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WBPCB, IndiaBali, Indonesia16 September 2014 1

Consultation Workshop:Developing an Environmental Compliance Assistance Center promoting

compliance in the Sponge Iron Sector

Peerless Inn Hotel, Durgapur

West Bengal, India

Institutional Arrangement of EnvironmentalCompliance Assistance Center in West Bengal

Dr. Dipak ChakrabortyChief Scient ist

West Bengal Pollution Control Board


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Legislations

Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974

Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977

Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981

Environment (Protection) Act, 1986Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), Government of India (GoI)is given overriding power to notify various Rules for environmentalsafeguards

Environmental Compl iance

Statutor y Requirements for Indus tr ies

Directions & notifications issued by MoEF, GoI

All the environmental Acts and Rules are promulgated by FederalGovt. of India

Statutory power to implement different acts and rules are delegated toState level pollution control agencies within the territorial jurisdiction of

the states


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Driving principle: Command and Control Approach

Most of the power is decentralised to State Pollution ControlBoards/Agencies

Instrument for ensuring compliance:

-Permit regime

- Surveillance Programme




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Permit Regime - Compliance of environmental statutes

Consent to Establishto be obtained

before establ ishm ent of any n ew indu stry

before expansion or modi f icat ion o f exist ing in dus tr ial process

pol lu t ion abatement prop osal should be suf f ic ient for co nta inm ent of

environmental pol lu t ion with in permissib le norm s

Environmental clearances on ly appl icable for specif ic act iv i t ies ment io ned in EIA not i f icat ion

Consent to Operateto be obtained

for op erat ing any ind ustr ia l uni t

to be renewed per iod ical ly

norm ally granted af ter the uni t com pl ies with environmental norm s

Authorisationto be obtained

for management and handl ing of Hazardou s w astes

for management and handl ing o f Biom edical wastes




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Surveillance Programme - Compliance of environmentalstandards

Compliance of liquid effluent discharge standard- Primarily concentration based standards- General and industry specific discharge standards

- Mass based standards ( in som e specif ic cases like Pulp & Paper, Fert i l iser,Oil Refinery etc .)

Compliance of emission standards (pr im ar i ly part iculate matters)

Proper management and treatment of hazardous wastesTreatment and disposal as provided under the Hazardous Wastes

(Management & Handling) Rules




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Analyzing the reasons for poo r envi ronmental

compl iance by the indust r ies

Environment management is still considered as an externality indeveloping countries like India

Lack of involvement of top management of industries in environmentmanagement practices (for unorganised sector)

Lack of understanding about the statutory requirement forenvironmental compliance

Non-availability of information on appropriate emission controltechnology and reliable vendors for installing the same

Absence of properly accredited agencies generally capable ofsupporting industries in its endeavour to comply environmentalnorms


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An independent and reliable Environmental

Compliance Assistance Center in West Bengal can

facilitate better compliance providing information

support to entrepreneurs regarding statutory

requirements as also environmental management

planning (handholding approach)


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AECEN

AECEN (Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network) aregional network established by the environmental agency leaders of

Asian countries (India, Japan, Indonesia, Nepal, Peoples Republic ofChina, Phi l ippin es, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thai land and Vietnam) topromote environmental compliance in Asia.

International development agencies like USAID, USEPA, WB, ADB

collaborate with the AECEN.

AECEN works from its headquarter at Manila, Philippines

Shri Sudhir Mittal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests,Government of India is the National Coordinator for India in AECENinitiatives.

AECEN has established Environmental Compliance Assistance Center

(ECAC) in Thailand and Philippines and operating successfully



ECAC at Ko lkata, West Bengal, Ind ia

Department of Environment, GoWB conceived to establish an ECAC forthe state of West Bengal under aegis of AECEN

ECAC will function as an independent agency from the office of theWBPCB, Kolkata

Primary functions of the ECAC would be: to co l lect and disseminate informat ion to appr ise the indu stry o f the state

on env ironmental po l ic ies, strategies, acts, regu lat ions, stand ards and best

pract ices

to catalyze technic al assis tance to help the indu stry to analyze and

evaluate techno logy o pt ions and access fund ing op por tuni t ies

organize train ing programmes to develop enhanced indus try capaci ty to

int roduc e innovat ive technologies demo nstrating c ost ef f ic iency and

environmental benef its , conduc t sel f mon i tor ing and mainst ream

environmental issu es into corpo rate pract ices

AECEN and WB would provide financial support for setting up the ECAC



ECAC at Ko lkata, West Bengal, Ind ia

First consultation workshop of ECAC was held at Kolkata in April 2008

Strategic Partner Meeting was held in September 2008 to identify specific

inputs from ECAC partners, including FOSMI, ICC, IIPCs of JU, BESU &IISWBM

A twelve member Steering Committee involving the major stakeholdershas been constituted by the State Government for framing policyguidelines for the ECAC

An Action Plan has been prepared for proposed activities of ECAC

AECEN Secretariat has agreed to provide US$ 25,000 for the initialexpenses for setting up the ECAC and related activities

WBPCB will provide a seed money of Rs. 10 lacs (US$ 20,000) towardsinitial hardware support and publication costs

ECAC will be further developed and strengthened under the upcoming WBproject on Capacity Building for Industrial Pollution Management

Project


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