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21645865

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Date Created:

2023-03-31 16:33:31.156

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It is submitted that the HCF was granted consent to operate under Water Act, 1974 vide no. CTOW/Fresh/LDH3/2020/14350966 dated 30.12.2020, valid upto 30.03.2023 for operating a lab subjected to the conditions mentioned therein. Now the HCF has applied for grant of renewal of consent to operate under Water Act, 1974 for non-bedded facility. The HCF has submitted requisite documents through OCMMS. The HCF has deposited Rs. 6500/- with Recipt no.  359210676 dated 30.03.2023. Out of which Rs. 6000/- aas Water Consent fee and Rs. 500/- as Form fee. The consent fee submitted by the HCF is valid upto 30.03.2026. It is pertinent to mention here that a meeting of Core Committee was taken by the Hon’ble Chairman, PPCB on 19.03.2018 in the Committee Room, Head Office, Patiala and proceedings of the same have been received in this office through e-mail. In the said meeting, with regard to grant of authorization under BMW Rules, 2016 to the HCEs, it was decided as under: i) The Healthcare facilities upto 20 beds/ dental chairs, the documents to be obtained for getting authorization under the BMW Rules should be bare minimum i.e. location plan, agreement with CBWTF, self-declaration (To be specified by PPCB), copy of last month's manifests etc. ii) The fresh/renewal applications of HCFs' be processed online within one week without any prior inspection subject to submission of requisite documents by the HCFs'. The Regional Office will also ensure that no action regarding violation of the provisions of BMW Rules is pending against the HCF.                 Further, as per Head Office order no. 601 dated 16.12.2021, the Competent Authority of the Board in partial modification to earlier Board’s office order no. 468 dated 31-08-2021, has decided that HCFs up to 50 bed capacity which are discharging their liquid waste into public sewer and operating within MC limits of towns, where terminal sewage treatment plants (STPs) have been installed, shall be granted consents/authorization by Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) without installation of individual ETPs, as an interim arrangement/measure, subject to the condition that HCF shall ensure to comply with the effluent standards as notified under Bio-medical Waste Management Rules, 2016 amended up to date and subsequent amendments if any.                         Further, the competent authority of the Board has clarified vide no. HQ-3/EPA/2022/393-408 dated 06.06.2022 that non bedded HCFs may not necessarily need to install ETP and as per BMW Rules, 2016, they are required to dispose infectious liquid waste only after treatment by disinfection as stipulated under Schedule –II (6) of the said Rules. Further,  bedded HCFs are required to comply with the standards prescribed under schedule-ll of the BMW Rules, 2016. In case, wastewater is discharged into a public sewer connected to the terminal STP, the bedded HCFs are required to meet general standards as notified under Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.   As per application form, the HCF is a non-bedded lab, thus, the HCF is not required to install its own ETP-cum-STP.  As such, the HCF is complying with the provisions of Water Act, 1974.                         Keeping above in view, it is recommended that consent to operate under the Water Act, 1974 may be granted to the HCF upto 30.03.2026 subject to suitable conditions and specific conditions as under: - 1. The HCF shall not increase the bed capacity without the prior permission of the Board. 2. The HCF shall dispose infectious liquid waste only after treatment by disinfection as stipulated under Schedule –II (6) of the BMW Rules, 2016. 4. The HCF shall renew its agreement with CBWTF from time to time.

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PPCB137

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Role:

RO JEE Maninderjit Singh