| File Note: |
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; color: black;">Kindly peruse the agenda note of AEE. In view of facts mentioned by AEE in his agenda note, it is recommended that 'consent to operate' under <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 may be granted to the industry i.e. upto 31/12/2023 with suitable conditions and special conditions that:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; color: black;">1. The industry shall be liable to comply with the provisions of Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; color: black;">2. The industry shall shift from its conventional fuel to cleaner fuel latest by 31/12/2023 or finalization of State Fuel Policy, whichever is earlier.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; color: black;">3. The industry shall be bound to apply online for grant of Terms of Reference (ToR) on or before 19/07/2023 in compliance to notification no. S.O. 3250(E) dated 20.07.2022 of MoEF & CC and obtain Environmental Clearance, failing which this 'consent to operate' shall stand revoked/cancelled automatically. Now, the MoEF & CC was issued a notification dated 26/07/2023 and in the said notification, in paragraph no. I, in the proviso, for the words “One year” the words “one year and six months” shall be substituted in the notification no. S.O. 3250(E) dated 20.07.2022 of MoEF & CC.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; color: black;">4. The industry shall plant trees wherever space is available inside and outside the unit.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; color: black;">5. The industry shall not undertake expansion without obtaining approval from the Board.</span></p> |
