Welcome to the Goa State Pollution
Control Board
The
Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) is an Autonomous
Statutory Body constituted by the Government of Goa, on 1st
July, 1988, under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution)
Act, 1974, and the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act,
1981. Prior to this, when Goa formed a part of the Union Territory
of Goa, Daman and Diu, all the functions under the above Acts were
performed by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) through
its Section Office established at Ponda, Goa. Presently, the GSPCB
is housed in its own premises on the 1st and 4th
floors of Dempo Towers, Patto Plaza, EDC Complex, Panaji, Goa.
The GSPCB is striving hard to keep the industrial pollution (air,
water, hazardous wastes and bio-medical wastes) in the State of
Goa under control through its various activities listed below,
and seeks active cooperation from the public in general and
industries in particular, in this endeavour:
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Issuing Consent to
Establish to new industrial units
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Issuing Consent to
Operate under the Water Act
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Issuing Consent to
Operate under the Air Act
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Issuing
Authorization under the Hazardous Wastes (Management and Handling)
Rules, 1989
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Issuing
Authorization under the Bio-Medical Wastes (Management and
Handling) Rules, 1998
Ø
Renewal of Consent
to Operate under the Air and Water Acts
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Monitoring the
compliance of Consent to Operate Conditions of the Board by the
industrial units, by conducting regular site inspections at
various stages (before issuing Consent to Establish, Consent to
Operate under Air and Water Acts, Renewal of Consent to Operate
under Air and Water Acts).
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By conducting
surprise site inspections of the Industrial Units to check their
effluents, emissions and hazardous wastes.
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By conducting site
inspections of the industrial units in response to complaints from
the public regarding air/water pollution from their effluents,
emissions and noise pollution
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By issuing
appropriate directions to the industrial units and Health Care
Centers under the Air Act, Water Act and Environment Protection
Act.
The GSPCB has set up well furnished laboratories on the 1st
and 4th floors of the Dhempo Towers, which are equipped
with the most modern instrumentation to carry out analysis of
pollutants of air, water, hazardous wastes and microbiological
parameters. The sophisticated instruments available at the GSPCB
laboratories include UV/VIS Spectrophotometers, Atomic Absorbtion
Spectrophotometer (AAS) with both flame and graphite furnace
atomization, Gas Chromatograph (GC), Total Organic Carbon (TOC)
Analyzer, Toxicity Characteristics Leachate Procedure (TCLP) Kit,
Microwave Digestion System, Respirable Dust Samplers (RDS), Stack Emissions
Monitoring Kits, Ambient Carbon Monoxide (CO) Analyzer, Automatic
Weather Monitoring Station, and Noise Level Meters.
The Board also has the facility of
Mobile Laboratories (3 nos.) which are being used for on-the-spot
measurement of some pollutants. Presently, the GSPCB is in
the final stage of acquiring a new Gas Chromatograph Mass
Spectrometer (GC-MS) which will help the Board to monitor
pollutants like pesticides, and oils and grease in the
environment.
The
laboratory of the GSPCB is recognized as Environment Laboratory by
the Ministry of Environment and Forests under the Environment
Protection Act (1986), to carry out sampling and analysis of
environmental pollutants (Air and Water). The GSPCB laboratory has
also been granted accreditation under
ISO-17025 (2005) by the National Accreditation Board for
Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) for testing drinking
water and waste water.
Dr. Simon N. de Sousa
Chairman
