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<p class="ydp8b25cf8eyiv6589084485ydp48a32f10msonormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; background: white;">The industry is a small-scale orange category plyboard manufacturing unit and was visited by the officer of the Board on 29/12/2021 and found to be violating the provisions of the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981. The show cause notice was issued to the industry along with the opportunity for a personal hearing before Chief Environmental Engineer, Ludhiana wherein it was decided that Directions u/s 31-A of Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 may be issued for closure of the industry. Accordingly, the electricity connection was disconnected by PSPCL vide application no. 100018030108 dated 15-06-2022.</span></p>
<p class="ydp8b25cf8eyiv6589084485ydp48a32f10msonormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; background: white;">The industry later applied for fresh Consent to Operate under the Water Act, 1974 & Air Act, 1981 for Plywood & Board @ 600 Sq.m/day and was found complying. It was granted Consent to Operate accordingly which was valid upto 04/01/2023. The electricity connection of the industry was also restored temporarily for six months.</span></p>
<p class="ydp8b25cf8eyiv6589084485ydp48a32f10msonormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; background: white;">Now, the industry has applied for renewal of Consent to Operate under Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 along with requisite documents and fees.</span></p>
<p class="ydp8b25cf8eyiv6589084485ydp48a32f10msonormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; background: white;">The industry was visited by AEE on 08-12-2022 & observed as under:</span></p>
<p class="ydp8b25cf8eyiv6589084485ydp48a32f10msonormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.0pt; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 0in 22.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">1.</span><span style="font-size: 7.0pt; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; background: white;">The industry was in operation during the visit and engaged in the manufacturing of plywood.</span></p>
<p class="ydp8b25cf8eyiv6589084485ydp48a32f10msonormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.0pt; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 0in 22.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">2.</span><span style="font-size: 7.0pt; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; background: white;">The industry has installed a wood-fired boiler of steam generation capacity 3TPH which has been equipped with cyclone as APCD and rotary valve has been provided with it.</span></p>
<p class="ydp8b25cf8eyiv6589084485ydp48a32f10msonormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.0pt; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 0in 22.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">3.</span><span style="font-size: 7.0pt; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; background: white;">The air emission samples were collected from the stack and as per Zonal Lab, Ludhiana letter no. 2166 dated 20/12/2022, the parameters are within the prescribed limits of the Board. (Particulate matter @ 218 mg/Nm3 against 500 mg/Nm3)</span></p>
<p class="ydp8b25cf8eyiv6589084485ydp48a32f10msonormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.0pt; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 0in 22.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">4.</span><span style="font-size: 7.0pt; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; background: white;">The industry has not installed any glue kettles.</span></p>
<p class="ydp8b25cf8eyiv6589084485ydp48a32f10msonormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.0pt; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 0in 22.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">5.</span><span style="font-size: 7.0pt; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; background: white;">The industry has also installed one DG set of capacity 60 KVA equipped with a canopy and stack of adequate ht.</span></p>
<p class="ydp8b25cf8eyiv6589084485ydp48a32f10msonormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.0pt; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 0in 22.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">6.</span><span style="font-size: 7.0pt; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; background: white;">The industry has installed 16m stack height (AGL) with Boiler and 3m stack height with DG Set (AGL) and has installed Cyclone as APCD with Boiler.</span></p>
<p class="ydp8b25cf8eyiv6589084485ydp48a32f10msonormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.0pt; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 0in 22.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">7.</span><span style="font-size: 7.0pt; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; background: white;">No untreated effluent through any illegal means was found during visit.</span></p>
<p class="ydp8b25cf8eyiv6589084485ydp48a32f10msonormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.0pt; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 0in 22.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">8.</span><span style="font-size: 7.0pt; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; background: white;">The domestic effluent is being discharged on to land for plantation after passing through the septic tank. </span></p>
<p class="ydp8b25cf8eyiv6589084485ydp48a32f10msonormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; background: white;">The CEE sir has asked to first decide the consent to operate of the industry as it falls under competency of SEE, ZO-1, Ludhiana and thereafter, forward the case for further action in the matter.</span></p>
<p class="ydp8b25cf8eyiv6589084485ydp48a32f10msonormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: black; background: white;"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp8b25cf8eyiv6589084485ydp48a32f10msonormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; background: white;">In view of the above, it is recommended that the industry may be granted consent to operate under Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 for 6 months.</span></p>
<p class="ydp8b25cf8eyiv6589084485ydp48a32f10msonormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; background: white;">Competency to decide consent application – SEE</span></p>
<p class="ydp8b25cf8eyiv6589084485ydp48a32f10msonormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; background: white;">Competency to take decision for restoration of electricity connection - Chairman of the Board</span></p> |
