The document discusses India's Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act of 1981. The objectives of the act are to prevent and control air pollution across India. The Central and State Pollution Control Boards were established to enforce the act and regulate air pollution. The act defines key terms like air pollutant, approved appliances, control equipment, and emissions. It also outlines the roles and responsibilities of the Central and State Pollution Control Boards in enforcing the act and preventing air pollution.
The document discusses India's Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act of 1981. The objectives of the act are to prevent and control air pollution across India. The Central and State Pollution Control Boards were established to enforce the act and regulate air pollution. The act defines key terms like air pollutant, approved appliances, control equipment, and emissions. It also outlines the roles and responsibilities of the Central and State Pollution Control Boards in enforcing the act and preventing air pollution.
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The document discusses India's Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act of 1981. The objectives of the act are to prevent and control air pollution across India. The Central and State Pollution Control Boards were established to enforce the act and regulate air pollution. The act defines key terms like air pollutant, approved appliances, control equipment, and emissions. It also outlines the roles and responsibilities of the Central and State Pollution Control Boards in enforcing the act and preventing air pollution.
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OBJECTIVES OF THE ACT The Act is designed to prevent and control Air Pollution.
It is applicable all over India.
The act gives power to the boards for
ensuring prevention of air pollution. AIR POLLUTANT “Air pollutant” means any solid, liquid or gaseous substance including noise present in the atmosphere in such concentration as may be or tend to be injurious to human beings or other living creatures or plants or property or environment. APPROVED APPLIANCES “Approved appliance” means any equipment or gadget used for the burning of any combustible material or for generating or consuming any fume, gas or particulate matter and approved by State Board for the purpose of this Act. CONTROL EQUIPMENT “Control equipment” means any apparatus, device, equipment or system to control the quality and manner of emission of any air pollutant and includes any device used for securing the efficient operation of any industrial plant. EMISSIONS
“Emission” means any solid or liquid or
gaseous substance coming out of any chimney, duct or flue or any other outlet. BOARD
“Board” means the Central Board or a State
Board. BODIES CONSTITUTED TO ENFORCE THE ACT Central Pollution Control Board constituted under section 3 of the Water (Prevention and control of Pollution) Act, 1974 was authorized to exercise the powers and performs the functions for the prevention and control of air pollution.
StatePollution Control Boards constituted under
section 4 of the Water (Prevention and control of Pollution) Act, 1974 was authorized to exercise the powers and performs the functions for the prevention and control of air pollution. FUNCTIONS OF THE CENTRAL BOARD Themain functions of the Central Board is to improve the quality of air and to prevent, control or abate air pollution in the country
Advice the Central Government on any matter
concerning the improvement of the quality of air and the prevention, control or abatement of air pollution.
Lay down standards for the quality of air.
Provide technical assistance and guidance to the State Board, carry out and sponsor investigations and research relating to problems of air pollution and prevention, control or abatement of air pollution.
Collectand disseminate information in respect of
matters relating to air pollution. FUNCTIONS OF THE STATE BOARD Plan a comprehensive program for the prevention, control or abatement of air pollution and secure the execution thereof, Collect and disseminate information relating to air pollution; Inspect, at all reasonable times, any control equipment, industrial plant, or manufacturing process and to give, by order, such directions to such persons as it may consider necessary to take steps for the prevention, control or abatement of air pollution; Advice the State Government with respect to the suitability of any premises or location for carrying on any industry which is likely to cause air pollution; To lay down, (in consultation with the Central Board and having regard to the standards, for the quality of air laid down by the Central Board), standards for emission of air pollutants into the atmosphere from Industrial plants and automobiles or for the discharge of any air pollutant into the atmosphere from any other source whatsoever not being a ship or an aircraft; Toperform such other functions as may be prescribed or as may, from time to time, be entrusted to it by the Central Board or the State Government. AIR (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) ACT, 1981 To counter the problem of air pollution, ambient air quality standards were established, under the Air Act (1981). The Act provides means for the control and abatement of air pollution. The Act seeks to combat air pollution by prohibiting the use of polluting fuels and substances, as well as by regulating appliances that give rise to air pollution. National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for major pollutants were notified by the CPCB in April 1994. These are deemed to be levels of air quality necessary with an adequate margin of safety, to protect public health, vegetation and property. To empower the Central and State Pollution Boards to meet grave emergencies, the Air Amendment Act, 1987, was enacted. MANAGEMENT OF AIR POLLUTION The poor air quality specially of urban India shows a dismal picture. Legislation to deal with the problem came only as reactions to serious episodes of accidental industrial gas leaks like the Bhopal disaster. No industrial pollution causing activity could come up without the permission of the concerned state pollution Control Board. But this act was not strong enough to play either a precautionary or a corrective role. Afterthe Bhopal disaster, a more comprehensive Environment Protection Act (EPA) was passed tin 1986.
EPA (1986) is an umbrella legislation designed to
provide a framework for the Central Government to coordinate activities of various central and state authorities established under previous laws such as Water Act and Air Act. REGULATION OF VEHICULAR POLLUTION The Central Motor Vehicles Act of 1939 was amended in 1989 to regulate vehicular emissions. Since 1991, parameters such as cold and warm start emissions and urban driving cycle for laboratory testing of vehicular emission, have been modified to reduce the severity of emission standards. EMISSION NORMS – 2000 AND 2005 India in 2000 enforced the Euro I standards which Europe had enforced way back in 1992-93 and Euro II standards in 2001.