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<p class="TableParagraph" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 66.1pt; line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 109.3pt 165.65pt 250.0pt 310.8pt 414.6pt 472.05pt; margin: .05pt 4.6pt .0001pt 5.4pt;"><span lang="EN-US">It is submitted that the establishment is red category small scale unit and is engaged in manufacturing of zinc ingots by processing of Zinc Skimming / Zinc ash / Zinc dross and was granted consent to operate under Water<span style="letter-spacing: -2.65pt;"> </span>Act,<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>1974<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>vide<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>no.<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>CTOW/Renewal/SGR/2019/9661447<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>dated<span style="letter-spacing: 2.8pt;"> </span>07/05/2019<span style="letter-spacing: 2.8pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> under the </span>Air<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>Act,<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>1981 vide no.<span style="letter-spacing: -2.7pt;"> </span>CTOA/Renewal/SGR/2019/9656394 dated<span style="letter-spacing: 2.8pt;"> </span>07/05/2019,<span style="letter-spacing: 2.8pt;"> both </span>valid<span style="letter-spacing: 2.8pt;"> </span>upto<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>14/05/2023<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>for manufacturing of Zinc ingots @ 10.0 MTD & Zinc ash @ 10.0<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>MTD<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span>using<span style="letter-spacing: .65pt;"> </span>Zinc<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span>Skimming<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span>/<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>Zinc<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span>ash<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span>/<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>Zinc<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span>dross<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span>@<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>20.0<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>MTD<span style="letter-spacing: .85pt;"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span>raw<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span>material.</span></p>
<p class="TableParagraph" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 66.1pt; line-height: 150%; margin: .15pt 4.6pt .0001pt 5.4pt;"><span lang="EN-US">The<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>industry<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>has<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>also<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>obtained<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>actual<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>user<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>certificate<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>procurement/<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>recycling / reprocessing of Zinc dross @ 2000 MTA and Zinc ash & Zinc Skimming @<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>4000 MTA<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>issued vide no. Regn/PPCB/2018-23/F-143 dated 15/05/2018, valid upto<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>14/05/2023, Further, the industry has applied for renewal for the same, which is being processed, separately. </span></p>
<p class="TableParagraph" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 66.1pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 10.25pt 4.6pt .0001pt 5.4pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Now, the industry has also applied for renewal of consents to operate under<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>Water<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>act,<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>1974<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>&<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>Air<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>Act,<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>1981 for manufacturing of Zinc ingots @ 10.0 MTD & Zinc ash @ 10.0<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>MTD<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span>using<span style="letter-spacing: .65pt;"> </span>Zinc<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span>Skimming<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span>/<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>Zinc<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span>ash<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span>/<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>Zinc<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span>dross<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span>@<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>20.0<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>MTD<span style="letter-spacing: .85pt;"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span>raw<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span>material.<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="TableParagraph" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 66.1pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 10.25pt 4.6pt .0001pt 5.4pt;"><span lang="EN-US">The industry has also deposited consent fee on account of Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 & on account of Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 as mentioned at sr. no. (vii) Against the value of fixed assets i.e. Rs 22.81 Lac as on 15.02.2023, as per CA certificate dated 23.02.2023.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> The consent fee deposited by the industry is adequate upto 30.06.2029 under both the Acts</span></p>
<p class="TableParagraph" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 66.1pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 10.25pt 4.6pt .0001pt 5.4pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Now, the<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>industry<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>visited<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>AEE<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>this<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>office<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>27.03.2023 and it was observed as under: -</span></p>
<p class="TableParagraph" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -1.0cm; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 10.25pt 4.6pt .0001pt 31.3pt;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">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 lang="EN-US">The industry has installed 2 no. pulverizers for pulverizing/crushing of Zinc Skimming / Zinc ash / Zinc dross, which were found in operation.</span></p>
<p class="TableParagraph" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -1.0cm; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 10.25pt 4.6pt .0001pt 31.3pt;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">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 lang="EN-US">The industry has installed separate Bag filter house as APCD with each pulverized followed stacks of adequate heights.</span></p>
<p class="TableParagraph" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -1.0cm; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 10.25pt 4.6pt .0001pt 31.3pt;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">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 lang="EN-US">The industry has also installed 2 no. kuthali furnaces based on HSD for melting of zinc to manufacture zinc ingots. </span></p>
<p class="TableParagraph" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -1.0cm; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 10.25pt 4.6pt .0001pt 31.3pt;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">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 lang="EN-US">The industry has installed common wet scrubber as APCD with kuthali furnaces followed stacks of adequate heights.</span></p>
<p class="TableParagraph" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -1.0cm; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 10.25pt 4.6pt .0001pt 31.3pt;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">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 lang="EN-US"> The industry is not generating any trade effluent from the process & only domestic effluent generated is discharged into PSIEC sewer from its existing unit. </span></p>
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<p class="TableParagraph" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 66.1pt; line-height: 150%; margin: .15pt 4.6pt .0001pt 5.4pt;"><span lang="EN-US">As per the record file, the stack emission samples of the industry were collected by Board's Lab on 07/10/2022 and as per analysis report received from Head<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>Office Lab, the concentration of SPM of Kuthali furnace was found as 140 mg/Nm3, which<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>was within the permissible limits as fixed by the Board. Further, the pulverizers were not<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>in operation therefore, the stack emission samples of same could not be collected. The<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>industry has also applied for obtaining renewal of authorization and the application of<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>same<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing: .65pt;"> </span>being<span style="letter-spacing: .7pt;"> </span>processed<span style="letter-spacing: .7pt;"> </span>separately.</span></p>
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<p class="TableParagraph" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 66.1pt; line-height: 150%; margin: .15pt 4.6pt .0001pt 5.4pt;"><span lang="EN-US">The industry is complying with the conditions of consents granted under<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>Water<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>Act,<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>1974<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>&<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>Air<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>Act,<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>1981<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>also<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>Hazardous<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>And<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>Other<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>Wastes<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>(Management<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>Transboundary<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>Movement)<span style="letter-spacing: .65pt;"> </span>Rules,<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span>2016.</span></p>
<p class="TableParagraph" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 69.8pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 10.1pt 4.6pt .0001pt 5.4pt;"><span lang="EN-US">In view of above, it is recommended that the consents to operate granted under Water<span style="letter-spacing: -2.65pt;"> </span>act, 1974 & Air Act, 1981 may please be extend upto 30/06/2029 for<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>manufacturing<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span>Zinc<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span>ingots<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span>@<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span>10.0<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span>MTD<span style="letter-spacing: .5pt;"> </span>&<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span>Zinc<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span>ash<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span>@<span style="letter-spacing: .35pt;"> </span>10.0<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span>MTD<span style="letter-spacing: .45pt;"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span>usual<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;"> </span>conditions.</span></p>
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