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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Google Sans'; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The industry was given personal hearing before Chief Environment Engineer of the Board and it was decided as under : </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Google Sans'; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">1. The industry will submit the proof regarding its date of commissioning within 05 days with the Regional Office, Faridkot of the Board.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Google Sans'; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">2. The industry will ensure to upgrade its existing ETP as per the feasibility report submitted by it, within 10 days.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Google Sans'; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">3. The industry will ensure no stagnation in the vacant land area and will ensure to utilize the entire treated effluent onto land for plantation only.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Google Sans'; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">4. Environmental Engineer, Regional Office, Faridkot shall visit the industry, verify the contentions of the representative of the industry & the compliance of the above decision(s) and process the applications applied by the industry under the Water Act, 1974 & Air Act, 1981 on merits.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Google Sans'; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">5. During hearing, it was made clear to the representative of the industry that in case, the industry fails to comply with the decisions of the hearing within stipulated period and in case of any violation(s) in future, then the consents to operate applied by the industry under the Water Act, 1974 & Air Act, 1981 be refused without any further notice /opportunity.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Google Sans'; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Now, the industry was visited by this office on 15.12.2023 and it was observed as under:</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Google Sans'; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">1. The industry was not in operation as per requirement and no process was in operation. </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Google Sans'; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">2. ETP installed by the industry was not in operation and now consists of components, collection tank, chemical dosing tank, aeration tank , collection tank, sand filter, carbon filter, outlet collection tank. No effluent was observed, entering the ETP and at the outlet of ETP. Now the ETP has been made in line.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Google Sans'; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">3. The industry has still not provided plantation for disposal of effluent and as per representative, they have been disposing thier effluent via tankers to the plantation area provided in far off areas. </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Google Sans'; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">4. The industry has failed to submit any documentary proof regarding its date of commosioning , this </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Google Sans'; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">In view of above, the industry has partially complied with the decisions of personal hearing, it is therefore recommended that consent to operate under the Water Act and Air Act of the industry may be refused please.</span></p> |
