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3 Highlights of achievements Online Monitoring of E uent and Emissions Categorization of Industrial Sectors Revision of the Concept of CEPI Environmental Standards National Air Quality Index (AQI) Prohibition of burning of bio mass stubble Implementation of ZLD and water conservation Air quality management in NCR Leapfrogging from BS IV to BS VI for motor vehicle emission norms Mitigation of air pollution by issuing directions Augmentation of common e uent treatment capacity Implementation of Solid Waste Management Rules Sewage management in India

4 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION - CPCB s Android Apps Ganga Shravan Abhiyaan Sameer Bio-monitoring

5 CPCBs Initiatives and Achievements 01. Compliance Monitoring online 24X7 Effluent and Emissions. Decision Taken Targeted 3380 units to install on-line monitoring devices. These units fall under 17 categories of highly polluting industries (HPIs) apart from 546 grossly polluting Industries (GPIs) located in five Ganga States. CPCB issued directions to all highly polluting industries on the month of July and August The status of compliance of setting up online monitoring systems was deliberated in the conference of Chairman and Member Secretaries (held on February 21-22, 2014 at Bangalore and April 08, 2015) at Delhi. CPCB has organized five interaction meets on 06/8/2014, 19/09/2014, 29/09/2014, 8/10/2014 and 16/10/2014 respectively to have an interaction with SPCBs, representative of industries, industrial associations and instrument suppliers on online monitoring systems. CPCB has already published guidelines for online continuous monitoring system for effluents on On June 16th, 2015 a Consultative meeting was held with representatives of Industry Association of 17 categories and SPCBs to discuss the status of installation of online monitoring system and issues involved for compliance of directions. 1

6 Repeated reminders issued to the industries including publishing names of 178 units in Ganga basin area and 815 Units in regional as well as National News Papers in the country on January 07, Two press conference has been organised on line monitoring system have been conducted on June 30, 2015 and March 07,2016 respectively. So far 1529 online devices (24x7) have been installed by the Highly polluting Industries (3328) and 381 by Grossly Polluting Industries (764). Online 24X7 Effluent and Emissions monitoring has effectively improved the way monitoring was done earlier. The present system of monitoring will improve the compliance to the prescribed environmental norms. 02. Revisiting of the criteria for Categorization of Industrial Sectors in Red /Orange /Green/White. Decision Taken CPCB revisited the criteria which is based on pollution potential index of respective industrial sectors Recommend criteria based on pollution potential of industry for making the categorization system transparent and rational The issue was discussed thoroughly during the following national level conferences held in New Delhi: 2

7 Conference of the Environment Ministers of Central Government and State Governments during April 06-07, th Conference of Chairmen & Member Secretaries of Pollution Control Boards / Pollution Control Committees and senior officers of MoEFCC held on April 08, Accordingly following follow-up actions were taken : 1. A 'Working Group' comprising of the members from CPCB, APPCB, TNPCB, WBPCB, PPCB, MPPCB and Maharashtra PCB was c o n s t i t u ted to re v i s i t t h e categorization of industries based on the criteria of pollution index & environmental issues such as generation of emission, effluent and hazardous wastes. 2. Suggestions / comments of stake-holders including Ministry of MSME and Ministry of Non Conventional Energy Resources were also obtained. 3. Subsequently, CP division coordinated several rounds of meetings under the chairmanship of Secretary, MoEFCC as well as Hon'ble Minister to deliberate on the revised categorization of industrial sectors developed by the WG. 4. After a series of such brain-storming sessions and vital suggestions of MoEFCC, the revised categorization of industrial sectors under Red/ Orange/Green/White has been evolved. 5. Directions have been issued by CPCB to SPCBs /PCCs in consultation with MoEFCC for adoption of the new criteria and re-categorization. Red Category Industrial Sectors having Pollution Index score of 60 and above White Category Industrial Sectors having Pollution Index score incl. & upto 20 ROGW Categeorization of Industrial Sectors Orange Category Industrial Sectors having Pollution Index score of 41 to 59 Green Category Industrial Sectors having Pollution Index score of 21 to 40 The revised criteria will facilitate the regulatory mechanism like consent/authorization easier. Motivate industrial sectors to adopt less pollution generating processes. This will also facilitate Ease of Doing Business 3

