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The Orissa State Prevention and Control of Pollution Board was constituted in pursuance to subsection (1) of Section- 4 of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Act, 1974, vide Notification No.1481-VII-HI-11/83 (Vol. II)-S.T.E., dated 15.07.1983 after the Orissa Legislative Assembly adopted the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981. The Board was re-designated as State Pollution Control Board, Orissa vide Notification No. Env-E(F)/8/99/1882 F&E, dated 16.07.1999 of the Forest and Environment Department, Govt. of Orissa. The functions of the Board is clearly defined in the Water and Air Acts and can be broadly classified into 3 main categories viz. (i) Enforcement, (ii) Advisory & (iii) Monitoring , research, creation of public awareness and facilitator. The Board is consisting as follows :

Sri Rabi Narayan Senapati, IAS., Chairman,
SPCB, Orissa
Phone: 0674- 2560973(O),
Sri Siddhanta Das, IFS
Member Secretary,
SPCB,Orissa
Phone: 0674-2562368(O), 2535059(R)
Fax :0674-2562822
Board Members of State Pollution Control Board, Orissa
No. Name Designation
1 Chairman, SPCB, Orissa Chairman
2 Secretary to Govt., Energy Deptt. Member
3 Secretary to Govt., Industry Deptt Member
4 Secretary to Govt., Steel & Mines Deptt Member
5 Director, Environment-cum-Spl. Secretary Member
6 Director, Factories & Boilers Member
7 Chairman/ Executive Officer, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation Member
8 Chairman/ Executive Officer, Paradeep Municipality Member
9 Chairman/ Executive Officer, Jharsuguda Municipality Member
10 Chairman/ Executive Officer, Talcher Municipality Member
11 Chairman/ Executive Officer, Barbil Municipality Member
12 Dr.(Mrs.) Priyambada Mohanty Hejmadi, Former Vice Chancellor, Sambalpur University Member
13 Prof. Dr. Swayam Prakash Rout, Prof. of Chemistry, Utkal University Member
14 Shri N.C Patnaik, IFS (Retd.), Former Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF) Member
15 Managing Director, Orissa Power Generation Corporation Member
16 Managing Director, IDCO Member
17 Member Secretary, SPCB, Orissa Member Convener
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