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CITIZENS CHARTER
Department of Environment and Forests
TAMILNADU POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
IN THE STATEMENT OF THE
OBJECTIVE
MOTTO
WORK CULTURE
ACTIVITIES
AND
COMMITMENTS
TOWARDS THE HEALTHY LIVING ENVIRONMENT IN TAMILNADU
TAMILNADU POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
TamilNadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), established in 1982, functions with Head Office at Chennai, five Regional Offices headed by Joint Chief Environment Engineers, eighteen District Offices head by District Environmental Engineers and two District Offices headed by Assistant Environmental Engineers.
To assist in the Analytical and Scientific side, the Board has established three Advanced Environmental Laboratories, six District Environmental Laboratories and three Mobile Environmental Laboratories.
TNPCB is implementing the Pollution Control Legislations and Rules and Notifications framed there in. In discharging the duties entrusted to it, the Board investigates collects and disseminates data relating to water, air and land pollution, lays down standards for sewage/trade effluent and emissions.
The field Officers of the Board periodically inspect every industry under their jurisdiction to assess the adequacy of treatment measures provided to treat the effluent and gaseous emissions. Board has classified the industries as per their pollution load for effective monitoring as follows:
Classification |
Category |
Periodicity of Monitoring |
RED
(Highly Polluting) |
Large Medium Small |
Once in a month
Once in two months
Once in 3-4 months |
ORANGE (Medium Polluting) |
Large Medium Small |
Once in two months
Once in three months
Once in 4 -6 months |
GREEN (Less Polluting) |
Large Medium Small |
Once in three months
Once in six months
Once in a year |
TNPCB issues consent to new industries in two stages, i.e., consent to establish depending upon suitability of the site before the industry takes up the construction and consent to operate, after installation of pollution control measures to satisfy the standards.
TNPCB has delegated the powers to the field officers for close monitoring. The Joint Chief Environmental Engineers in Regions are empowered to grant consent to existing orange and green category industries and renewal of consent to small scale industries and also to issue show cause notices to the large and medium scale units. The District Environmental Engineers are empowered to issue show cause notices to erring small scale industries. TNPCB plays a catalytic role in the implementation of Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) for polluting cluster of small scale units like tanneries, textile dyeing units etc.
TNPCB is taking effective steps for safe disposal of hazardous wastes and has completed the inventory of hazardous waste generating units and also identified sites for disposal of hazardous wastes. TNPCB is creating environmental awareness in the State through the Environmental Training Institute, Environmental Awareness Cell, Environmental Awareness Programme, Environmental Pavilion constructed at the Periyar Science and Technology Centre (Chennai), NGO Cell, Publishing of New Letters/Pamphlets on environmental issues etc.
FUNCTIONS
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VARIOUS BRANCHES
OF THE BOARD |
FUNCTIONS |
1. |
Head Office at Chennai |
Offices and Laboratories
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Technical/Consent Wing
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Complaint Cell
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Legal Wing
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Hazardous Waste
Management Cell
Monitoring of highly
Polluting Industries
Institute
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2. |
Regional Offices |
Polluting industries
green industries
industries
medium industries
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3. |
District Offices |
Pollution
Industries
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Legal Proceedings
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District Environmental
Committees
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4. |
Laboratories |
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Analysis of effluent samples
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Analysis of Ambient Air samples
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Research in abating pollutants
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Vehicle Emission Monitoring
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Monitoring of water sources
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Coastal Monitoring
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MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS (As on 31.3.98)
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- Issue of Consent to establish
- a) Under Water Act
- b) Under Air Act Issue of Consent to operate
- a) Under Water Act b) Under Air Act
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- 1,091 Industries
- 1.047 Industries
- 14,448 Industries 11,748 Industries
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- Legal Actions
- a) Show cause Notices
- b) Closure orders
- c) Cases filed under Water Act
- d) Cases filed under Air Act
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- 8,161 Industries 1,322 Industries 320 Nos. 134 Nos.