8 03. Revision of the Concept of CEPI (Comprehensive Industrial Pollution Index). Decesion Taken Revision of concept of CEPI by eliminating the subjective factors but retaining the factors which can be measured precisely. Give more impetus on environmental quality of the area i.e. air, surface water and ground water. Normal Severe Critical The issue was discussed thoroughly during the following national level conferences held in New Delhi: Conference of the Environment Ministers of Central Government and State Governments during April 06-07, th Conference of Chairmen & Member Secretaries of Pollution Control Boards / Pollution Control Committees and senior officers of MoEFCC held on April 08, Based on deliberations, it was decided to develop the Revised CEPI retaining the existing algorithm of Source, Pathway and Receptor based on sources of pollution, real time observed values of the pollutants in the ambient air, surface water, ground water of the industrial cluster and health related statistics. 4

9 The 'Draft Document on Revised CEPI Version' so developed had been circulated among the SPCBs, PCCs, concerned State /UT Governments, Ministries, IITs, Academic Institutions, CSE and other stake-holders for their observations & comments. The 'Draft Document' was uploaded on the website of CPCB also for information & comments of one & all. Further, a workshop involving experts from IIT Delhi, IIT Chennai, CPCB, Karnataka SPCB and other Stake-holders was organized at Bangalore on November 7, 2015 to discuss the proposed concept of CEPI wherein it was recommended that the same is acceptable in general. Subsequently, CP division of MoEFCC coordinated several rounds of meetings under the chairmanship of Secretary, MoEFCC as well as Hon'ble Minister, MoEFCC to deliberate on the proposed revised concept of CEPI. After a series of such brainstorming sessions and vital suggestions of MoEFCC, the revised concept of CEPI has been evolved. Directions are being issued shortly by CPCB to SPCBs /PCCs in consultation with MoEFCC for adoption of the new concept of CEPI. The concept can be applied to locations also other than industrial clusters Changes in an industry which make it less polluting shall be permitted. These changes include expansion of production capacity / change of product / change of raw materials / change of manufacturing process or a combination of these changes. These shall be allowed subject to the conditions that there will be no addition of the pollution load or adverse impact on the environment. The revised concept shall be an early warning tool to ensure the successful implementation of Action Plan. 04. Environmental Standards Decision Taken Many of the existing standards developed are more than 10 years back and need to be revised. The standards aim for conservation of natural resources, minimization of waste. 5

10 During the last 2 years, drafted 20 standards, out of which 6 standards namely Thermal Power Plan, Common Effluent Treatment Plant, Sugar Industry, Diesel generating sets operated with LPG/NG, Diesel generating sets operated with petrol & kerosene, Diesel generating sets operated with diesel, have been notified in and two standards namely cement and dye intermediate have been notified in Central Pollution Control Board developed standards by techno-economic and feasibility of implementation and placed in Peer and Core Meeting. The standards thus ratified by the Peer and Core Expert committee are placed in the Central Board's m e e t i n g f o r t h e c o n s e n t. A f ter t h e endorsement of Board, the standards are forwarded to the Government (Ministry of Environment & Forests) for notification under E (P) Act. The proposed standard is presented before Hon'ble Minster of Environment and Forest with co benefits on environment and comparison with existing standards. The approved standard is placed in Website for public comments. The draft notification of standard is placed before the Expert committee of MoEF& CC for finalisation for notification. The final environmental standard is prescribed by SPCBs/PCCs in consent to operate (CTO) order of industry. The new and revised standards will enable industries to undertake renovation and work towards conservation of resources and minimization of waste to achieve stricter but techno-economically feasible standards. Further it will reduce risk to human health, ecosystem and manmade assets. It will also reduce water consumption and green house gas reduction. 6

