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	Clean Air : Smog digest on May - June 2005:-CSE
		Pollution unlimited: While the State government for three years now has been passing the buck over the phasing out of old commercial vehicles comes a report that Jammu enjoys the dubious districntion of being among a couple of cities in the country with the highest lead residue in the air.
		The Maharashtra government on Monday admitted that taxes on petrol and diesel in the state were quite high and said it would rationalise them after receiving the recommendations from a high-level committee, which is expected to submit its report within a week.
		Faced with air pollution levels that on some days force the elderly and the asthmatic to stay indoors and have some foreigners contemplating a move to cleaner climes, the government of this financial city said that it was time to get tough on the worst polluters.
	www.cseindia.org /campaign/apc/oct2006.htm (4336 words)

	Industrial pollution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board denied that the water of the Patalganga river had become wholly unfit for human consumption due to pollution.
		Maharashtra was the first state in India to have water pollution control legislation in India in 1970.
		Though the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) is supposed to establish a common effluent treatment plant (CETP) and the industrial units have to treat their effluents, visits to at least 15 units showed that they discharge effluents in open drains.
	www.rainwaterharvesting.org /Crisis/Industrial-pollution.htm (7528 words)

	The Hindu Business Line : Handling of hazardous cargoes — JNPT on collision course with pollution control board
		Both MPCB and MCZMA are surprised as to how the port could permit import of the chemicals, especially as it did not have the necessary fire-fighting equipment to handle such cargoes.
		Despite directions from the MPCB, MCZMA and the Ministry of Environment that handling of hazardous chemicals cannot be permitted at the port, the JNPT has allowed an importer to handle ethyl alcohol at the jetty.
		The MPCB, in a letter to the JNPT Chairman dated April 2, had pointed out that it had issued show-cause notices to seven terminals located in the coastal regulatory zone (CRZ) area in the vicinity of the port for storing hazardous chemicals.
	www.thehindubusinessline.com /2005/06/08/stories/2005060800950700.htm (737 words)

	eWaste Guide -> Services -> Forum -> Read Discussion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has received financial and technical assistance from United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) to carry out e-waste (electronic waste) assessment study for the Mumbai and Pune Region.
		MPCB now invites technical and financial proposal from domestic expert consultancy agencies/organizations for carrying out this study.
		MPCB will issue the tender documents after scrutinizing the capability profile by December 15, 2005.
	www.ewaste.ch /services/forum/readtopic.asp?id=52 (614 words)

	India -- Vijay Mahadeo Daruwale & Others Versus Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai & Others WP 489/2004 ...
		The first respondent is the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai; the third respondent is the Secretary, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board; the fourth respondent is the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority; the seventh respondent is the State of Maharashtra; and the eighth respondent is Union of India.
		Similarly, the third respondent, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, is empowered and expected to ensure that its pollution control norms are strictly followed by all concerned.
		The fourth respondent, Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority, has control over the Western coastal area and is under an obligation to ensure that the directives contained in the Notification dated 19th February, 1991 issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests are strictly implemented.
	www.elaw.org /resources/printable.asp?id=3019 (2301 words)

	Central Pollution Control Board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The facility for hazardous waste disposal may comprise secure landfill with or without treatment facility or may be integrated one laving incineration facility as well.
		Disposal of hazardous wastes has to be done in a manner :hat does not pollute air, water and soil and does not cause any harm to human beings and habitat in the surroundings, during operative period and also after closure.
		in CPCB, presently on deputation as Member Secretary, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, and Sh Tishya Chatterjee, former Member Secretary, Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board, prepared the draft guidelines.
	www.cpcb.nic.in /hazwams32.htm (258 words)

	Greenpeace Flays US
		Maharashtra in western India, is a federal state of which the industrially important region around Bombay is a part.
		The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, when asked whether it had a role in analyzing samples of wastes imported from abroad, washed its hands of the problem saying it is up to Customs to undertake such an analysis.
		In Maharashtra it was found that permits were given to plants producing hazardous wastes, even if they did not have proper disposal sites.
	www.ban.org /ban_news/india_tackles.html (1312 words)

