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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; background: white;">Please, peruse note of JEE.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; background: white;">It is submitted that </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">directions u/s 31-A of Air (prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 were issued for closure of the industry and PSPCL authorities were directed to disconnect power supply of industry. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Now, the industry has applied for consent to operate under Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 & Air (prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981. The site of the industry was visited by officer of the Board on 15.11.2022 to verify the contents of consent applications and to seal the DG set in compliance of above said directions of the Board and found as under:-</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.0pt; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm .0001pt 35.45pt;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">During visit the industry was not in operation.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.0pt; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm .0001pt 35.45pt;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The industry has installed two nos, coal fired furnaces with separate flexible hoods and common wet scrubber as Air Pollution Control device.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.0pt; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm .0001pt 35.45pt;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The industry has installed water meter leading to heat treatment process and used for cooling purpose and its reading was 2.94 Kl and the industry has also installed energy meter with Wet scrubber with reading 00000.3 unit.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.0pt; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm .0001pt 35.45pt;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">4.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">There was no DG set installed in the premises of the industry. Sh. Jaspal, proprietor of the industry informed that the DG set was taken on rent at that day for lighting purpose only.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.0pt; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm .0001pt 35.45pt;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">5.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">As per statement of proprietor of the industry, entire cooling water shall be re-used and domestic effluent is discharged into sewer.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.0pt; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm .0001pt 35.45pt;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">6.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The industry is now complying with directions u/s 31-A of Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 issued by the Board and Assistant Town Planner, MC, Ludhiana has issued permission u/s 79 of the Punjab Regional Town Planning and Development Act, 1995 as amended in 2006 to the industry for its operation upto August, 2023 vide his office letter no. 81/Drg-C/PPCB/C dated 15.07.2022.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm .0001pt 64.6pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The industry has deposited consent fee adequate upto 31.03.2023</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">In view of report of Regional office, it is recommended that:-</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; line-height: normal; background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm .0001pt 35.45pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">1. Consent to operate under the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 may be granted to the industry upto 31.03.2023 with the special conditions that the industry shall provide hazardous waste storage facility to store its hazardous waste generated from wet scrubber as APCD and apply for authorization under Hazardous Waste Management Rules, 2016 within two months.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.45pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">(Competency – SEE)</span></p> |