11 05. National Air Quality Index PM10 Pb NH4 PM2.5 NO2 SO2 Decision Taken O3 CO National Air Quality Index How healthy is the air we breathe? 2 To provide information on quality of air to the people in simple terms that is easily understood by a common person. CPCB developed National Air Quality Index (AQI) in consultation with IIT Kanpur and an Expert Group comprising members from academia, research institutes, pollution control boards, public advocacy groups and medical fraternity. The Expert Group guided the entire process and had five meetings. AQI is primarily based on health impacts of air pollution. The draft AQI was launched by Hon'ble MEF in October 2014 for seeking opinion of public and o t h e r s t a k e h o l d e r s. T h e c o m m e n t s r e c e i v e d w e r e examined by the Expert Group, and AQI finalized. Hon ble Prime Minister launching the National Air Quality Index The Hon'ble Prime Minister launched National AQI and its realtime web-based dissemination system in April, Presently, AQI is being disseminated for 23 cities on real-time basis. Besides, daily AQI bulletin for these cities is also being released at 5.00 PM. 7

12 AQI provides air quality information and likely health impacts using a colour scheme, index number and qualitative terms for easy understanding. Therefore, it is expected to enhance public awareness and involvement, and create a competitive environment among cities to take steps for air pollution mitigation. It is being published in the media and has generated substantial public attention and interest. 06. Prohibition of burning of bio mass stubble in NCR states Decision Taken Stubble Burning prohibited/banned in NCR states including Punjab. A workshop organized by MoEF&CC on the Stubble burning on at Chandigarh. The Workshop was attended by Hon'ble CM Punjab and Secretary (EF&CC). Several meetings held at Hon'ble MEF and Secretary (MEF&CC) level with NCR Environment Ministers and senior level States officers to monitor the implementation recommendations of workshop and the National Policy for Management of Crop Residues by the States concerned. 8 Photo: IANS

13 The Ministry started sending from 5th October, 2015 to 30th November, 2015 the satellite map received from ISRO on daily basis indicating the stubble burning points to all NCR States for effective steps for curbing burning. NCR states and Punjab Government has achieved a reduction in burning of crop residue upto 38.09% approx in the year 2015 as compared to the year Government of Haryana has also informed a decrease in paddy straw burning during from 20.3% to 17.0% as compared with data of Implementation of zero liquid discharge(zld) and water conservation programme for control of pollution of River Ganga Decision Taken A decision was taken to target highly polluting industries like pulp & paper and distilleries to discharge their effluents and insist sugar, textile and tanneries to adopt zero liquid discharge and water conservation practices. CPCB has issued directions in March, 2015 under Section 18(1)(b) of Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 to Pollution Control Boards of five Ganga Basin states to further direct industries to achieve Zero liquid Discharge (ZLD) standards. The identified five industrial sectors are Pulp and paper, Distillery, Sugar, Textile and Tannery. Sugar: After the meeting with concerned stakeholders revised standards for Sugar were proposed 9

14 including water conservation & irrigation protocol. Sugar industries are directed to use treated effluent for irrigation purpose and are not permitted to discharge it to any surface water body. In the revised standards irrigation protocol based on type of soil is also notified. Sugar industries are asked to focus on maximum re-use of water and minimise water consumption. Textile: Considering the need for conservation of water and prevention of pollution of River Ganga ZLD as a standard was proposed in the draft notified for public comments on MoEF&CC's website. Based on the representations received and meeting with stakeholders revised standards are proposed. These standards envisage need based ZLD i.e considering the site specific conditions or persistent violations of standards by CPCB or respective SPCBs/PCCs. Distillery: In Distillery Sector three consultative meetings were held with All India Distillers Association to sort out the issues related to achieving ZLD in Ganga basin. Tanneries: Directions have been issued to three tanneries CETPs in Kanpur and Unnao to achieve ZLD. DPR for Kanpur CETP is being finalised by MoWR. 28 Distilleries achieved no industrial discharge by adopting bio-composting / incineration; Multi-effect Evaporators (MEE) are installed in 11 units and 17 industries are under process of installation; Ten agro based units have stopped discharge of black liquor; Five Pulp and paper units have achieved ZLD; 67 pulp & paper units have been identified in Ganga river basin of which 61 units have submitted action plan for implementation of Charter. Water consumption standards for Sugar industry made stricter from 400 liters per ton of cane crushed to 200 liters per ton of cane crushed. All pulp & paper units lying on main Ganga stem have submitted irrigation plan. (58 out of 67 as 09 are reported closed) Treated effluent from Textile units will be used for irrigation and reused in process; thus ensuring water conservation. Electromagnetic flow meters for measurement of water consumption and effluent discharge installed in 375 tanneries, and 79 tanneries closed due to non-installation of flow meters. 10