	Toxics Link : News Alert : Mumbai lone Indian metro sans biomedical waste treatment plant
		But the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) are busy passing the buck to each other for the non-starter.
		The cat was out of the bag when, appalled by the lack of disposal facilities, the Bombay High Court had directed the MPCB last month to conduct a survey on 330-odd rural hospitals across the state on how they dispose their bio-medical waste and submit the same to the court.
		All the bio-medical waste in Mumbai is disposed in Taloja treatment unit, which, according to MPCB, flouts the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) norm.
	www.toxicslink.org /nalert-view.php?id=96 (626 words)

	Bird flu may hit Maharashtra again : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Experts have warned of another bird flu outbreak in Maharashtra after monsoons due to the unscientific disposal of chicken culled in the first episode of the dreaded virus outbreak in February.
		If experts of the technical committee set up by the Maharashtra government are to be believed, unscientific disposal of composting poultry litter will lead to spread of the dreaded avian influenza (H5N1) virus in the same region after the rains.
		The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) claims that the animal husbandry department ignored its guidelines.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1721276,001300820000.htm (449 words)

	Maharashtra ‘outsources’ toxic e-waste to Delhi : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Maharashtra is the biggest producer of electronic waste — electronic products that have been discarded by their original users.
		But while most unorganised yards in Maharashtra recycle computers and their accessories, the state routes the more hazardous processes to Delhi.
		In the national capital region, "regunning cathode ray tubes, acid-bath for printed wire boards in computers, and extraction of gold from pins and combs in the circuits" is done on the truckloads of e-waste from Maharashtra, says the study.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1882730,000600010001.htm (423 words)

	Spatial modelling approach to water pollution monitoring in the sugar belt of Maharashtra along the Krishna river
		The Krishna river, which is one such polluted rivers of the country, flows in the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
		The Satara-Sangli stretch of the Krishna river in Maharashtra is known as the sugar belt of the country.
		The Krishna river flows with a southeasterly trend in Maharashtra, traversing a distance of 280 kms from Mahabaleshwar through Satara to Sangli [latitudes 160 00' N - 180 00' N, longitudes 730 30' E - 750 00' E, altitude 150-600 m] on a rocky area.
	www.gisdevelopment.net /application/environment/water/wapl0001.htm (819 words)

	DNA - Mumbai - Green body shows red signal to Port Trust - Daily News & Analysis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has issued a showcause notice to the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) for operating without its consent from June 1992.
		The notice said the port had not been treating its domestic and industrial effluents and was generating sewage without the pollution board's consent.
		The MPCB's consent is necessary under Section 25 of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and Hazardous Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 1989.
	www.dnaindia.com /report.asp?NewsID=1044282 (503 words)

	ICMA - Indian Chemical Manufacturers Association
		Dr. Gautam had been instrumental in bringing in far reaching changes in MPCB functioning and motivating his team to be responsive and supportive to the genuine concerns of the Chemical Industry of the State.
		MPCB also brought in complete transparency in the processing of Consent Applications by posting the updated status on its website.
		MPCB is keen to get the feedback from the Chemical Industry and is responsive to their suggestions.
	www.icmaindia.com /bbs/asp/openhousesession.asp (367 words)

	TPC Closer To 1,000-mw Coal-Based Power Project In Maharashtra
		MPCB, which has recently received report on the public hearing for TPC’s project, however, asked TPC to take into account “grave concern” expressed by the locals.
		MPCB sources told FE that it has already forwarded the public hearing report to the Union ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) for grant of the environment clearance for the TPC project.
		The difference between the present levels of pollution and those estimated after the commissioning are pegged at the highest level.
	www.financialexpress.com /fe_full_story.php?content_id=64999 (582 words)

