Introduction

The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board for Prevention and Control of Water Pollution was constituted by the Government of Karnataka on The Twenty First of September Nineteen Seventy Four (21.9.1974) in pursuance of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 .The Water Act will provide for the prevention and control of water pollution and maintaining or restoring of wholesomeness of water. After the enactment of the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 the enforcing responsibility was entrusted to the above Board. As such, the Board was later renamed as the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board in 1985 . The Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 is an enactment to provide for prevention , control and abatement of air pollution.

Apart from the above said Acts, the Board is also enforcing the following Rule and Notifications framed under Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 :

• Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016.
• Environmental Impact Assessment Notification, 2006.
• Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016.
• Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016.
• The Noise Pollution (Regulation & Control) Rules, 2000.
• Construction & Demolition Waste Management Rules, 2016
• Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016.
• E-waste (Management) Rules 2016
• Batteries (Management and Handling) Amendment Rules, 2010
• The Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991.
• Fly Ash Notification , 1999 and 2008.