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- Common Effluent Treatment Plants
- CETPS formed for
- Tanneries
- Textile Dyeing
- Hotels
- Hospitals
- CETPs Commissioned for
- Tanneries
- Textile Dyeing
- Hospitals
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- 27 Nos.
- 27 Nos. 1 No. 1 No.
- 11 Nos. 1 No. 1 No.
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- Hazardous Waste Management:
- A. a) Units Identified
- b) Authorization issued B. a) Sites identified for common
- treatment & disposal
- b) Sites, for which EIA & RA studies
- conducted
- Sites notified
- Isolated chemical storage
- Emergency Response Centre
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- Vehicle Emission Monitoring
- a) No. of Stations b) No. of Tests done
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- Ambient Air Quality Monitoring
- Chennai
- Coimbatore
- Tuticorin
- Madurai
- Salem
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- 10 Stations 3 Stations
- Stations
- Stations
- 1 Stations
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- River Monitoring
- a) Chennai city water ways
- b) Cauvery
- c) Tamiraparani
- d) Palar
- e) Vaigai
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- 79 Stations 16 Stations 7 Stations
- 1 Stations
- 1Stations
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- Coastal Monitoring
- No. of Monitoring Stations
- No. of Hot spot areas
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- Environmental Training Institute
- a) Programmes developed
- b) Training programmes conducted
- c) Participants trained
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- 15 Programmes 54 Programmes
- 814 participants
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OUR OBJECTIVE
The objective of TNPCB is to control, prevent and abate pollution of streams, wells, land and atmosphere in the State to protect the environment from any degradation by effective monitoring and implementation of pollution control legislations.
OUR MOTTO
Service with smile and Integrity.
OUR ETHOS
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Always work in the interest of the environment in the State
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Work united as a team to offer dedicated services to the betterment of the environment and there by protect the health of society and public.
OUR RESOLVE
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Respect the welfare of the people in the State as well as the environment.
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Be polite and courteous in our service.
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Act with complete integrity and judiciousness in our official functioning.
OUR BENCH MARK
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Function in a time bound module and strive to dispose of important papers within the time schedule.
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Acknowledge all the concerned references and communications received and hear oral grievances as well.
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Implement the pollution control legislations in the State effectively so that the adverse effect on environment is kept always at minimum to ensure the health of public/community.
OUR GENERAL COMMITMENTS
OUR SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS
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Redress the grievances of public, entrepreneur, etc., on environmental issues with due concern: the field offices, Environmental Awareness Cell etc., of the Board will strive for early actions.
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Investigate complaints on environmental issues within 24 hours with the established field structure.
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Closely monitor the pollution from all the industrial activities, according to the categories of industries i.e. Red (highly polluting), Orange (medium polluting) and green (less polluting) to control and abate the pollution.
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Adhere to issue consent orders to eligible new industries, which are not attracting Environmental Impact Assessment Notification, within four months on receipt of their application in full shape.
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Renew the consent orders to existing industries only on compliance of conditions and standards.
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Not hesitant in taking legal action and also to issue directions for closure, stoppage of power supply, water supply etc., against erring industries/agencies for non compliance of pollution control legislations, conditions and standards.
OUR COMMITMENTS TO DUTIES
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Collect and analyze the trade effluent/sewage samples and conduct air quality survey to monitor the compliance of standards.
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Monitor the water quality of important rivers, lakes, coastal regions and water
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Sources by conducting periodical inspection and sampling.
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Conduct ambient air surveys in important cities, industrial estates, major
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Habitations etc., to ensure compliance of air quality standards.
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Conduct research and development activities relating to problems of water, land
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And air pollution and its prevention, control and abatement thereof.
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Monitor the emission generated by automobiles to ensure the protection of
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Atmosphere from air pollution.
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Impart training to staff of Government organizations , Non-Governmental organizations, Personnel from industries, Local bodies etc., to make them competent and capable of controlling and advising on waste treatment and pollution prevention techniques suitable to the local needs.
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Participate in environmental awareness programmes to create awareness on environmental issues among public, industries etc.,.
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