The Head Office of the Board is located at Building No. TC-12 V, Vibhuti Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow-226 010. There are 28 Regional Offices in different parts of the State as follows :

All 28 Regional Offices are headed by the officers of the rank of Environmental Officers / Scientific Officers.

There is a Central Laboratory at Head Office Lucknow and Regional Laboratories at Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddh Nagar(Noida), Kanpur, Prayagraj, Jhansi, Meerut, Agra, Bareilly, Raebareli, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Moradabad, Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Mathura, Aligarh, Firozabad, Bulandshahar, Unnao, Ayodhya, Sonebhadra and Bijnore which carry out analysis of water, waste water, sold waste, ambient air samples and stack emission samples.

II. The powers and duties of its officers and employees :-

In order to fasten the decision making process the UPPCB has two tier system of working consisting of Head office & Regional Offices.

The Head Office is the focus for setting policies and for providing support to the Regional Offices. It is the base for Board’s Chairperson, Member Secretary and Senior Officials, whose responsibility is to ensure that the policies are delivered consistently, while allowing for local differences in environmental, social and economic climate where appropriate. The Head office issues Consent to Establish (CTE) and Consent to Operate (CTO) for Red category units only and the Consent to Establish (CTE) and Consent to Operate (CTO) applications of all remaining category of industries (Orange, Green and White) are disposed off at Regional Offices level.

The list of Red, Orange, Green and White category of industries is available on the Board website www.uppcb.com.

Major administrative responsibilities of the regional offices are as follows :-

• Inspection of industries, hospitals and local bodies;

• Monitoring water bodies and wastewater;

• Monitoring Ambient Air and stack emissions.

• Inspection of sites proposed for setting up of industries to verify the suitability of the same from environmental point of view;

• Offering guidance to industries and local bodies on statutory provisions;

• Furnishing details to the Head Office in matters relating to issue of Consent for NOC and Consent for Operation to industries and to attend to the works connected with investigations of complaints etc.

• Attending district level Single Window Meetings of Industries Department:

• To verify cess returns, prepare assessment orders of small scale industries & collection of cess amount under Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977 and amendments from to time.

• Co-ordinating with different agencies for issue of early clearance for establishment of new industries in the area;

• Arranging Seminars, Conferences, Training Programs and Public Awareness Programs in the area;

• To identify sites for disposal of Hazardous wastes;

• To make proposals for issue of authorization under the Hazardous Waste Management Rules;

• To assist the enforcing authorities for control of vehicular emission in the jurisdiction;

• To collect and consolidate the data in respect of schemes of NAAQM (National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring), MINARS (Monitoring Indian National Aquatic Resources System), GEMS (Global Environmental System) and Board’s Programs;

• To initiate action as per law on the complaints received in the jurisdiction;

• To receive and analyze the samples.

• To prepare/procure requirement of chemicals, equipments and instruments etc. require proper functioning of regional labs.

• Any other matter pertains to pollution at local level.

IV. THE NORMS SET BY IT FOR THE DISCHARGE OF ITS FUNCTIONS:

One of the major functions of the Board is to issue Consent to Establish (CTE), Consent to Operate (CTO), BMW Authorization, HW Authorization etc to the industries which are categorized into Red, Orange, Green and White. In order to ensure that this process is not delayed the Board has set itself time limits for each category of industry within which the process of its application disposal is to be completed.

The list of Red, Orange, Green and White category of industries is available on the Board website www.uppcb.com.

THE RULES, REGULATIONS, INSTRUCTIONS, MANUALS AND RECORDS, HELD BY IT OR UNDER ITS CONTROL OR USED BY ITS EMPLOYEES FOR DISCHARGING ITS FUNCTIONS;

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A STATEMENT OF THE CATEGORIES OF DOCUMENTS THAT ARE HELD BY IT OR UNDER ITS CONTROL

Circulars, instructions, notifications issued by the Government of India/Government of Uttar Pradesh and Central Pollution Control Board from time to time under pollution control Acts & Rules and environmental matter are provided to all the enforcing officers of the Board both at the Head office level and Regional office level, in addition to copies of various Acts and Rules that are being enforced by the Board as described under Item No.(i) above.

Further documents relating to NOC/Consent/Authorization issued to organizations and all other connected records are held by the Head Office or Regional office concerned.

THE PARTICULARS OF ANY ARRANGEMENT THAT EXISTS FOR CONSULTATION WITH OR REPRESENTATION BY, THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN RELATION TO THE FORMULATION OF ITS POLICY OR ADMINISTRATION THEREOF;

The Board has been constituted by the State Government under Water Act and Air Act and consists of a maximum of members including the Chairman and at present the Board consists 13 members including Chairman & Member Secretary. It includes 3 non officials and Chairman. As such representations by the members of the public in relation to the formulation of all its policies or administration are ensured.

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;

Committees have been / are being constituted from time to time as per the requirement on the specifies issues / subjects.

A DIRECTORY OF ITS OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES;

The directory of employees of UPPCB is at   Annexure-II.

(X) THE MONTHLY REMUNERATION RECEIVED BY EACH OF ITS OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING THE SYSTEM OF COMPENSATION AS PROVIDED IN ITS REGULATIONS;

The Board follows the pay structure of State Government and the pay & allowances are regulated as such. The details of pay received by employees is at Annexure-III