15 08. Air quality management in NCR Decision Taken Map data 2016 Google Target NCR states to take measures for controlling air pollution to achieve ambient air quality standards Major decisions taken in meetings: 1) Preparation and implementation of comprehensive Action Plan with short-term, mediumterm and long-term targets. 2) Scope for taking effective measures in partnership with people at large, like lane discipline, car pooling, maintenance of vehicles, tamper proof PUC System, etc 3) Progress and early completion of Eastern-Western Express bypass to Delhi. 4) Strengthening of air quality monitoring stations, controlling agricultural waste/biomass burning, surveillance of the polluting industries and violation of lane driving, overloaded vehicles. 5) CPCB will set up a Control Room to undertake a daily review and monitor air quality in Delhi and NCR; 6) CPCB to issue directions under Section 18 (1) (b) of Air Act, 1981 to improve the air quality in Delhi and NCR; 7) All the State Governments were requested to submit three-month reports to the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change on the steps taken to mitigation pollution; Air Pollution is one of the prominent issues in media and news paper on which Indian judiciary such as Apex court, High Court and Green Tribunal also taking up this matter seriously. In view of this, three Secretary level meetings were held on 10th November, 2014, 11th February, 2015 and 3rd March, 2015 to chalk out effective Action Plan on Air Pollution in Delhi. 11

16 Hon'ble Minister of Environment Forest and Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar, convened four meetings on 6th April, 2015, 13th April, 2015, 24th July, 2015 and 6th November, 2015 with Environment Minister of NCR States where senior officers of MoEF&CC and NCR States were present. CPCB issued directions to NCR States/UT to take measures for controlling air pollution. Control Room was set up on 29th December 2015 at Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to deal with the problem of deteriorating air quality. An advertisement regarding the same was published in different newspapers on 31st December, So far 84 complaints have been received through different media. Out of these around 12 problems of garbage burning were resolved immediately. In continuation of meetings dated , the NCR states have submitted Action Taken Report (ATR) which is annexed as below: Due to actions taken by Government of NCR states/ut, there is mitigative impact from pollution from vehicular emission, burning of biomass/crop residues, municipal solid waste and garbage, road dust, construction and demolitions waste, industrial emissions, etc. Governments of Delhi, Haryana, UP and Rajasthan evolved short term & long term action plan for prevention and control of Air Pollution in Delhi and NCR. Action Plans formulated by the Governments of NCR states /UT being implemented. NCR states and Punjab Government has achieved a reduction in burning of crop residue upto 38.09% approx in the year 2015 as compared to the year Government of Haryana has also informed a decrease in paddy straw burning during from 20.3% to 17.0% as compared with data of

