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<p style="text-align: justify;">It is submitted that the subject cited industry is a member of 50 MLD CETP. The tentative shares allotment of the member units was submitted by PDA vide its letter dated 22.07.2022, which was under consideration of the Board. The Competent Authority of the Board has directed to take interim actions as per e-noting no. 19582356. The application is being processed in light of directions given in the above said e-noting.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The industry was granted consent to operate under Water Act, 1974, valid upto 17.02.2023 & under the Air Act, 1981, valid upto 30.06.2025 for production of knitted polyester cloth @ 300 Kgs/day & dyed polyester cloth on job basis @ 03 TPD for discharge of trade effluent @ 250 KLD onto land for plantation after treatment through ETP.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Thereafter, the industry was granted Consent to Establish/NOC expansion dated 22.03.2022, valid upto 19.01.2023 under the Water Act, 1974 & the Air Act, 1981 for production of Dyeing and Finishing of Polyester Fabric @ 25 Ton/Day or Dyeing and Finishing of Cotton/Polyester Cotton (Pc) @ 9.375 Ton/Day with discharge of trade effluent @ 250.0 KLD onto land for plantation after treatment in ETP & remaining 250 KLD into conveyance system of CETP 50 MLD and domestic effluent @2.0 KLD onto land for plantation after passing through septic tank & 0.8 KLD into the conveyance system to CETP 50 MLD located at Tajpur Road, Ludhiana along with two boilers of capacity @ 06 TPH & 03 TPH, 8 new soft flow machines and three DG sets of capacity 300 KVA, 200 KVA & 82 KVA with canopies each.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Now, the industry has applied for varied consent to operate under Water Act, 1974 & the Air Act, 1981 for production of Dyeing and Finishing of Polyester Fabric @ 19.8 MTPD & Dyeing and Finishing of Cotton/Polyester Cotton (PC) @ 6.6 MTPD for discharge of trade effluent @ 431.2 KLD & domestic effluent @ 2.8 KLD into conveyance system of CETP 50 MLD alongwith one steam boiler of capacity @ 3 TPH & three DG sets of capacity 300 KVA, 200 KVA & 82.5 KVA equipped with canopies. The industry had already deposited consents fee, which are adequate upto 31.08.2024 under both acts.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The industry was visited by the officer of RO on 15.11.2022 and observed that:-</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><!-- [if !supportLists]-->1) <!--[endif]-->The industry was in operation, during visit.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><!-- [if !supportLists]-->2) <!--[endif]-->The industry has installed 5 soft flow of 450 Kg, 1 soft flow of 500 Kg and 4 soft flow of 300 Kg i.e. total 27 chambers of soft flow machines, Out of there 01 soft flow of 450 Kg & 01 soft flow 300 Kg were sealed by the team on 18.10.2022 & same was found sealed during visit.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><!-- [if !supportLists]-->3) <!--[endif]-->The industry is also installing 03 new soft flow machines (one of 450 kg & two of 300 kg each) at its site as per last NOC granted to it. However, there three soft flow machines are yet not commissioned and two machines were even without motors & connections.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><!-- [if !supportLists]-->4) <!--[endif]-->The industry has provided the flow meter at its final outlet leading to CETP. The industry was also advised to provide the flow meter at inlet water supply.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><!-- [if !supportLists]-->5) <!--[endif]-->The industry has installed one steam boiler of capacity 03 TPH with cyclone as APCD in which rice husk was being used as fuel and adequate stack has been provided. The stack emission samples collected by the Board on 30.12.2021 & as per analysis report the concentration of parameter is within the prescribed limits of the Board i.e. 200 mg/Nm3.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><!-- [if !supportLists]-->6) <!--[endif]-->The industry has also installed three DG sets of capacity 300 KVA, 200 KVA & 82.5 KVA equipped with canopies and adequate heights.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><!-- [if !supportLists]-->7) <!--[endif]-->Further, some units have made the complaint regarding in judicial allotment of the shares by the PDA, Tajpur Road, Ludhiana, which is under process at Board and at Govt. Level.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The CETP 50 MLD has been in continuous operation since February, 2022. Presently, the industry is discharging its effluent into CETP 50 MLD through dedicated conveyance system.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">M/s Punjab Dyer Association (SPV), Tajpur Road Module, Ludhiana vide its letter dated 22.07.2022 had submitted the letter regarding intimidation of the tentative share of the CETP, 50 MLD, Tajpur Road, Ludhiana amongst the dyeing members of Tajpur Road, Ludhiana. As per the list, the industry has been temporarily allotted shares of 434 KLD. These shares are temporary/tentative and their finalization is under the consideration of the Board.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">M/s Punjab Dyer Association (SPV), Tajpur Road Module, Ludhiana vide its email dated 04.08.2022 has submitted the latest report conducted by the Guru Nanak Dev Engg College (GNE), regarding effluent discharge quantity of dyeing units of Tajpur Road, Ludhiana. This study was done by the GNE on entire existing dyeing machinery (Sealed and un-sealed) installed inside the dyeing units, by physically inspecting the site of each unit. As per the GNE report 2022, the industry has installed machinery for discharge of 540 KLD.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The shares allotment is under consideration of the Board and to regulate the quantum of effluent reaching the CETP, the Competent Authority of the Board had decided to temporarily restrict the quantum of effluent discharged from the industries, to the lesser quantum out of GNE report 2022 and tentative shares intimated by PDA vide its letter dated 22.07.2022. As such, the quantum of effluent discharge from the industry is temporarily required to be restricted to 434 KLD.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Accordingly, following directions u/s 33-A of the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 were issued to the industry to operate only at 80.4 % of the machinery as per GNE report -2022 and 19.6 % of dyeing machinery of the industry be sealed. Further if any new machinery installed by industry after GNE report 2022 be sealed.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In compliance of above said directions, 01 soft flow of 450 Kg & 01 soft flow 300 Kg was sealed during visit on 18.10.2022.