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Contributions in Hazardous Waste Management

Contributions of Dr. D. B. Boralkar in the field of Hazardous Waste Management


 1. At Central Pollution Control Board, 1996-2003 :
  • Dr. D.B. Boralkar while posted as Assistant Secretary (Sr. Scientist) in Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi during 1996-2003 was Divisional Head looking after, among other things, subject of Policy & Law concerning Hazardous Waste Management (HWM). Important contributions during this period are as under:
 A. RESEARCH-BASED PUBLICATIONS :

  • Suggested protocol on survey and preparation of waste management plan for industrial estate. Encology, 10 (8), 8-12, January, 1996.

  • Recovery and recycling of secondary lead and its waste disposal in India. Poster Presentation at the 6th World Congress on Integrated Resources Management, held at Geneva (Switzerland), February 12-15, 2002.

  • Reprocessing of secondary zinc and environmentally sound management of wastes in India. Oral Presentation of paper in the 6th World Congress on Integrated Resources Management, held at Geneva (Switzerland), February 12-15, 2002.

 B. EXPERT COMMITTEES

  • Member of High Powered Committee on hazardous waste management under the chairmanship of Prof. M.G.K. Menon, appointed by the Government of India at the instance of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in the matter of CWP 657 of 1995. Final report submitted to the Court in February, 2001.

  • Member of Expert Committee on hazardous wastes management appointed by the Govt. of India under the Chairmanship of Dr. R.A. Mashelkar, Director-General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India, New Delhi. (1998-99)

  • Member of Expert Committee of CPCB on hazardous wastes management under the chairmanship of Shri Dilip Biswas, Chairman, CPCB. (up to 2003)

  • Member of Technical Working Group (TWG) set up by Conference of Parties (CoP) to the Basel Convention on control of transboundary movement of hazardous wastes for disposal, under aegis of UNEP: Participation as member of Indian delegation deputed by the Ministry of Environment & Forests. (1997 - 2003)

  • Member of Committee on Uniform Consent Procedure to be followed by the State Pollution Control Board/Pollution Control Committees set up by the Chairman, CPCB under the Chairmanship of Shri M. Devaraj, IAS, Chairman, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board. (final report submitted)

  • Member of Committee in the Ministry of Environment & Forests on regulation of Import/Export of hazardous wastes under the chairmanship of Shri VinodVaish, IAS, Special Secretary, MoEF, New Delhi. (up to March 2001)

  • Member of Expert Committee for facilitating the setting up of common hazardous wastes treatment and disposal facilities (CHWTSDF) set-up by the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation, (Government of Maharashtra), Mumbai. (1998-2003)

  • Member of Expert Committee for setting up of facilities for treatment and disposal of hazardous wastes at Haldia industrial complex, West Bengal. (2001-2002)

  • Member of Inter-Ministerial Committee on issues relating to TRIPS Agreement and Trade & Commerce by WTO set-up by the Ministry of Industry & Commerce, New Delhi. (2000-2003)

  • Member of Expert Committee for Establishment of Common Disposal Facility for Hazardous Wastes in the State of Karnataka, set-up by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board. (2001-2002)

  • Member of Expert Committee for Establishment of Common Disposal Facility for Hazardous Wastes in the State of Karnataka, set-up by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board. (2001-2002)

  • Member of Expert Committee for Establishment of Common Disposal Facility for Hazardous Wastes in the State of Orissa, set-up by the Orissa State Pollution Control Board. (2000-2001)

 C. TECHNICAL GUIDELINES / REPORTS

  • Guidelines for setting up of operating facility: Hazardous Waste Management, 1998-99. (CPCB Publication)

  • Ready Reckoner: Hazardous Waste Management, 1998-99. (CPCB Publication)

  • Code of Practice for Environmentally Sound Management of Lead-acid Batteries, Waste/used Oil and Zinc Ash/skimmings. June 2000.

  • Criteria for hazardous wastes landfills, 2000-01(CPCB Publication)

  • Report of the High Powered Committee on Management of Hazardous Wastes under the Chairmanship of Prof. M.G.K. Menon in the matter of Civil Writ Petition No. 657 of 1995 in the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India. Report submitted to the Hon'ble Supreme Court in January 2001.

  • Guidelines for Hazardous Waste TSDF Operations for Andhra Pradesh Board, 2001-02.

  • Manual for Design, Construction and Quality Control of Liners and Covers for Hazardous Waste Landfills, December, 2002. (CPCB Publication)

  • Inventorisation of hazardous wastes in the State of Orissa. December, 2002. (CPCB Publication)

  • Guidelines for (i) common hazardous waste incinerator. (ii) Implementation of environmentally sound technologies for re-refining/recycling of used oil/waste oil (iii) Policy on management of hazardous wastes (iv) transportation of hazardous wastes. (Drafts prepared for CPCB Publication, 2003.)

 D. TECHNICAL VISITS ABROAD

  • Member of Indian delegation attending meeting of Technical Working Group under the Basel Convention, representing Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India, Geneva, February, 1997.

  • Member of Indian delegation attending 4th meeting of the Conference of Parties (CoP) to the Basel Convention held at Kuching, Malaysia, February, 1998.

  • Member of Indian delegation attending joint meeting of the Technical Working group with the Consultative Sub-Group of legal an Technical experts of the Basel Convention held at Pretoria (South Africa), November, 1998.

  • Member of Indian delegation attending meeting of the Technical Working Group of the Basel Convention held at Geneva, April, 1999

  • Member of Indian Delegation attending 5th Conference of Parties to the Basel Convention, held at Basel (Switzerland) December 1999.(also visited HW Incinerator of M/s CIBA at Basel)

  • Member of Study tour to Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities (TSDF) in Switzerland and Germany, December, 1999.

  • Member of Training programme on Industrial Waste Management held at Tokyo by AOTS (Japan) – CII (New Delhi), Japan, March, 2000.

  • Member of Indian delegation attending meeting of the Technical Working Group of the Basel Convention held at Geneva, October, 2000

  • Training programme on inventorisation and operation of manifest system for Management of Hazardous Waste held in Germany in December, 10-22, 2001.

  • Visit to Incinerator and landfill at M/s. Indaver NV, European Waste Management Centre, Antwerp, Belgium, December 20, 2001.

  • Member of Indian Delegation participating in the meeting of Technical Working Group under Basel Convention held at Geneva in May 2002.

  • Member of Indian Delegation participating in the 6th meeting of the Conference of Parties (CoP) to the Basel Convention held at Geneva in December, 2002

  • Member of Indian Delegation participating in the 1st meeting of Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) under the Basel Convention held at Geneva in April/May 2003.

  • Member of Indian Delegationparticipating in the 2nd meeting of Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) under the Basel Convention held at Geneva in October, 2003.

 E. INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENT :

  • UNEP – Basel Convention assignment through APCTT, New Delhi, regarding needs assessment for environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes in Nepal, completed in August, 2001.