under Notification of Solid Waste Management issued by the
Ministry of Environment, Govt.of India vide No. SO 908 (E)
dated 25.9.2000.
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 or suitability of any premises or location
for carrying on any industry which is likely to cause air
pollution.
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