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It is pertinent to mentioned here that the directions has been issued by the Board vide letter no. 6369-73 dated 17.10.2022 that no industry will install any new dyeing machinery without prior permission of the Board. In this case the industry had already obtained the NOC from the Board prior to above directions of the Board. However, the above said NOC was obtained by the industry for the discharge of trade effluent @ 250.0 KLD onto land for plantation after treatment in ETP & remaining 250 KLD into conveyance system of CETP 50 MLD, but present CTO has been applied for the discharge of trade effluent & domestic effluent @ 434 KLD into conveyance system of CETP 50 MLD.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Keeping in view of tentative allotment of shares by PDA. It is recommended that :-</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><!-- [if !supportLists]-->A. <!--[endif]-->Directions be issued to the industry not to operate its newly installed machinery and Regional office be directed to seal the three new dyeing machinery of the unit as it has allotted shares of 434 KLD only for its existing machinery for discharge into CETP 50 MLD.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><!-- [if !supportLists]-->B. <!--[endif]-->Consent to operate under the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 may be considered for grant for one year with usual condition.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><!-- [if !supportLists]-->C. <!--[endif]-->Consent to operate under the Water Act, 1974 may be granted to the industry temporarily for 3 months for discharge of 434 KLD (431.2 KLD trade and 2.8 KLD domestic) into CETP 50 MLD as an interim arrangements so as to check the discharges from Members industries and the efficiency of the CETP subject to suitable conditions and with special conditions that:-</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><!-- [if !supportLists]-->1. <!--[endif]-->The consent is an interim arrangements so as to check the discharges from Members industry and the efficiency of the CETP.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><!-- [if !supportLists]-->2. <!--[endif]-->The consent is based on tentative intimidation of the shares by PDA dated 22.7.2022 and GNE report of 2022, as such, it is a temporary arrangement, it will not convey any right to the industry to tentative shares intimated by SPV vide letter dated 22.7.2022.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><!-- [if !supportLists]-->3. <!--[endif]-->The member industry shall install effluent measuring devices at the outlet of the industry leading to conveyance system of CETP within the validity of consent for verification of the discharges.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><!-- [if !supportLists]-->4. <!--[endif]-->The industry shall ensure that no new machinery is installed without prior permission of the Board.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><!-- [if !supportLists]-->5. <!--[endif]-->The consent is an interim measure in-accordance to tentative shares intimated by PDA to the Board vide its letter dated 22.07.2022. These shares are temporarily considered and their finalization is under the consideration of the Board.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><!-- [if !supportLists]-->6. <!--[endif]-->The member units and PDA shall ensure that total effluent intake into the CETP, Tajpur Road, Ludhiana from the existing units will never be exceed 40 MLD.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><!-- [if !supportLists]-->7. <!--[endif]-->The industry as well as M/s Punjab Dyer Association (SPV), Tajpur Road Module, Ludhiana will comply with the undertaking submitted by SPV dated 22.09.2022.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><!-- [if !supportLists]-->8. <!--[endif]-->The PDA shall ensure the working of Inlet and outlet online flow-meters at CETP and shall also provide standby flow meters for the same to ensure their regular working at CETP site.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><!-- [if !supportLists]-->9. <!--[endif]-->The online flow meters at the inlet water source of all member units shall be installed within 4 months. The online connectivity of these flow meters of all units shall be ensured so as to check the discharge allowed by the Board.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><!-- [if !supportLists]-->10. <!--[endif]-->The member industry and M/s Punjab Dyer Association (SPV),Tajpur Road Module, Ludhiana shall provide online meters at the outlet of all the dyeing units and to check, update / calibrate this online system so as to provide the regular and exact data of effluent discharge by individual units and in consonance to the effluent received at CETP within 1 week. </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><!-- [if !supportLists]-->11. <!--[endif]-->The PDA, Tajpur Road, Ludhiana shall ensure that no overflow of effluent will takes place from the conveyance system at any time and if such things happen, immediately the concerned industries discharging effluent in that line will be closed.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><!-- [if !supportLists]-->12. <!--[endif]-->All member units shall have only one outlet jointly for domestic and trade effluent for discharge into the conveyance system of CETP, 50 MLD Tajpur Road, Ludhiana. There shall be no bypass from any dyeing unit.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><!-- [if !supportLists]-->13. <!--[endif]-->M/s Punjab Dyer Association (SPV),Tajpur Road Module, Ludhiana or individual industry shall not to execute any trading/ transfer of CETP's shares without prior permission of the Competent Authority of the Board. The PDA or the individual industry will be responsible for any loss due to trading of shares.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><!-- [if !supportLists]-->14. <!--[endif]-->The PDA, Tajpur Road, Ludhiana and individual member unit shall be liable to pay Environmental Compensation for any lapse in undertaking submitted by SPV dated 22.09.2022.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><!-- [if !supportLists]-->15. <!--[endif]-->It is made clear that in case of failure of commitment made by PDA vide its undertaking dated 22.09.2022, the Board shall be constraint to take strict action in accordance to law, on SPV as well as individual members without any further notice.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><!-- [if !supportLists]-->16. <!--[endif]-->The PDA is again directed to ensure that it achieves the prescribed standards at the outlet of CETP within one month, failing which the Board shall be constrained to order the closure of all the member industries attached with the CETP.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"> Competency : Hon'ble Chairman of the Board.</p>
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