tailieunhanh - FINAL ACTION PLAN FOR IMPROVEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS IN CRITICALLY POLLUTED AREAS “VISAKHAPATNAM CLUSTER” ANDHRA PRADESH

Estimation of adverse health e®ects associated with ambient exposure to Particulate Matter (PM) constitutes one of the most interesting, recent case studies on the use of epidemiological evidence in public policy (Samet, 2000; Greenbaum et al., 2001). Under the Clean Air Act (Environmental Protection Agency, 1970), the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is required: 1) to set National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for six \criteria" air pollutants at a level that protects the public's health (Environmental Protection Agency, 1996, 2001), and 2) to periodically review these standards in light of the accumulated scienti¯c evidence | VISAKHAPATNAM FINAL ACTION PLAN FOR IMPROVEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS IN CRITICALLY POLLUTED AREAS VISAKHAPATNAM CLUSTER ANDHRA PRADESH NOVEMBER 2010 . POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD PARYAVARAN BHAVAN A-3 IE SANATHNAGAR HYDERABAD 1 PREFACE CPCB has evolved a Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index CEPI for 88 study areas with an objective of identifying polluted clusters or areas in order to take concerted action and to centrally monitor them at the national level to improve the current status of their environmental components such as air and water quality ecological damage and visual environmental conditions. As per the study of CPCB Visakhapatnam area was considered as critically polluted area. The Steering Committee of CPCB New Delhi on CEPI reviewed the draft Action Plan of Visakhapatnam cluster of Andhra Pradesh State on July 2010 and gave certain suggestions comments. Taking into consideration the suggestions comments made by the steering committee a revised action plan was prepared by APPCB and submitted to the CPCB. The MoE F reviewed the APPCB action plans for Visakhapatnam Areas and continued in the list of the Critically Polluted Areas vide MoE F Notification Dated 26th October 2010. The Central Pollution Control Board s In-House Committee reviewed the revised Action Plans of the . Pollution Control Board on for Visakhapatnam Clusters in the light of the suggestions made by the Steering Committee in October 2010 and also on the earlier observations suggestions made by the In-House Committee. The meeting was attended by the Board s Officials. During the meeting the In-House committee observed that some of the suggestions of the Steering Committee have been incorporated in the Action Plans. However it has sought the Final Action plans for the cluster areas. Accordingly APPCB has prepared the Final Action Plan on Critically Polluted Area of Visakhapatnam cluster taking into consideration the suggestions made by the .