	MPCB serves closure notices to 234 units - Sify.com
		The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board has served closure notices to as many as 234 industrial units including multinationals -- Cadbury and Bayer -- for failing to participate in the common hazardous waste management programme before the December 30, 2003 deadline.
		MPCB had initiated the common hazardous waste management facility after they realised that many companies, especially the smaller ones, did not have appropriate means to dispose the waste they generated.
		Ajay Deshpande, regional officer of MPCB said ''As per the notice issued on November 7 to all hazardous waste producing industries in Thane, the last date for the industries to sign up for the common waste facility was December 30.
	sify.com /finance/fullstory.php?id=13357582 (873 words)

	Tehelka - The People's Paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Clearly, the moef, the Central Pollution Control Board and the mpcb have all failed in their statutory duties and are still failing to do so.
		Five proposals for expansion of Dahanu tps from 500 mw to 2,000 mw since 1996 have been rejected on the ground that expansion is not permitted under the Dahanu Notification issued by moef.
		The notification restricts change of land use and does not permit farm or forestland to be converted for residential or polluting industrial use.
	www.tehelka.com /story_main11.asp?filename=ts040905Tehelka_Impact.asp (473 words)

	India's Supreme Court Panel Cracks Down on Hazardous Waste
		Initially, the Committee said it had called on India's state level pollution control boards, and asked them to make detailed presentations on their efforts to comply with the Supreme Court ruling on hazardous wastes.
		In subsequent meetings elsewhere around India, officials of pollution control boards from other states were asked to report to the Committee on steps they had taken to implement the Supreme Court's directions.
		For instance, the committee directed the Delhi Pollution Control Board to implement the court's direction for closure of all unauthorized hazardous waste generating units in the first week of July.
	www.minesandcommunities.org /Action/press486.htm (2421 words)

	DNA - Mumbai - Green board makes NPCL pay up 7.1 cr - Daily News & Analysis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The MPCB used the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, asking NPCL to pay up arrears of Rs 32.66 crore water cess since 1983 for the water used at its Tarapur atomic plant in Thane district.
		The water cess collected by MPCB is remitted to the Centre, which in turn reimburses 75 per cent back to the agency for implementing environmental projects of national importance.
		The board’s total cess collection stands at Rs 14.4 crore, which should have been Rs 25.92 crore if up to 80 per cent of the potential is realised, according to an internal CRISIL report released in August 2005.
	www.dnaindia.com /report.asp?NewsID=3964 (583 words)

	Pune most polluted city in Maharashtra-Pune-Cities-NEWS-The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		PUNE: Identifying Pune as the most polluted city in Maharashtra, the Union environment ministry has directed the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to launch immediate measures to save the city from the stranglehold of air pollution.
		He said the MPCB has lauded the PMCâs ban on plying six-seaters on five select routes and recommended that the ban be extended to the 14 intended routes at the earliest.
		The MPCB also supported the PMCâs decision to ban entry of heavy vehicles to congested roads in core city areas, protests from traders notwithstanding.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow.asp?art_Id=14205143 (337 words)

	INDBAZAAR Education :: Your Guide to Education in india.
		The role of an environmental pollution control technologist in this scenario is a vital one.
		An environmental pollution control technologist can now even be employed with banks, she says.
		Sharma also refers to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) project, a joint effort of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, the BARC (Bhabha Atomic Research Centre) and the IIT (Indian Insitute Of Technology), to gather data on the environmental status of the Thane-Belapur industrial belt.
	www.indbazaar.com /education/educatornew.asp?id=20 (523 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation
		Mumbai (PTI): The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board has issued a showcause notice to the Tarapur nuclear power plant for not getting the board’s approval for running the recently commissioned two units.
		But the pollution control board has refused permission till its dues on water cess, to the tune of Rs 32 crore since 1983, are paid by the plant, Boralkar said, adding that the amount did not include the penal interest.
		This is the first time that the Maharashtra Pollution Control board has targeted a government body.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1050918/asp/nation/story_5253083.asp (458 words)

