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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The point wise compliance report of the decisions of the personal hearing dated 21.02.2023 is as under:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;">1.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;">On the basis of best assessment and judgement, an environmental compensation of Rs.5.0 Lakh is imposed to the industry for the damage caused to the environment. The industry shall deposit Rs.5.0 Lakh as environmental compensation within one week in the office of Environmental Engineer, Regional Office, SAS Nagar.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;">Letter has been issued to the project proponent to submit Environmental compensation of Rs. 5 lakh vide this office letter dated 13.04.2023. EC yet to be deposited.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;">The Environmental Engineer, Regional Office, SAS Nagar shall visit the industry after 15 days to check the compliance of the observations made during the visit to the industry on 22/12/2022 and send his fresh report/recommendations in the matter.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; line-height: 12.6pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #5d5d5d;">Besides the violations observed during visit dated 28.03.2023 and mentioned in under-signed note dated 02.04.02023, the status of compliance of the earlier violations observed during visit dated 22.12.2022 is as under:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; line-height: 12.6pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #5d5d5d;">The industry has provided an MEE (4 calendria, all of forced circulation type) of capacity 2000 ltr/hr for the treatment of wastewater of high TDS and low TDS. The condensate of MEE is being sent to the boiler and concentrate being hazardous in nature, is being sent to the TSDF Nimbua after drying in centrifuge followed by nutch filter and the filtrate from the centrifuge is sent in the collection tank of MEE for further treatment. The industry had installed EMF meters both at the inlet of MEE and the outlet of the MEE condensate. <strong>However, the industry couldn’t produce any record regarding the same.</strong></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">The industry is not segregating its Low & High COD effluent.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> Before feeding to MEE, the effluent is stored into collection tank of size 10KL, 3 KL, 50 KL, 50 KL, 100 KL, 100 KL & 600 KL. The industry is maintaining the pH in these collection tanks to 7-7.5 by adding caustic. During visit, 2,60,500 ltr wastewater was found stored in these tanks which is to be treated in MEE as per data verified using level rod. <strong>These tanks are not covered from top & are open to rain water.</strong> From 1st 50 KL tank, the water is lifted to the MEE fee tank from where it is lifted to 1st calandria of forced evaporation type MEE. MEE installed consist 4 calandria. 2 no. calandria was found disconnected and the representative informed that the two calandria has been disconnected yesterday due to leakage problem in callindria. <strong>MEE was not in operation and the representative informed that due to leakages observed in MEE fee tank and line leading from MEE feed to Callindria</strong>. As such sample could not be collected. <strong>The industry is feeding MEE concentrate into MEE feed tank and sludge settled at the bottom is taken to nutch filter but no fixed connection of MEE feed tank has been made with nutch filter.</strong> MEE condensate is collected in 5000 ltr<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>syntax tank from where is used in cooling tower & boiler but there is no fixed pipeline for carrying this water to boiler/cooling tower. The industry has provided an open outlet of MEE condensate tank which is not plugged and the representative was advised to plug the same immediately. As per record checked, MEE was operated by the industry in the month of March on 02.03.2023, 11.03.2023, 14.03.2023 & 27.03.2023 & production was in operation continuously without break.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reading of water meter provided on the MEE feed line was 15793 KL and reading of water meter provided on MEE condensate line was 18897 KL. The industry has not provided water meter on the LTDS and HTDS line being fed to the common collection tank so that water balance of the effluent can be done. <strong>The industry is maintaining the record in the form of water received from plant, waste water taken for treatment, Treated water, Treatment water send to boiler & cooling tower but no basis how this record is being made is there as no water metering has been done on these lines. In the absence of metering at the above points, it cannot be verified whether the industry is actually & properly treating its effluent.</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">The industry is maintaining record of TDS of water fed into MEE, TDS of MEE condensate and TDS of MEE concentrate and as per record check, TDS of water fed into MEE was 17280, TDS of condensate was 309 & TDS of concentrate was 390 on 27.03.2023. On 14.03.2023, TDS of water fed into MEE was 16200, TDS of condensate was 205 & TDS of concentrate was 217, and such low value of TDS in concentrate is not possible.</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; line-height: 12.6pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #5d5d5d;">The industry has installed solvent recovery section for the recovery of spent solvent generated from its process. It is worth to mention here that the Central Pollution Control Board has issued Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the units engaged in recovery of spent solvents vide notification in March, 2018. As such, the SOP is applicable for units engaged utilization of spent solvent including captive utilization and the industry is required to the comply with the guidelines mentioned in the SOP for utilization of the spent solvents and install minimum request facility as delineated in the Standard Operating Procedure issued by the CPCB for recovery of spent solvents. In this regard, it was observed during visit that the industry was not fully complying with the guidelines mentioned in the SOP for recovery of spent solvent like the industry has not install VOC absorption media connected to the vent of condenser, online analyzer for TOC at the vent outlet and had not made connection of vent of all the storage tanks with the condenser unit etc.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; line-height: 12.6pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #5d5d5d;">The industry has installed SRP plant of 10 KLD capacity & has provided VOC & TOC meter at condenser outlet & reading of VOC<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is 7 & TOC – 0.40. The industry is yet to connect the vent of storage tanks with the condenser in compliance of SOP.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; line-height: 12.6pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #5d5d5d;">The CCTV cameras installed by the industry at various location like one camera with sight on the common stack of the boiler & thermopack; 02 no. CCTV at MEE Feed/ outlet point CCTV in the MEE/ETP and one no. IPZ 3600 revolving camera in MEE area covering the inlet, distillate/ condensate, surrounding area etc. The same was found on offline mode. The industry guided to immediately ensure its connectivity with the Board’s server.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #5d5d5d;">In view of above, it is recommended that show-cause notice for the refusal of CTO applied by the industry under Water Act, 1974 and Air Act, 1981 may be issued with an opportunity of personal hearing before worthy Chairman.</span></p>
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