17 09. Leapfrogging from BS IV to BS VI mass emission norms for motor vehicles Decision Taken A group of Union Ministers, decided that BS-VI mass emission standards be implemented by MoEF&CC has vigorously pursued with line ministries for advancing the roll out programme of BS VI emission norms. In the said context, a number of meetings were held at inter ministerial level with concerned stakeholders to pursue leapfrogging to BS VI emission standards at the earliest all over the country. Further, MoEF&CC has also written to Prime Minister office vide letter dated April 17, 2015.MoEF&CC is also written vide its letter dated September 3, 2015 for the early introduction of BS VI norms. MoEF&CC has also conveyed its opinion of leapfrogging to BS VI emission norms at various forums including the conferences of Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) held in The Government of India has issued a draft Gazette Notification G.S.R. 187 (E) dated through Ministry of Road Transport & Highways specifying draft rules for Bharat Stage VI norms for vehicles from 1st April, The highest benefit of leapfrogging to BS-VI is expected in respect of diesel based heavy duty vehicles, 88.5% and 50% reduction in emission of NOx and PM respectively is expected. 13

18 In case of petrol passenger vehicles also a significant reduction is expected in terms of NOx and hydrocarbons. Further, two wheelers segments which constitute around 75% of the total vehicular population will also be leapfrogging to BS VI emission norms by 2020 hence, major emission reduction is also expected from this segment of vehicles in the upcoming future. 10. Mitigation of air pollution by issuing directions by CPCB to NCR States under the Air Act Decision Taken During a Review meeting held on by Hon'ble MEF&CC with Environment Minister of States/UTs for prevention and control of Air Pollution in NCR States, it was decided that CPCB to issue directions under Section 18 of Air Act, 1981 to improve the air quality in Delhi and NCR and further decided to issue direction under Section 5, if required. As per the decision, CPCB issued following direction under Section 18 of Air Act, 1981 : Control of vehicular emission; Control of Road Dust/ Resuspension of other fugitive emission; Control of Air Pollution from Biomass burning; Control of Industrial Air Pollution; Control of Air Pollution from construction and demolition activities; Other steps to control of air pollution. Environment Minister Chairs Meeting On Mitigation of Air Pollution In Delhi NCR CPCB organized review meeting on 18/02/2016 with NCR states including departments and agencies that are responsible for control of pollution. 14

19 The State Governments to take various measures to improve air quality in Delhi/ NCR as per action plan formulated by them The implementation of these directions will help in improvement of ambient air quality and arrest general environmental degradation in a medium to long term basis. 11. Augmentation of common effluent treatment capacity for assisting the SSI units for treatment of waste water to the prescribed standards Decision Taken To augment 95 MLD CETP capacities for cluster of textile processing Units, MoEF&CC has given Central Government subsidy of Rs. 30 crores (maximum). There are 139 (both) approx. small & medium scale textile processing industries. M/s Palsana Enviro Protection Limited (M/s PEPL) and M/s New Palsana Industrial Cooperative Society Limited (M/s NPICL), Surat, Gujarat: Provided Central Government subsidy through Gujarat State Pollution Control Board. Both the projects sanctioned in 2012 to augment 95 MLD of Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) capacity and commissioned recently. Help in achieving end-of-pipe treatment of combined wastewater of the SSIs at lower unit cost and facilitate better monitoring to the Gujarat State Pollution Control Board to mitigate pollution. After commissioned 110 approx. small & medium scales dyeing printing units are getting the benefit in Surat, Gujarat. 15

20 12. Co-ordination with State Pollution Control Boards/ Committees for implementation of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 Decision Taken Observing the nation-wide poor implementation of the Solid Waste Management Rules, CPCB decided to initiate actions against various stakeholders. The Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change has revamped the MSW Rules, 2000 and notified the new Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 CPCB prepared an indicative National level Action Plan for management of municipal solid waste and uploaded on its website. CPCB issued directions under section 18 (1) (b) of the Water Act, 1974 and the Air Act, 1981 to all SPCBs/PCCs for implementation of the SWM Rules in their respective state/ut. CPCB communicated all Chief Secretaries of all States/UTs for formulating state action plan for implementing the SWM Rules. CPCB issued Directions under section 5 of EPA to the Commissioners/CEOs of 46 Metro-cities, 20 State Capitals and 118 towns of Ganga Basin for preparation of action plan and implement SWM Rules. Local bodies will give priority on solid waste management issues and prepare realistic action plan for implementation of solid waste management schemes. 16

