Annual Report 2005-06 - Karnataka State Pollution Control Board

3 Annual Report 2005-06
Karnataka State
Pollution Control Board
CONTENTS
Chapter 1 : Introduction 1
Chapter 2 : Constitution of the State Board including changes there in 1
Chapter 3 : Committees constituted by the Board 2
Chapter 4 : Meeting of the Board and major decisions taken 2
4.1 : Meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) 3
4.2 : Library and Laboratory Committee 4
4.3 : Awareness Committee 4
4.4 : Information Technology Committee 5
4.5 : Legal Advisory Committee 5
Chapter 5 : Activities of the Board during 2005-06 5
5.1 : Consent administration 5
5.2 : Environment Monitoring 6
5.2.1 : River Water Quality Monitoring 6
5.2.2 : Ambient Air Quality Monitoring 6
5.3 : The Noise Pollution (R&C) Rules 2000 11
Chapter 6 : Present state of evnironment problems & counter measures 11
6.1 : Status of Coffee pulping units 13
6.2 : Pollution control measures 13
6.3 : Status of 17 category highly polluting industries 16
6.3.1 : Charter of Corporate Responsibility for Environment Protection. 16
(CREP)
6.4 : Implementation of Hazardous Waste (Management & Handling)
Rules, 1983 as amended in 2000 & 2003 16
6.4.1 : Quantity of Hazardous Waste 17
6.4.2 : Common disposal facility in Karnataka 19
6.5 : Implementation of Batteries (Management & Handling) Rules,
2001 19
6.5.1 : Action taken by the Board under the Batteries (Management &
Handling) Rules, 2001 19
6.6 : Status of Brick kilns 19
6.7 : Status of Implementation of Fly Ash Notification 20
6.7.1 : Status of Power plants with respect to utilization of fly ash
generated 20
6.8 : Implementation of Bio-Medical Waste (Management & Handling)
Rules, 1998 21
6.8.1 : Authorization Status 21
6.8.2 : Compliance to authorization conditions. 21
6.8.3 : Regional Office wise status of Authorization of Health Care
Establishments 22
6.8.4 : Steps taken by the Board to implement the Rules effectively 23
6.8.5 : Common Treatment Facility 23
6.9 : The Recycled Plastics Manufacture & Usage Rules, 1999 23
6.9.1 : Action taken by the Board 24
6.10 : Municipal Solid Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2000 25
6.11 : National River Conservation Plan 26
6.11.1 : Summary of National River Action Plan (NRCP) 26