The State Pollution Control Board is responsible for enforcement of the provisions of (i) The Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution)Act, 1974, (ii)The Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution)Cess Act, 1977, (iii) The Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution)Act, 1981. (iv) Rules framed under the Environment (Protection)Act,

(a)	The Hazardouss Wastes (Management & Handling)Rules, 1989.
(b)	The Bio-Medical Wastes (Management & Handling )Rules,1998
(c)	The Municipal Solid Wastes(Management & Handling)Rules,2000.
(d)	The Recycled Plastics Manufacture & Usage Rules, 1999.
(e)	The Batteries (Management & Handling)Rules,2001.
(f)	The Manufacture, Storage & Import of Hazardous Chemicals Rules,1989

Within the framework of the above acts and rules the Board carries out the following activities.

1. Industrial Pollution, Abatement and Control through consent administration for establishment and before operation of the industry ):

(i) During 2004-05, the Board has granted consent with stipulations for appropriate pollution control measures, to 355 industries for establishment and 816 industries for operation.

(ii) During 2004-05 the Board has conducted 26 nos of public hearings for major industrial/mining/development projects which require environmental clearance from Govt. of India.

(iii) To address the air pollution problems created by a large number of brick kilns operating in the state, the Board has taken the initiative to close a large number (about 210) of moving chimney type brick kilns. At the insistence of the Board, about 130 kilns have been changed over to the much less polluting fixed chimney type process.

(iv) The Board has taken steps to identify the operating stone crushers in the state and action against the crushers violating the siting and pollution control norms have been initiated.

(v) Due to the continuous efforts by the Board, necessary formalities regarding mine pit disposal of fly ash of Talcher Thermal Power Station has been finalized and is expected to be operational soon. This will go a long way in abatement of pollution created by disposal of fly ash and it would be first of its kind in the country.

2. Regulation of Hazardous Wastes Management : The Board has granted authorization to 51 units for Management and Handling of Hazardous Wastes during 2004-05.

3. Management of Bio-Medical Wastes : The Board has granted authorization to 166 nos of Health Care units during 2004-05 under the Bio-Medical Wastes (Management & Handling )Rules, 1998, with conditions for appropriate management, handling, treatment and disposal of biomedical wastes.

4. Management of Municipal Solid Wastes : For environment friendly management of municipal solid wastes, the Board, during 2004-05 has granted authorization to 17 nos of Municipalities/NAC's, under the Municipal Solid Wastes (Management & Handling) Rules, 2000.

5. Planning and Monitoring : To plan a comprehensive programme for prevention and control of Pollution, the Board has undertaken the following activities during 2004-05.

(i) Monitoring of Water Qualities of 06 major rivers of the state.

(ii) Monitoring of ambient air quality of important towns and industrial areas like, Cuttack , Bhubaneswar , Balasore, Sambalpur, Berhampur, Rayagada, Angul and Rourkela .

(iii) Monitoring of Noise pollution level on occasions like Dasahara, Dipabali, Rathyatra and Baliyatra.

(iv) Preparation of draft guidelines for siting of industries for the districts of Sundargarh, Sambalpur, Bargarh, Deogarh, Kendrapada, Jharsuguda, Jajpur, Puri, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Mayurbhanj, and Keonjhar.

(v) A Regional Environment Management Plan (REMP) based on carrying capacity study for Paradeep area has been completed and the report is being finalized.

(vi) The Board acts as a facilitator for the implementation of the Eco-city programme for Puri town which has been approved in principle by the Central Pollution Control Board.

6.  Awareness Programmes :

(i)The Board has organized three seminars/workshops for public awareness regarding environmental protection. The Board regularly publishes advertisements related to environmental issues in different periodicals/newspapers/souvenirs.

(ii) To bring about an awareness among the school children on Nature, the Board has sponsored an Eco-tourism project under 'Generation of Conservation awareness around Chandaka Dampara Wildlife Sanctuary' through DFO, Chandaka Wildlife Division.

(iii)The Board undertakes periodical orientation programmes like imparting training to police personnel in respect of monitoring and control of vehicular and noise pollution.

(iv)In continuation of earlier practice, the Board has published three issues of the newsletter ‘Paribesh Samachar' for dissemination of environment related issues to general public.

(v)The Board has published one book at popular level entitled ‘Noise Pollution'.

(vi)With a view to generating public awareness on environmental related issues, Board celebrated World Environment Day, Ozone Day and the National Pollution Prevention Day on 5 th June, 16 th September and 2 nd December, 2004 respectively.