Pollution Control Board
Online Consent Management & Monitoring System
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Government of India
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Government of India
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The Pollution Control Board has been established as a regulatory authority for implementing variious pollution control laws. The board is committed to provide polloution free environment to the people of state. The Board has undertaken various studies of underground water, solil and air to take remedial steps to control pollution.
Under Section 4 of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Section 6 of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 the Pollution Control Board (PCB) is empowered to perform the functions of the State Pollution Control Board for all Union Territories. Pollution Control Board (PCB) is empowered to perform the functions of the State Pollution Control Board for all Union Territories. However, Section 4(4) of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Section 6 of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 provides that PCB may delegate all or any of its powers and functions of a State Board in a UT under the said Acts to such person or body of persons as the Central Government may specify.
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Ques:What are important Environmental Laws in the
Country?
Ans: The Water (Prevention and
Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 The Air (Prevention and Control
of Pollution) Act, 1981 The Water (prevention and Control of
Pollution) Cess Act, 1977 The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
and Rules there under The Public Liability Insurance Act, 1981
Ques: What do you mean by Water and Air Consent? Who
are required to obtain consent from Board?
Ans:
Consent means the sanction of the authority of the Board for the
discharge of the effluent (sewage or trade effluent into a stream
or well or sewer or on land ) or emission of air pollutant into
the atmosphere. The consent issued by Board under section 25/26
of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1974 is
known as water consent and under section 21 of the Air
(Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 is known as air
consent,As per section 25 of the Water (Prevention and Control of
Pollution) Act 1974, no person shall without the previous consent
of the State Board, Establish or take any steps to establish any
industry, operation or process, or any treatment and disposal
system or any extension or addition thereto, which is likely to
discharge sewage or trade effluent into a stream or well or sewer
or on land; or Bring into use any new or altered outlets for the
discharge of sewage; or Being to make any new discharge of
sewage. And, as per section 21 of the Air (Prevention and Control
of Pollution) Act, 1981, no person shall without previous consent
of the State Board, establish or operate any industrial plant in
an air pollution control area.
Ques:Is any fee required for obtaining consent?
What do you mean by Consent Fee?
Ans: Yes
Sir. The consent fee means the fees charged by the Board for the
grant of consent by the Board.
Ques:What do you mean by investment?
Ans: The investment means the amount of capital invested by the
industry on capital works including land; machinery; and
equipment. This is the gross block (without depreciation) of all
fixed assets.
Ques:Is there any prescribed form for consent
application?
Ans: Yes Sir, There are
prescribed forms of application for obtaining consent.
Ques:Where the consent application forms are
available?
Ans: The consent application
forms are available at Offices of the Jammu & Kashmir State
Pollution Control Board.
Ques:Whether consent renewal fee has to be paid
annually?
Ans: A web-site contains several
works such as literary works, artistic works (photographs etc.),
sound recordings, video clips, cinematograph films and
broadcastings and computer software too. Therefore, a separate
application has to be filed for registration of all these works.
National Informatics Center
Forests and Climate Change Informatics Division (FCCID)
Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change
Room no. A-338, 3rd Floor, Agni-Block
Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Jor Bagh Road
New Delhi -110003 India
Phone.: 011-24695407
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