21 13. Sewage management in India Assessment : Central Pollution Control Board assessed the sewage generation and treatment capacity for urban population of India for the year The sewage generation estimated to be MLD approximately and sewage treatment capacity developed so far is only MLD. Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has carried out an inventorization of Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) in India during As per information received from State Pollution Control Boards and Pollution Control Committees, 816 STPs are located in different States/UTs in the country, out of which 522 STPs are operational, 79 STPs are non-operational, 145 STPs are under construction, and 70 STPs are proposed for construction. CPCB has issued direction u/s 18 (1) (b) of Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 vide letter dated to all State Pollution Control Boards/Pollution Control Committees to make mandatory for local/urban bodies to set up STPs of adequate capacity and provide underground sewerage system to cover the entire local/urban areas and to bridge the treatment gap along with enforcement of consent management in line with standards for sewage treatment. CPCB also issued direction u/s 5 of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 to 46 Municipal authorities of metropolitan cities and 20 municipal authorities of State Capitals for treatment and utilization of sewage for restoration of water quality of rivers. 14 State Pollution Control Boards have communicated action taken report in compliance to the directions issued. 37 Municipal Corporations acknowledged the directions and 31 Municipal bodies provided the compliance status. 17

22 Initiatives and Achievements at a glance I. Water quality monitoring of Inter- State Rivers. II. Performance of Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) and proposed new standards for notification through MoEF. III. Continuing monitoring of noise levels in 7 Cities at 70 locations (Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Lucknow and Bengaluru). Noise levels from these cities are available on real time basis. IV. Out of 2736 Industries targeted to install 24x7 on-line effluent and emission monitoring devices, 1783 industries have installed the system. Out of 1783 industries, 1383 industries are connected with CPCB server and data from 1300 Industries can be seen. V. Re-categorization of industries to Red, Orange, Green and White has been completed and linked with 'Consent' and their 'Siting' for which directions have been issued to State Pollution Control Boards/ Committees (SPCBs/ PCCs). VI. Criteria for assessing environmental status in polluted areas/ industrial clusters based on Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI) has been evolved. VII. Incineration of 10 tonnes of hazardous waste of M/s Union Carbide (UCIL) in MP has been demonstrated at facility located at Pithampur. This is as per Hon'ble Supreme Court order. VIII. CPCB provided in-puts to MoEF for bringing out notification of Rules relating to ; Hazardous waste Plastics waste E- waste Biomedical waste Municipal solid waste Construction and Demolition waste IX. Special emphasis has been given on Ganga Action Plan where CPCB has been involved in ; a) Action Plan for industrial pollution control particularly for five sectors; sugar, pulp 18

23 and paper (for water conservation), tanneries, distilleries and textiles for Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD). b) Targeting 621 industries to set up on-line effluent monitoring (24x7) devices out of which, 556 industries have installed the system and data of 232 units can be seen on-line. c) Under the World Bank Project, work is under way to set up 113 Real Time Water Quality Monitoring Stations (RTWQMS). Consultants as per World Bank project for Data Provider and Data Management have been appointed / under process. X. Based on CPCB's in-puts, MoEF has notified standards for Sugar, Power Plants, DG Sets (3 Nos), Cement co-processing and in the process for developing with respect to 12 category. XI. National Air Quality Index has been developed and CPCB is releasing AQI for 23 cities on daily basis at 5 PM. ( This Index was launched by Hon'ble Prime Minister). XII. Three android based Apps ((1) Sameer for Air, (2) 'Ganga Shravan' for water quality of River Ganga and (3) Bio-monitoring for water quality assessment) have been developed. 19

24 Main Key Areas of CPCB Water Quality Monitoring Ganga Action Plan Sewage Management Air Quality Monitoring Industrial Pollution control Municipal Solid Waste Management Plastic Waste Management Bio-medical Waste Management Hazardous Waste Management e-waste Management Noise Monitoring CPCB ENVIS CENTRE 'PARIVESH BHAWAN' East Arjun Nagar, Shahdara, Delhi Website: cpcb@envis.nic.in