| File Note: |
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0pt; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #5d5d5d;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The industry is small scale, red category Lead Smelting unit and was earlier granted consent under Water Act, 1974 valid upto 30.06.2022 and Air Act 1981 valid upto 30.06.2023 for manufacturing of Lead Ingot @ 1 MTD/day by using Lead acid battery plates and Lead Scrap @ 2 MTD as raw material by operation of Lead Smelting furnace of capacity 2MTD with Gravity Dust Settling Chamber, Cyclone Separator, Multi Cyclone Separator, Bag Filter, Alkali Scrubber as APCD.</span><span style="font-size: 7.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #5d5d5d;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #5d5d5d;">The industry was granted Actual User certificate valid upto 23.07.2022 for lead acid batteries plates /lead scrap @ 600 TPA.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 7.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #5d5d5d;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #5d5d5d;">Now, the industry has applied for renewal of consents and as per agenda note, the industry was visited on 23.02.2023 and the industry was not in operation, but condition at site indicating that the industry is operating during odd hours. At the time of visit, no raw material was available in the premises. T</span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: #5d5d5d; background: white;">he industry is not complying with the SOP prescribed for lead smelting units by CPCB.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0pt; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: #5d5d5d; background: white;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #5d5d5d;">Keeping in view of report of RO, it is recommended that show cause notice for refusal of consent to operate under Water Act,1974 and Air Act,1981 may be issued to the industry with hearing at ZO level, please.</span></p> |