	DPC violated pollution control norms, says MPCB chief
		Mumbai, March 13: Maharashtra Pollution Control Board chairman Mushtaq Antulay said prima facie the Dabhol Power Company (DPC) has violated the provisions of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act and Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act by launching the trial runs of block b (722 mw) of phase-II.
		Mr Antulay, who is the son-in-law of the former Maharashtra chief minister AR Antulay told The Financial Express that the company did not take due permission from the MPCB to start the trial runs for the block b (722 mw) of phase-II since January 21.
		The Union finance secretary Ajith Kumar has convened a meeting on March 16 with the Maharashtra government officials to discuss the issue related to the invocation of counter guarantee for the non-payment of the December bill of Rs 102 crore by the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB).
	www.expressindia.com /fe/daily/20010314/fec14043.html (518 words)

	Pune Launches Model Pollution Control Project - U.S. Embassy New Delhi, India
		Under this initiative, Pune was identified as a demonstration city to pilot the application of urban air pollution control strategies that assist decision-makers in determining the most cost-effective means for reducing air pollution, especially particulate matter.
		Air pollution is a key concern in most Indian cities, with diesel trucks and buses causing maximum damage.
		Emissions control technologies available today can be retrofitted on such vehicles to substantially reduce harmful emissions of particulate matter, hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide.
	newdelhi.usembassy.gov /pr040506.html (426 words)

	Cover Story - Healthcare Management
		Hoping that state pollution control boards will come heavily down on institutions not adhering to the biomedical waste rules, private players are making a beeline with innovative services to provide solutions to tackle the contentious issue of waste collection, transporation and disposal.
		But, the rules are hardly implemented since there are instances of passing-the-buck syndrome between the state pollution control boards and department of public health.
		Interestingly, the company has asked the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board to authorise its services with a view to exempt waste generators for a similar kind of authorisation.
	www.expresshealthcaremgmt.com /20010416/cover3.htm (542 words)

	Clean Air Initiative: BAQ 2004 - ESTIMATIONS FOR BTX AT AMBIENT AND SENSITIVE LOCATIONS INCLUDING TRAFFIC JUNCTIONS FOR ...
		Based on the Emission Inventory carried out in the year 2000, it showed that about ten locations in the city are highly impacted due to high vehicular activities, of these at about seven locations the vehicle kilometer traveled ranged from 283590 to 975486 per day.
		Of the many pollutants, MPCB (Maharashtra Pollution Control Board) undertook the study of estimating the ambient as well as kerbside VOC levels.
		As VOC’s class of compounds are very reactive and are primarily responsible for ground level ozone formation by reacting with NOx leading to various health impact, the study attempted to measure the concentrations of Benzene, Toluene and Xylene.
	www.cleanairnet.org /baq2004/1527/article-59256.html (424 words)

	Central Pollution Control Board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		It is the responsibility of the occupier or operator of a facility to ensure that the hazardous wastes are packaged, based on the composition in a manner suitable for handling, storage and transport.
		The Central Pollution Control Board prepared draft guidelines on transportation of hazardous waste in October 2003, as a CPCB publication: HAZWAMS/23/2003 and circulated for information and consideration by all concerned.
		Contribution made by Dr. D.B. Boralkar, Senior Scientist, CPCB, presently on deputation as Member Secretary, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, in preparation of the draft report is gratefully acknowledged.
	www.cpcb.nic.in /hazwams33.htm (190 words)

	Toxics Link : News Alert : MPCB gets a new lab
		The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board’s (MPCB) new laboratory, with state-of-the-art facilities to monitor pollution was inaugurated at Mahape, Navi Mumbai, on Sunday by Union Minister for Agriculture Sharad Pawar.
		While the (MPCB) has had its central laboratory at Belapur for over three decades, in the new laboratory, equipment have been significantly upgraded and many are a first of their kind in the country.
		Our old laboratory was mainly geared to deal with sampling air and water pollutants,’’ he said, referring to the previous setup at CIDCO Bhawan, Belapur.
	www.toxicslink.org /nalert-view.php?id=68 (380 words)

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