Statement

A statement of the boards, councils, committees and other bodies consisting of two or more persons constituted as its part or for the purpose of its advise, and as to whether meetings of those boards, councils, committees and other bodies are open to the public, or the minutes of such meetings are accessible for public

a) Constitution of the West Bengal Pollution Control Board

The West Bengal Pollution Control Board comprises of the Chairman, the Member Secretary and 15 other members nominated by the State Government. The eminent members of the Board include the representatives from all sectors of the society with experience in environmental protection, forestry, law, environmental science and technology and local government. During the time period under review, the members of the West Bengal Pollution Control Board were as follows:

Chairman

Prof. (Dr.) Sudip K. Banerjee

Representatives of the State Government

The Secretary, Department of Environment
The Secretary, Department of Cottage & Small-Scale Industries
The Secretary, Department of Commerce & Industries
The Secretary, Department of Science & Technology
The Secretary, Department of Transport

Representatives of the Local Authorities

The Mayor, Kolkata Municipal Corporation
The Mayor, Howrah Municipal Corporation
The Mayor, Durgapur Municipality Corporation
The Chairman, Bhadreswar Municipality
The Chairperson, Haldia Municipality

Representatives of the State-controlled Corporations

The Managing Director, West Bengal Forest Development Corporation
The Managing Director, West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation

Representatives of the Technical & Scientific Community

Dr Abirlal Mukherjee, Ex-Head of Dept., ENT, Calcutta Medical College;
Prof S K Sanyal, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Jadavpur University;
Prof. M K Banerjee, Head, Deptt. of Metallurgy, B E College

Member Secretary

Dr. S.K. Sarkar, IAS

b) Recommendation committees

These Committees (effective from September 1, 2005) have been constituted to provide valuable external technical inputs and involve stakeholder participation in the process of consent administration. These Committees will involve stakeholder participation including views from industries, non-governmental organisations, etc for taking recommendatory decisions only. The power of taking final decisions on the recommendations of these committees, solely lies with the WBPCB.

Technical Committee at head office

The technical committee at the Board's head office, would provide technical inputs for 32 industries of the special red category requiring clearance from the Government of India, review EIA/EMP reports and examine matters related to public hearing.

Task Force Committee at head office

This has been constituted to look into details necessitating directions including closure/reopening of industries, imposition of bank guarantee, imposition of pollution cost as well as to recommend on the issue of such directions.

CFE (Consent For Establishment) Committee at head office

CFO (Consent For Operation) Committee at headoffice: To examine CFO applications and take decisions

Consent (CFE/CFO) Committee at circle office

Consent (CFE/CFO) Committee at regional offices

Consent committees ('Consent for Establishment' (CFE) and 'Consent for Operation' (CFO) separately) have been constituted for the headoffice, circle offices and other regional offices of the Board.

Home

Consent to Establish

Consent to Operate

Publication of the Board
Norms Emerging from High Court and Supreme Court

Public Complaint

Regional Offices

Links

West Bengal Pollution Control Board
Paribesh Bhavan,10A, Block-L.A
Sector III, Salt Lake City,Calcutta - 700 098

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